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LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.2. Definitions

RS 1141.2 - Definitions As used in this Part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Association property" means all the property either held by the association or commonly held by the members of the association, or both, and lots privately held by members of the association. (2) "Common area" means property owned or otherwise maintained, repaired, or administered by the association for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of its members. (3) "Community documents" means the articles of incorporation, bylaws, plat, declarations, covenants, conditions, restrictions, rules and regulations, or other written instruments, including any amendment thereto, by which the association has the authority to exercise any of its powers to manage, maintain, or otherwise affect the association property or which otherwise govern the use of association property. (4) "Declaration" means any instrument, however denominated, that establishes or regulates, or both, a residential planned community, and any amendment thereto. (5) "Homeowners association" or "association" means a nonprofit corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity, which is created pursuant to a declaration, whose members consist primarily of lot owners, and which is created to manage or regulate, or both, the residential planned community. (6) "Lot" means any plot or parcel of land designated for separate ownership shown on a recorded subdivision plat for a residential development or the boundaries of which are otherwise described in a recorded instrument, other than common area, within the jurisdiction of the residential community as such area is described in the community documents. (7) "Residential planned community" or "planned community" means a real estate development, used primarily for residential purposes, in which the owners of separately owned lots are mandatory members of an association by virtue of such ownership. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.3. Applicability

RS 1141.3 - Applicability A. The provisions of this Part shall be applicable to existing and future residential planned communities whose declarations have been duly executed and filed for registry. However, this Part shall not be construed to affect the validity or superiority of any provision of a community document. Only to the extent the community documents are silent shall the provisions of this Part apply. B.(1) This Part shall not apply to condominium property governed by the provisions of Part II of this Chapter. (2) The provisions of Part II-A of this Chapter shall be applicable to an ownership timeshare interest created in a lot within a planned community to the extent that those provisions do not conflict with the provisions of this Part. C. This Part shall not impair any right that is guaranteed or protected by the constitution of this state or the United States, nor shall this Part be construed to affect any act done, offense or violation committed, or right accrued. D. This Part shall not be construed to impair or cast a cloud upon the titles of common areas or lots within a residential planned community. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.4. Building restrictions; matters of interpretation

RS 1141.4 - Building restrictions; matters of interpretation The existence, validity, or extent of a building restriction affecting any association property shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purpose and intent. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.5. Building restrictions; generally, affirmative duty, and common areas

RS 1141.5 - Building restrictions; generally, affirmative duty, and common areas A. Building restrictions affecting the building standards, specified uses, or improvements of association property may be established, amended, or terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Part. B. Such building restrictions may include the imposition of an affirmative duty, including the affirmative duty to pay monthly or periodic dues or fees, or assessments for a particular expense or capital improvement, that are reasonable for the maintenance, improvement, or safety, or any combination thereof, of the planned community. C. Such building restrictions may also regulate the building standards, specified uses, and improvements of common areas of a homeowners association, including but not limited to the regulation of passage, ingress, and egress upon common areas, streets, and street rights-of-way. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.6. Establishment, amendment, or termination of building restrictions

RS 1141.6 - Establishment, amendment, or termination of building restrictions A. Building restrictions affecting association property, including lots or common areas, or those imposing an affirmative duty may be established, amended, or terminated in accordance with the terms of the applicable community document. B. In the absence of a provision for the establishment, amendment, or termination of such building restrictions in the community documents: (1) Building restrictions may be established by agreement of three-fourths of the lot owners. (2) Existing building restrictions may be made more onerous or increased by agreement of two-thirds of the lot owners. (3) Existing building restrictions may be made less onerous, reduced, or terminated by agreement of more than one-half of the lot owners. C.(1) Once established, or amended to be more onerous, building restrictions become a charge on the property and affect all current owners and, once recorded in the public records, affect all subsequent owners. Except for building restrictions relating to assessments or common areas, no new or more onerous building restriction shall impose a duty on the current owner to act affirmatively or remove or renovate any existing structure. All new or replacement structures, however, shall be subject to the new or more onerous building restriction. (2) Once amended to be less onerous, the building restriction constitutes a reduction of the charge on the property, and once terminated, the property is released of its former charge, affecting all current and subsequent owners. D.(1) When building restrictions are established under the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, rather than by the community documents, an owner may file with the association and the clerk of court a statement declining to be covered by the building restrictions. Such document must be filed within thirty days of the establishment of such building restrictions. (2) When building restrictions relative to set-backs or minimum square footage requirements are established or made more onerous under the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, rather than the community documents, the owner of an unimproved lot is exempt from complying with such new or more onerous restrictions. (3) An "owner" under the provisions of this Subsection means the owner or owners at the time the restriction was established or made more onerous and the waivers of compliance provided in this Subsection are personal to that owner. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.7. Agreement of owners; voting

RS 1141.7 - Agreement of owners; voting A. Each lot represents a single vote which can be exercised by the signature or other indication of the registered lot owner or of a single co-owner, the latter of which is presumed to be acting on behalf of the other co-owners. A plot or parcel of unimproved land which is substantially larger than a majority of other lots in the association, however, shall be treated as separate lots, the number of which to be roughly determined by the size of the land in relation to other lots. The ownership interest in common areas, streets, or street rights-of-way does not constitute a voting interest. B. For purposes of this Subpart, an agreement of lot owners may be obtained by any of the following methods, or a combination thereof: (1) By a written ballot that states the substance of the issue before the owners and specifies the date by which the return ballot must be received to be counted. The ballot shall be accompanied by the full text of the building restriction being established, amended, or terminated and shall be mailed to the owner by certified mail not less than thirty days prior to the date by which the return ballot must be received. (2) At a meeting of the owners if written notice of the meeting stating the purpose of the meeting is delivered to each lot owner. The notice shall be accompanied by an agenda of the meeting and the full text of the building restriction being established, amended, or terminated. Such notice shall be mailed to the owner, by certified mail, not less than thirty days prior to the date of the meeting. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.8. Community documents; force of law

RS 1141.8 - Community documents; force of law The community documents of residential planned communities shall have the force of law between the homeowners association and the individual lot owners and as between individual lot owners. The remedies for breach of any obligation imposed on lot owners or the association shall include damages, injunctions, or such other remedies as are provided by law. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1141.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1141.9. Homeowners association privilege

RS 1141.9 - Homeowners association privilege In addition to any other remedies provided by law or by the community documents for nonpayment of assessments, a homeowners association as defined in this Part may utilize the provisions of Part III of this Chapter establishing a privilege on lots of delinquent owners for nonpayment of assessments. Acts 1999, No. 309, §2, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1145 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1145. Association of owners; privilege; definition

RS 1145 - Association of owners; privilege; definition  Upon the filing of a sworn detailed statement in accordance with this Part, an association of owners of lots in a residential or commercial subdivision shall have a privilege upon the lot and improvements thereon of an owner in the subdivision who fails to pay charges, expenses or dues imposed upon such lot and improvements thereon in accordance with recorded restrictions, servitudes, or obligations affecting such subdivision. An association of owners refers to a nonprofit corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity whose members are owners of lots in the subdivision, and which maintains certain portions of the land or improvements in such subdivision for the use and benefit of the owners of lots in such subdivision. The privilege shall secure unpaid charges, expenses or dues imposed by the association of owners, together with legal interest from the date due and reasonable attorney's fees. Added by Acts 1979, No. 583, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1146 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1146. Privilege; sworn detailed statement; filing

RS 1146 - Privilege; sworn detailed statement; filing  The sworn detailed statement shall contain the nature and amount of the unpaid charges, expenses, or dues, a description of the lot or lots on which behalf the charges, expenses, or dues have been assessed, shall be signed and verified by an officer or agent of the association, and shall be filed for registry in the mortgage records in the parish in which the residential subdivision is located. The association shall, commensurate with the filing for registry of the privilege, serve upon the delinquent owner a sworn detailed statement of the claim by certified mail, registered mail or personal delivery.  Added by Acts 1979, No. 583, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1147 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1147. Privilege; five year period

RS 1147 - Privilege; five year period  A recorded sworn statement shall preserve the privilege against the lot or lots and improvements thereon for a period of five years after the date of recordation. The effect of recordation shall cease and the privilege preserved by this recordation shall perempt unless a suit to enforce the privilege is filed within five years after the date of its recordation and a notice of the filing of such suit is filed in the mortgage records of the parish in which the subdivision is located.  Added by Acts 1979, No. 583, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1148 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1148. Privilege; ranking

RS 1148 - Privilege; ranking  The privilege provided in this Part shall be ranked according to its time of recordation.  Added by Acts 1979, No. 583, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.1. Short title

RS 1149.1 - Short title  This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Manufactured Home Property Act."  Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.2. Definitions

RS 1149.2 - Definitions  In this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them unless the content or subject matter clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association.  (2) "Manufactured home" means a mobile home or residential mobile home.  (3) "Mobile home" means a factory assembled structure or structures transportable in one or more sections, with or without a permanent foundation, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.  (4) "Manufacturer" means any person regularly engaged in the business of assembling manufactured homes, either within or without this state.  (5) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging manufactured homes which are subject to license under Chapter 4 of the Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  (6) "Commissioner" means the director of public safety or his duly assigned assistants, as provided for in R.S. 40:1301, who, in addition to all other powers, shall have all powers granted and perform such duties as are imposed on the commissioner by this Chapter.  (7) "Vehicle" means mobile homes and residential mobile homes.  (8) "Mortgage" shall include any rights under a retail installment contract, a chattel mortgage, a security agreement under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.), and mortgages upon immovable property.  (9) "Certificate of title" means a vehicle certificate of title as provided for in R.S. 32:701.  (10) "Residential mobile home" means a manufactured home designed to be used as a dwelling, and may include a mobile home or a residential mobile home that has been declared to be a part of the realty as provided in R.S. 9:1149.4.  (11) "Retail installment contract" means an agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. (12) "Manufacturer's certificate of origin" means a certificate on a form to be prescribed by the commissioner, and furnished by the manufacturer, showing the original transfer of a new vehicle from the manufacturer to the original purchaser, and each subsequent transfer between distributor and dealer, dealer and dealer, and dealer to owner, through and including the transfer to the title applicant.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982. Amended by Acts 1989, No. 137, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.3. Classification

RS 1149.3 - Classification  Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 9:1149.4, when any manufactured home shall be moved to and located in or upon any immovable property, or installed therein or thereon in a manner which, under any law, might make the manufactured home an immovable or component part thereof, the manufactured home shall be and will remain a movable subject to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 governing its mortgage or sale and subject to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 10 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and Chapter 10 of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Code Book III, Code Title XII, Chapter 2 of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 governing its financing. Title to the vehicle shall not pass by the sale of the immovable property to which it has been actually or fictitiously attached, whether such sale be conventional or judicial. No sale or mortgage of or lien upon the immovable property shall in any manner affect or impair the rank or privilege of a chattel mortgage or security interest under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws on such manufactured home, or the remedies of the holder thereof for its enforcement.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982. Acts 1989, No. 137, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.5. Security devices

RS 1149.5 - Security devices  A. Every retail installment contract, chattel mortgage, or security agreement entered into for the purchase or the refinance of a manufactured home or its contents, or both, shall be effective as against third persons and shall take its rank and priority as provided in Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws, R.S. 10:9-101 et seq. A retail installment contract, chattel mortgage, security agreement or a financing statement in the form approved by the commissioner is filed when received provided the receipt is subsequently validated by the office of the commissioner. B. Validation of the receipt of the retail installment contract or chattel mortgage, security agreement or financing statement by the commissioner shall affect third persons wherever the manufactured home or the contents thereof are located. Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982. Acts 1984, No. 574, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2004, No. 303, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.6. Deimmobilization

RS 1149.6 - Deimmobilization  A. The owner may deimmobilize a manufactured home by detachment or removal. However, to affect third persons, an authentic act or sale or mortgage or sale with mortgage containing a description of the manufactured home as described in the previous certificate of title or manufacturer's certificate of origin, a description of the lot or tract of land upon which the manufactured home has been placed, a statement of intent by the owner that he no longer intends the manufactured home to be an immovable and a description of the document by which the manufactured home was immobilized, including the recording information, must be filed in the appropriate conveyance or mortgage records of the parish where the said lot or tract of land is situated.  B. Thereafter the owner may apply to the commissioner for a certificate of title according to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of title upon the furnishing of: (a) a certificate of mortgages; (b) a certified copy of the act of deimmobilization as provided in R.S. 9:1149.6(A); and (c) a release of all mortgages previously secured by the manufactured home and/or the immovable property upon which the manufactured home was located.  C. Upon the issuance of a certificate of title by the commissioner, the manufactured home shall be deemed a movable, and shall be subject to all laws concerning movable property.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1149.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1149.7. Reference to prior law

RS 1149.7 - Reference to prior law  The provisions of this Part shall replace the provisions of R.S. 32:710(N) and whenever any reference is made in any law to R.S. 32:710(N), said law or laws shall be deemed to refer to the provisions of this Part.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 524, §1, eff. July 22, 1982.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1151 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1151. Change in ownership of land or water bottoms as result of action of navigable stream, bay, lake, sea, or arm of the sea; mineral leases

RS 1151 - Change in ownership of land or water bottoms as result of action of navigable stream, bay, lake, sea, or arm of the sea; mineral leases In all cases where a change occurs in the ownership of land or water bottoms as a result of the action of a navigable stream, bay, lake, sea, or arm of the sea, in the change of its course, bed, or bottom, or as a result of accretion, dereliction, erosion, subsidence, or other condition resulting from the action of a navigable stream, bay, lake, sea, or arm of the sea, the new owner of such lands or water bottoms, including the state of Louisiana, shall take the same subject to and encumbered with any oil, gas, or mineral lease covering and affecting such lands or water bottoms, and subject to the mineral and royalty rights of the lessors in such lease, their heirs, successors, and assigns; the right of the lessee or owners of such lease and the right of the mineral and royalty owners thereunder shall be in no manner abrogated or affected by such change in ownership. Acts 1952, No. 341, §1; Acts 2001, No. 963, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1201. Family home

RS 1201 - Family home  The rights and obligations of all parties with respect to the family home and contents burdened in whole or in part with a usufruct in favor of the surviving spouse shall be controlled by the provisions of Civil Code Book II, Title III, Personal Servitudes.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 535, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 9:1202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§1202. Form of security for legal usufruct of surviving spouse

RS 1202 - Form of security for legal usufruct of surviving spouse If security is owed to the naked owner by the usufructuary who is the surviving spouse, the court may order the execution of notes, mortgages, or other documents as it deems necessary, or may impose a mortgage or lien on either community or separate property, movable or immovable, as security. Acts 2003, No. 1207, §1.