Definitions
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4704
in effect4704. Definitions
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this Title the following terms have the following meanings:
"Lease" means any oral or written lease, and includes a sublease;
"Lessee" includes a sublessee, whether the person seeking to evict is a lessor or sublessor; and an assignee of a lessee;
"Lessor" includes a sublessor, assignee, or transferee;
"Occupant" includes a sharecropper; half hand; day laborer; former owner; and any person occupying immovable property by permission or accommodation of the owner, former owner, or another occupant, except a mineral lessee, owner of a mineral servitude, or a lessee of the owner;
"Owner" includes a lessee; and
"Premises" includes the land and all buildings and improvements thereon leased by a tenant, or possessed by an occupant.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112076Fetched: 10/20/2026