{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-10-9-502","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 10:9-502","heading":"Contents of financing statement; time of filing financing statement","body":"(a) Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to Subsection (b), a financing statement is sufficient only if it:\n(1) provides the name of the debtor;\n(2) provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and\n(3) indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.\n(b) Real-property-related financing statements. To be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or standing timber that constitutes goods, or that is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are to become fixtures, must satisfy Subsection (a) and also:\n(1) indicate that it covers this type of collateral;\n(2) [Reserved.]\n(3) provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient to cause the mortgage to be effective against third persons if the description were contained in a mortgage of real property filed for registry; and\n(4) if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.\n(c) [Reserved.]\n(d) Filing before security agreement or attachment. A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.","path":["TITLE 10. COMMERCIAL LAWS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=74460","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:09Z","sha256":"280773f3b48545d3b4f21dd8fc787201e764521455a1d563adb19abc8eeb1308","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-10-9-501","next":"us-la/rs-10-9-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}