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LA Rev Stat § 41:14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§14. Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership

RS 14 - Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership  No grant, sale or conveyance of the lands forming the bottoms of rivers, streams, bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds, and inlets bordering on or connecting with the Gulf of Mexico within the territory or jurisdiction of the state shall be made by the register of the state land office or by any other official or by any subordinate political subdivision, except pursuant to R.S. 41:1701 through 1714. Any rights accorded by law to the owners or occupants of lands on the shores of any waters described in this Section shall not extend beyond the ordinary low water mark. No one shall own any bottoms of lands covering the bottoms of waters described in this Section.  Acts 1985, No. 876, §2, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2018, No. 242, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 41:15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§15. Hunting on state land; restrictions

RS 15 - Hunting on state land; restrictions A. No person shall construct or hunt from a permanent stand on state land. A permanent stand is a stand that is either a non-portable, freestanding structure or a stand that uses nails, screws, spikes, or other means to attach to a tree and which is not designed to be hand carried by one person nor to be removed daily. Any permanent stand may be removed and destroyed. B. A portable stand may not be left on state lands unless the stand is removed from the tree or left in a non-hunting position. Each portable stand shall be legibly tagged with the owner's name, address, and phone number. C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to land under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. The use of such land shall be regulated by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in accordance with the provisions of Title 56 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission may promulgate rules and regulations under the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act for the implementation of the provisions of this Section. D. Violation of any provision of this Section or rules adopted pursuant to this Section shall constitute a class two violation punishable as provided in R.S. 56:32. Acts 2005, No. 259, §1; Acts 2006, No. 842, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§16. Preservation of public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities

RS 16 - Preservation of public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities A. The commissioner shall exercise his authority to manage public lands in a manner to support, promote and enhance public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities to the extent authorized by law. The commissioner shall recognize, to the extent authorized by law, hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities as primary uses of public lands that are available for public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities. The commissioner shall make land management decisions based on criteria that include public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities as a primary consideration. B. Before March first of each calendar year, the commissioner shall submit to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment a written report containing a listing of all acreage managed by the commissioner that is available for public hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities and a listing of all acreage that was lost or gained for such purposes. Acts 2006, No. 561, §1; Acts 2008, No. 580, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 41:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§51. Surveys and plats

RS 51 - Surveys and plats  The governor may direct the Department of Transportation and Development:  (1) To make, from time to time, surveys of all unsurveyed lands belonging and that may hereafter belong to this state and to subdivide them into townships, sections and other proper subdivisions that may be necessary for their identification, description, entry and sale. In the event the Department of Transportation and Development cannot timely cause a requested survey to be made, then the register may on his own initiative cause a survey or surveys to be made of state lands which survey shall be subject to approval by the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development. The cost of such a survey shall be borne by the register of the state land office.  (2) To prepare duly certified maps and plats of the lands and to file them in the state land office as soon as completed.  Amended by Acts 1960, No. 569, §1; Acts 2018, No. 242, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 41:52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§52. Records transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana

RS 52 - Records transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana  The maps, books, records, field notes and documents appertaining to land title in this state which were transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana and accepted by this state by Act No. 6 of 1910 and Act No. 183 of 1928, are public records and are a part of the permanent archives of the state land office.
LA Rev Stat § 41:53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§53. Federal authorities to have access to records

RS 53 - Federal authorities to have access to records  The United States authorities shall have free access to the records at all times.
LA Rev Stat § 41:54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§54. Place for deposit; custodian

RS 54 - Place for deposit; custodian  The records shall be deposited and kept in a fire proof vault or room, provided by the register of the state land office, who may appoint a custodian thereof, under his control.
LA Rev Stat § 41:91 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§91. Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottoms

RS 91 - Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottoms  A. In order to procure the settlement or resettlement of the vacant and unappropriated lands belonging to the state, the register of the state land office, when directed to do so by the governor, shall grant, for and on behalf and in the name of the state of Louisiana, to any person, or any agency, political subdivision or public corporation of the state, or any agency of the United States, corporate or otherwise, created under authority of Congress, any of the vacant and unappropriated lands belonging to the state. B. When deemed in the interest of the state and upon approval of the governor, the register of the state land office is authorized to grant long-term leases with reasonable rates for the use of the water bottoms and air space above the water of any waters of the state which have been declared nonnavigable by an Act of Congress, to any public agency, political subdivision, public corporation or municipality, or to any private person who is a riparian owner with respect to the water bottoms and air rights to be leased, provided that the lease thereof has first been approved by the local governing authority, for the public or private development thereof. Nothing contained in this Subsection shall be deemed in any way to alter or abrogate the state's claim to mineral rights in the leased areas, or to entitle such lessee to any part of such mineral rights. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 263, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:92 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§92. Contracts; reservation of mineral rights

RS 92 - Contracts; reservation of mineral rights  The grants shall be evidenced by contracts and may be upon such terms and conditions as the register of the state land office may deem to be to the best interest of the state, and shall be subject to approval of the governor. The contracts shall provide that default on the part of the grantee in the performance of any term or condition thereof shall operate ipso facto and without a putting in default by the state, as a cancellation of the grant. All mineral rights on any lands granted under this Chapter shall be reserved to the state.
LA Rev Stat § 41:93 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§93. Patents

RS 93 - Patents  Patents may be issued, in accordance with law, to any grantee for any land, upon forms to be prescribed by the register of the state land office upon the certificate of the governor and the register of the state land office that the contract has been fully complied with.
LA Rev Stat § 41:94 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§94. Lands acquired at tax sale

RS 94 - Lands acquired at tax sale  This Chapter shall not apply to lands adjudicated to the state at tax sale, until the expiration of three years from date of recordation of the tax deed evidencing the adjudication.
LA Rev Stat § 41:95 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§95. Inventory and reports

RS 95 - Inventory and reports  The register of the state land office, shall, when directed to do so by the governor, make an inventory of the lands, file reports and furnish any information relative to the lands, as may be required by the governor.
LA Rev Stat § 41:96 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§96. Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands

RS 96 - Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands  The governor shall withdraw from sale or entry any of the vacant and unappropriated public lands belonging to the State of Louisiana, now existing or hereafter acquired by accretion or otherwise, located south of the following lines and described and bounded as follows:  All of that area bounded on the east by the axis of the Mississippi River to the head of the passes at the mouth of the Mississippi River bounded on the northwest by a line, commencing at Cubits Gap Lighthouse and running south thirty-five degrees (35°) west (true bearing) through Cubits Gap Lighthouse, latitude 29°11'36.70" north, longitude 89°15'53.75" west; bounded on the northeast by a line beginning on and at the axis of the Mississippi River at a point, north of the head of the passes of the Mississippi River, and at the juncture of the channels of the Mississippi River and Pass A L'Outre, and running along and through the channel of Pass A L'Outre, along and through the channel of the North Pass, north of Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse to deep water in the Gulf of Mexico; and bounded on the south by deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, all as described on the copy of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 194, to be identified with this Chapter by the signatures to be thereto affixed, of and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of the Senate and the Governor of the State of Louisiana, and to be filed for future reference in the office of and by the Secretary of State.
LA Rev Stat § 41:97 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§97. Lands necessary for navigation purposes

RS 97 - Lands necessary for navigation purposes  The lands so withdrawn from sale or entry are necessary for use in connection with the maintenance of the navigability of the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi River and may be used for those purposes.
LA Rev Stat § 41:98 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§98. Withdrawal from sale or entry of mineral lands

RS 98 - Withdrawal from sale or entry of mineral lands  The governor may withdraw from sale or entry any of the vacant and unappropriated public lands and lake beds or bottoms belonging to the state, whenever in his opinion, they appear to be more valuable for mineral than for any other purpose, and he may restore to sale or entry all withdrawn lands, at his discretion.
LA Rev Stat § 41:131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§131. Application to enter or purchase

RS 131 - Application to enter or purchase When any person desires to enter or purchase lands belonging to the state, including public lands donated by congress to the state of Louisiana known as swamp and overflowed lands, internal improvements, indemnity lands, or dried lake lands, or to similar lands of any levee board thereof, and properties adjudicated to the state for nonpayment of taxes during tax years 1880 through 1973, he shall make application to purchase, and deposit with the register of the state land office, or in the case of lands of any levee board, with the president of the levee board, an amount determined by the register of the state land office to be sufficient to cover the expense of advertising as evidence of good faith. Should the applicant at the sale provided for in this Chapter fail to purchase the land, then the money so deposited shall be returned to him; provided that should no one at the sale bid up to the minimum price stipulated in this Chapter, then the money shall be retained to pay the expense of the sale. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 568, §1; Acts 2010, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:132 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§132. Information to be secured as to value of land

RS 132 - Information to be secured as to value of land  On receipt of any application to purchase land so subject to sale, accompanied with the required deposit, the register of the state land office, or the president of the levee board, may require the parish surveyor of the parish wherein the lands are situated to furnish full information as to the character of the timber on the land, the quantity and kind thereof, or any other information affecting the value of the land. The register or the president, as the case may be, may also consult the assessment roll as to the assessment of lands of like character adjacent to the lands for which application is made and he may call in the services of timber experts in order to obtain reliable means of arriving at the fair value of the lands. The information so obtained shall be placed of record in his office and shall constitute a part of the permanent archives of his office.
LA Rev Stat § 41:133 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§133. Advertisement

RS 133 - Advertisement The register of the state land office or the president of the levee board, as the case may be, shall cause to be published for thirty days in the official journal of the state and in the official journal of the parish where the land is located, an advertisement setting forth the description of the land, the time, place, and terms of the sale, and in the case of adjudicated properties, the name of the tax debtor and the year for which taxes were not paid. He may also require that the land shall be sold in lots of forty acres. In no case shall lands be sold in tracts exceeding quarter sections. Acts 2010, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:134 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§134. Sale; minimum prices

RS 134 - Sale; minimum prices A. The land so advertised shall be sold by the sheriff of the parish where the land is located. The sale shall be at the principal door of the court house between the hours of eleven o'clock A.M. and four o'clock P.M. and shall be to the last and highest bidder. B. The register shall fix the minimum price in all advertisements under this Chapter based on an appraisal of the property to be made by a person who shall be appointed by the register. The register shall pay the appraiser a reasonable compensation to be fixed by the register who shall be reimbursed for such compensation out of the moneys from the sale of such property. Based upon the appraisal thus made the register shall determine and fix a fair and reasonable price which shall constitute the minimum price which will be accepted. Nothing less than such minimum price shall be received for the property at the sale. C. The sheriff making the sale shall make a provisional deed to the last and highest bidder, who has complied with his bid by paying the price of the adjudication. Upon surrender of this provisional deed to the register of the state land office or the president of the levee board, as the case may be, the holder thereof shall be entitled to a patent signed by the register or the president of the levee board, and the governor of the state. D. Notwithstanding any provisions of law, or this Section, when the register of the state land office determines that the disposition of state-owned immovable property by sheriff sale is not in the best interest of the state, the register of the state land office may conduct such a sale by utilizing sealed bids. The sale may be confected to the highest bidder at a price not less than ninety percent of the appraised value; however, prior to such a sale, the register of the state land office shall advise the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment and Senate Committee on Natural Resources of its reasons for utilizing sealed bids to dispose of the property. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 568, §1; Acts 1987, No. 887, §1; Acts 2008, No. 580, §5; Acts 2010, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:135 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§135. Disposition of proceeds of sale

RS 135 - Disposition of proceeds of sale A. The sheriff making the sale shall deduct therefrom the expenses of advertising and his commission which shall be two percent of the amount of the bid, provided that this commission shall not exceed fifty dollars for any one day's adjudication. Except as otherwise agreed by the holders of statutory impositions and governmental liens, all proceeds from the sale of adjudicated property after deduction of the costs of the sale shall be paid pro rata to those holders, and except for the sale of property belonging to the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, the balance of the monies derived from the sale shall be forwarded to the register of the state land office for deposit in the state treasury without delay, together with a certified statement showing the amount of the bid, the expenditure for advertising, and the amount withheld by him as commission. The balance of the monies derived from the sale of property belonging to the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District shall be forwarded directly to the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District for deposit in that board's bank accounts without delay, together with a certified statement showing the amount of the bid, the expenditure for advertising, and the amount withheld by him as commission. The levee district shall not sell any property located in the Bohemia Spillway. B. The sheriff shall at the same time forward to the register of the state land office a proces verbal of the sale wherein he shall give a correct description of the property sold with the recital of the acts performed by him in effecting the sale, the amount of the purchase price received, the expense of advertising, the amount of his commission, and the amount in cash being forwarded to the register of the state land office. Acts 1989, No. 511, §1; Acts 1997, No. 592, §1, eff. July 3, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 282, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:136 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§136. Expenses

RS 136 - Expenses The newspapers publishing the advertisement of the sale of land shall receive therefor not more than the legal rate of advertising. All bills for expenses incurred by the register of the state land office, or the president of the levee board, shall be paid from the proceeds of the land sold, when realized. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 568, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:137 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§137. Sale, exchange, or lease of state lands; research and development park

RS 137 - Sale, exchange, or lease of state lands; research and development park  A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state, or any of its departments, agencies, or boards, may sell, lease for a term of up to ninety-nine years, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any real property, or portions thereof, to political or public corporations, to municipalities, to other state agencies, departments, or boards, or to private persons, without the necessity of advertisement or bid, if the property sold, exchanged, or leased is dedicated for the purpose of creating a research and development park in cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, and the governing authority of the appropriate municipality or parish. B. The assumption of the obligation by the vendee or lessee of the property to establish, operate, and manage a research and development park in accordance with restrictions and covenants mutually agreed upon between the state, or its department, agency, or board, and the lessee or vendee shall constitute valid consideration to the state for the sale, lease, or exchange of the dedicated property. Acts 1992, No. 110, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:138 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§138. Restrictions in sale of state lands to levee or drainage districts

RS 138 - Restrictions in sale of state lands to levee or drainage districts  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, no land within the boundaries of any levee district or levee and drainage district, or any land that may in the future be included within the boundaries of any levee district or levee and drainage district, that presently belongs to or that may hereafter belong to the state shall be conveyed to a levee district or levee and drainage district or to the governing authorities of such districts unless such land is needed for immediate use for the construction of a levee or other flood control measure. In the event any such land is conveyed to a levee or levee and drainage district for the purpose of constructing a levee or other flood control measure and it is later found that all or a part of such land is not needed for such purpose, the portion of the land not needed shall immediately revert to state ownership and control. Acts 1958, Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:139 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§139. Notice to local governing authorities of intention to dispose of real property

RS 139 - Notice to local governing authorities of intention to dispose of real property  The state or any of its boards, commissions, departments or agencies, prior to disposing of any real property held by it, except buildings, shall give notice to the governing authority of the parish and/or municipality in which the property is located. The notice shall be in writing and shall advise such authority of the intention to dispose of the property and shall include a description of the property, the manner in which such property shall be disposed of, and the terms and conditions upon which such disposition is proposed to be made; provided, however, that publication of such notice in the official journal of the parish wherein the property is located shall constitute the required written notification. Acts 1964, No. 119, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 41:171 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§171. §§171 to 176 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

RS 171 - §§171 to 176 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2
LA Rev Stat § 41:211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§211. §§211, 212 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

RS 211 - §§211, 212 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2
LA Rev Stat § 41:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 41 - Public Lands|§251. §§251 to 253 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

RS 251 - §§251 to 253 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2