§ 9:2721 — Filing in office of parish recorder

§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.

Legislative History

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.