New Orleans repairs

Do this today

• Write the problem. Date it. Keep photos.
• Open a request with City of New Orleans — Code Enforcement or dial 311.
• Do not skip rent until legal aid has read the process for your state.

Who inspects a New Orleans rental?

City of New Orleans — Code Enforcement is the local conditions door, and 311 is often how you open a request. An inspector’s dated notice is a different kind of paper than a text to the manager. Louisiana lease law is its own system. Do not import a Texas or Florida process uncritically.

Can I stop paying rent to force the repair?

Sometimes Louisiana law provides a repair-and-deduct or rent-withholding process, and sometimes skipping rent is grounds for eviction. That line is in Louisiana lease and residential tenancy statutes. Ask legal aid before you change what you pay.

What is different about renting in New Orleans?

Louisiana’s Civil Code lease articles are the statewide baseline — a different legal family than most states. The City layer is Code Enforcement and 311. First City Court and other parish courts hear many eviction cases. Do not import a Texas or Florida process.

The New Orleans layer

Louisiana lease law is its own system. Do not import a Texas or Florida process uncritically.

Louisiana lease and residential tenancy statutes (La. Civ. Code arts. 2668 to 2729; La. Rev. Stat. §§ 9:3251 to 9:3261.2) is the Louisiana floor. We name it. We do not paraphrase a day-count or a dollar cap out of it.

New Orleans questions

National answers on this desk

• Is a landlord notice the same as being evicted?
• What number should I call right now?
• Is there a national tenant-rights law in the United States?
• What should I do if I get an eviction notice?
• How do I find free legal help as a renter?
• Can my landlord enter without notice?