Delinquent Oyster Leases

The oyster leases listed below are delinquent for nonpayment of rental fees. Any rental payment made on or after the first day of February will be subject to a 10% penalty in addition to the rent owed. All rental payments, including any associated late fees, must be paid in full by close of business on March 1, 2021. Failure to pay in full will result in the termination and cancellation of the lease and forfeiture of any and all improvements, works, betterments, and oysters.

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Delinquent Oyster Leases

NAME	LEASE	ACRES	LOCATION	PARISH	STATUS
EFRAM NAQUIN	2931218	4	BAYOU POINTE AU CHIEN	LAFOURCHE & TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
CAMP DECEPTION	3001911	11	BAY RONQUILLE	PLAQUEMINES	CANCELLED
ESTATE OF DAVID J. LEONARD, ESTATE OF JUDITH L. CALLAIS, TIMOTHY J. LEONARD, PATRICK J. LEONARD & SHEILA L. BRASSEAUX	3152406	3	A BAYOU EAST OF BAYOU DE L'OUEST AND SOUTH OF HACKBERRY LAKE	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
ESTATE OF DAVID J. LEONARD, ESTATE OF JUDITH L. CALLAIS, TIMOTHY J. LEONARD, PATRICK J. LEONARD & SHEILA L. BRASSEAUX	3152506	6	BAYOU GRAND CAILLOU	LAFOURCHE	CANCELLED
HENRY P STEIN III	3184506	6	A BAYOU WEST OF GRAND BAYOU DU LARGE AND SOUTH OF BAY VOISIN	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
HENRY P STEIN III	3184606	2	A BAYOU WEST OF GRAND BAYOU DU LARGE	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
EFRAM NAQUIN	3211606	9	A BAY AND BAYOU WEST OF LAKE FELICITY	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
GARY P BOUDREAUX	3555212	7	A BAYOU NORTH OF GRAND BAYOU DU LARGE	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
EFRAM NAQUIN	3563612	4	TIMBALIER BAY	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED
DENNIS MENESSES	3599714	9	LOST FLAT BAY	PLAQUEMINES	CANCELLED
DENNIS MENESSES	3599814	58	A BAYOU NORTH OF LOST FLAT BAY AND SOUTH OF FALSE RIVER	PLAQUEMINES	CANCELLED
DENNIS MENESSES	3599914	14	A BAY AND BAYOU SOUTH OF FALSE RIVER AND NORTH OF LOST FLAT BAYOU	PLAQUEMINES	CANCELLED
DENNIS MENESSES	3600014	8	A BAYOU SOUTH OF FALSE RIVER	PLAQUEMINES	CANCELLED
EFRAM NAQUIN	3669413	36	A BAYOU AND A BAY EAST OF BAYOU POULAILLER AND WEST OF LAKE FELICITY	TERREBONNE	CANCELLED

RS 56:429 Default in payment of rent; cancellation and forfeitures

The failure of the lessee to pay the rent punctually on or before the first of each January, or within sixty days thereafter, ipso facto and without demand or putting in default, terminates and cancels the lease and forfeits to the department all the works, improvements, betterments, and oysters on the leased water bottom. The department may at once enter on the water bottom and take possession thereof. Such water bottom shall then be open for lease in accordance with R.S. 56:425.

Ten days thereafter the department shall enter the termination, cancellation, and forfeiture on its books and give public notice thereof by publication in one local paper in the parish where the formerly leased water bottoms are located. On or before the first day of each February, the department shall issue a written notice of delinquency by certified mail to each lessee who has not yet paid the rent. The department shall also publish notice of such delinquency on its website and in the official journal of the parish in which the delinquent lease is located. Any lessee who pays the rent on or after the first day of February shall pay the rent due plus an additional ten percent penalty.