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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:5661 (2026)

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SUBPART D.  SIX YEARS

§5661.  Land patents

Actions, including those by the State of Louisiana, to annul any patent issued by the state, duly signed by the governor and the register of the state land office, and of record in the state land office, are prescribed by six years, reckoning from the day of the issuance of the patent.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2021 · leading case: Gulf Oil Corp. v. State Mineral Bd., 317 So. 2d 576 (La. 1975).
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Gulf Oil Corp. v. State Mineral Bd., 317 So. 2d 576 (La. 1975). · cites it 4× “, and Gustave Carmadelle, relators, urge that the Court of Appeal erred in holding that the nullity of a patent of navigable water bottoms was not cured by the lapse of six years, pursuant to Act 62 of 1912 (LSA-R.S. 9:5661), which provides: "Actions, including those by the…”
California Co. v. Price, 74 So. 2d 1 (La. 1954). · cites it 4× “62 of 1912, LSA-R.S. 9:5661, averring that it has foreclosed any rights the State previously had to question the validity of the Beckwith patent.”
Carter v. Moore, 248 So. 2d 813 (La. 1971). · cites it 9× “R.S. 9:5661), preventing annulment of patents in certain instances, does not here apply so as to require the re-issuance of an original patent, since corrected, which contained an ambiguous or void description.”
California Co. v. Price, 99 So. 2d 743 (La. 1958). · cites it 2× “The Price-Beckwith group also took the position that their patent covering this portion of Grand Bay and other lands was unassailable by virtue of Act 62 of 1912, LSA-R.S. 9:5661 which provides that all proceedings brought by the State to annul patents must be brought within six…”
Olin Gas Transmission Corp. v. Harrison, 132 So. 2d 721 (La. Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 4× “The Harrisons answered the original petition and joined issue on all water bottoms of Section 9, tracing their alleged title from state patents and mesne conveyances, denying the existence of Round Lake in 1812 and the navigability of such lake from 1812 to the present time, and…”
State v. Cenac, 132 So. 2d 897 (La. Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 2× “In response to the petition of the State of Louisiana as supplemented and amended each defendant filed a plea of prescription or peremption predicated upon Act 62 of 1912, now LSA-R.S. 9:5661, which reads in full as follows: "§ 5661.”
Carter v. Moore, 234 So. 2d 823 (La. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 6× “That Act, now LSA-R.S. 9:5661, reads as follows: “Actions, including those by the State of Louisiana, to annul any patent issued by the state, duly signed by the governor and the register of the state land office, and of record in the state land office, are prescribed by six…”
Fleckinger v. Smith, 319 So. 2d 881 (La. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “The latter should be conclusively presumed valid and the Register made to pay the two years' unpaid taxes. Having concluded that the defendants' redemption was valid it becomes necessary to consider plaintiff's contention that her patent is protected from attack by LSA-R.”
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. State Mineral Bd., 64 So. 2d 839 (La. 1953). “62 of 1912, LSA-R.S. 9:5661. Following the assertion of these conflicting claims, Salt Domes filed a rule for judgment on the face of the pleadings.”
State v. Scott, 185 So. 2d 877 (La. Ct. App. 1966). · cites it 2× “62 of 1912 (R.S. 9:5661). At the same time, Scott also filed a plea of unconstitutionality wherein he set forth that if Act 727 of 1954 (R.”
Vavoline Oil Co. v. Concordia Par. Sch. Bd., 216 So. 2d 702 (La. Ct. App. 1968). “The final question regarding the patent is the applicability of LSA-R.S. 9:5661 (Act 62 of 1912) which provides that: "Actions, including those by the State of Louisiana, to annul any patent issued by the state, duly signed by the governor and the register of the state land…”
Delacroix Corp. v. Jones-O'Brien, Inc., 597 So. 2d 65 (La. Ct. App. 1992). “1974) which held patents conveying state property to private individuals are ineffective insofar as they purport to alienate the beds of navigable water bottoms and that Act 62 of 1912 did not have the effect of ratifying such absolutely null transfers.”
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