Title 41, Public Lands
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La. Rev. Stat. § 41:546 Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs
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§546. Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs All oaths, affidavits or proofs required under this Subpart shall be made before the Register of the State Land Office, or before any official of the parish in which the land is situated who is authorized to administer oaths and to use …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:547 Disposition of fees
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§547. Disposition of fees The fees paid by the homesteader, except as may be otherwise provided in this Subpart shall be remitted by the Register of the State Land Office to the State Treasurer.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:548 Liability for debts
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§548. Liability for debts Lands acquired under the provisions of this Subpart shall never become liable for the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to issuance of patent therefor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:549 Reversion to state preference rights of person filing charges
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§549. Reversion to state preference rights of person filing charges If, at any time after filing of the affidavit required by R.S. 41:542, and before the issuance of patent therefor, it is proved after due notice to the homesteader or his legal representative, to the satisfaction…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:550 Register to hear proof
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§550. Register to hear proof The Register of the State Land Office shall receive and pass upon the proof of residence and cultivation as provided in this Subpart and the decision of the Register of the State Land Office as to whether the proof shows full compliance with the requi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:551 Final certificate and patent
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§551. Final certificate and patent Upon a full and complete compliance with all of the requirements of this Subpart by the homesteader, or his legal representatives, the Register of the State Land Office shall issue a final certificate, certifying that the homesteader, or his leg…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:552 Actions to set aside or annul homestead entry, prescription
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§552. Actions to set aside or annul homestead entry, prescription Any action brought by the State of Louisiana, private corporations, partnerships or persons, to set aside or annul a homestead entry of previously adjudicated lands or patent issued thereon under the provisions of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:591 Rights of veterans of World War II and of the Korean conflict
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§591. Rights of veterans of World War II and of the Korean conflict Any honorably discharged veteran of World War II or of the Korean conflict may homestead land under the provisions under Subpart A of this Part, and the time served in the armed service of the United States in ti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:592 Widow and children of homesteader who dies in service
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§592. Widow and children of homesteader who dies in service Where a homesteader under the provisions of Subpart A of this Part was inducted into the armed services after his entry was allowed and died in service, his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:593 Residence required of homesteader in armed forces
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§593. Residence required of homesteader in armed forces Induction into the military or naval services of the United States within six months after entry shall be considered as a compliance with the provisions of Subpart A of this Part in regard to the establishment of residence o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:594 Term of service as equivalent to residence
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§594. Term of service as equivalent to residence The term of service of any homesteader in the military or naval services of the United States shall be considered, as equivalent to and having the legal effect of residence on the property so entered during the entire term of his s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:6 Issuance of patents
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§6. Issuance of patents The governor shall issue patents: (1) For all lands sold, on presentation of the treasurer's receipt. (2) For lands located by warrants, whenever he is satisfied that the lands have been legally sold and located. Acts 1983, No. 705, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:631 Sale of land to school board for public school educational purposes
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§631. Sale of land to school board for public school educational purposes The Register of the State Land Office may sell, at the price stipulated by law, to any school board of this state any amount of land not less than five acres on which to erect a school house. The land must …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:632 Boundaries of land sold
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§632. Boundaries of land sold Any land sold under R.S. 41:631 shall commence in the corner of a legal division or subdivision of sections and shall be parceled out as follows: (1) If in a right angle it shall be run at an equal distance on two sides, bounded by the lines of the d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:633 Reservation of school lands in townships without school sections
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§633. Reservation of school lands in townships without school sections The Register of the State Land Office shall ascertain in what townships in this state there are no reservations of school sections or where the reservation is less than contemplated by law by reason of conflic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:634 Issuance of scrip in certain cases
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§634. Issuance of scrip in certain cases When the locations can not be made, if deemed more advantageous to the state, the register, with the assent of the federal government, may issue scrip for the lands, which scrip shall not be sold for a less amount than one dollar and twent…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:635 Cancellation of school land warrants and refund of money when land unavailable
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§635. Cancellation of school land warrants and refund of money when land unavailable Whenever, the register finds that because of the donation by congress of all the overflowed and swamp lands to the state there are no public lands in the Southeastern Land District of this state …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:636 Price of seminary lands
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§636. Price of seminary lands The price of the seminary lands shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:637 Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication
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§637. Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication Wherever any real property has been acquired by any association, organization or non-profit corporation by virtue of a deed which contains a stipulation that such property is to be used…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:638 Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration
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§638. Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration Whenever any real property has been acquired by the state of Louisiana, any municipality, parish school board, or any other subdivision or agency of the state of Louisiana by virtue of a deed, act of sale, do…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:639 Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter
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§639. Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter Unless the deed, act of sale, donation, or other form of transfer by which said property is conveyed, contains specific provisions prohibiting the same, such school board may sell or dispose of any such property whic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:640 Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use
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§640. Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use A. Where sixteenth section or indemnity lands granted by Congress for public school purposes have been erroneously sold by the state or paid by the state as fees for services rendered, such defici…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:641 Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest
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§641. Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest A. The debt due by the state to the free school fund arising from the sale of lands granted by Congress for school purposes may remain a perpetual loan to the state on wh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:642 Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues
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§642. Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues A.(1) The trustee title of the state of Louisiana to those sixteenth section or indemnity lands granted by congress to the state of Louisiana as trustee for the benefit of the school children of the township in which such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:643 Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues
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§643. Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues A. The state of Louisiana, the State Mineral and Energy Board may enter into and execute a compromise and settlement with the Vermilion Parish School B…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:671 Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land
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§671. Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land When the sale of the sixteenth section is legally ordered, and it appears to the satisfaction of the parish treasurer that any person had settled and improved the section or any part thereof prior to the extension…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:672 Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land
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§672. Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land The settler shall receive the value of his improvements out of the proceeds of the sale, except that the value of the use of the land shall be deducted from the value of the improvements. When the ca…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:673 Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused
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§673. Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused Whenever any person has settled and improved the sixteenth section, and the inhabitants of the township refuse to sell the section, as provided by law, then the parish treasurer shall cause the section to be leased, and the l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:7 Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors
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§7. Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors The commissioner shall furnish, annually, on or before March first, to the assessors of each parish, the list of all the lands that may have been entered or sold during the preceding year, together with the n…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:711 Election for sale of school lands
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§711. Election for sale of school lands The parish treasurer shall take the sense of the inhabitants of the township with reference to whether or not any lands heretofore reserved and appropriated by congress for the use of schools shall be sold, and the proceeds invested as auth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:712 Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line
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§712. Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line When the sixteenth section of any township is divided by a parish line, the treasurer of the parish in which a greater portion of the section lies, shall take the sense of the people of the township, and shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:713 Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines
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§713. Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines Before selling the school lands belonging to the state, the parish treasurer, or other persons whose duty it may become, to superintend the sales, shall cause a resurvey of the lines which from any cause may have become obliterated…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:714 Manner, terms and conditions of sale
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§714. Manner, terms and conditions of sale A. If the majority of the voters in a township give their assent to the sale of the lands, the parish treasurer shall notify the State Auditor of the vote thus taken, and upon his order, the parish treasurer shall have the land sold befo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:715 Compensation of parish treasurer
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§715. Compensation of parish treasurer The parish treasurer may retain, out of the proceeds of the sales of sixteenth sections effected by him, a compensation of two and one-half per cent on the amount of the sales, which shall be deducted from the cash payment, and which shall b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:716 Lease of lands
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§716. Lease of lands A. Should a majority of the legal voters be against the sale of the lands, then the school board of the parish in which the lands are located shall secure them from injury and waste, shall prevent illegal possession or aggression of any kind and shall lease t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:717 Sale of timber; time allowable for removal
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§717. Sale of timber; time allowable for removal A. The parish school boards may sell the timber on sixteenth section school lands to the highest bidder for said timber, after public notice of the proposed timber sale has been given by advertisement for at least thirty days in th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:718 Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber
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§718. Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber A. In all cases of the lease of sixteenth section school lands, or of the sale of the timber thereon, the cash payment after deducting sufficient amount to cover the actual expenses incurred by the election and making the sale or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:719 Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest
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§719. Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest All moneys received into the state treasury, and the interest accrued thereon from the sale of any sixteenth section of school lands or the school land warrants belonging to the various townships in the state, shall be place…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:720 Annulment of sale by purchaser
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§720. Annulment of sale by purchaser In all cases of the sale of school lands known as sixteenth sections, where the purchase money has not been paid, the purchaser may annul the sale, upon application to the district court of the parish where the land is situated subject to the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:721 Collection of notes given for purchase price
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§721. Collection of notes given for purchase price The State Auditor shall forward for collection to the treasurer of the school board in their respective parishes throughout the state, all the notes given for the purchase price of sixteenth sections, or any part thereof, wheneve…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:722 Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due
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§722. Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due The treasurer of the parish school board, on the receipt of the notes due and given for the sixteenth sections, shall immediately notify the principal and his sureties, in writing, of the amount of the notes, principal and interest…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:723 Attorney's duties
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§723. Attorney's duties The attorney shall proceed without delay, by all necessary legal processes, and without depositing clerk's or sheriff's costs, or giving security therefor, to collect all such notes as may be turned over to him by said treasurer of the parish school board.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:724 Disposition of moneys collected
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§724. Disposition of moneys collected The attorney shall receive ten per cent of all moneys collected by him on notes given for sixteenth sections, and after deducting the ten per cent he shall turn over the remainder to the treasurer of the school funds, for the parish in which …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:725 Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§725. Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A. The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds that as a result of the holding in Liner v. Terrebonne Parish School Board, 519 So.2d 777 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1987)(rehearing and writ denied in February an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:726 Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§726. Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the Bienville Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that the sixteenth section lands located within Bienville…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:727 Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§727. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A.(1) The legislature finds that as a result of the holding of the Louisiana Supreme Court in Abshire v. Vermilion Parish School Board, there are persons in Vermilion Parish who purchased sixteenth s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:727.1 Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§727.1. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A.(1) The Vermilion Parish School Board may sell, convey, transfer, assign, and deliver any interest, excluding mineral rights, the state or the school board has or may have to a certain tract or p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:728 St
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§728. St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the St. Tammany Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any unused school lands, includin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:729 Cameron Parish School Board; sale or exchange of sixteenth section lands
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§729. Cameron Parish School Board; sale or exchange of sixteenth section lands A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the Cameron Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any sixteenth section lands located within Cameron Parish are …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:761 Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands
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§761. Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands Whenever a sixteenth section donated to the state by Congress for school purposes is located in a township not habitable by reason of the township being swamp or sea marsh, the school board may, upon the petition of the land owners owning in…