RS 9:3882.1

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RS 9:3882.1

§3882.1. Real or immovable property transactions; powers granted

In a military power of attorney, the language granting power with respect to real or immovable property transactions empowers the agent to do all of the following:

(1)Accept as a gift or as security for a loan, reject, demand, buy, lease, receive, or otherwise acquire an interest in real property or a right incidental to real or immovable property.

(2)Sell, exchange, convey with or without covenants, quitclaim, release, surrender, mortgage, encumber, partition, consent to partitioning, subdivide, apply for zoning, rezoning, or other governmental permits, plat or consent to platting, develop, grant options concerning, lease, sublease, give in payment, or otherwise dispose of an interest in real or immovable property or a right incidental to real or immovable property.

(3)Release, assign, satisfy, and enforce by litigation or otherwise a mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, lien, or other claim to real or immovable property which exists or is asserted.

(4)Do any act of management or of conservation with respect to an interest in real or immovable property, or a right incidental to real or immovable property, owned or claimed to be owned, by the principal, including all of the following:

(a)Insuring against a casualty, liability, or loss.

(b)Obtaining or regaining possession, or protecting the interest or right, by litigation or otherwise.

(c)Paying, compromising, or contesting taxes or assessments, or applying for and receiving refunds in connection with them.

(d)Purchasing supplies, hiring assistance or labor, and making repairs or alterations in the real or immovable property.

(5)Use, develop, alter, replace, remove, erect, or install structures or other improvements upon real or immovable property in or incidental to which the principal has, or claims to have, an interest or right.

(6)Participate in a reorganization with respect to real or immovable property or a legal entity that owns an interest in or right incidental to real or immovable property and receive and hold shares of stock or obligations received in a plan of reorganization, and act with respect to them, including all of the following:

(a)Selling or otherwise disposing of them.

(b)Exercising or selling an option, conversion, or similar right with respect to them.

(c)Voting them in person or by proxy.

(7)Change the form of title of an interest in or right incidental to real or immovable property.

(8)Dedicate to public use, with or without consideration, servitudes, easements, or other rights or interests in and to real or immovable property in which the principal has, or claims to have, an interest or right.

Acts 1995, No. 1131, §1.