A.In the parish of Orleans, when advertisements are required to be made in relation to judicial proceedings, or in the sale of property under judicial process, or in any other legal proceedings of whatever kind, the advertisement shall be inserted in a daily newspaper published in an office physically located in the parish of Orleans and published in the English language, and which has been published as a daily paper for at least five years prior to the insertion of the advertisement or publication. The newspaper shall be selected by the sheriff, constable, clerk, or other officer, as the case may be, who is charged with the conduct of the sale. The responsible official selecting the newspaper to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices shall make his selection in June of each ye
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A. In the parish of Orleans, when advertisements are required to be made in relation to judicial proceedings, or in the sale of property under judicial process, or in any other legal proceedings of whatever kind, the advertisement shall be inserted in a daily newspaper published in an office physically located in the parish of Orleans and published in the English language, and which has been published as a daily paper for at least five years prior to the insertion of the advertisement or publication. The newspaper shall be selected by the sheriff, constable, clerk, or other officer, as the case may be, who is charged with the conduct of the sale. The responsible official selecting the newspaper to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices shall make his selection in June of each year for a term of one year. The newspaper selected shall meet the requirements of a newspaper as defined in R.S. 43:200(3) and shall have been entered in a U.S. post office in Orleans Parish under a periodical permit for a period of five years preceding its selection to publish legal advertisements and legal notices.
B. In the parish of Orleans, when advertisements are required to be made in relation to judicial proceedings, or in the sale of immovable property under judicial process, or in any other legal proceedings of whatever kind, additional judicial advertisements shall also be inserted in an auxiliary journal which satisfies the requirements of law pertaining to official journals of political subdivisions. The requirements of this Subsection shall not apply to the advertisement of movable property in any proceeding.
C. Should either of the notices as provided in Subsection A or B of this Section, but not both, contain errors or omissions which make it legally deficient to accomplish the requirements of notice as provided by law then in such event the advertisement which is legally sufficient to accomplish notice as provided by law shall be sufficient to fulfill the notice requirements of law notwithstanding that only one such notice was in proper form and published correctly.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, in Orleans Parish a daily newspaper with a general paid circulation may be selected to publish judicial advertisements and legal notices if such newspaper has maintained a public business office in Orleans Parish for eight consecutive months prior to January 1, 2014.
Acts 1986, No. 378, §1, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 936, §1; Acts 1997, No. 422, §1; Acts 1999, No. 630, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 791, §1; Acts 2014, No. 197, §1, eff. May 22, 2014.