Louisiana § RS 40:600.36 - Filing of action to implement rehabilitation plan; notice to secured parties
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§ RS 40:600.36. Filing of action to implement rehabilitation plan; notice to secured parties
A. Form of notice to secured parties. Prior to a local governmental subdivision filing an action with the consent of the owner to establish a receivership in connection with a blighted housing property on a blighted housing property list, the designated official shall serve notice on the secured party which notice shall state that:
(1) The local governmental subdivision has determined the residential housing property of the owner to be a blighted housing property and has placed such property on the local governmental subdivision's blighted housing property list.
(2) The local governmental subdivision and the owner will arrange for a rehabilitation plan to be prepared and submitted to the court to restore the property to minimum habitability standards.
(3) A secured party may request a copy of such rehabilitation plan upon its submission to the court.
(4) A secured party may submit an alternate plan to the public officer within forty-five days of the date of the notice.
(5) If a secured party does not present to the public officer an alternate plan within forty-five days of the date of the notice, the secured party may file an objection to the local governmental subdivision's action to implement a rehabilitation plan in the court.
B. Service of notice. The notice shall be served on the secured parties by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the secured party at their last known addresses.
C. Recordation of notice. Any notice served pursuant to this Section shall be filed with the recorder of mortgages where the property is located. Once filed, said notice shall be deemed notice to all subsequent transferees. Any transferee of such property takes the property subject to all recorded liens, mortgages, and notices thereunto pertaining.
Acts 2006, No. 355, §1, eff. June 13, 2006.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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