Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1462 – Conditions for recovery; eligibility
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1462
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Commission: means the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1431
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Qualifying broker: means the sponsoring broker for a licensed corporation, limited liability company, or partnership and is the individual real estate broker designated by a licensed corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, by resolution, as its representative in all matters relating to its real estate business activities in Louisiana and in administrative and regulatory matters before the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1431
- Real estate: shall mean and include condominiums and leaseholds, as well as any other interest in land, with the exceptions of oil, gas and other minerals and whether the real estate is situated in this state or elsewhere. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1431
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
A.(1) Any person shall be eligible to seek recovery from the recovery fund if all of the following conditions have been met:
(a) The claimant has received final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state in any action wherein the cause of action was based on any violation prescribed in this Chapter.
(b) At the time the action was commenced, the claimant gave notice thereof to the Real Estate Commission by certified mail. When the Real Estate Commission receives notice of any action, as required, the commission may intervene, enter an appearance, file an answer, defend the action, or take any action it deems appropriate on behalf of, and in the name of, the defendant and take recourse through any appropriate method of review on behalf of, and in the name of, the defendant.
(c) The claimant has made such judgment executory, and the return of the constable or sheriff showing that executing the same has made a return showing that no personal or real property of the judgment debtor can be found, or that the amount realized on the sale of the judgment debtor’s property pursuant to such execution was insufficient to satisfy the judgment.
(d)(i) The claimant has made all reasonable searches and inquiries to ascertain whether the judgment debtor is possessed of real or personal property or other assets subject to being sold or applied in satisfaction of the judgment, and by his search he has discovered no property or assets, or that he has discovered property and assets and that he has taken all necessary action and proceedings for the application thereof to the judgment and that the amount thereby realized was insufficient to satisfy the judgment.
(ii) The claimant has diligently pursued his remedies against all the judgment debtors and all persons liable to him in the transaction for which he seeks recovery from the recovery fund. If the recovery fund claim is based on the actions of a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, the claimant must have diligently pursued all possible remedies against the qualifying broker for the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company.
(iii) If the judgment debtor has sought protection under the federal bankruptcy law, the claimant must provide a stamped copy of the proof of claim submitted to the bankruptcy court handling the case of the judgment debtor.
(e) Any amount recovered by the claimant from the judgment debtor, or from any other source, has been applied to the damages awarded by the courts.
(f) The right to recovery under this Subsection shall be forever barred unless application is made within one hundred eighty days from the date of the final judgment of all judicial proceedings, including appeals.
(g) After proper review, the commission may, after receiving written approval of the state attorney general’s office, pay the claim or offer such compromise as is deemed just and equitable.
(2) Consent judgments shall not be eligible for payment from the recovery fund unless the commission has intervened in the lawsuit and is a party to the consent judgment.
B.(1) The commission may, in lieu of meeting all the conditions for recovery set forth in Paragraphs (1) through (5) of Subsection A, allow the aggrieved party to submit a claim to the commission by notarized affidavit giving all the pertinent facts to the claim, when the claim is based on the actions of one or more licensees who have been sanctioned by the commission in an adjudicatory proceeding, the record of which corroborates the affidavit submitted by the claimant, and the amount of the claim does not exceed two thousand dollars.
(2) The right to recover under the provisions of this Subsection shall be forever barred unless application is made within one hundred eighty days from the effective date of the order issued by the commission pursuant to an adjudicatory proceeding pertaining to a claim submitted by a notarized affidavit, including appeals.
(3) Claims submitted by notarized affidavit may be paid by the commission after receiving written approval of the attorney general’s office.
Acts 1978, No. 514, §1; Acts 1983, No. 379, §1; Acts 1986, No. 836, §1; Acts 1989, No. 655, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1207, §§1, 2; Acts 1997, No. 845, §1; Acts 1999, No. 452, §2; Acts 2007, No. 35, §1.