Louisiana § RS 9:2721 - Filing in office of parish recorder
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 9:2721 — Filing in office of parish recorder, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 9:2721. Filing in office of parish recorder
A. An act of conveyance of immovable property or attachment thereto filed for registry in the office of the parish recorder shall designate the name of the person responsible for all property taxes and assessments and include the address where property tax and assessment notices are to be mailed. The person responsible for the taxes and assessments of the immovable being transferred shall provide the above information to the tax assessor for the parish in which the immovable property is located for the purpose of issuing tax and assessment notices.
B. Anyone who acquires immovable property in this state, whether by sale, sheriff's sale, giving in payment, or in any other manner, which property is subject to a recorded lease agreement that is not divested by the acquisition, shall take the property subject to all of the provisions of the lease, including any provision for the payment of a commission to a leasing agent or other third party, provided that the lease was recorded prior to the recordation of the document which establishes the rights of the person who acquires the property. Such document shall include but is not limited to a mortgage, option to purchase, or other writing.
Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1992, No. 974, §1; Acts 1999, No. 949, §1; Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2016, No. 227, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 9:2721 ("Filing in office of parish recorder") 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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