Louisiana § RS 47:2238.6 - Placing purchaser in possession of property
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§ RS 47:2238.6. Placing purchaser in possession of property
A. The granting of the ex parte order pursuant to R.S. 47:2238.5 shall authorize the city to perfect a sale to the named purchaser and shall grant possession and transfer title to the purchaser thereby vesting an absolute and perfect title to the property conveyed without any claim thereto by any former owner and free of all mortgages, liens, privileges, and encumbrances whatsoever.
B. Any former owner, including heirs, assignees, or other successors, shall be subject to the mortgages, liens, privileges, and encumbrances if the former owner possessed the property at the time it became burdened.
C. The ex parte order of possession and transfer of ownership shall have effect against third persons from the time it is filed for registry in the office of the Ouachita Parish clerk of court.
Acts 2009, No. 146, §1, eff. June 25, 2009.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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