Art. 3422.1.  Small succession immovable property damaged by disaster or catastrophe

A.  The provisions of this Article shall apply to immovable property, subject to a small succession proceeding, that is damaged by a disaster or catastrophe for which a declaration of emergency or federal declaration of disaster or emergency was issued.

B.  In the absence of a written agreement between co-owners for the use and management of such immovable recorded in the mortgage records for the parish in which the immovable is situated, any public entity or agent of such entity may conclusively presume that a co-owner in possession of the immovable for more than one year has been appointed by all co-owners to manage, administer, repair, reconstruct, and restore the immovable, and to receive, disburse and account for funds given to him by the public entity solely for the purposes of such repair, reconstruction, and restoration.

C.  The power of the managing co-owner shall include the power to execute mortgages to secure funds not exceeding the amount necessary to repair, reconstruct, and restore the immovable, and also to encumber the immovable with such restrictions as may be required by the public entity, without the need to obtain the concurrence of all co-owners.

D.  Possession of the immovable by the managing co-owner shall continue during any period the managing co-owner has been forced to leave the immovable due to fire, hurricane, flood, or other disaster or catastrophe.

E.  The management of the immovable by the co-owner shall be subject to the laws of negotiorum gestio and mandate applicable to co-owners.  However, the provisions of this Article shall control to the extent of any conflict.

F.  It is the intent of the legislature that the provisions of this Article be liberally construed to allow the maximum possible repair, reconstruction, and restoration of immovable property in this state, subject to a small succession proceeding, that has been damaged by disaster or catastrophe.

G.  Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 618, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.

Acts 2011, No. 323, §1, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 618, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.