Louisiana's 2025 HOA law has owners ratify special assessments; older ones may differ.
Louisiana's Condominium Act management sections (9:1123.101 to 9:1123.117) set no owner vote for special assessments, so your declaration and bylaws decide. The association may adopt budgets and make and collect assessments, subject to the declaration.
La. R.S. 9:1123.102(2)The Condominium Act management sections (9:1123.101 to 9:1123.117) set no required notice of an assessment or of the meeting that adopts it; your declaration and bylaws decide. The association must give each unit owner written or electronic notice of the amount of an assessment due, its due date, and that it is due within ten days of the due date; this appears in the section on late charges.
La. R.S. 9:1123.102(11)All financial and other association records must be made reasonably available for examination by any unit owner and his or her authorized agents. The statute sets no deadline and does not say who pays copying costs.
La. R.S. 9:1123.108A late charge cannot be imposed if you pay within ten days of the due date, and it cannot exceed 30% of the monthly assessment. The association must serve you a sworn statement of its claim at least seven days before filing a privilege (lien) on your unit. If it files a lien for money not owed and you sue to release it, it is liable for your costs and attorney fees.
La. R.S. 9:1123.102(11); 9:1123.115Under the Planned Community Act, a board-proposed special assessment is effective only if owners ratify it by majority vote (or any greater vote your declaration sets) at an association meeting, using the same procedure as the annual budget, which the Act writes for communities of more than 25 lots. For an emergency, two-thirds of the directors present and voting can make a special assessment effective immediately. A community that existed before 1 January 2025 does not have to change how it calculates and votes on assessments.
La. R.S. 9:1141.34; 9:1141.3The association must send notice of an annual or special meeting 30 to 60 days ahead, listing the agenda items, including any budget changes. Before a budget ratification meeting, the board must give owners a budget summary within 30 days of adopting the budget, and the meeting is set 10 to 60 days after that. An emergency special assessment requires prompt notice to all owners.
La. R.S. 9:1141.26(A)(3); 9:1141.34On request for specific records, the association must make them available for you or your agent to examine and copy during reasonable business hours or at a mutually convenient time. It may charge a reasonable fee and may withhold items such as personnel files, attorney communications and executive-session records. The statute sets no response deadline.
La. R.S. 9:1141.36Before the association can file a lien (privilege), it must make a written demand and give you 30 days to pay. It must give you a statement of unpaid assessments within ten business days of a request made in a record. Late fees and interest are set by the association but may not exceed the rate established in Part III, which secures interest at the rate in your declaration or, if none, the legal interest rate.
La. R.S. 9:1145-1148; 9:1141.32(B)Summarised from the statutes in November 2026. Not legal advice; your declaration and bylaws may add more rules.