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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
It is the intent of the legislature that financial institutions, fiduciaries, and other secured lenders shall have no greater exposure to environmental liability and financial responsibility under state law than they would under federal law, in any way arising from or associated with property on which they hold any mortgage, lien, or privilege, or in which they may have any security interest, or which they hold or administer in a fiduciary capacity. Therefore, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, to the extent that financial institutions and other secured lenders may be exempt, excluded, made immune, or otherwise protected from liability or financial responsibility under federal law or regulation for environmental conditions or events with respect to property on or in which they may have any mortgage, lien, privilege, or security interest, or other similar interest, or which they hold or administer in a fiduciary capacity, or with respect to borrowers to whom they may extend credit or who may be otherwise indebted or obligated to them, financial institutions and other secured lenders shall be entitled to the same exemptions, exclusions, immunities, and protections from environmentally related liability and financial responsibility under the laws of this state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 9, § 5395. Protection of mortgage lenders and fiduciaries from state environmental liability; parity with federal law - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-9-sect-5395/
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