§236.16. Child support mortgage and privilege by affidavit; effect of filing
A. The director of the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services may cause a "Child Support Mortgage and Privilege by Affidavit of DCFS", as provided in R.S. 13:4291(B), to be recorded in the mortgage records of any parish in which the support obligor owns movable or immovable property, and with the office of the secretary of state for inclusion in the master index authorized under R.S. 10:9-519. Such affidavit when filed shall operate as a first lien, privilege, and legal mortgage on all of the movable and immovable property of the support obligor only from the date of such filing, and shall not affect liens, privileges, chattel mortgages, or security interests as provided in R.S. 10:9-101 et seq. or mortgages already affecting or burdening such property at the date of such filing. Such filing shall apply to all unpaid support obligations that may accrue after such filing, and the property of the support obligor shall be subject to seizure and sale for the payment of such support obligation and arrearages according to the preference and rank of the lien, privilege, security interest, and mortgage securing their payment. Notwithstanding any provision of this Subsection, such affidavit shall not operate as a lien, privilege, or legal mortgage on any licensed or titled motor vehicle.
B. The director of the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee, may release all or any portion of the property subject to any lien or judgment obtained pursuant to this Section from such lien or judgment, or may subordinate such lien or judgment to other liens and encumbrances if he determines that the support obligation and arrearages are sufficiently secured by a lien or judgment on other property or through other security, or that the release, partial release, or subordination of such lien or judgment will not endanger or jeopardize the collection of support obligations or arrearages.
Acts 1997, No. 1118, §2; Acts 2001, No. 128, §16, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7.
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