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La. R.S. 9:3259.1 — when lot rent is 60 days late, the park owner tells the lender in writing

When rent on a lot for a factory built home is sixty days past due, the owner of a park with three or more lots notifies the secured parties, and a mortgagor who does not live in the home, in writing by mail.

  • La. R.S. 9:3259.1
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  • If the owner does not notify within thirty days after the rent is sixty days late, its claim for rent is limited to ninety days of past due rent.
  • The owner may charge a $25 fee when it notifies and the lessee or mortgagor then pays.
  • La. R.S. 9:3259.1

A home worth no more than $5,000, free of any mortgage or lien, that the lessee has abandoned may be sold to cover the rent, but only after notice to the lessee, a demand for payment of at least fifteen days, a newspaper advertisement, and a court's authorization. The lessee may pay and redeem it before the sale.

  • La. R.S. 9:3259.3
Sources for this section (2)
  1. La. R.S. 9:3259.1 — Unpaid rent; factory-built homes; notification by lessor
  2. La. R.S. 9:3259.3 — Privilege for unpaid lease payments; abandoned factory-built homes and abandoned movable property; enforcement of privilege by owner of immovable property; definitions

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Louisiana attorney.

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