RS 9:3134: Violations; liability

Any natural or juridical person who records or enters into an agreement imposing a private transfer fee obligation in their favor after July 2, 2010, shall be liable for:

(1) Any and all damages resulting from the imposition of the transfer fee obligation on a transfer of an interest in an immovable, including without limitation the amount of any transfer fee paid by a party to the transfer.

(2) All attorney fees, expenses, and costs incurred by a party to the transfer or mortgagee of the immovable to recover any transfer fee paid or in connection with an action to quiet title or to declare the private transfer fee unenforceable. Where a mandatary acts on behalf of a principal to record or enforce a private transfer fee obligation, both the principal and the mandatary shall be solidarily liable.