Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1178 – Contracts
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1178
- Architectural-engineering corporation: means a corporation organized pursuant to this Chapter for the practice of architecture as provided for by Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1171
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. An architectural-engineering corporation shall be entitled to enter into contracts to provide architectural services and engineering services and such other contracts as may be consistent with the practice of architecture and engineering.
B. Architectural services rendered on behalf of an architectural-engineering corporation must be performed by or under the direct supervision of a natural person duly licensed to practice architecture in this state.
C. Civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering services or those of any other discipline of professional engineering which the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board may specify, and which are rendered on behalf of an architectural-engineering corporation, must be performed by or under the direct supervision of a natural person duly licensed to practice engineering in this state and having been listed as practicing in that respective discipline of engineering.
D. A contract to provide any services by an architectural-engineering corporation which at any time during the existence of the contract fails to comply with the requisites of this Chapter shall be voidable by any other party thereto.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 465, §1, eff. July 6, 1983; Acts 2003, No. 279, §2.