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RS 9:176

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RS 9:176
§176. Interest and penalties
A. A holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this Chapter shall pay to the administrator interest at the annual rate established pursuant to R.S. 13:4202 on the property or value thereof from the date the property should have been reported, paid, or delivered.
B. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this Section, a holder who fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this Chapter, or fails to perform other duties imposed by this Chapter, shall pay to the administrator, in addition to interest as provided in Subsection A of this Section, a civil penalty of two hundred dollars for each day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of five thousand dollars.
C. A holder who willfully fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this Chapter, or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this Chapter, shall pay to the administrator, in addition to interest as provided in Subsection A of this Section, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each day the report, payment, or delivery is withheld, or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars, plus twenty-five percent of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.
D. A holder who renders a fraudulent report shall pay to the administrator, in addition to interest as provided in Subsection A of this Section, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each day from the date a report under this Chapter was due, up to a maximum twenty-five thousand dollars, plus twenty-five percent of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.
E. Upon good cause shown the administrator may waive, in whole or in part, interest and penalties under Subsections B and C of this Section, and shall waive penalties if the holder acted in good faith and without negligence.
Acts 1986, No. 829, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 809, §1, eff. July 10, 1997.
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