Louisiana Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Louisiana
No Louisiana statute expressly addresses local rent control; a general lessor-rights statute provides that lessors' property rights may be altered only by state law, and no Louisiana city or parish regulates rents.
Cited to La. R.S. 9:3258 (lessor-rights statute; does not mention rent regulation or local governments) · Verified August 12, 2026 · Full Louisiana rent-increase rules →
Louisiana Security deposits
Louisiana sets no limit on how much a landlord can charge as a security deposit, but the deposit must be returned within one month after the lease terminates, minus only what is reasonably necessary to remedy the tenant's default or unreasonable wear.
Louisiana Rent increase notice
Louisiana has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase; for month-to-month tenancies the operative rule comes from the Civil Code's termination article, and it is startlingly short — ten calendar days before the end of the month.
Louisiana Late fees
Louisiana has no statute capping residential late fees and no mandatory grace period — a late fee is enforceable only if the lease provides for it, and the amount is policed solely by the Civil Code's stipulated-damages rule, under which a court may not touch the fee unless it is so manifestly unreasonable as to be contrary to public policy.
Louisiana Entry notice
Louisiana has no statute requiring a landlord to give any advance notice — 24 hours or otherwise — before entering a rental unit; entry rights come entirely from the lease.
Louisiana Eviction process
In Louisiana a landlord must hand the tenant a written notice to vacate giving at least five days to move out before filing for eviction, and those five days skip weekends and legal holidays, so in practice it runs about a week.
Louisiana Application fees
Louisiana regulates the notice that must come before a rental application fee rather than the amount of the fee.
Louisiana mobile home park laws
Louisiana has no manufactured-home community tenancy act, so a resident who owns the home and rents the lot beneath it is an ordinary lessee under the Civil Code lease articles, arts. 2668 and following.
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Louisiana Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Louisiana metro area and county.
Changes since last full verification
The Verified date above (July 9, 2026) marks the last time every figure on this page was verified end-to-end against official state sources. The changes below were published since then, each verified against the official source it names (what these dates mean).
- Correction, August 12, 2026 — Louisiana is no longer described as preempting local rent control. No Louisiana statute expressly addresses local rent regulation: R.S. 9:3258 reserves alteration of a lessor's leasing rights to state law, but it never mentions rent or local governments and has not been tested against an actual ordinance. The record now says so plainly — no city or parish regulates rents — instead of presenting an untested inference as a preemption.
- Updated, August 2, 2026 — Louisiana Act 63 of 2026 encoded from the enrolled act: itemization deadline is now one month plus 15 days where the tenant timely requests itemization.
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Louisiana Legislature site (legis.la.gov Law.aspx section pages) for La. R.S. 9:3251-3254 and 9:3258 and Civil Code arts. 2005, 2011, 2012, 2680-2683, 2693, 2695, 2727, and 2728, with every section carrying a figure used here independently re-read on a second host (codes.findlaw.com). Enrolled text of 2026 Act No. 63 (HB 292) read in full from the legislature's document server, plus the bill-status page confirming signature 5/11/2026 and 8/1/2026 effective date. Cross-checked against the Louisiana Attorney General's official guide 'A Guide to Louisiana Landlord & Tenant Laws' (La. DOJ Consumer Protection Section), noting that the guide's deposit-penalty figure ($200/actual damages) is stale — superseded by Acts 2018, No. 416. 2026 regular session swept for other relevant bills; none found beyond Act 63.