United States — Louisiana
RS 9:4852
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A contractor must give the owner or the owner’s agent a written notice about lien rights before or when signing a residential home improvement contract.
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United States — Louisiana
RS 9:4853
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A contractor must give a copy of the signed notice to a person entitled to lien rights against the residential property if that person requests it.
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RS 9:4854
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This section says the subpart does not take away or interfere with eligible lien rights.
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RS 9:4855
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If a lien is perfected and the contractor failed to comply, or falsely obtained signatures or statements, the owner may sue for reasonable damages and attorney fees. The penalty does not apply if the contractor or subcontractor posts a qualifying bond or reimburses the owner and the owner acknowledges receipt in writin
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RS 9:4856
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Contractors, subcontractors, and their agents must not knowingly use construction contract money to avoid paying sellers of movables or laborers, and unpaid claimants may sue for the amount due, attorney fees, court costs, and civil penalties.
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RS 9:4857
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When a qualifying construction contract has retainage withheld, the owner must place those funds in an interest-bearing escrow account.
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RS 9:4858
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A contractor may choose to provide a retainage bond instead of retainage, but only if the contract requires retainage withholding.
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RS 9:4861
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This section defines key terms used in Part II about oil, gas, and water wells.
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RS 9:4862
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Certain listed persons have a privilege over specified property to secure obligations incurred in operations.
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RS 9:4863
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This section says the privilege from R.S. 9:4862 applies to specified property tied to the operating interest, but it does not reach certain non-lessee-owned hydrocarbons, related proceeds/obligations, or equipment used for plugging and abandoning the well.
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RS 9:4864
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A claimant’s privilege arises when specified work, deliveries, transport, or leased property are tied to a well site, and it ends when the secured obligation ends, the claimant consents in writing, or other Part rules apply.
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RS 9:4865
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A privilege stops being effective against third persons after 180 days unless the claimant files the required statement; other filing, lawsuit, and notice/seizure deadlines also apply.
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RS 9:4866
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A privilege is extinguished for certain movable property when it is sold or otherwise transferred for value to a good-faith third person and removed from the well site, with stated exclusions.
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RS 9:4867
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A claimant must deliver a statement of privilege within the time set by R.S. 9:4865(A), or the privilege is extinguished, with stated exceptions.
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RS 9:4868
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A claimant’s statement of privilege must be in writing, signed, and include specified identifying and debt information.
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RS 9:4869
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Rules on when a hydrocarbon privilege ends, and what a notified purchaser or claimant may do after notice.
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RS 9:4870
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This section ranks certain privileges. Most privileges under this Part are equal in rank, but a contractor’s privilege is lower than the claim of a person the contractor owes contractually. These privileges are generally ahead of other privileges, security interests, or mortgages on the encumbered property, subject to
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RS 9:4871
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A claimant may enforce a privilege by writ of sequestration without posting security.
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