§5138.  Powers, duties, and compensation

A.  The keeper or receiver shall perform his duties as a prudent administrator, and neither the keeper nor the seizing creditor shall be liable to the mortgagor or the owner of the seized property or any other person for any financial or pecuniary loss or damage claimed to have been suffered by the mortgagor or owner of the seized property or any other person by reason of the administration or management of the property by the keeper or receiver acting as a prudent administrator.  A keeper appointed under the provisions of R.S. 9:5136 through 5140.2 shall have full powers of management and administration of the property and may operate the property seized, whether immovable, movable, or both, in the ordinary course of business.

B.  All revenues or other amounts received by the keeper during his administration first shall be applied to the costs and expenses incurred by him in the administration or preservation of the property, including meeting any obligations the owner might have to provide services, amenities, or other obligations as provided in the prior recorded existing leases of the tenants or lessees of the property, and any balance shall be applied to the debt secured by the mortgage.

C.  The keeper shall render an accounting of his administration at such time or times as the court before whom the proceedings are pending may direct, and all costs and expenses necessarily incurred by him in the course of his administration shall be taxed as a part of the costs of the proceedings to the extent they have not been satisfied out of revenues previously received by the keeper.  Costs and expenses of administration shall not include any compensation to a keeper appointed under R.S. 9:5136 through 5140.2 for his services, unless he was particularly identified by the parties in the act of mortgage and the manner of determining such compensation is therein agreed to, or unless the keeper was appointed by the court pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 9:5137(B).

Added by Acts 1976, No. 315, §1; Acts 1992, No. 972, §1.