§4403.  Transitional filing rules for assignments of leases and rents recorded prior to January 1, 2015

A.  An assignment of leases and rents that was recorded prior to January 1, 2015, shall be subject to the reinscription requirements of Chapter 2 of Title XXII-A of Book III of the Civil Code, with the modifications provided in this Section.

B.  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this Section, the effect of recordation of an assignment of leases and rents that was recorded in the conveyance records prior to January 1, 2015, and that remained effective against third persons on that date shall continue, without the necessity of recordation in the mortgage records, until the date that filing of a notice of reinscription is required under Chapter 2 of Title XXII-A of Book III of the Civil Code or December 31, 2024, whichever first occurs.  On that date, the effect of recordation of the assignment shall cease unless a notice of reinscription of the assignment has been filed in the mortgage records, as provided in Article 3362 of the Civil Code.  This Subsection shall not apply to assignments contained in an act of mortgage filed in the mortgage records.

C.  The effect of recordation of an assignment of leases and rents that was recorded on or before August 31, 1990, or was made effective against third persons on or before that date in another manner permitted by the law then in effect, and that remained effective against third persons on January 1, 2015, shall continue, without the necessity of recordation in the mortgage records, until the date that the effect of recordation would cease under the law in effect at the time the assignment was first made effective against third persons or until December 31, 2024, whichever first occurs.  On that date, the effect of recordation of the assignment shall cease unless a notice of reinscription of the assignment has been filed in the mortgage records, as provided in Article 3362 of the Civil Code.

D.  The effect of recordation of an assignment of leases and rents as to which a notice of reinscription is filed in the mortgage records shall continue for ten years from the date on which the notice of reinscription is filed, and the assignment may be reinscribed thereafter from time to time as provided in Article 3362 of the Civil Code.

E.  The filing of a notice of reinscription in the conveyance records on or after January 1, 2015, is neither necessary nor effective to continue the effect of recordation of an assignment of leases and rents, regardless of whether the assignment or a previous notice of reinscription was filed in the conveyance records.

F.  Unless filed in the conveyance records before January 1, 2015, an instrument releasing, transferring, amending or otherwise modifying an assignment of leases and rents shall be without effect as to third persons until filed in the mortgage records.  Filing the instrument in the conveyance records on and after January 1, 2015, is neither necessary nor effective to cause the instrument to have effect against third persons, regardless of whether the original assignment or any previous transfer, amendment, or other modification was filed in the conveyance records.

G.  An assignment of leases and rents that was recorded in the mortgage records within the period of ten years prior to January 1, 2015, shall be given the effect of recordation, without further action, on January 1, 2015, as if it were first filed on that date.  This Subsection shall not apply to assignments that were also filed in the conveyance records prior to January 1, 2015, nor to assignments contained in an act of mortgage.

Acts 2014, No. 281, §2, eff. Jan.1,  2015.