Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part XXVII - State Lands › Subpart 1 - Land Information Mapping and Map Records System › Chapter 17 - Parcel Mapping › Section XXVII-1713 - Ownership Map Compilation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  following guidelines shall be considered and adhered to as closely as possible
				  during the preliminary ownership map compilation phase of parcel map
				  development:
1. tax district or taxing unit
				  boundaries shall split contiguous ownership into separate parcels. A dashed
				  land hook shall be used across the district or unit boundary line to indicate
				  contiguous ownership, but separate parcels. Exceptions to this rule are
				  subdivided lots that are already described in their smallest legal division.
				  When a taxing district or unit line cuts through a subdivision lot, it shall be
				  parceled in the district where the largest volume of land occurs or where the
				  improvement is located, wherever practical;
2. on 1" = 400' scale and 1" = 200' scale
				  maps, all large rural tracts of land described under the U.S. Government Land
				  Office Sectionalized Survey System that are split by a right-of-way (road,
				  railroad, utility) and physical features (rivers, bayous, creeks) shall be
				  considered one parcel;
3. on 1" =
				  100' scale and 1" = 50' scale maps, rights-of-way shall split contiguous
				  ownership into separate parcels;
4.
				  if a tract of property crosses a section line, a new parcel shall be created
				  and tied to the other parcel with the use of a dashed land hook. The exception
				  to this shall be where a small part of a tract (2 acres or less, not subject to
				  further division) extends into an adjoining section. In this case, the section
				  line shall be shown in a dashed form where it goes through the
				  parcel;
5. smaller subdivided lots
				  shall not normally be split by a section line;
6. several subdivision lots covered by a
				  single improvement and under one common ownership shall be considered one
				  parcel;
7. an entire subdivision
				  block of lots, used as a unit and under one common ownership, shall be
				  considered one parcel;
8. an area
				  covered by an industrial plant, hospital, or parish or city entity, even though
				  the tract encompasses different subdivisions as well as sectionalized land,
				  would be considered one parcel;
9.
				  any vacant undeveloped subdivision with all lots in one block in the name of
				  one common owner shall be considered one parcel. Where the parish has
				  determined that several blocks of a subdivision are under one common ownership,
				  all blocks may be combined into one parcel for appraisal purposes;
10. quarter-section lines or other divisions
				  of the section do not constitute a separate parcel, even though the properties
				  were acquired at different times under separate deeds. All tracts contiguous
				  and under one ownership within a section shall be considered one parcel, where
				  practical;
11. on maps where the
				  map boundary is a quarter-section line or match line and the parcel cannot be
				  depicted in its entirety on a single map sheet, the parcel shall be controlled
				  on one sheet (usually where the largest area of land exists or where the
				  improvements are located). The area of the parcel on the adjoining map shall be
				  included with the area on the map where the parcel is controlled and "see
				  notes" shall be shown on both maps indicating the controlling map number and
				  the map number for balance of area of the parcel;
12. improvements on leased land that require
				  a separate appraisal and assessment for which proper documentation is provided
				  should be assigned a separate parcel number, subject to the discretion of the
				  responsible contracting authority;
13. for mineral interests or mineral rights
				  that are severed from ownership of the surface rights and require a separate
				  appraisal and assessment and where proper documentation for those severed
				  rights or interests are provided, a separate parcel number should be assigned,
				  subject to the discretion of the responsible contracting authority;
14. condominiums should be treated the same
				  as any other tract of real property. Each condominium unit should be assigned a
				  separate parcel number, where applicable, subject to the discretion of the
				  responsible contracting authority;
15. although other variations of parcel
				  configurations exist, such as (a) contracts for deeds, (b) parts of properties
				  or tracts that are mortgaged to a lending institution, (c) portions of a tract
				  of land that are put into trusts, and (d) life estates that are reserved to the
				  grantor or where life estates are granted, it is the intent of these standards
				  that parcel configurations be limited to the definition and requirements stated
				  above as much as possible.