A licensed storage facility must notify the towed vessel owner and any lienholders before enforcing the privilege, and the notice must include specific vessel, location, charge, default, and sale information.
§4795. Notice of privilege and default A. The towed vessel owner and any lienholders shall be notified of the privilege created by this Part before enforcement of the privilege by the licensed storage facility. Notification of the privilege created by this Part shall be satisfied by the following: (1) For owners and lienholders identified by the department pursuant to R.S. 9:4794, written notification of the privilege sent by the licensed storage facility, using a certificate of mailing within ten business days from the date the department or its authorized agent sends the owner and lienholder information of the stored vessel to the licensed storage facility. If the department or its authorized agent sends the information electronically, the licensed storage facility shall send notice within five business days. (2) After compliance with R.S. 9:4794, for those vessels for which no records exist in the official records of the department, publishing notification of the privilege in the official newspaper of the parish in which the towed vessel was towed on two separate occasions. B. Notification shall include the following: (1) As applicable, registration numbers, a general description of the towed vessel, including the make, length, type of vessel, whether inboard or outboard motors, and make and horsepower, registration numbers, motor serial number, and hull identification number (HIN). (2) The date and location where the vessel was found, the present location, charges due on the date of the notice, and name, street address, and telephone number of the licensed storage facility, which the owner may contact to respond to the notice. (3) A statement that the vessel is subject to the privilege held by the licensed storage facility and that the vessel owner is in default. (4) A statement that unless the claim is paid within the time stated the property will be sold at a commercially reasonably public sale, and the location and date of the sale, which shall not be earlier than thirty days after the date notice is mailed to the owner or thirty days after the last date of notification as provided in this Section. As used in this Part, "commercially reasonably" has the same meaning as in the Commercial Laws, R.S. 10:1-101 through 9-710. Acts 2012, No. 752, §1.