Louisiana § RS 13:5124 - Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant; notification

§ RS 13:5124. Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant; notification

A.(1)  All such parties shall be served by publishing the motion for judgment in a newspaper published in or having general circulation in such governmental unit in the manner hereinafter set forth.  Upon the filing of the motion for judgment, the court shall enter an order requiring the publication of the motion two times within a period of fifteen consecutive calendar days from the date of the issuance of the order, specifying the dates for publication thereof with the first publication as hereinabove provided to be not later than eight days from and after the date of the issuance of the order, and at the same time fix a time and place for hearing the proceeding, which time and place shall be published with the motion for judgment.  The date fixed for the hearing shall be at least ten days, but not more than thirteen days, after the second publication of such motion for judgment.

(2)  By publication of such motion for judgment, all taxpayers, property owners, and citizens of such governmental unit including nonresidents owning property or subject to taxation therein, and all other persons having or claiming any right, title, or interest in any property or funds to be affected in any way by the issuance of such bonds, or having or claiming to have any right or interest in the subject matter of such motion for judgment, shall be considered as parties defendant in such proceedings and as having been duly served, and the court shall have jurisdiction of them the same as if each of them were named individually as a party defendant in such motion for judgment and personally served with process.

B.  The party filing a motion for judgment shall also cause notification of the filing to be made upon the State Bond Commission and the attorney general by mailing a certified copy of the motion for judgment by registered or certified mail, with return receipt requested.  The State Bond Commission shall establish and maintain on its website an online database of such motions for judgment and shall post to such database within two days of receipt the caption of the motion for judgment, including the parties, the docket number, judicial district, and parish in which the motion for judgment is filed.  The State Bond Commission may remove from an online database on its website such motions and captions after three years from their initial posting on the website.  No judgment can be rendered until the party filing a motion for judgment files in the record an affidavit of the individual who mailed the motion for judgment to the State Bond Commission and attorney general, showing that it was properly addressed, with sufficient postage affixed, and the date it was deposited in the United States mail, to which shall be attached the return receipt thereon.

Acts 1972, No. 385, §1, eff. July 26, 1972.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 230, §1, eff. July 16, 1975; Acts 1995, No. 308, §1; Acts 2012, No. 212, §1, eff. May 22, 2012.