A. The notice referred to in Article 3751 shall be in writing, signed by the plaintiff, defendant, or other party to the action or proceeding who desires to have the notice recorded, or by a counsel of record for such party showing the name of the persons against whom it is to be effective, the name of the court in which the action or proceeding has been filed, the title, docket number, date of filing, and object thereof, and the description of the property sought to be affected thereby. B. This notice shall be recorded in the mortgage office of the parish where the property to be affected is situated and has effect from the time of the filing for recordation. The notice shall cease to have effect after ten years from the date of its filing for recordation. Nevertheless, if the action or proceeding is still pending, the notice may be reinscribed by refiling the notice. A reinscription of the notice that is filed before the effect of recordation ceases continues that effect for five years from the day the notice is reinscribed.
Art. 3752.Requirements of Notice; Recordation
Book VII. Special Proceedings · Title II. Real Actions · Chapter 4. Notice of Pendency of Action · Last amended 2007 · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 3752 requires a notice of pendency to be a signed writing identifying the parties, court, case title, docket number, filing date, object of the suit, and the affected property, recorded in the parish mortgage office, effective for ten years from filing unless reinscribed to extend it another five.
Full Text of Art. 3752
Amendment History
Acts 2005, No. 169, §3, eff. 7/1/2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. 11/29/2005; Acts 2006, No. 267, §1, eff. 8/15/2007.
Plain-English Summary
Article 3752 supplies the mechanics that make Article 3751's notice-of-pendency rule work in practice. The notice itself has to be a writing signed by a party to the action — plaintiff, defendant, or anyone else involved who wants the notice recorded — or by that party's counsel of record. It has to identify the persons the notice will bind, the court where the case is filed, the case's title, its docket number, the date it was filed, the object of the suit, and a description of the property the notice affects.
Recordation happens in the mortgage office of the parish where the affected property sits, and the notice takes effect the moment it is filed for recordation there — not from when the underlying lawsuit was filed. That timing distinction matters: a third person checking the public record is protected by, and bound by, what the record shows at the moment they check.
The notice does not last forever. Article 3752 gives it ten years of effect from the date it was filed for recordation. If the underlying action is still pending as that period runs out, the party who recorded the notice can reinscribe it by refiling, and a timely reinscription — filed before the original ten-year effect lapses — extends the notice's effect for another five years from the date of reinscription.
Frequently Asked Questions
What information has to be in a notice of pendency of action in Louisiana?
The names of the persons it will bind, the court, the case's title and docket number, the filing date, the object of the suit, and a description of the affected property, in a writing signed by a party or counsel of record.
Where is a notice of pendency recorded?
In the mortgage office of the parish where the affected property is located. It takes effect from the time it is filed there for recordation.
How long does a notice of pendency remain effective?
Ten years from the date it was filed for recordation, unless it is reinscribed before that period runs out, which extends its effect for another five years from the date of reinscription.
What happens if the lawsuit is still pending after ten years?
The party who recorded the notice can refile it to reinscribe it, extending its effect for five more years, so long as the reinscription is filed before the original recordation's effect lapses.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
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