RS 9:3252 Damages; venue - Louisiana Statutes

§3252.  Damages; venue

A.  The willful failure to comply with R.S. 9:3251 shall give the tenant or lessee the right to recover actual damages or two hundred dollars, whichever is greater, from the landlord or lessor, or from the lessor's successor in interest.  Failure to remit within thirty days after written demand for a refund shall constitute willful failure.  

B.  An action for the recovery of such damages may be brought in the parish of the lessor's domicile or in the parish where the property is situated.  

Added by Acts 1972, No. 696, §1; Amended by Acts 1981, No. 499, §1; Acts 1987, No. 352, §1.