Public Lands
La. Laws div. RS, tit. 41
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section41:1. Functions relative to state landssection41:2. Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissionersection41:3. Proceeds of sale of warrants or public landsection41:4. Description of land or warrants in receiptsection41:5. Receipt to purchasersection41:6. Issuance of patentssection41:7. Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessorssection41:8. Fees of the commissionersection41:9. Disposition of fees collectedsection41:10. Right of appeal from decisions of the commissionersection41:11. Transcript or copy of proceedingssection41:12. Filing of final judgmentsection41:13. Listing of lands owned, leased, or rented by state or instrumentalities of state; subsequent acquisitions or alienationssection41:14. Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownershipsection41:15. Hunting on state land; restrictionssection41:16. Preservation of public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunitiessection41:51. Surveys and platssection41:52. Records transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisianasection41:53. Federal authorities to have access to recordssection41:54. Place for deposit; custodiansection41:91. Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottomssection41:92. Contracts; reservation of mineral rightssection41:93. Patentssection41:94. Lands acquired at tax salesection41:95. Inventory and reportssection41:96. Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain landssection41:97. Lands necessary for navigation purposessection41:98. Withdrawal from sale or entry of mineral landssection41:131. Application to enter or purchasesection41:132. Information to be secured as to value of landsection41:133. Advertisementsection41:134. Sale; minimum pricessection41:135. Disposition of proceeds of salesection41:136. Expensessection41:137. Sale, exchange, or lease of state lands; research and development parksection41:138. Restrictions in sale of state lands to levee or drainage districtssection41:139. Notice to local governing authorities of intention to dispose of real propertysection41:140. Sales of immovable property by state agenciessection41:151. Receipt of donation of immovable property by state agenciessection41:171. §§171 to 176 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2section41:211. §§211, 212 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2section41:251. §§251 to 253 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2section41:291. §§291 to 294 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2section41:331. §§331 to 337 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2section41:381. Refund of purchase price in event of invalid salesection41:382. Re-transfer of land to state and return of warrantsection41:421. Recovery by state for illegal or excessive entry of swamp landssection41:422. Certified abstractssection41:423. Proceedingssection41:424. Suits in name of statesection41:425. Compensation of officers and of district attorneysection41:426. Records and maps to show lands recoveredsection41:461. Contest of entriessection41:462. Hearing by registersection41:463. Contestant's rights where entries are declared invalidsection41:464. Contestant's rights to lands not then subject to entrysection41:501. Persons entitled to make entry; quantity of landsection41:502. Affidavitsection41:503. Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patentsection41:504. Conditions for issuance of patentsection41:505. Final proofsection41:506. Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofssection41:507. Disposition of feessection41:508. Liability for debtssection41:509. Reversion to state; preference rights of person filing chargessection41:510. Homestead by discharged veterans; deduction of service timesection41:511. Death of homesteader while in servicesection41:512. Scope and application of provisionssection41:541. Homestead entry on tax adjudicated landsection41:542. Proceduresection41:543. Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patentsection41:544. Conditions for issuance of patentsection41:545. Final proofsection41:546. Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofssection41:547. Disposition of feessection41:548. Liability for debtssection41:549. Reversion to state preference rights of person filing chargessection41:550. Register to hear proofsection41:551. Final certificate and patentsection41:552. Actions to set aside or annul homestead entry, prescriptionsection41:591. Rights of veterans of World War II and of the Korean conflictsection41:592. Widow and children of homesteader who dies in servicesection41:593. Residence required of homesteader in armed forcessection41:594. Term of service as equivalent to residencesection41:631. Sale of land to school board for public school educational purposessection41:632. Boundaries of land soldsection41:633. Reservation of school lands in townships without school sectionssection41:634. Issuance of scrip in certain casessection41:635. Cancellation of school land warrants and refund of money when land unavailablesection41:636. Price of seminary landssection41:637. Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedicationsection41:638. Dedication of property for public school purposes; administrationsection41:639. Sale or disposition of property with no right of revertersection41:640. Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and usesection41:641. Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interestsection41:642. Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenuessection41:643. Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenuessection41:671. Determining value of improvements and of the use of the landsection41:672. Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the landsection41:673. Lease to pay for improvements where sale refusedsection41:711. Election for sale of school landssection41:712. Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish linesection41:713. Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain linessection41:714. Manner, terms and conditions of salesection41:715. Compensation of parish treasurersection41:716. Lease of landssection41:717. Sale of timber; time allowable for removalsection41:718. Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timbersection41:719. Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interestsection41:720. Annulment of sale by purchasersection41:721. Collection of notes given for purchase pricesection41:722. Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes duesection41:723. Attorney's dutiessection41:724. Disposition of moneys collectedsection41:725. Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section landssection41:726. Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section landssection41:727. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section landssection41:727.1. Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section landssection41:728. St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceedssection41:729. Cameron Parish School Board; sale or exchange of sixteenth section landssection41:761. Sale of swamp or sea marsh landssection41:762. Proceduresection41:763. Deed; disposition of proceedssection41:801. Sale of lands received as indemnity for school landssection41:802. Advertisementsection41:803. Sale at public auction; withdrawalsection41:804. Patent not to issue until purchase price is paidsection41:805. Disposition of purchase pricesection41:806. Feessection41:841. Free school fundsection41:842. Investment in levee bondssection41:843. Registration of bondssection41:844. Interest due townshipssection41:881. School board presidents may issue correction deedssection41:882. Resolution of the school boardsection41:883. Resolution when land is in more than one parishsection41:884. Action to enforce issuance of correction deedsection41:891. Sale of unused school landssection41:892. Procedure; deed of salesection41:893. Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:894. Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:895. Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:896. DeSoto Parish School Board; exchange of unused school lands with the town of Logansportsection41:897. Bossier Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:898. Morehouse Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:899. Red River Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:900. Rapides Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:901. Concordia Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; descriptionsection41:902. Exchange, lease, sale of unused school land; emergency circumstancessection41:903. Central Community School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:904. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Central Community School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section landssection41:905. Sale of unused school property by Orleans Parish School Board to public bodiessection41:906. Union Parish School Board; exchange of unused school landsection41:907. West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section landssection41:908. Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; descriptionsection41:909. Tensas Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school landssection41:921. Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespasssection41:922. Compensation of attorneyssection41:923. Suit in name of statesection41:924. Lands to which applicablesection41:925. Disposition of proceedssection41:961. Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespasssection41:962. Compensation of attorneyssection41:963. Suit in name of state; scopesection41:964. Lands to which applicablesection41:965. Disposition of proceedssection41:981. Lease of lands granted by congress for school purposessection41:1001. Application for sale of timber on state landssection41:1002. Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timbersection41:1003. Advertisementsection41:1004. Place; time; minimum price; proces verbalsection41:1005. Proceedssection41:1006. Removal of timbersection41:1007. Advertising ratessection41:1008. Sale of timber on state lands where title in dispute: disposition of proceedssection41:1009. Cutting or sale, or both, of cypress timber on state property; prohibitionsection41:1041. Application for sale of timber on levee board landssection41:1042. Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timbersection41:1043. Advertisementsection41:1044. Place; time; minimum price; proces verbalsection41:1045. Proceedssection41:1046. Removal of timbersection41:1047. Advertising ratessection41:1048. Sale of timber on levee board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceedssection41:1081. Application for sale of timber in Interagency Recreation Board landsection41:1082. Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timbersection41:1083. Advertisementsection41:1084. Place; time; minimum price; proces verbalsection41:1085. Proceedssection41:1086. Removal of timbersection41:1087. Advertising ratessection41:1088. Sale of timber on Interagency Recreation Board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceedssection41:1089. Transfer of former Interagency Recreation Board land to Department of Public Safety and Correctionssection41:1111. Sale of timber on sixteenth section school landssection41:1131. Fixing of boundaries by mutual consentsection41:1132. Formal agreement to be madesection41:1133. Submission of differences to commissionerssection41:1134. Powers of commissionerssection41:1135. Costssection41:1136. Official determination of boundarysection41:1171. Roads established by parochial authorities over state landssection41:1172. Patents and titles subject to rights of waysection41:1173. Granting of rights of way to corporations or individualssection41:1174. Disputed title; deposit of consideration in escrowsection41:1211. Lessor definedsection41:1212. Lands which may be leased; purposes; leases of sixteenth section lands for agricultural purposes; negotiation of surface leases of school lands; negotiation of leases by certain public benefit corporations; negotiation of leases for administering buildings designated as historic landmarkssection41:1213. Application for leasesection41:1214. Advertisement and bidssection41:1215. Opening of bids; execution of leases; exceptions; public benefit corporations; negotiated lease to nonprofit organizationssection41:1215.1. Advertising costssection41:1215.2. New Orleans Convention Center; sale, lease, conveyance, transfer, or exchange of real property by the city of New Orleanssection41:1215.3. Lease of certain state property; Fort Pike to the Rigolets Marina Inc.section41:1215.4. Lamar-Dixon Expo Center; leasesection41:1216. Restrictions of area, number, and transfer of leases; subleasessection41:1217. Term and rental; port authorities exceptedsection41:1217.1. Renewal of lease; highest bid optionsection41:1218. Locating and fixing limits of landssection41:1219. Supervision of leasessection41:1220. Trespasssection41:1221. Penalties for violationsection41:1222. Surface leases on state landssection41:1223. Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousandsection41:1224. Leases without advertisement or bidssection41:1224.1. Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirementssection41:1224.2. Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirementssection41:1225. Oyster leases; grants of; ratification of existing leasessection41:1261. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1262. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1263. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1264. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1265. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1266. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1267. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1268. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1269. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.section41:1291. Authority to lease to or from other political subdivisions, the state, or the United Statessection41:1292. Form and contents of lease; maximum period; use of propertysection41:1293. Execution of lease in triplicate, disposition of copiessection41:1294. Proceedings contemplated by Part exclusivesection41:1321. Sales made before 1914 validatedsection41:1322. Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1934section41:1323. Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1942section41:1323.1. Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1930; Act of 1946section41:1323.2. Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1921; Act of 1956section41:1323.3. Sixteenth section sales made through July 1, 1956; Act of 1964section41:1323.4. Sales, transfers or exchanges of public property by cities, towns, villages and police juries prior to twelve o'clock, noon, July 28, 1948section41:1323.5. Sales of irregular and fractional sixteenth section lands made prior to 1860section41:1323.6. Ratification and confirmation of leases of certain school landssection41:1324. Confirmation of certain sales and locationssection41:1325. Certain redemptions in New Orleans confirmedsection41:1326. Confirmation of certificates of redemption under 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938 actssection41:1327. Confirmation of sales to drainage districtsection41:1328. Tax title by prescriptionsection41:1329. Prescription on suit to quiet title of statesection41:1330. Sale to drainage districtsection41:1331. Confirmation of sale to Jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage Districtsection41:1332. Manner of sale by districtsection41:1333. Title of purchaser from districtsection41:1334. Lease, mortgage or use of property purchased by districtsection41:1335. Land exchanges by director of highwayssection41:1336. Sales of land by register of state land office to department of highwayssection41:1337. Sales of land by Louisiana tuberculosis commission prior to July 27, 1932section41:1338. Transfers of property acquired by the state or political subdivision; exemptionssection41:1501. Lease of lakes, bays, and covessection41:1502. Specificationssection41:1503. Approval of Leasesection41:1504. Subject to prior and future alienations and wildlife laws and regulationssection41:1505. Cancellation of leasesection41:1506. Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousandsection41:1601. Declaration of public policysection41:1602. Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commissionsection41:1603. Division of archaeology; state archaeologistsection41:1604. Responsibilities of the divisionsection41:1605. Archaeological finds on state land; state propertysection41:1606. Permits for recoverysection41:1607. Contracts for recoverysection41:1608. Grants and feessection41:1609. Access to informationsection41:1610. Prohibited excavationssection41:1611. Public cooperation; private landssection41:1612. Injunctive reliefsection41:1613. State cooperationsection41:1614. Penaltiessection41:1615. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 114, §17, eff. July 1, 2022.section41:1701. Declaration of policy; public trustsection41:1701.1. State Land Office; powers, duties, functions, and responsibilitiessection41:1702. Reclamation of lands lost through erosion, compaction, subsidence, and sea level rise; land acquisition for certain coastal projects; requirementssection41:1703. Permits and licenses for encroachments other than reclamation projectssection41:1704. Definitionssection41:1705. Application of Chapter; exemptionssection41:1706. Classes of permitssection41:1707. Permits; applications; documentation and processingsection41:1708. Leases to maintain encroachments; exceptionssection41:1709. Terms and conditions of leasessection41:1710. Leases for encroachments wholly upon public lands; leases for encroachments under this Titlesection41:1711. Leases and permits; general conditionssection41:1712. Leases and permits; grant or denial; titlesection41:1713. Leases and permits, cause for cancellation or revocationsection41:1714. Sanctions for violations; exceptionssection41:1731. Legislative findingssection41:1732. Lease authority and royaltiessection41:1733. Award of state wind leasessection41:1734. Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energysection41:1751. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.section41:1752. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.section41:1753. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
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