Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§58 Transcripts From Records of Louisiana

Title 43 › CHAPTER 3 — SURVEYS › § 58

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Certified Louisiana survey maps or transcripts must be allowed as evidence in U.S. courts and territories.

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Title 43, §58

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Any copy of a plat of survey, or transcript from the records of the office of the former surveyor general of Louisiana, duly certified, shall be admitted as evidence in all the courts of the United States and the Territories thereof.

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Codification The word “former” was inserted in text before “surveyor general” because of the discontinuance of the office of surveyor general in Louisiana. R.S. § 2225 derived from act Mar. 3, 1831, ch. 116, § 5, 4 Stat. 493.

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43 U.S.C. § 58

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102