§5396. Maintenance of abandoned mortgaged property
A. If a mortgagee or loan servicer receives a notice from a governing authority in accordance with R.S. 33:5062 or R.S. 33:5065 et seq., identifying certain maintenance required on the mortgaged property, the mortgagee and loan servicer shall have the right to directly or through third parties enter onto the property to perform maintenance.
B. If any abandoned residential property, as defined by R.S. 33:5066, affected by a mortgage is unoccupied or abandoned, the mortgagee and loan servicer shall each have the legal right, directly or through third parties, to enter onto the property and to perform maintenance to protect and preserve the property until it can be sold at private sale or sheriff's sale.
C. The mortgagee, loan servicer, and any third parties hired by them to perform maintenance on the property, as defined by R.S. 33:5066, shall not be liable to the mortgagor or the owner of the seized property or any other person for any financial or pecuniary loss or damage claimed to have been suffered by the mortgagor or owner of the property or any other person by reason of the maintenance of the property.
D. Any costs and expenses incurred by the mortgagee or loan servicer for maintaining the property may be added to any loan balance secured by the mortgage and recoverable from proceeds received from a sale of the property.
Acts 2012, No. 692, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
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