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Louisiana HOA and Condo Resale Certificate: Fees, Deadlines, and How to Order
A resale certificate is the document a title company asks for before a Louisiana closing. Louisiana associations must deliver it within 10 days where the statute sets a deadline. Louisiana puts no dollar cap on the fee.
Free for the resale platform. No contract to sign.
Louisiana Resale Certificate
Example Bayou Condominium Association
Regular assessment
$245.00 monthly
Buyer's review period
5 days by statute
Master insurance
Certificate on file
Due to the requester
Within 10 days
Louisiana at a glance
- What Louisiana calls it
- Resale Certificate
- Fee cap
- No fixed dollar cap
- Delivery deadline
- 10 days where the statute sets one
- Buyer's right to cancel
- 5 days after receiving it
Also called: HOA resale certificate, condo resale certificate. If you were told to get a Louisiana resale certificate, or an LA resale certificate as closing agents write it, for a home in an HOA or a condominium, this is that document. It has nothing to do with the sales tax resale certificate a retailer files with the state.
What each Louisiana act sets
Louisiana has 2 sets of rules, and which one applies depends on how the community was created. Havn asks once which act governs a community, then applies that act's limits to every order.
La. R.S. 9:1124.107
Condominium Act. Applies to condominiums.
- Required by statute
- Yes
- Fee
- No fixed dollar cap
- Deadline
- 10 days from the request
- Buyer may cancel within
- 5 days
La. R.S. 9:1141.36
Planned Community Act. Applies to HOAs and planned communities.
- Required by statute
- No. Furnished under the governing documents.
- Fee
- No fixed dollar cap
- Deadline
- None set
Louisiana HOA laws on resale documents, in plain words
Each entry links to the official text. Read the statute itself before relying on a summary.
La. R.S. 9:1121 (Condominium Act)
The Louisiana Condominium Act governs condominiums created by a recorded declaration, including regimes originally formed under the state's earlier condominium statutes, so it reaches condominiums regardless of when they were created. It covers the condominium's creation, the unit owners' association and its governance and assessment powers, association records, and the disclosure documents an association must provide, including a resale certificate for a purchaser of an existing unit.
La. R.S. 9:1141 (Planned Community Act)
The Louisiana Planned Community Act governs homeowners associations and other planned communities created by a recorded declaration. It was substantially rewritten and renamed from the former Louisiana Homeowners Association Act, effective in 2025, and reaches both existing and newly formed communities. It covers formation of the community and its association, association governance and board powers, assessments and budgets, association records, and consumer protections owed to a purchaser buying directly from the developer, such as a public offering statement and cancellation rights, but it does not impose a separate resale certificate or disclosure statement requirement when an existing owner resells a lot.
La. R.S. 9:1124.107 (Resales of Units)
On a resale by a unit owner other than a declarant, the seller furnishes the purchaser, before any contract to purchase or otherwise before conveyance, the declaration (without plats and plans), the articles or other documents creating the association, the bylaws, and a certificate with eight items: current common expense assessments, capital expenditures approved for the current and next two fiscal years, reserves and their designated portions, the most recent balance sheet and income and expense statement, the current operating budget, unsatisfied judgments and pending suits, insurance coverage, and the remaining term of any ground lease. The association furnishes the certificate within 10 days after the unit owner's request; no fee is stated. The seller is not liable for the association's errors or delay, but the contract to purchase is voidable by the purchaser until the certificate is provided and for five days thereafter, or until conveyance, whichever comes first. A declarant's sales fall under the public offering statement sections instead.
La. R.S. 9:1145 (Privileges; Enforcement)
Part III of the chapter, reaching associations organized under either the Condominium Act or the Planned Community Act: a privilege arises on a lot or unit for any assessment attributable to it and any fines against the owner, enforceable with board approval. Within 10 business days after receipt of a request made in a record, the association must furnish the owner a statement of the amount of unpaid assessments against the lot or unit, and the statement binds the association. Amended effective January 1, 2025.
La. R.S. 9:1141.36 (Association records)
Under the Planned Community Act as rewritten effective January 1, 2025, a lot owner, the owner's agent, or a person holding a contract to purchase a lot may request the association's governing and financial records, and the association may charge a reasonable fee for copies and for supervising an inspection. The Act imposes no resale certificate or disclosure duty on an existing owner's resale; its purchaser protections (9:1141.41 to 9:1141.50) govern sales by a declarant.
The notice Havn prints on every Louisiana resale certificate
Every Louisiana document Havn prepares carries a notice that tells the reader where the document comes from and what Louisiana law says about it. This is the wording, act by act.
La. R.S. 9:1124.107Condominiums
This certificate is furnished by the association under La. R.S. 9:1124.107 within ten days after the unit owner's request. The unit owner furnishes it to the purchaser, together with the declaration other than plats and plans, the articles of incorporation or other documents creating the association, and the bylaws, before execution of any contract to purchase the unit or otherwise before conveyance. The unit owner is not liable to the purchaser for erroneous information provided by the association and included in this certificate, and is not liable for the association's failure or delay in providing it. Separately, the contract to purchase is voidable by the purchaser until a certificate has been provided and for five days thereafter, or until conveyance, whichever first occurs. La. R.S. 9:1124.107 applies to a resale by a unit owner other than a declarant. The information in this certificate is current as of its issue date.
La. R.S. 9:1141.36HOAs and planned communities
No Louisiana statute requires this resale package for the resale of a lot in a planned community. It is furnished under the community's declaration and bylaws. Under La. R.S. 9:1141.36, a lot owner, the owner's agent, or a person holding a valid contract of sale for the lot may request the association's governing and financial records, and the association may charge a reasonable fee for providing copies and for supervising an inspection. The statement of unpaid assessments included in this package is the statement La. R.S. 9:1145(D) requires the association to furnish to the owner within ten business days after receipt of a request made in a record, and that statement is binding on the association. Louisiana law does not set a cancellation period for the purchaser tied to this package; any review period is the one set by the purchase agreement. The information in this package is current as of its issue date.
Louisiana's payoff statement
Any association with the right to impose assessments, whether organized under the Condominium Act or the Planned Community Act, must furnish an owner, within ten business days after receipt of a request made in a record, a statement of the amount of any unpaid assessments against the owner's lot or unit; once furnished, the statement is binding on the association (La. R.S. 9:1145(D)). The duty runs to the owner, so a title company's or lender's request is an accommodation rather than a statutory demand. The statute states no fee for the statement and no refund or waiver if the ten business day deadline is missed.
About Demand LettersLouisiana resale certificate: common questions
What is a Louisiana resale certificate?
It is what Louisiana law has the association provide when a home in condominiums is sold: a statement of what the home owes and of the association's finances, insurance, and rules, under La. R.S. 9:1124.107.
How much does a Louisiana resale certificate cost?
Louisiana sets no dollar cap, so the association or its management company sets the fee.
How long does a Louisiana association have to provide a resale certificate?
10 days where the statute sets one, counted from the request.
Is a resale certificate required in Louisiana?
Yes, for condominiums, under La. R.S. 9:1124.107. For HOAs and planned communities outside those acts, no statute requires it, and associations furnish it under their governing documents.
Can a buyer cancel after receiving a Louisiana resale certificate?
Yes. The buyer has 5 days after receiving it to cancel the purchase contract.
Who pays for the resale certificate in Louisiana?
Whoever orders it pays the association's fee, usually the seller or the closing agent on the seller's behalf, and the purchase contract can move the cost to the buyer.
What is included in a Louisiana resale certificate?
What the home owes the association, the fees due at closing, the budget and reserves, the insurance the association carries, pending lawsuits, and the governing documents. The full list is in La. R.S. 9:1124.107.
How do I get a resale certificate in Louisiana?
Ask the association, or its management company if it has one. Many take the request through an online order page and deliver by email. Once asked, a Louisiana association has 10 days where the statute sets one. A buyer should ask the seller or the closing agent to order it.
Is this the same as a Louisiana sales tax resale certificate?
No. A sales tax resale certificate is a form a retailer gives a supplier so it can buy goods without paying sales tax. It shares a name and nothing else. This page is about the HOA document used when a home is sold.
How Louisiana compares with its neighbors
Management companies that work across state lines meet a different rule on each side. Louisiana: no fixed dollar cap, 10 days where the statute sets one.
Texas
Resale Certificate
$375
10 days
Required by statute
Mississippi
Resale Package
No fixed dollar cap
No statutory deadline
Not required by statute
Arkansas
Resale Certificate
No fixed dollar cap
No statutory deadline
Not required by statute
See all 51 jurisdictions on the map, compare every state in the fee and deadline table, or read about lender questionnaires, estoppel letters, and demand letters.
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