The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
SB 322 Original 2022 Regular Session Fred Mills
Proposed law provides that all police juries, city and parish councils, municipal corporations, and
school boards, when advertisements or publications of notices are required to be made in relation
to judicial proceedings, or in the sale of property under judicial process, or in any other legal
proceedings of any kind, may use a shortened newspaper advertisement that only requires a reference
to the public action and either a phone number and email address where citizens can request a written
copy of the full legal advertisement of the immovable property for sale or a website where the full
legal advertisement may be viewed.
Proposed law provides that any advertisement made pursuant to proposed law will be no less than
a one-quarter page in size.
Proposed law provides the sheriff of may parish may choose to use a shortened newspaper
advertisement for the sale of immovable property under judicial process that only requires:
(1) The suit number related to the immovable property for sale;
(2)The title of the suit in which the writ is issued;
(3) The date, time and location of the sale;
(4) The municipal address where the property is located; and
(5) A phone number and email address where citizens can request a written copy of the full legal
advertisement of the immovable property for sale.
Proposed law provides that the provisions of proposed law may only be utilized by a sheriff that:
(1)Maintains a website that posts the full legal advertisement of the immovable property for
sale; and
(2) Has an established process for providing citizens an emailed or mailed copy of the full legal
advertisement upon request.
Proposed law provides that the price offered to any entity under proposed law by the publication will
never be less favorable than the price charged to any other party for a similar form of advertisement.
Effective August 1, 2022. (Adds R.S. 43:212 and 213)