La. Stat. tit. 31 § 212.21
Current with changes from the 2024 3rd Extraordinary Session
If the owner of a production payment created out of a mineral lessee's interest or a royalty owner other than a mineral lessor seeks relief for the failure of a mineral lessee to make timely or proper payment of royalties or the production payment, he must give his obligor written notice of such failure as a prerequisite to a judicial demand for damages.
La. R.S. § 31:212.21