# La. Rev. Stat. § 41:2: Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S2

## Section

- **Citation:** La. Rev. Stat. § 41:2
- **Heading:** Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner
- **Jurisdiction:** Louisiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 41 / Section 2

## Text

The commissioner shall:

A. Keep accounts of the sales of lands which were donated to the state by:

(1) Setting forth in the certificate issued therefor the section, parts of sections, township and range, district and parish, to whom and when sold, and for what price.

(2) Causing to be marked on the official plats or maps on file in his office the numbers of the certificates, which books and maps shall be bound and preserved as official records.

B. Prepare annually, on or before March first of each year, a descriptive list, by parish, of all lands sold during the preceding year, together with all data that may be afforded by his records.

Acts 1983, No. 705, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 282, §4, eff. June 27, 1989.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, NO. 282, §5.}}

## Nearby sections

- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:1 Functions relative to state lands](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S1.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:2 Accounts and lists to be kept by the commissioner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S2.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:3 Proceeds of sale of warrants or public land](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S3.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:4 Description of land or warrants in receipt](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S4.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:5 Receipt to purchaser](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S5.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:6 Issuance of patents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S6.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:7 Annual list of lands entered or sold to be sent to parish assessors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S7.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:8 Fees of the commissioner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S8.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:9 Disposition of fees collected](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S9.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:10 Right of appeal from decisions of the commissioner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S10.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:11 Transcript or copy of proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S11.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:12 Filing of final judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S12.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:13 Listing of lands owned, leased, or rented by state or instrumentalities of state; subsequent acquisitions or alienations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S13.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 41:14 Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T41_S14.md)

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