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Public Records and Recorders

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General definitions

Short title

Records involved in legislative investigations

Records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies and communications districts

Certain records pertaining to security-related activity

Proprietary and trade secret information

Public power authority; commercially sensitive information

Records of the Board of Ethics

Records of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Airport facility and infrastructure records

Applicability

Exceptions

Records of the office of the governor

Completed reports of the Legislative Auditor

Hospital records

Louisiana office building corporation, special provisions

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 145, §3.

Confidential nature of documents and proceedings of judiciary commission

Confidential nature of certain personnel records; exceptions

Medical records of persons covered by the Office of Group Benefits programs

Records of applicants for public positions; prohibitions

Registration records and other records of use maintained by libraries

Insurance, health and accident; list of insured to be provided to department

Medical records of persons applying for disability retirement through any state or statewide public retirement system or pension plan or fund

Personal data records for certain members of public retirement systems, plans, or funds

Immunization records; definitions; disclosure; liability; procedures

Geophysical survey information

Records of a coroner; autopsy photographs, video, and other visual images

Records of discharge from armed forces

Municipal fire and police civil service; test materials confidential

Jefferson Parish civil service; test materials confidential

Economic development negotiations

Port economic development negotiations

Department of Transportation and Development; preconstruction estimates

Department of Transportation and Development; Sabine River Authority; exception for certain sensitive security information or critical infrastructure information

Right to examine records

Exceptions; authority of the custodian

Public records awareness program

Duty to permit examination; prevention of alteration; payment for overtime; copies provided; fees

Availability of records

Custodian; contact information; notice to public

Absence of records

Enforcement

Preservation of records

Penalties for violation by custodians of records

Access to records involved in legislative studies

Microfilm and electronic digitized records; use as evidence

Additional copies of records; purchase of equipment; funds available for payment; copies of suit records

Receiving and filing map, plat, etc. for record

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1075, §2.

Definitions

Address confidentiality program; application; certification; substitute address; renewal; prohibited acts; penalties

Cancellation of certification

Substitute address; use

Secretary of state; use of substitute address; exceptions

Program participants; application assistance

Service of process

Acceptance of collective bargaining agreement

Construction; enforcement

Offices for recording mortgages and conveyances

Seal

Location of office

Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 540, §2

Deputies

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Recorder as proper party; payment of judgments and compromises; obligation to maintain insurance

Limitation of liability

Recorder not required to pay costs or give security in judicial proceedings

Fees

General powers

Repair and rebinding of books and records; payment

Certified copies and their effect

Redesignated as R.S. 9:2742 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:2743 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5169 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5170 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5171 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5172 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5173 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5174 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5175 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:5176 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Redesignated as R.S. 9:2741 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Actions against the recorder

Photographic reproduction of acts

Photostatic, photographic, microfilm, or other photographic or electronic copies of records; indexes of conveyance and mortgage records; disposition; evidentiary status; preservation

Electronic copies of records; Lafayette Parish

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Double index; form and contents

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Recordation of discharge from armed forces

Clerk of court as recorder; duties

Official seal

Deputy recorders

Archivist

Fees

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Notarial archives records; fees

General powers

Retention of powers

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities

Microfilm records; use; separate location; preservation of records

Applicability of other laws

Recordation of agreement

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 677, §2, eff. July 1, 2008, and Acts 2008, No. 856, §2.

Recordation books; indexes

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Pending proceedings

Judgments; execution on certified copies

Petition and service

Oath

Affidavits

Answer; judgment

Parol evidence may be used

Court costs

Effect of recording certified copies of reestablished records

Costs due clerks or other officials

Certified copies admissible in evidence

Use of abstractors' records authorized

Parishes may purchase or expropriate abstractors' records

Procedure for purchase or expropriation by parish

Recordation of evidence adduced at trial

Binding and certification

Compensation for district attorney

Certified copies of re-established archives prima facie evidence

Presumption of correctness; use of parol evidence

Judicial notice

Restricted application

Division of archives, records management, and history

Definitions

Counsel

State archivist

Powers and duties

Collection of records

Records management; reports

Archives and records center building; duty custody and control

Appointment of advisory groups

Records management programs; policies and principles

Retention of records; actions for recovery of records

Agency head to maintain active records management programs; use of records center by state and subdivisions

Surveys and inspections

Interim records centers; photostating, and repair

Centralized imaging and preservation services

Retention of records for longer periods than scheduled

Deposit of records of historical value; transfer of deposited records to public or educational institutions; disposition of abandoned property

Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records

Preservation, repair, exhibition of records; finding aids

Deposit of papers and other historical materials of officials and individuals

Authorization to certify facts; evidentiary status of any reproductions

Safeguards against removal or loss of records

Notification of actual or threatened unlawful removal or destruction

Authority of state financial officers and others not limited

Department of Revenue; exemption

Transfer of inactive legislative records to archives

Advisory Board of the Louisiana State Archives

Sections
428. 428 to 430

Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 238, §1, effective July 6, 1985.

Board; creation; appointment; compensation

Duties of the board

State historical records coordinator duties; deputy state historical records coordinator duties

REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 46, §1; ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989.