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Dear Mr. Patterson:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to payment of judgments rendered against the Parish of Tangipahoa. You indicate the Parish has numerous money judgments on record against it, and the Council is hesitant to begin paying some judgments, assuming funds become available, for fear other judgment creditors will demand payment. Accordingly, you ask the following questions:

1. Can the governing authority of Tangipahoa Parish pay the judgment in the case entitled "Natalbany Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc., et al v. Tangipahoa…