2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 6 — Banks and banking
RS 6:902 — Companion authority
§902. Companion authority
A. It is expressly provided that such powers, privileges, benefits, immunities, and exemptions that are provided by the laws of this state for associations organized under the laws of this state and for the members, stockholders, depositors, or borrowers thereof; and the vendors liens, mortgages on movables or immovables, or both, acts of pledge and other forms of security contracts executed in favor of federal associations shall, in all respects, have the same effect, rank, and priority against all other privileges, liens, encumbrances, and creditors of the mortgagor, pledgor, or other debtor granting security and all debtors subsequently affected thereby, and shall also confer all rights, powers, advantages, privileges, remedies, and immunities conferred upon associations organized under the laws of this state, and inscription of any such security contract in favor of a federal association shall have effect for the same period of time without necessity of reinscription, and reinscription shall also have effect for the same period of time as is now or may hereafter be provided by laws of this state for associations organized under the laws of this state. All contracts made by, or in favor of such federal associations shall confer upon them the same rights, powers, advantages, privileges, remedies, and immunities as conferred by this state upon state associations.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, and for the purpose of providing a means by which state associations may have authority consistent with that granted federal associations, the commissioner shall have the power to establish and promulgate regulations he deems necessary and in the best interest of the state associations, consistent with the regulations of the Federal Home Bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, consistent with services offered by and authority vested in, federal associations, and in furtherance of and/or incidental to the exercise of the powers of associations generally and as enumerated in R.S. 6:731.
Acts 1970, No. 234, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 278, §1; Acts 1983, No. 675, §1.
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