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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:4841 (2026)
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SUBPART F. ENFORCEMENT; DELIVERY OF
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Cited in 17
cases, 1962–1990 · leading case: McGee v. Missouri Valley Dredging Co., 182 So. 2d 764 (La. Ct. App. 1966).
McGee v. Missouri Valley Dredging Co., 182 So. 2d 764 (La. Ct. App. 1966). “rigs, standard rigs, machinery, appurtenances, appliances, equipment, buildings, tanks and other structures thereto attached or located on said property for the amount shown on the itemized statements marked Exhibit A and attached hereto and for the cost of recording this lien,…”
Gurtler, Hebert & Co. v. Marquette Cas. Co., 145 So. 2d 145 (La. Ct. App. 1962). “For the reasons assigned, the judgment appealed from is affirmed. Affirmed.”
Ford, Bacon & Davis Constr. Co. v. Doga, 365 So. 2d 1143 (La. Ct. App. 1978). “Landry Parish to cancel a bond furnished by Ford, Bacon and Davis Construction Corporation (Ford) pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:4841. 1 The pertinent facts giving rise to this litigation are as follows: In 1976 Jerry Cloy, Inc.”
Roff v. S. Constr. Corp., 163 So. 2d 112 (La. Ct. App. 1964). “After the recordation of this claim, the general contractor bonded the claim or lien under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:4841 or LSA-R.S. 9:4941, with defendant Trinity as the surety on that bond.”
Tri-South Mortg. Investors v. Forest & Waterway Corp., 354 So. 2d 588 (La. Ct. App. 1977). “R.S. 9:4841 grants to contractors the right to bond claims, and Section 4842 grants to property owners the right to bond claims.”
Reily Bros., Inc. v. Dicon, Inc., 354 So. 2d 651 (La. Ct. App. 1977). “9:4841 “When any contractor shall have entered into a contract to perform private works under the laws of this state governing the letting and awarding of such contracts and in conformity with the requirements thereof, the contractor *655 shall have the right to bond any claim…”
D & J Constr. Co.v. Mid-Continent Stone Co., 571 So. 2d 762 (La. Ct. App. 1990). “R.S. 9:4841 of the Private Works Act. The defendant argued that the in rem liability of the owner’s property becomes, by “legislative novation,” the personal liability of the bond’s principal and surety subject to a ten-year general contract prescription rather than the one-year…”
Webb v. Sonnier, 272 So. 2d 778 (La. Ct. App. 1973). “9:4802); or (3) the claim is bonded out (LSA-R.S. 9:4841LSA-R.S. 9:4842). The first two reasons for cancellation are self-explanatory.”
Cormier v. Pitre, 182 So. 2d 340 (La. Ct. App. 1966). “” (emphasis added) LSA-R.S. 9:4841 provides that a contractor who enters into a contract to perform private works is authorized to “bond” any claim recorded against the work by depositing with the clerk of court a bond for an amount equal to the claim, plus one-fourth.”
Brunet v. Just., 264 So. 2d 743 (La. Ct. App. 1972). “Defendant Clerk of Court appeals from a judgment in this mandamus proceeding which ordered him to return to plaintiff general contractor a bond plaintiff furnished in compliance with R.S. 9:4841, to release a subcontractor’s timely recorded building contract lien claim.”
Pearson Distributors, Inc. v. St. Tammany Motors, Inc., 417 So. 2d 415 (La. Ct. App. 1982). “R.S. 9:4841. Appellant, having failed to show that plaintiff has any conflicting or competing claim to a particular fund of money, property, or mortgage or privilege on property, does not possess a right of action to invoke a concursus proceeding in the instant suit.”
Monies Lumber Co. v. Vill. Du Lac, Inc., 399 So. 2d 747 (La. Ct. App. 1981). “The foregoing provisions shall not in any way interfere with or abrogate the right given a contractor under R.S. 9:4841 or an owner under R.S. 9:4842 to bond out any claim or claims recorded, nor shall said provisions apply to any claims recorded or lawsuits existing on July 27,…”
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