Louisiana § RS 41:2 - Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 41:2 — Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 41:2. Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner
The commissioner shall:
A. Keep accounts of the sales of lands which were donated to the state by:
(1) Setting forth in the certificate issued therefor the section, parts of sections, township and range, district and parish, to whom and when sold, and for what price.
(2) Causing to be marked on the official plats or maps on file in his office the numbers of the certificates, which books and maps shall be bound and preserved as official records.
B. Prepare annually, on or before March first of each year, a descriptive list, by parish, of all lands sold during the preceding year, together with all data that may be afforded by his records.
Acts 1983, No. 705, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 282, §4, eff. June 27, 1989.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, NO. 282, §5.}}
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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