RS 47:2144

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RS 47:2144

§2144. Movable property; procedure when removed from parish or municipality before payment

When movable property is moved from the parish or municipal corporation in which it is assessed to any other parish or municipal corporation in this state before the taxes on the property are paid, or moved from a municipality to another part of the same parish, and the taxes are not paid by the owner of the property when due, the tax collector of the parish or municipality in which the property is located, at the request of the tax collector of the parish or municipality from which such property was moved, at the time when the taxes were due, or subsequent thereto, shall enforce the collection of all taxes due on the property by seizure and sale in accordance with law.

When taxes are collected in accordance herewith, the tax collector making the collection shall forward the full amount of taxes collected, including interest and penalties, to the tax collector of the parish or municipal corporation in which the property was assessed, but may retain all amounts collected for costs incurred in making the collection.

Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2025, No. 411, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Redesignated from R.S. 47:2143.

NOTE: Former R.S. 47:2144 redesignated as R.S. 47:2145 by Acts 2025, No. 411, §4.