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Functions relative to state lands

Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner

Proceeds of sale of warrants or public land

Description of land or warrants in receipt

Receipt to purchaser

Issuance of patents

Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors

Fees of the commissioner

Disposition of fees collected

Right of appeal from decisions of the commissioner

Transcript or copy of proceedings

Filing of final judgment

Listing of lands owned, leased, or rented by state or instrumentalities of state; subsequent acquisitions or alienations

Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership

Hunting on state land; restrictions

Preservation of public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational opportunities

Surveys and plats

Records transferred to this state by the former office of the United States Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana

Federal authorities to have access to records

Place for deposit; custodian

Grant of vacant and unappropriated lands; lease of nonnavigable water bottoms

Contracts; reservation of mineral rights

Patents

Lands acquired at tax sale

Inventory and reports

Withdrawal from sale or entry of certain lands

Lands necessary for navigation purposes

Withdrawal from sale or entry of mineral lands

Application to enter or purchase

Information to be secured as to value of land

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Sale; minimum prices

Disposition of proceeds of sale

Expenses

Sale, exchange, or lease of state lands; research and development park

Restrictions in sale of state lands to levee or drainage districts

Notice to local governing authorities of intention to dispose of real property

Sales of immovable property by state agencies

Receipt of donation of immovable property by state agencies

Sections
171. 171 to 176

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

§§211, 212 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

Sections
251. 251 to 253

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

Sections
291. 291 to 294

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

Sections
331. 331 to 337

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 568, §2

Refund of purchase price in event of invalid sale

Re-transfer of land to state and return of warrant

Recovery by state for illegal or excessive entry of swamp lands

Certified abstracts

Proceedings

Suits in name of state

Compensation of officers and of district attorney

Records and maps to show lands recovered

Contest of entries

Hearing by register

Contestant's rights where entries are declared invalid

Contestant's rights to lands not then subject to entry

Persons entitled to make entry; quantity of land

Affidavit

Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patent

Conditions for issuance of patent

Final proof

Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs

Disposition of fees

Liability for debts

Reversion to state; preference rights of person filing charges

Homestead by discharged veterans; deduction of service time

Death of homesteader while in service

Scope and application of provisions

Homestead entry on tax adjudicated land

Procedure

Sale or incumbrance prior to issuance of patent

Conditions for issuance of patent

Final proof

Fees for oaths, affidavits and proofs

Disposition of fees

Liability for debts

Reversion to state preference rights of person filing charges

Register to hear proof

Final certificate and patent

Actions to set aside or annul homestead entry, prescription

Rights of veterans of World War II and of the Korean conflict

Widow and children of homesteader who dies in service

Residence required of homesteader in armed forces

Term of service as equivalent to residence

Sale of land to school board for public school educational purposes

Boundaries of land sold

Reservation of school lands in townships without school sections

Issuance of scrip in certain cases

Cancellation of school land warrants and refund of money when land unavailable

Price of seminary lands

Use of property for educational purposes; stipulation, abandonment and use as dedication

Dedication of property for public school purposes; administration

Sale or disposition of property with no right of reverter

Sixteenth section lands; adjustments; distribution of proceeds; lease and use

Free school fund; seminary fund; agricultural and mechanical college fund; state indebtedness; interest

Sixteenth section lands; erosion; title and revenues

Vermilion Parish; Sixteenth section land; distribution of mineral proceeds, and ownership of minerals and mineral revenues

Determining value of improvements and of the use of the land

Settler to be paid value of improvements less value of the use of the land

Lease to pay for improvements where sale refused

Election for sale of school lands

Election and sale of a sixteenth section divided by parish line

Resurvey of obliterated or uncertain lines

Manner, terms and conditions of sale

Compensation of parish treasurer

Lease of lands

Sale of timber; time allowable for removal

Proceeds of lease of land or sale of timber

Disposition of proceeds of sale of land; interest

Annulment of sale by purchaser

Collection of notes given for purchase price

Treasurer's duties on receipt of notes due

Attorney's duties

Disposition of moneys collected

Terrebonne Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

Bienville Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

Vermilion Parish School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

St. Tammany Parish School Board; unused school lands; sell, exchange, disposition; proceeds

Sale of swamp or sea marsh lands

Procedure

Deed; disposition of proceeds

Sale of lands received as indemnity for school lands

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Sale at public auction; withdrawal

Patent not to issue until purchase price is paid

Disposition of purchase price

Fees

Free school fund

Investment in levee bonds

Registration of bonds

Interest due townships

School board presidents may issue correction deeds

Resolution of the school board

Resolution when land is in more than one parish

Action to enforce issuance of correction deed

Sale of unused school lands

Procedure; deed of sale

Jefferson Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Grant Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Vermilion Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

DeSoto Parish School Board; exchange of unused school lands with the town of Logansport

Bossier Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Morehouse Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Red River Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Rapides Parish School Board; exchange of unused school land

Concordia Parish School Board; exchange of school lands; procedures; description

Exchange, lease, sale of unused school land; emergency circumstances

Central Community School Board; exchange of unused school land

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Central Community School Board; transfer of certain sixteenth section lands

Sale of unused school property by Orleans Parish School Board to public bodies

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 202, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.

West Baton Rouge Parish School Board; exchange of sixteenth section lands

Ouachita Parish School Board; sale or exchange of school lands; procedures; description

Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass

Compensation of attorneys

Suit in name of state

Lands to which applicable

Disposition of proceeds

Actions for recovery of title and damages for trespass

Compensation of attorneys

Suit in name of state; scope

Lands to which applicable

Disposition of proceeds

Lease of lands granted by congress for school purposes

Application for sale of timber on state lands

Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber

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Place; time; minimum price; proces verbal

Proceeds

Removal of timber

Advertising rates

Sale of timber on state lands where title in dispute: disposition of proceeds

Cutting or sale, or both, of cypress timber on state property; prohibition

Application for sale of timber on levee board lands

Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber

Advertisement

Place; time; minimum price; proces verbal

Proceeds

Removal of timber

Advertising rates

Sale of timber on levee board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceeds

Application for sale of timber in Interagency Recreation Board land

Information to be secured as to quantity and value of timber

Advertisement

Place; time; minimum price; proces verbal

Proceeds

Removal of timber

Advertising rates

Sale of timber on Interagency Recreation Board lands where title in dispute; disposition of proceeds

Transfer of former Interagency Recreation Board land to Department of Public Safety and Corrections

Sale of timber on sixteenth section school lands

Fixing of boundaries by mutual consent

Formal agreement to be made

Submission of differences to commissioners

Powers of commissioners

Costs

Official determination of boundary

Roads established by parochial authorities over state lands

Patents and titles subject to rights of way

Granting of rights of way to corporations or individuals

Disputed title; deposit of consideration in escrow

Lessor defined

Lands which may be leased; purposes; leases of sixteenth section lands for agricultural purposes; negotiation of surface leases of school lands; negotiation of leases by certain public benefit corporations; negotiation of leases for administering buildings designated as historic landmarks

Application for lease

Advertisement and bids

Opening of bids; execution of leases; exceptions; public benefit corporations; negotiated lease to nonprofit organizations

Advertising costs

New Orleans Convention Center; sale, lease, conveyance, transfer, or exchange of real property by the city of New Orleans

Lease of certain state property; Fort Pike to the Rigolets Marina Inc.

Restrictions of area, number, and transfer of leases; subleases

Term and rental; port authorities excepted

Renewal of lease; highest bid option

Locating and fixing limits of lands

Supervision of leases

Trespass

Penalties for violation

Surface leases on state lands

Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousand

Leases without advertisement or bids

Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirements

Exceptions to advertisement and bidding requirements

Oyster leases; grants of; ratification of existing leases

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 88, §3, eff. June 12, 1995.

Authority to lease to or from other political subdivisions, the state, or the United States

Form and contents of lease; maximum period; use of property

Execution of lease in triplicate, disposition of copies

Proceedings contemplated by Part exclusive

Sales made before 1914 validated

Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1934

Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1900; act of 1942

Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1930; Act of 1946

Sixteenth section sales made prior to 1921; Act of 1956

Sixteenth section sales made through July 1, 1956; Act of 1964

Sales, transfers or exchanges of public property by cities, towns, villages and police juries prior to twelve o'clock, noon, July 28, 1948

Sales of irregular and fractional sixteenth section lands made prior to 1860

Ratification and confirmation of leases of certain school lands

Confirmation of certain sales and locations

Certain redemptions in New Orleans confirmed

Confirmation of certificates of redemption under 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938 acts

Confirmation of sales to drainage district

Tax title by prescription

Prescription on suit to quiet title of state

Sale to drainage district

Confirmation of sale to Jefferson and Plaquemines Drainage District

Manner of sale by district

Title of purchaser from district

Lease, mortgage or use of property purchased by district

Land exchanges by director of highways

Sales of land by register of state land office to department of highways

Sales of land by Louisiana tuberculosis commission prior to July 27, 1932

Transfers of property acquired by the state or political subdivision; exemptions

Lease of lakes, bays and coves

Specifications

Approval of Lease

Subject to prior and future alienations and wildlife laws and regulations

Cancellation of lease

Ratification and confirmation of leases in municipalities of five hundred thousand

Declaration of public policy

Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission

Division of archaeology; state archaeologist

Responsibilities of the division

Archaeological finds on state land; state property

Permits for recovery

Contracts for recovery

Grants and fees

Access to information

Prohibited excavations

Public cooperation; private lands

Injunctive relief

State cooperation

Penalties

Archaeological Curation Fund; creation

Declaration of policy; public trust

State Land Office; powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities

Reclamation of lands lost through erosion, compaction, subsidence, and sea level rise; land acquisition for certain coastal projects; requirements

Permits and licenses for encroachments other than reclamation projects

Definitions

Application of Chapter; exemptions

Classes of permits

Permits; applications; documentation and processing

Leases to maintain encroachments; exceptions

Terms and conditions of leases

Leases for encroachments wholly upon public lands; leases for encroachments under this Title

Leases and permits; general conditions

Leases and permits, grant or denial; title

Leases and permits, cause for cancellation or revocation

Sanctions for violations; exceptions

Legislative findings

Lease authority and royalties

Award of state wind leases

Powers and duties of the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.