Title 44, Public Records and Recorders
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La. Rev. Stat. § 44:265 Repealed by Acts 2006, No
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§265. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:266 Repealed by Acts 2006, No
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§266. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:267 Repealed by Acts 2006, No
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§267. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:268 Repealed by Acts 2005, No
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§268. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3 Records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and
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§3. Records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require disclosures of records, or the information contained therein, held by the offices of the attorney general, district attorn…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.1 Certain records pertaining to security-related activity
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§3.1. Certain records pertaining to security-related activity A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require disclosure of records containing security procedures, criminal intelligence information pertaining to terrorist-related activity, or threat or vulnerability asse…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.1.1 School surveillance and security video; limited retention and viewing policy
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§3.1.1. School surveillance and security video; limited retention and viewing policy A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any surveillance and security video of the inside of or covering the area immediately surroundin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.2 Proprietary and trade secret information
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§3.2. Proprietary and trade secret information A. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of proprietary or trade secret information pertaining to any code, pattern, formula, design, device, method, or process which is proprietary or trade secret info…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.3 Public power authority; commercially sensitive information
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§3.3. Public power authority; commercially sensitive information A. Nothing in this Chapter shall require the disclosure of commercially sensitive information in the custody or control of a public power authority. B. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.4 Records of the Board of Ethics
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§3.4. Records of the Board of Ethics Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of records, or the information contained therein, held by the Board of Ethics pertaining to enforcement proceedings. However, any such record shall be public record and subje…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.5 Records of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
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§3.5. Records of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require the disclosure of records, or the information contained therein, held by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, which records are: (1) Held by the forestry offic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:3.6 Airport facility and infrastructure records
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§3.6. Airport facility and infrastructure records A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, blueprints, floor plans, and renderings of the interior of an airport facility or of a facility on airport property and blueprints, plans, or renderings of airport inf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:301 Pending proceedings
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§301. Pending proceedings Where any original papers appertaining to a suit pending in any district court have been or may hereafter be destroyed by the burning of the courthouse of the parish, or destroyed in any other manner, the suits, together with all the papers, pleadings, b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:302 Judgments; execution on certified copies
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§302. Judgments; execution on certified copies Upon the production of a certified copy of any original judgment of any court of record, or certified copies of the judgment from the record of judicial mortgages, the clerk of the court of the parish where the destruction has taken …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:31 Right to examine records
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§31. Right to examine records A. Providing access to public records is a responsibility and duty of the appointive or elective office of a custodian and his employees. B.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter or as otherwise specifically provided by law, and in accordan…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:31.1 Exceptions; authority of the custodian
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§31.1. Exceptions; authority of the custodian A.(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, "person" does not include an individual in custody after sentence following a felony conviction who has exhausted his appellate remedies when the request for public records is not limited to gro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:31.2 Public records awareness program
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§31.2. Public records awareness program The attorney general shall establish a program for educating the general public, public bodies, and custodians regarding the provisions of this Chapter. Such program may include brochures, pamphlets, videos, seminars, and internet access to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:32 Duty to permit examination; prevention of alteration; payment for overtime; copies
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§32. Duty to permit examination; prevention of alteration; payment for overtime; copies provided; fees A.(1) The custodian shall present any public record to any person of the age of majority who so requests. The custodian shall make no inquiry of any person who applies for a pub…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:321 Petition and service
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§321. Petition and service Any person may re-establish and revive any deed, bond, mortgage, judgment, contract, or any other instrument or writing, of any kind or nature whatsoever, which was of record, or deposited in any public office, or held in any courthouse or in any other …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:322 Oath
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§322. Oath The oath of the plaintiff to the allegations of his petition shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and contents of the deed, bond, mortgage, judgment or other instrument of writing, but may be rebutted by the denial, under oath, of the defendant.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:323 Affidavits
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§323. Affidavits The affidavits required by this Chapter shall be to the best of the knowledge and belief of the party making them.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:324 Answer; judgment
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§324. Answer; judgment The party defendant in any application for the re-establishment of any deed, mortgage or other instrument shall have the same delay as in other writs, and his answer, which shall be under oath, must either admit of the facts as stated in the petition, or de…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:325 Parol evidence may be used
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§325. Parol evidence may be used The provisions of this Subpart shall not prevent the establishment of any judgment or any other instrument of writing, by parol evidence, where the original record has been destroyed by the burning of the courthouse or any other place of deposit o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:326 Court costs
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§326. Court costs The costs incurred in suits to establish the instrument shall be paid by the plaintiff when there is no opposition, but if opposition be made it shall be paid by the party cast.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:327 Effect of recording certified copies of reestablished records
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§327. Effect of recording certified copies of reestablished records The recordation of any certified copy of any deed, bond, mortgage, judgment or other instrument of writing, shall have the same force and effect as the recording of the original deed, bond, mortgage, judgment or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:328 Costs due clerks or other officials
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§328. Costs due clerks or other officials In all cases in which there are costs due any clerk, sheriff, parish recorder or other officer, they shall be allowed as in other cases upon the officer making a specific bill of costs certified under oath.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:329 Certified copies admissible in evidence
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§329. Certified copies admissible in evidence Certified copies from the record of any deed, bond, mortgage, or other instrument of writing shall be admissible as evidence, and shall have the same force and effect as certified copies of the original.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:33 Availability of records
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§33. Availability of records A.(1) When a request is made for a public record to which the public is entitled, the official, clerks of court and the custodian of notarial records in and for the parish of Orleans excepted, who has responsibility for the record shall have the recor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:33.1 Custodian; contact information; notice to public
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§33.1. Custodian; contact information; notice to public A. Each public body that has a custodian of public records shall make the contact information of the custodian available to the public in a manner that will allow a member of the public to quickly determine the appropriate p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:34 Absence of records
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§34. Absence of records If any public record applied for by any authorized person is not in the custody or control of the person to whom the application is made, such person shall promptly certify this in writing to the applicant, and shall in the certificate state in detail to t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:35 Enforcement
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§35. Enforcement A. Any person who has been denied the right to inspect, copy, reproduce, or obtain a copy or reproduction of a record under the provisions of this Chapter, either by a determination of the custodian or by the passage of five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:36 Preservation of records
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§36. Preservation of records A. All persons and public bodies having custody or control of any public record, other than conveyance, probate, mortgage, or other permanent records required by existing law to be kept for all time, shall exercise diligence and care in preserving the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:361 Use of abstractors' records authorized
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§361. Use of abstractors' records authorized Whenever the public records or any part of the archives of the office of the clerk of court and ex-officio recorder, of any parish in this state, have been destroyed by fire, or may hereafter be destroyed by fire, in addition to the me…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:362 Parishes may purchase or expropriate abstractors' records
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§362. Parishes may purchase or expropriate abstractors' records A. In order to make the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs available for the restoration of destroyed records, parish governing authorities may purchase the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs; or may purchase…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:363 Procedure for purchase or expropriation by parish
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§363. Procedure for purchase or expropriation by parish Before any contract of purchase or expropriation of abstractor's records becomes perfect the parish governing authority shall ascertain whether the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs fulfil the requirements of this Chapt…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:364 Recordation of evidence adduced at trial
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§364. Recordation of evidence adduced at trial The evidence adduced upon the trial referred to in R.S. 44:363 shall be reduced to writing and shall be recorded, together with the pleadings and judgment of the court, in the judicial records and in the conveyance records of the par…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:365 Binding and certification
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§365. Binding and certification Whether the original of the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs be purchased, or the right to make or cause to be made a certified copy of them be acquired, true copies of the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs, after the judgment of court, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:366 Compensation for district attorney
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§366. Compensation for district attorney The district attorney shall be paid for services rendered under the provisions of this Part. The compensation, or fee, shall be fixed by the court and payment shall be made by the parish governing authority.
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:367 Certified copies of re-established archives prima facie evidence
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§367. Certified copies of re-established archives prima facie evidence Certified copies from re-established archives shall be received as prima facie proof of all that they recite, that properly belongs to the originals of such instruments, and also of the date of filing and reco…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:368 Presumption of correctness; use of parol evidence
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§368. Presumption of correctness; use of parol evidence A. Whenever an instrument re-established under the provisions of this Sub-part is declared on in any real action and reliance is made thereon in the pleadings, its presumption of correctness shall not be overthrown by parol …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:369 Judicial notice
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§369. Judicial notice Whenever records and archives have been re-established in the manner provided in this Subpart, and the evidence adduced upon the trial of the proceedings had in the matter or reviving the records and archives has been reduced to writing and, together with th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:37 Penalties for violation by custodians of records
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§37. Penalties for violation by custodians of records Any person having custody or control of a public record who arbitrarily or capriciously violates any of the provisions of this Chapter, or any person not having such custody or control who by any conspiracy, understanding, or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:370 Restricted application
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§370. Restricted application Nothing in the provisions of this Sub-part shall be construed as giving or affording evidence superior to titles, instruments, or other documents restored or revived, after issue joined, under and by virtue of the provisions of Subpart A of this Part.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:38 RS 44:38
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§38 eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477. §38. Access to records involved in legislative studies Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the custodian of records of the Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, and the c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:39 Microfilm and electronic digitized records; use as evidence
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§39. Microfilm and electronic digitized records; use as evidence A. All persons and public bodies having custody or control of any public records of the state of Louisiana or any of its subdivisions may utilize any appropriate form of the microphotographic process, or an electron…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:4 Applicability
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§4. Applicability This Chapter shall not apply: (1) To any tax return or the information contained in any tax return. However, the name and address of any person who obtains an occupational license, the information on the face of the license, and information as to whether an occu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:4.1 Exceptions
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§4.1. Exceptions A. The legislature recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that the people be made aware of all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records. In order to foster the people's awareness, the le…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:40 Additional copies of records; purchase of equipment; funds available for payment;
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§40. Additional copies of records; purchase of equipment; funds available for payment; copies of suit records A. The several clerks of court and ex officio recorders and registers of conveyances and recorders of mortgages, throughout the state, are hereby authorized at their opti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:401 Division of archives, records management, and history
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§401. Division of archives, records management, and history The division of archives, records management, and history is hereby created and established as a division of the Department of State to perform all duties, functions, and responsibilities and to exercise all authority or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 44:402 Definitions
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§402. Definitions For the purpose of this Chapter: (1) "Agency" means any state, parish, and municipal office, department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other separate unit of state, parish, or municipal government created or established by the constitution, …