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TITLE 41 - Public Lands
- RS 41:1 - TITLE 41 PUBLIC LANDS
- RS 41:2 - Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner
- RS 41:3 - Proceeds of sale of warrants or public land
- RS 41:4 - Description of land or warrants in receipt
- RS 41:5 - Receipt to purchaser
- RS 41:6 - Issuance of patents
- RS 41:7 - Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors
- RS 41:8 - Fees of the commissioner
- RS 41:9 - Disposition of fees collected
- RS 41:10 - Right of appeal from decisions of the commissioner
- RS 41:11 - Transcript or copy of proceedings
- RS 41:12 - Filing of final judgment
- RS 41:13 - Listing of lands owned, leased, or rented by state or instrumentalities of state; subsequent acquisitions or alienations
- RS 41:14 - Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership
- RS 41:15 - Hunting on state land; restrictions; exceptions
- RS 41:16 - Preservation of public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities
- RS 41:51 - SURVEYS AND RECORDS OF PUBLIC LANDS
- RS 41:52 - Records transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana
- RS 41:53 - Federal authorities to have access to records
- RS 41:54 - Place for deposit; custodian
- RS 41:91 - VACANT AND UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS
- RS 41:92 - Contracts; reservation of mineral rights
- RS 41:93 - Patents
- RS 41:94 - Lands acquired at tax sale
- RS 41:95 - Inventory and reports
- RS 41:96 - Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands
- RS 41:97 - Lands necessary for navigation purposes
- RS 41:98 - Withdrawal from sale or entry of mineral lands
- RS 41:131 - Application to enter or purchase
- RS 41:132 - Information to be secured as to value of land
- RS 41:133 - Advertisement
- RS 41:134 - Sale; minimum prices
- RS 41:135 - Disposition of proceeds of sale
- RS 41:136 - Expenses
- RS 41:137 - Sale, exchange, or lease of state lands; research and development park
- RS 41:138 - Restrictions in sale of state lands to levee or drainage districts
- RS 41:139 - Notice to local governing authorities of intention to dispose of real property
- RS 41:140 - Sales of immovable property by state agencies
- RS 41:151 - Receipt of donation of immovable property by state agencies
- RS 41:171 - To 176 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, 2
- RS 41:211 - Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, 2
- RS 41:251 - To 253 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, 2
- RS 41:291 - To 294 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, 2
- RS 41:331 - To 337 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, 2
- RS 41:381 - Refund of purchase price in event of invalid sale
- RS 41:382 - Re-transfer of land to state and return of warrant
- RS 41:421 - Recovery by state for illegal or excessive entry of swamp lands
- RS 41:422 - Certified abstracts
- RS 41:423 - Proceedings
- RS 41:424 - Suits in name of state
- RS 41:425 - Compensation of officers and of district attorney
- RS 41:426 - Records and maps to show lands recovered
- RS 41:461 - Contest of entries
- RS 41:462 - Hearing by register
- RS 41:463 - Contestant's rights where entries are declared invalid
- RS 41:464 - Contestant's rights to lands not then subject to entry
- RS 41:501 - HOMESTEADS
- RS 41:502 - Affidavit
- RS 41:503 - Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patent
- RS 41:504 - Conditions for issuance of patent
- RS 41:505 - Final proof
- RS 41:506 - Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs
- RS 41:507 - Disposition of fees
- RS 41:508 - Liability for debts
- RS 41:509 - Reversion to state; preference rights of person filing charges
- RS 41:510 - Homestead by discharged veterans; deduction of service time
- RS 41:511 - Death of homesteader while in service
- RS 41:512 - Scope and application of provisions
- RS 41:541 - Homestead entry on tax adjudicated land
- RS 41:542 - Procedure
- RS 41:543 - Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patent
- RS 41:544 - Conditions for issuance of patent
- RS 41:545 - Final proof
- RS 41:546 - Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs
- RS 41:547 - Disposition of fees
- RS 41:548 - Liability for debts
- RS 41:549 - Reversion to state preference rights of person filing charges
- RS 41:550 - Register to hear proof
- RS 41:551 - Final certificate and patent
- RS 41:552 - Actions to set aside or annul homestead entry, prescription
- RS 41:591 - Rights of veterans of World War II and of the Korean conflict
- RS 41:592 - Widow and children of homesteader who dies in service
- RS 41:593 - Residence required of homesteader in armed forces
- RS 41:594 - Term of service as equivalent to residence
- RS 41:631 - SCHOOL LANDS
- RS 41:632 - Boundaries of land sold
- RS 41:633 - Reservation of school lands in townships without school sections
- RS 41:634 - Issuance of scrip in certain cases
- RS 41:635 - Cancellation of school land warrants and refund of money when land unavailable
- RS 41:636 - Price of seminary lands
- RS 41:637 - Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication
- RS 41:638 - Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration
- RS 41:639 - Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter
- RS 41:640 - Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use
- RS 41:641 - Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest
- RS 41:642 - Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues
- RS 41:643 - Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues
- RS 41:671 - Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land
- RS 41:672 - Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land
- RS 41:673 - Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused
- RS 41:711 - Election for sale of school lands
- RS 41:712 - Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line
- RS 41:713 - Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines
- RS 41:714 - Manner, terms and conditions of sale
- RS 41:715 - Compensation of parish treasurer
- RS 41:716 - Lease of lands
- RS 41:717 - Sale of timber; time allowable for removal
- RS 41:718 - Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber
- RS 41:719 - Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest
- RS 41:720 - Annulment of sale by purchaser
- RS 41:721 - Collection of notes given for purchase price
- RS 41:722 - Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due
- RS 41:723 - Attorney's duties
- RS 41:724 - Disposition of moneys collected
- RS 41:725 - Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:726 - Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:727 - Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:727.1 - Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:728 - St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds
- RS 41:761 - Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands
- RS 41:762 - Procedure
- RS 41:763 - Deed; disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:801 - Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands
- RS 41:802 - Advertisement
- RS 41:803 - Sale at public auction; withdrawal
- RS 41:804 - Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid
- RS 41:805 - Disposition of purchase price
- RS 41:806 - Fees
- RS 41:841 - Free school fund
- RS 41:842 - Investment in levee bonds
- RS 41:843 - Registration of bonds
- RS 41:844 - Interest due townships
- RS 41:881 - School board presidents may issue correction deeds
- RS 41:882 - Resolution of the school board
- RS 41:883 - Resolution when land is in more than one parish
- RS 41:884 - Action to enforce issuance of correction deed
- RS 41:891 - Sale of unused school lands
- RS 41:892 - Procedure; deed of sale
- RS 41:893 - Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:894 - Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:895 - Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:896 - DeSoto Parish School Board; exchange of unused school lands with the town of Logansport
- RS 41:897 - Bossier Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:898 - Morehouse Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:899 - Red River Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:900 - Rapides Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:901 - Concordia Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description
- RS 41:902 - Exchange, lease, sale of unused school land; emergency circumstances
- RS 41:903 - Central Community School Board; exchange of unused school land
- RS 41:904 - East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Central Community School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:905 - Sale of unused school property by Orleans Parish School Board to public bodies
- RS 41:906 - Avoyelles Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description
- RS 41:907 - West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands
- RS 41:908 - Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; description
- RS 41:921 - Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass
- RS 41:922 - Compensation of attorneys
- RS 41:923 - Suit in name of state
- RS 41:924 - Lands to which applicable
- RS 41:925 - Disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:961 - Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass
- RS 41:962 - Compensation of attorneys
- RS 41:963 - Suit in name of state; scope
- RS 41:964 - Lands to which applicable
- RS 41:965 - Disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:981 - Lease of lands granted by congress for school purposes
- RS 41:1001 - TIMBER
- RS 41:1002 - Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber
- RS 41:1003 - Advertisement
- RS 41:1004 - Place; time; minimum price; proces-verbal
- RS 41:1005 - Proceeds
- RS 41:1006 - Removal of timber
- RS 41:1007 - Advertising rates
- RS 41:1008 - Sale of timber on state lands where title in dispute: disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:1009 - Cutting or sale, or both, of cypress timber on stateowned water bottoms; prohibition
- RS 41:1041 - Application for sale of timber on levee board lands
- RS 41:1042 - Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber
- RS 41:1043 - Advertisement
- RS 41:1044 - Place; time; minimum price; proces-verbal
- RS 41:1045 - Proceeds
- RS 41:1046 - Removal of timber
- RS 41:1047 - Advertising rates
- RS 41:1048 - Sale of timber on levee board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:1081 - Application for sale of timber in Interagency Recreation Board land
- RS 41:1082 - Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber
- RS 41:1083 - Advertisement
- RS 41:1084 - Place; time; minimum price; proces verbal
- RS 41:1085 - Proceeds
- RS 41:1086 - Removal of timber
- RS 41:1087 - Advertising rates
- RS 41:1088 - Sale of timber on Interagency Recreation Board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceeds
- RS 41:1089 - Transfer of former Interagency Recreation Board land to Department of Public Safety and Corrections
- RS 41:1111 - Sale of timber on sixteenth section school lands
- RS 41:1131 - DETERMINATION OF BOUNDARIES
- RS 41:1132 - Formal agreement to be made
- RS 41:1133 - Submission of differences to commissioners
- RS 41:1134 - Powers of commissioners
- RS 41:1135 - Costs
- RS 41:1136 - Official determination of boundary
- RS 41:1171 - ROADS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
- RS 41:1172 - Patents and titles subject to rights of way
- RS 41:1173 - Granting of rights of way to corporations or individuals
- RS 41:1174 - Disputed title; deposit of consideration in escrow
- RS 41:1211 - LEASES OF PUBLIC LANDS
- RS 41:1212 - 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 landmarks
- RS 41:1213 - Application for lease
- RS 41:1214 - Advertisement and bids
- RS 41:1215 - Opening of bids; execution of leases; exceptions; public benefit corporations; negotiated lease to nonprofit organizations
- RS 41:1215.1 - Advertising costs
- RS 41:1215.2 - New Orleans Convention Center; sale, lease, conveyance, transfer, or exchange of real property by the city of New Orleans
- RS 41:1215.3 - Lease of certain state property; Fort Pike to the Rigolets Marina Inc.
- RS 41:1216 - Restrictions of area, number, and transfer of leases; subleases
- RS 41:1217 - Term and rental; port authorities excepted
- RS 41:1217.1 - Renewal of lease; highest bid option
- RS 41:1218 - Locating and fixing limits of lands
- RS 41:1219 - Supervision of leases
- RS 41:1220 - Trespass
- RS 41:1221 - Penalties for violation
- RS 41:1222 - Surface leases on state lands
- RS 41:1223 - Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousand
- RS 41:1224 - Leases without advertisement or bids
- RS 41:1224.1 - Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirements
- RS 41:1224.2 - Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirements
- RS 41:1225 - Oyster leases; grants of; ratification of existing leases
- RS 41:1261 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1262 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1263 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1264 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1265 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1266 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1267 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1268 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1269 - Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, 3, eff. June 12, 1995.
- RS 41:1291 - Authority to lease to or from other political subdivisions, the state, or the United States
- RS 41:1292 - Form and contents of lease; maximum period; use of property
- RS 41:1293 - Execution of lease in triplicate, disposition of copies
- RS 41:1294 - Proceedings contemplated by Part exclusive
- RS 41:1321 - MISCELLANEOUS TITLE
- RS 41:1322 - Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1934
- RS 41:1323 - Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1942
- RS 41:1323.1 - Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1930; Act of 1946
- RS 41:1323.2 - Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1921; Act of 1956
- RS 41:1323.3 - Sixteenth section sales made through July 1, 1956; Act of 1964
- RS 41:1323.4 - Sales, transfers or exchanges of public property by cities, towns, villages and police juries prior to twelve o'clock, noon, July 28, 1948
- RS 41:1323.5 - Sales of irregular and fractional sixteenth section lands made prior to 1860
- RS 41:1323.6 - Ratification and confirmation of leases of certain school lands
- RS 41:1324 - Confirmation of certain sales and locations
- RS 41:1325 - Certain redemptions in New Orleans confirmed
- RS 41:1326 - Confirmation of certificates of redemption under 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938 acts
- RS 41:1327 - Confirmation of sales to drainage district
- RS 41:1328 - Tax title by prescription
- RS 41:1329 - Prescription on suit to quiet title of state
- RS 41:1330 - Sale to drainage district
- RS 41:1331 - Confirmation of sale to Jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage District
- RS 41:1332 - Manner of sale by district
- RS 41:1333 - Title of purchaser from district
- RS 41:1334 - Lease, mortgage or use of property purchased by district
- RS 41:1335 - Land exchanges by director of highways
- RS 41:1336 - Sales of land by register of state land office to department of highways
- RS 41:1337 - Sales of land by Louisiana tuberculosis commission prior to July 27, 1932
- RS 41:1338 - Transfers of property acquired by the state or political subdivision; exemptions
- RS 41:1501 - IMPROVEMENTS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
- RS 41:1502 - Specifications
- RS 41:1503 - Approval of Lease
- RS 41:1504 - Subject to prior and future alienations and wildlife laws and regulations
- RS 41:1505 - Cancellation of lease
- RS 41:1506 - Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousand
- RS 41:1601 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
- RS 41:1602 - Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission
- RS 41:1603 - Division of archaeology; state archaeologist
- RS 41:1604 - Responsibilities of the division
- RS 41:1605 - Archaeological finds on state land; state property
- RS 41:1606 - Permits for recovery
- RS 41:1607 - Contracts for recovery
- RS 41:1608 - Grants and fees
- RS 41:1609 - Access to information
- RS 41:1610 - Prohibited excavations
- RS 41:1611 - Public cooperation; private lands
- RS 41:1612 - Injunctive relief
- RS 41:1613 - State cooperation
- RS 41:1614 - Penalties
- RS 41:1615 - Archaeological Curation Fund; creation
- RS 41:1701 - STATE WATER BOTTOM MANAGEMENT
- RS 41:1701.1 - State Land Office; powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities
- RS 41:1702 - Reclamation of lands lost through erosion, compaction, subsidence, and sea level rise; land acquisition for certain coastal projects; requirements
- RS 41:1703 - Permits and licenses for encroachments other than reclamation projects
- RS 41:1704 - Definitions
- RS 41:1705 - Application of Chapter; exemptions
- RS 41:1706 - Classes of permits
- RS 41:1707 - Permits; applications; documentation and processing
- RS 41:1708 - Leases to maintain encroachments; exceptions
- RS 41:1709 - Terms and conditions of leases
- RS 41:1710 - Leases for encroachments wholly upon public lands; leases for encroachments under this Title
- RS 41:1711 - Leases and permits; general conditions
- RS 41:1712 - Leases and permits, grant or denial; title
- RS 41:1713 - Leases and permits, cause for cancellation or revocation
- RS 41:1714 - Sanctions for violations; exceptions
- RS 41:1731 - Legislative findings
- RS 41:1732 - Lease authority and royalties
- RS 41:1733 - Award of state wind leases
- RS 41:1734 - Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources
- RS 41:1751 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
- RS 41:1752 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
- RS 41:1753 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
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