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RS 9:5607
Certain damage claims against listed design and development professionals must be filed within five years, with exceptions for fraud and some board proceedings.
- Limitation periods
- Litigation risk
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RS 9:5608
A damages action against a home inspector or home inspection company must be filed in the proper court and venue within one year of the alleged act, omission, or neglect, unless an exception applies.
- Home inspections
- Litigation deadlines
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RS 9:5609
A recorded contract to buy or sell an immovable stops having recordation effect after one year unless a party reinscribes it; repeated reinscriptions can extend the effect. If a lis pendens is filed for a suit to enforce the recorded contract, reinscription is not required. After the effect ends, the recorder must canc
- Contract enforcement
- Property transactions
- Recordation
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RS 9:5610
Claims for damages against licensed real estate appraisers, appraisal management companies, and real estate appraisal companies must be filed within the stated limitation periods.
- Appraisal services
- Limitation periods
- Professional liability
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RS 9:5621
Claims against certain succession representatives, or their sureties, are prescribed by two years from the judgment homologating the final account.
- Claims limitation
- Estate administration
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RS 9:5622
Claims about procedural defects in certain auction or sale transactions must be brought within two years, unless minors or interdicted persons owned an interest, in which case the period is five years.
- Auction sales
- Personal property
- Prescription
- Real property
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RS 9:5623
Claims against sheriffs and their sureties must be brought within two years of the act or omission involved.
- Claims timing
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RS 9:5624
Claims for damages to property damaged for public purposes are subject to a two-year prescription period.
- Damages
- Prescription
- Public works
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RS 9:5625
This section sets deadlines for bringing zoning, building, and subdivision violation actions, with different time limits for general cases, certain parishes, historic districts, and the Vieux Carre.
- Building restrictions
- Prescription periods
- Subdivision regulations
- Zoning compliance
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RS 9:5626
Claims and actions for payment for lands and improvements used or destroyed for levees or levee drainage purposes must be prescribed within two years from the date the property was occupied, used, or destroyed.
- Drainage
- Land appropriation
- Levees
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RS 9:5627
A building that encroaches on a public way may stay if it does not block use and cannot be removed without substantial damage; if demolished, the owner must restore the public way.
- Building removal
- Encroachment
- Public way
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RS 9:5628
Medical malpractice claims covered by this section must be filed within one year, with an outside limit of three years from the alleged act, omission, or neglect.
- Limitations period
- Patient care claims
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RS 9:5628.1
Claims for damages against healthcare providers over blood or tissue use must be filed within the stated time limits, with a special exception for intentional fraud or willful concealment.
- Blood and tissue use
- Filing deadlines
- Medical liability
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RS 9:5629
Claims for damages under uninsured motorist insurance provisions must be brought within two years from the accident date.
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Uninsured motorist claims
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RS 9:5630
An unrecognized successor must assert an interest in certain immovable property within two years after the judgment of possession; some affected persons get one year from the section’s effective date, and a claim can be forever barred if not timely filed.
- Immovable property
- Judgment of possession
- Time limits
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RS 9:5631
Prescription under this section applies against all persons, including minors, interdicts, and posthumous children.
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RS 9:5632
Challenges to certain court-authorized property alienations, encumbrances, or leases must be brought within two years, and some affected persons had a six-month window from July 10, 1990, to assert the action.
- Limitations period
- Property transfers
- Succession administration
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RS 9:5633
This section lets a possessor acquire ownership of certain blighted immovable property after meeting filing, notice, timing, tax, and possession requirements.
- Adverse possession
- Property rehabilitation
- Real property
- Recordation
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RS 9:5633.1
This section lets a qualifying possessor acquire ownership of certain blighted immovable property after following required notices, filings, maintenance, and tax-payment rules.
- Acquisitive prescription
- Blighted property
- Lien and privilege
- Municipal compliance
- Property maintenance
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RS 9:5641
An action to set aside a public sale of land is prescribed by five years from recording of the sale, when the sale was made under attachment proceedings against a foreign corporation as record title holder.
- Attachment proceedings
- Land sale
- Prescription period
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