2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 38 - Public Contracts, Works and Improvements
RS 38:1594 - Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 38:1594 (2018)

§1594. Prescriptive period to question validity of proceedings

No contest or proceedings to question the validity or legality of any resolutions or ordinances adopted or proceedings undertaken under the provisions of this Part shall be initiated in any court by any person for any cause whatsoever after the expiration of thirty days from the date when the resolution, ordinance, or proceeding was published, and after such time the regularity of such resolution, ordinance, or proceeding shall be conclusively presumed. If the validity of any certificates issued under the provisions of this Part is not raised within thirty days from date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said certificates and fixing their terms, the authority to issue said certificates, the legality thereof, and the legality of the local or special assessments necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall thereafter have authority to inquire into such matters.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 708, §1.

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