Judges: RICHARD P. IEYOUB
Filed Date: 4/22/1996
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
Dear Mr. Moresi:
You have requested, on behalf of the Assessor of Vermillion Parish, an opinion of this office regarding R.S.
Specifically, you ask whether R.S.
In answer to your first question, this office is unaware of, and our research has not revealed, any jurisprudence which has declared R.S.
The answer to your second question can be found in Atty. Gen. Ops. Nos. 95-393 and 95-393A, which state, with reference to Act
"Although Act 640 is now law this office cannot advise assessors to change their ownership records by listing bond for deed buyers as new titled owners. . . it is our opinion that although Act 640 has not itself been declared unconstitutional, the act falls squarely under the Supreme Court's holding in the Wooden case." Atty. Gen. Op. No. 95-393. (Emphasis added).
"This office must respectfully reaffirm the conclusion reached in Op. 95-393, and advise that in our opinion assessors are not bound to grant homestead exemptions to bond for buyer-occupants." Atty. Gen. Op. 95-393A. (Emphasis added).
We trust the foregoing to be of assistance.
Yours very truly,
RICHARD P. IEYOUB Attorney General
BY: ___________________________ JEANNE-MARIE ZERINGUE BARHAM Assistant Attorney General
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DATE RECEIVED: 4/1/96 DATE RELEASED:
JEANNE-MARIE ZERINGUE BARHAM, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL