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TITLE 44 - Public Records and Recorders
TITLE 44 - Public Records and Recorders
RS 44:1 - General definitions
RS 44:1.1 - Short title
RS 44:2 - Records involved in legislative investigations
RS 44:3 - Records of prosecutive, investigative, and law enforcement agencies, and communications districts
RS 44:3.1 - Certain records pertaining to terrorist-related activity
RS 44:3.2 - Proprietary and trade secret information
RS 44:3.3 - Public power authority; commercially sensitive information
RS 44:3.4 - Records of the Board of Ethics
RS 44:3.5 - Records of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
RS 44:4 - Applicability
RS 44:4.1 - Exceptions
RS 44:5 - Records of the governor
RS 44:6 - Completed reports of the Legislative Auditor
RS 44:7 - Hospital records
RS 44:8 - Louisiana office building corporation, special provisions
RS 44:9 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 145, §3.
RS 44:10 - Confidential nature of documents and proceedings of judiciary commission
RS 44:11 - Confidential nature of certain personnel records; exceptions
RS 44:12 - Medical records of persons covered by the Office of Group Benefits programs
RS 44:12.1 - Records of applicants for public positions; prohibitions
RS 44:13 - Registration records and other records of use maintained by libraries
RS 44:14 - Insurance, health and accident; list of insured to be provided to department
RS 44:15 - Medical records of persons applying for disability retirement through any state or statewide public retirement system or pension plan or fund
RS 44:16 - Personal data records for certain members of public retirement systems, plans, or funds
RS 44:17 - Immunization records; definitions; disclosure; liability; procedures
RS 44:18 - Geophysical survey information
RS 44:19 - Records of a coroner; autopsy photographs, video, and other visual images
RS 44:20 - Records of discharge from armed forces
RS 44:21 - Municipal fire and police civil service; test materials confidential
RS 44:21.1 - Jefferson Parish civil service; test materials confidential
RS 44:22 - Economic development negotiations
RS 44:22.1 - Port economic development negotiations
RS 44:23 - Department of Transportation and Development; preconstruction estimates
RS 44:23.1 - Department of Transportation and Development; Sabine River Authority; exception for certain sensitive security information or critical infrastructure information
RS 44:31 - Right to examine records
RS 44:31.1 - Exceptions; authority of the custodian
RS 44:31.2 - Public records awareness program
RS 44:32 - Duty to permit examination; prevention of alteration; payment for overtime; copies provided; fees
RS 44:33 - Availability of records
RS 44:33.1 - Custodian; contact information
RS 44:34 - Absence of records
RS 44:35 - Enforcement
RS 44:36 - Preservation of records
RS 44:37 - Penalties for violation by custodians of records
RS 44:38 - Access to records involved in legislative studies
RS 44:39 - Microfilm and electronic digitized records; use as evidence
RS 44:40 - Additional copies of records; purchase of equipment; funds available for payment; copies of suit records
RS 44:41 - Receiving and filing map, plat, etc. for record
RS 44:42 - Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 1075, 2.
RS 44:51 - Definitions
RS 44:52 - Address confidentiality program; application; certification; substitute address; renewal; prohibited acts; penalties
RS 44:53 - Cancellation of certification
RS 44:54 - Substitute address; use
RS 44:55 - Secretary of state; use of substitute address; exceptions
RS 44:56 - Program participants; application assistance
RS 44:57 - Service of process
RS 44:67.1 - Acceptance of collective bargaining agreement
RS 44:67.2 - Construction; enforcement
RS 44:71 - Offices for recording mortgages and conveyances
RS 44:72 - Seal
RS 44:73 - Location of office
RS 44:74 - Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 540, 2
RS 44:75 - Deputies
RS 44:76 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:77 - Recorder as proper party; payment of judgments and compromises; obligation to maintain insurance
RS 44:78 - Limitation of liability
RS 44:79 - Recorder not required to pay costs or give security in judicial proceedings
RS 44:80 - Fees
RS 44:101 - General powers
RS 44:102 - Repair and rebinding of books and records; payment
RS 44:103 - Certified copies and their effect
RS 44:104 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:2742 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:105 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:2743 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:106 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5169 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:107 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5170 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:108 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5171 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:109 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5172 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:109.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5173 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:110 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5174 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:111 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5175 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:112 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:5176 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:113 - Redesignated as R.S. 9:2741 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
RS 44:114 - Actions against the recorder
RS 44:115 - Photographic reproduction of acts
RS 44:116 - Photostatic, photographic, microfilm, or other photographic or electronic copies of records; indexes of conveyance and mortgage records; disposition; evidentiary status; preservation
RS 44:117 - Electronic copies of records; Lafayette Parish
RS 44:132 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:133 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:134 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:135 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:136 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:138 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:161 - Double index; form and contents
RS 44:162 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:163 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:171 - Recordation of discharge from armed forces
RS 44:181 - Clerk of court as recorder; duties
RS 44:181.1 - Official seal
RS 44:181.2 - Deputy recorders
RS 44:181.3 - Archivist
RS 44:181.4 - Fees
RS 44:181.5 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.
RS 44:181.6 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.
RS 44:181.7 - Notarial archives records; fees
RS 44:182 - General powers
RS 44:182.1 - Retention of powers
RS 44:182.2 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.3 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.4 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.5 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.6 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.7 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.8 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.9 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.10 - Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
RS 44:182.11 - Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities
RS 44:183 - Microfilm records; use; separate location; preservation of records
RS 44:184 - Applicability of other laws
RS 44:184.1 - Recordation of agreement
RS 44:184.2 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 677, §2, eff. July 1, 2008 and Acts 2008, No. 856, §2.
RS 44:185 - Recordation books; indexes
RS 44:201 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:201.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:202 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:203 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:204 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:205 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:205.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:206 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:207 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:231 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:231.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009
RS 44:232 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:232.1 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:233 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:234 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:234.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:235 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:261 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:262 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:263 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:264 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:265 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:266 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:267 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
RS 44:268 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
RS 44:301 - Pending proceedings
RS 44:302 - Judgments; execution on certified copies
RS 44:321 - Petition and service
RS 44:322 - Oath
RS 44:323 - Affidavits
RS 44:324 - Answer; judgment
RS 44:325 - Parol evidence may be used
RS 44:326 - Court costs
RS 44:327 - Effect of recording certified copies of reestablished records
RS 44:328 - Costs due clerks or other officials
RS 44:329 - Certified copies admissible in evidence
RS 44:361 - Use of abstractors' records authorized
RS 44:362 - Parishes may purchase or expropriate abstractors' records
RS 44:363 - Procedure for purchase or expropriation by parish
RS 44:364 - Recordation of evidence adduced at trial
RS 44:365 - Binding and certification
RS 44:366 - Compensation for district attorney
RS 44:367 - Certified copies of re-established archives prima facie evidence
RS 44:368 - Presumption of correctness; use of parol evidence
RS 44:369 - Judicial notice
RS 44:370 - Restricted application
RS 44:401 - STATE ARCHIVAL, HISTORICAL, AND
RS 44:402 - Definitions
RS 44:403 - Counsel
RS 44:404 - State archivist
RS 44:405 - Powers and duties
RS 44:406 - Collection of records
RS 44:407 - Records management; reports
RS 44:408 - Archives and records center building; duty custody and control
RS 44:409 - Appointment of advisory groups
RS 44:410 - Records management programs; policies and principles
RS 44:411 - Selective retention of records; actions for recovery of records
RS 44:412 - Agency head to maintain active records management programs; use of records center by state and subdivisions
RS 44:413 - Surveys and inspections
RS 44:414 - Interim records centers; photostating, and repair
RS 44:415 - Centralized microfilm service
RS 44:416 - Retention of records for longer periods than scheduled
RS 44:417 - Deposit of records of historical value; transfer of deposited records to public or educational institutions
RS 44:418 - Responsibility for custody, use, and withdrawal of records
RS 44:419 - Preservation, repair, exhibition of records; finding aids
RS 44:420 - Deposit of papers and other historical materials of officials and individuals
RS 44:421 - Authorization to certify facts; evidentiary status of any reproductions
RS 44:422 - Safeguards against removal or loss of records
RS 44:423 - Notification of actual or threatened unlawful removal or destruction
RS 44:424 - Authority of state financial officers and others not limited
RS 44:425 - Department of Revenue; exemption
RS 44:426 - Transfer of inactive legislative records to archives
RS 44:427 - Advisory Board of the Louisiana State Archives
RS 44:428 - To 430 Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 238, 1, effective July 6, 1985.
RS 44:501 - .Board; creation; appointment; compensation
RS 44:502 - Duties of the board
RS 44:503 - State historical records coordinator duties; deputy state historical records coordinator duties
RS 44:504 - Repealed