Louisiana § RS 33:3528 - Additional assessment
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:3528 — Additional assessment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 33:3528. Additional assessment
In the event the local and special assessments originally levied are insufficient to pay the principal or interest or both in any one year, of the certificates outstanding at their respective maturity dates, then the municipality issuing the certificates, through its governing authority, shall levy and collect, at such time as may be necessary, an additional local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the drainage ditch improved, sufficient in amount to pay in full the principal or interest or both of the certificates at their respective maturity dates. The amounts assessed in the ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage and if not paid within thirty days from the date of its adoption, the municipality shall proceed against the property for the collection of the amount of the additional local or special assessment so levied, plus interest thereon and ten (10%) per cent additional for attorneys' fees. A certified copy of each ordinance providing for the levy and collection of the additional local or special assessment shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the municipality is located, promptly upon its adoption, who shall forth-record1 the same in the mortgage records of the parish, and when so filed and recorded the ordinance shall operate as a lien and privilege against all the real estate therein assessed.
Acts 1952, No. 379, §8.
1So in enrolled bill.
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 33:3528 cover?
Section RS 33:3528 ("Additional assessment") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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