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Rent Increases in Louisiana: What Are My Rights?

This is not legal advice. We explain what the law says. We cannot tell you what to do in your situation. For that, talk to a lawyer. Find free legal and rent help in Louisiana.

Louisiana's rent rules come from the state's general contract and lease law, not a special landlord-tenant act like most states have. This page covers when your rent can go up, what happens when your lease ends, and what to do about a rent increase.

How much notice you get

  1. Louisiana's lease law covers several kinds of leases. A residential lease is one where you live in the home you rent. The rules on this page cover that kind of lease.

    Source:
    1. Civil Code art. 2671, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  2. In Louisiana, a lease is a contract. Your landlord agrees to let you use your home for a set time, and you agree to pay the rent in that contract. Your landlord cannot raise that rent before your lease ends unless your lease itself allows an increase.

    Sources:
    1. Civil Code art. 2668, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.
    2. Civil Code art. 1983, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  3. If your lease lets you renew at a set rent, Louisiana law keeps that rent when you use the choice. Your landlord cannot charge more than what it says.

    Source:
    1. Civil Code art. 2725, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  4. Your lease may be for a set term of a month or longer. If that term ends and you stay 1 more week without your landlord objecting, Louisiana law renews your lease on its own. Your old rent and other terms continue, now under a new month-to-month lease.

    Sources:
    1. Civil Code art. 2721, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.
    2. Civil Code art. 2723, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.
    3. Civil Code art. 2724, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  5. Your landlord can stop a lease from renewing on the old rent. Your landlord does this by giving you notice that the lease will end. Louisiana law does not renew the lease automatically once your landlord does that.

    Source:
    1. Civil Code art. 2721, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  6. If you're on a month-to-month lease and do not want to pay a higher rent, Louisiana law lets your landlord end the lease. Your landlord must give you notice at least 10 calendar days before the end of the month.

    Sources:
    1. Civil Code art. 2727, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.
    2. Civil Code art. 2728(2), Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

Check the new rent

  1. Louisiana law protects your landlord's right to set your rent under the state's lease law. Only a state law, not a city or parish law, can limit that right.

    Source:
    1. § 3258, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  2. Louisiana's rule that protects your landlord's right to set your rent does not block the government's power to protect public health and safety.

    Source:
    1. § 3258, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

  3. Before you agree to pay more rent, ask your landlord to put the new amount and the date it starts in writing. Keep a copy of your lease and any notice about a rent increase.

    Source:
    1. Our editorial rules.

If the increase is not allowed

  1. You do not have to pay a rent increase you did not agree to. If a court later disagrees, you can owe the rent and face eviction. Get legal help first.

    Sources:
    1. Our editorial rules.
    2. Art. 2668, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.
    3. Art. 1983, Louisiana State Legislature. Law.

Published by Nazanin, September 28, 2026. Is something on this page wrong or out of date? Tell us.