§2280. Filing of the judgment; affidavit
A. The judgment rendered in the monition proceeding may be filed with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located.
B. The petitioner may file the affidavit provided in R.S. 47:2277 with the recorder of mortgages. The recorder of mortgages shall index the affidavit only under the names of the petitioner and the tax debtor as mortgagors.
C. The filing of the affidavit provided in Subsection B of this Section with the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the property is located shall operate as a cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of record of:
(1) All statutory impositions due and owing to the selling or donor political subdivision prior to the date of the original acquisition by a tax sale purchaser or donee of adjudicated property.
(2) All statutory impositions of all political subdivisions and all other interests, liens, privileges, and other encumbrances under governmental liens arising prior to the original sale of adjudicated property to the acquiring person, or the filing of the notice required under R.S. 47:2236(E).
(3) All interests, liens, mortgages, and other encumbrances recorded against the property and listed in the affidavit, other than governmental liens not included in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
D. After the filing of the affidavit, the recorder of mortgages or the recorder of conveyances shall treat as canceled, terminated, released, or erased all those liens, privileges, mortgages, or other encumbrances canceled, terminated, released, or erased under Subsection C of this Section.
E. The petitioner shall be liable to and indemnify the recorder of mortgages, the recorder of conveyances, and any other person relying on the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure by affidavit for any damages that they may suffer as a consequence of such reliance if the recorded affidavit contains materially false or incorrect statements that cause the recorder to incorrectly cancel, terminate, release, or erase any interest as provided in the affidavit. The recorder of mortgages and the recorder of conveyances shall not be liable for any damages resulting to any person or entity as a consequence of the cancellation, termination, release, or erasure of any interest in compliance with this Section.
Acts 2008, No. 819, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
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