RS 3424 - Acceptance of work; assessment of abutting property; assessment lien
Upon the final and satisfactory completion of the work, the governing authority shall accept it by ordinance, and provide for the assessment of all abutting real estate and railroad tracks and roadbeds in the amount due by the owner thereof, according to the rules of an apportionment stipulated in this Sub-part. A certified copy of the ordinance containing the assessment shall, within thirty days after its passage, be filed for record in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish in which the assessed property is located, and, when filed and recorded, shall operate as a lien and privilege in favor of the municipality or its transferees, against the real estate and railroad tracks therein assessed.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 654, §1.