RS 9:5501.1
District court clerks must provide the affidavit form on request and notarize and record it, subject to a fee set by the clerk or recorder of mortgages.
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- Public records
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District court clerks must provide the affidavit form on request and notarize and record it, subject to a fee set by the clerk or recorder of mortgages.
This section was repealed, effective July 1, 2006.
A person may file an affidavit of identity in specified circumstances, but the affiant must mail copies to listed judgment creditors and show proof of mailing before recording; false statements can trigger criminal and civil liability, and filing fees are capped.
Liens and privileges for certain parish or municipal assessments are not effective against third parties until filed in the mortgage records.
Sections 551 to 553 are repealed.
This chapter may be cited as the Ship Mortgage Law.
This section defines terms used in the chapter about ship construction.
Builders must assign hull numbers and mark related ship materials, components, and contracts with that number.
This section says when title to a ship, its work, materials, and components passes to the purchaser under certain ship-construction contracts, and when it does not pass before completion and delivery.
A purchaser or, in some cases, the builder may mortgage or grant a security interest in a ship under the stated Chapter conditions.
Certain ship mortgages must be in writing and include specified details; later security agreements must follow Chapter 9 requirements.
Mortgage recorders must note and record filed ship-mortgage instruments and promptly endorse a certificate of recordation; the service fee is $2.
A ship mortgage becomes effective against third persons when filed in the proper offices, and the filing gives notice to everyone.
Recorders of mortgages must keep a ship mortgage book in a specified column format.
Ship mortgages can be cancelled after payment, must be reinscribed on time to keep their effect, and recorders of mortgages may destroy old ship-mortgage records after the stated waiting period.
Builders must affix or mark a hull plaque/number, keep substitute records if allowed, and people must not remove, obliterate, or deface the plaque or hull number before incorporation into the work.
A person who fraudulently mortgages or gives a security interest in a ship covered by this section, without ownership or proper authority, or without fully disclosing existing liens and encumbrances in writing, can be fined, imprisoned, or both.
A person who has mortgaged a ship under Chapter 9 must not fraudulently sell, hide, damage, remove, or otherwise dispose of the ship or its work to defeat the mortgage or security interest.
If the mortgagor commits the listed practices, the creditor or mortgage-note holder may accelerate the debt, and the mortgagee may collect it immediately.
A mortgagee on a ship’s mortgage who is not the debt owner/holder must not fraudulently release or satisfy the mortgage.
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