Monroe still links a resident-as-contractor affidavit revised June 1, 2025. Its references, the Legislature’s compiled webpage and the changes enacted in Act 757 of 2026 do not use the same definition numbers. Check all three records before treating a recently accessed webpage as fully updated law. The discrepancy does not establish whether a private owner’s exemption is valid or invalid.
The City’s permit page supplies the form under “Resident as Contractor.” Use that route when checking for a replacement version, rather than relying on a saved attachment.
Compare the form, compiled page and enacted amendment
LSL checked the City-linked affidavit, compiled statute pages and the relevant signed-act provisions on September 13, 2026. The official bill history records Act 757 and identifies August 1, 2026 applicability.
| Subject | June 2025 affidavit | Compiled page accessed September 13 | Act 757 of 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-residence owner exemption | R.S. 37:2157(A)(14). | The personal-residence owner provision is A(13). A(14) addresses work in places without permitting procedures. | The act’s exemption amendments do not change A(13) or A(14). |
| General-contractor definition | The form abbreviates its reference as R.S. 2150.1(4). | R.S. 37:2150.1(4) defines contractor; (9) defines general contractor. | Contractor is renumbered to (5), and general contractor to (11). |
Sources: City affidavit, displayed exemptions text, displayed definitions text, and Act 757, especially pages 2, 4 and 15. The compiled definitions page had not incorporated this renumbering when checked.
Do not cross out a paragraph number or substitute one yourself. Send the form’s revision date and the two references to the City or State Licensing Board and ask which current form and instructions to use. LSL has not received an official resolution of the mismatch.
What signing means in the document
The affidavit requires the owner to initial statements and sign before a notary. Its attestations address the home’s primary-residence use, contractor-of-record responsibility, direct onsite supervision and compliance with applicable laws, codes and zoning.
It also says the owner may not hire an unlicensed person as contractor, construction manager or supervisor, and that the owner exemption does not extend to subcontractors subject to licensure. Those are consequential statements, not ordinary contact fields. Read the whole affidavit, including its insurance and legal warnings; this article does not interpret a policy or calculate financial exposure.
If a statement does not describe the proposed arrangement, do not initial it as though it does. The form expressly recognizes the option to consult an attorney before signing.
Prepare a focused question sheet
Bring these project facts to the City and Board. This is LSL’s preparation aid, not an official application attachment.
Residence and timing: Describe the intended use and any prior residence project. Preserve the actual certificate-of-occupancy dates. Current R.S. 37:2157(A)(13) measures its one-year period from certificate issuance and lists limited marital/employment exceptions for an additional residence; do not substitute a purchase date or assume an exception applies.
Supervision and hired work: Identify who will be onsite, who will direct the work, and which parties will perform each subcontract. Ask which licenses and responsibilities apply to that arrangement. A shared label such as “owner project” does not answer those questions.
City application: Provide the Monroe address, proposed work and the exact form downloaded. Ask which application, plans and inspections the City needs and request clarification of the citation mismatch. The department publishes monroe.inspections@ci.monroe.la.us on its permit page.
The Board’s owner-building FAQ describes primary-residence construction and directs owners to the local permit office for permits and the exemption form. It does not make this City procedure parishwide. Current R.S. 37:2157(B) also preserves state and local health/life-safety requirements.
When hiring others, use the separate Monroe contractor-record verification guide alongside the project questions.
Consolidation and review: This guide now incorporates the useful scope/performer question from LSL’s former four-repair-scope owner-contractor page. Its duplicate ledger has been retired. LSL read the complete one-page affidavit as text and visually, both compiled statute bodies, the relevant Act 757 provisions and City/Board guidance on September 13. Act pages 2, 4 and 15 were checked visually to distinguish additions from struck-out text. No private application, employment relationship, insurance policy or exemption was adjudicated, and no office response is implied.