La. R.S. 47:1561 — Alternative remedies for the collection of taxes

A. In addition to following any of the special remedies provided in the various
chapters of this Subtitle, the collector may, in his discretion, proceed to enforce the collection
of any taxes due under this Subtitle by means of any of the following alternative remedies
or procedures:
(1) Assessment and distraint, as provided in R.S. 47:1562 through 1573.
(2) Summary court proceeding, as provided in R.S. 47:1574.
(3) Ordinary suit under the provisions of the general laws regulating actions for the
enforcement of obligations before the Board of Tax Appeals or any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(4) Demand in reconvention, or third party demand, in any court of competent
jurisdiction or before the Board of Tax Appeals concerning collection of state taxes due,
including any related interest, penalties, costs, and attorney fees due under applicable law.
B. The collector may choose which of these procedures he shall pursue in each case,
and the counter-remedies and delays to which the taxpayer shall be entitled shall be only
those which are not inconsistent with the proceeding initiated by the collector, provided that
in every case the taxpayer shall be entitled to proceed under R.S. 47:1576 except under any
of the following circumstances:
(1) After he has filed a petition with the Board of Tax Appeals for a redetermination
of the assessment.
(2) When an assessment for the tax in question has become final.
(3) After the deadline to file an answer or defenses, after he has appeared in, or after
he has filed any responsive pleading or defenses in any proceeding or suit involving the same
tax obligation pending against him.
(4) When a third party demand for the same tax obligation is pending against him
in a suit by the collector concerning collection of the same tax obligation.
C. The fact that the collector has initiated proceedings under the assessment and
distraint procedure shall not preclude him from thereafter proceeding by summary or
ordinary court proceedings for the enforcement of the same tax obligation.
Amended by Acts 1972, No. 566, §1; Acts 2014, No. 198, §1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts
2015, No. 210, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2019, No. 365, §1, eff. Nov. 18, 2019.