Title 41, Public Lands
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La. Rev. Stat. § 41:762 Procedure
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§762. Procedure When a sale of a sixteenth section is ordered, the sale shall be made by the parish treasurer of the parish in which the sixteenth section is located, in person or by the sheriff or any auctioneer of the parish, designated by the treasurer. The sale shall be made …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:763 Deed; disposition of proceeds
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§763. Deed; disposition of proceeds A. The deed of the parish treasurer shall be full and complete evidence of the sale, shall convey a good and valid title to the property sold and shall have all the force and effect of a notarial act. B. All monies or notes received under and b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:8 Fees of the commissioner
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§8. Fees of the commissioner The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable fees, not to exceed the cost of providing the services, for: (1) Redemption certificates. (2) Cancellation certificates. (3) Original patents executed by the commissioner and the go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:801 Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands
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§801. Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands All lands owned by, or which may hereafter inure to the state from the United States government as indemnity for school lands, shall be disposed of as provided in this Subpart.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:802 Advertisement
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§802. Advertisement The Register of the State Land Office shall cause to be advertised for sale at public auction, for thirty clear days, a list of the lands to be sold, which have not already been advertised, and the publication shall be made in a newspaper published in the pari…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:803 Sale at public auction; withdrawal
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§803. Sale at public auction; withdrawal The register shall adjudicate the lands at public auction to the last and highest bidder at his office and in case the land so offered for sale fails to bring at auction the price of five dollars per acre the land shall be withdrawn from s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:804 Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid
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§804. Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid The register shall not issue a patent to the purchaser of the land until he has paid into the hands of the state treasurer the purchase price of the lands.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:805 Disposition of purchase price
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§805. Disposition of purchase price Out of the purchase price paid, the State Treasurer shall pay the cost of advertisement and shall place the balance to the credit of the various school boards entitled to receive the money.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:806 Fees
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§806. Fees In addition to the purchase price paid for the lands, the purchaser shall pay to the register the same fees as in other cases where a patent is issued.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:841 Free school fund
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§841. Free school fund A. The proceeds of all lands heretofore granted by the United States to this state for the use or support of schools, except the sixteenth section in the various townships of the states specially reserved by Congress for the use and benefit of the people th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:842 Investment in levee bonds
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§842. Investment in levee bonds In addition to the investments now authorized by law, the State Auditor and State Treasurer, with the approval of the governor, may invest in levee bonds of this state yielding not less than four per cent per annum interest net, the proceeds of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:843 Registration of bonds
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§843. Registration of bonds The State Auditor and the State Treasurer shall keep a distinct book wherein to register all bonds which are acquired by investment of proceeds of the sales of sixteenth section school lands, and shall write or stamp in legible characters on the face o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:844 Interest due townships
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§844. Interest due townships The State Auditor shall ascertain the amount of capital that may be due the several townships from the proceeds of the sales of sixteenth sections, made since the first of January, 1880, and actually paid into the state treasury. The amount thus ascer…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:881 School board presidents may issue correction deeds
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§881. School board presidents may issue correction deeds The presidents of the school boards of the several parishes shall enter into and execute deeds correcting the description in various deeds to sixteenth sections or parts thereof where the original of the deed was executed p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:882 Resolution of the school board
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§882. Resolution of the school board The school boards of the several parishes may enact and adopt, either at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the express purpose, a resolution authorizing and requesting the president of the school board to execute a correction d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:883 Resolution when land is in more than one parish
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§883. Resolution when land is in more than one parish If the sixteenth section of any township is divided by a parish line, the school board for the parish in which the greater portion of the section lies may authorize the correction deed and the president of the school board in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:884 Action to enforce issuance of correction deed
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§884. Action to enforce issuance of correction deed If any school board refuses to enact and adopt a resolution authorizing the execution by the president of the school board of correction deed pertaining to sixteenth sections or parts thereof in the parish of the school board, t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:891 Sale of unused school lands
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§891. Sale of unused school lands Whenever the school board of any parish or city determines that any school lands or other immovable property under its control are no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public school system would be served by the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:892 Procedure; deed of sale
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§892. Procedure; deed of sale A. Whenever a sale of property described in R.S. 41:891 is ordered by the school board, the sale shall be made by the president of the school board in person, through an auctioneer designated by the school board, or through a licensed real estate bro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:893 Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§893. Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Jefferson Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property adjacent to the L.W. Higgings High School is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public sc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:894 Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§894. Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Grant Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property found in Township 6 North, Range 2 West, Section 16 is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best interest of the public …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:895 Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§895. Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Vermilion Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Vermilion Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:896 DeSoto Parish School Board; exchange of unused school lands with the town of Logansport
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§896. DeSoto Parish School Board; exchange of unused school lands with the town of Logansport A. Whenever the DeSoto Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property found in the town of Logansport, situated in DeSoto Parish, is no longer needed for school purposes an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:897 Bossier Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§897. Bossier Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Bossier Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Bossier Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:898 Morehouse Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§898. Morehouse Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Morehouse Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Morehouse Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:899 Red River Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§899. Red River Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Red River Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Red River Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:9 Disposition of fees collected
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§9. Disposition of fees collected All fees shall be collected and deposited into the state treasury. Acts 1983, No. 705, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:900 Rapides Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§900. Rapides Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Rapides Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Rapides Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:901 Concordia Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description
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§901. Concordia Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, whenever the Concordia Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines, relative to any school lands including but not lim…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:902 Exchange, lease, sale of unused school land; emergency circumstances
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§902. Exchange, lease, sale of unused school land; emergency circumstances A. Notwithstanding the requirements of this Subpart regarding procedures for the transfer of unused school land, whenever any city, parish, or other local public school board which has, as the result of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:903 Central Community School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§903. Central Community School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Central Community School Board determines that a parcel of its property in the Central community school system, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:904 East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Central Community School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
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§904. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Central Community School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands A. The legislature hereby recognizes that the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the Central Community School Board entered into a Quitclaim, Transfer and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:905 Sale of unused school property by Orleans Parish School Board to public bodies
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§905. Sale of unused school property by Orleans Parish School Board to public bodies A. For purposes of this Section, and notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Public body…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:906 Union Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
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§906. Union Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land A. Whenever the Union Parish School Board determines that a parcel of its property in Union Parish, including but not limited to sixteenth section land, is no longer needed for school purposes and that the best inter…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:907 West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands
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§907. West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any school lands, including but not limited to sixte…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:908 Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; description
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§908. Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; description A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the Ouachita Parish School Board, on behalf of the state of Louisiana, determines that any school land, including but not limited to …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:91 Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottoms
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§91. Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottoms A. In order to procure the settlement or resettlement of the vacant and unappropriated lands belonging to the state, the register of the state land office, when directed to do so by the governor, s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:92 Contracts; reservation of mineral rights
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§92. Contracts; reservation of mineral rights The grants shall be evidenced by contracts and may be upon such terms and conditions as the register of the state land office may deem to be to the best interest of the state, and shall be subject to approval of the governor. The cont…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:921 Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass
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§921. Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass The Attorney General may contract with and employ attorneys at law to sue for and recover from any person, firm or corporation, claiming under color of title, sixteenth sections known as school lands, title to which bel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:922 Compensation of attorneys
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§922. Compensation of attorneys The compensation of the attorneys employed shall be fixed by contract between the attorneys employed, and the Attorney General, and shall be a contingent fee, conditioned upon recovery and shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third percent of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:923 Suit in name of state
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§923. Suit in name of state In all cases suit shall be brought for and in the name of the State of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:924 Lands to which applicable
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§924. Lands to which applicable The authority given by this Subpart shall apply to all sixteenth sections donated by the Congress of the United States to the State of Louisiana in trust for public school purposes, and to which the state has never legally parted with the title.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:925 Disposition of proceeds
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§925. Disposition of proceeds All moneys recovered for the state shall, after deducting and paying the attorneys' fees, and all other lawful costs and charges, be paid into the state treasury, to be kept on the books of the State Auditor and the State Treasurer, to the credit of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:93 Patents
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§93. Patents Patents may be issued, in accordance with law, to any grantee for any land, upon forms to be prescribed by the register of the state land office upon the certificate of the governor and the register of the state land office that the contract has been fully complied w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:94 Lands acquired at tax sale
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§94. Lands acquired at tax sale This Chapter shall not apply to lands adjudicated to the state at tax sale, until the expiration of three years from date of recordation of the tax deed evidencing the adjudication.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:95 Inventory and reports
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§95. Inventory and reports The register of the state land office, shall, when directed to do so by the governor, make an inventory of the lands, file reports and furnish any information relative to the lands, as may be required by the governor.
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:96 Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands
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§96. Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands The governor shall withdraw from sale or entry any of the vacant and unappropriated public lands belonging to the State of Louisiana, now existing or hereafter acquired by accretion or otherwise, located south of the following l…
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:961 Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass
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§961. Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass The school boards of the various parishes of the state may contract with and employ on the part of the State of Louisiana, attorneys at law, to recover for the state, damages for trespass to the sixteenth section known …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:962 Compensation of attorneys
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§962. Compensation of attorneys The attorneys thus employed shall work in conjunction with the district attorney for the parish in which the land is situated. The compensation of the district attorneys shall remain as now fixed by law; but the compensation of the other attorneys …
La. Rev. Stat. § 41:963 Suit in name of state; scope
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§963. Suit in name of state; scope Suit in all cases shall be brought in the name of the State of Louisiana, and the attorneys employed shall sue for the value of all timber cut and removed from any such lands, as well as any and all other legal damages caused by any trespass.