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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5135

  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

If the keeper or the mortgagor or the mortgagee is of the opinion that some action, beyond the ordinary course of administration of the property, is required to preserve or protect the property or if in the event the mortgagor or mortgagee believes the keeper is acting beyond his authority or is failing to act in accordance with his authority, such party may apply to the court before whom the proceedings are pending in a summary proceeding with notice to the mortgagor and mortgagee if they are not a party to such application, for instructions as to the proper course that should be taken by the keeper and the court may issue orders or instructions deemed necessary or appropriate for the protection of the property and the interests of the parties therein.  An order of the proper court issued pursuant to such an application shall be full authority for the keeper to act in accordance therewith and he shall be fully protected from all claims of any person as a result thereof.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 546, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.