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LA Rev Stat § 9:2610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2610. Effect of change or error

RS 2610 - Effect of change or error If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply: (1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record. (2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual: (a) Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person. (b) Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the reasonable instructions of the other person, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record. (c) Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person. (3) If neither Paragraph (1) nor Paragraph (2) of this Section is applicable, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of error, and the contract of the parties, if any. (4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Section may not be varied by agreement. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2611. Notarization and acknowledgment

RS 2611 - Notarization and acknowledgment If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2612. Retention of electronic records; originals

RS 2612 - Retention of electronic records; originals A. If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which: (1) Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise. (2) Remains accessible for later reference. B. A requirement to retain a record in accordance with Subsection A of this Section does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received. C. A person may satisfy Subsection A of this Section by using the services of another person if the requirements of Subsection A of this Section are satisfied. D. If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with Subsection A of this Section. E. If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with Subsection A of this Section. F. A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with Subsection A of this Section satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after July 1, 2001, specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose. G. This Section shall not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the jurisdiction of the agency. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2613. Admissibility in evidence

RS 2613 - Admissibility in evidence In a proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2614 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2614. Automated transaction

RS 2614 - Automated transaction In an automated transaction, the following rules apply: (1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the actions of the electronic agents or the resulting terms and agreements. (2) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance. (3) The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2615. Time and place of sending and receipt

RS 2615 - Time and place of sending and receipt A. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it: (1) Is addressed properly or is otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record. (2) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system. (3) Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient. B. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when it: (1) Enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record. (2) Is in a form capable of being processed by that system. C. Subsection B of this Section applies even if the place where the information processing system is located is different from the place where the electronic record is deemed to be received under Subsection D of this Section. D. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the place of business of the sender and to be received at the place of business of the recipient. For purposes of this Subsection, the following rules apply: (1) If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction. (2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the residence of the sender or recipient, as the case may be. E. An electronic record is received under Subsection B of this Section even if no individual is aware of its receipt. F. Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in Subsection B of this Section establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received. G.(1) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under Subsection A of this Section, or purportedly received under Subsection B of this Section, was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. (2) Except to the extent allowed by the other law, the requirements of this Subsection may not be varied by agreement. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2617. Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by governmental agencies in this state

RS 2617 - Creation and retention of electronic records and conversion of written records by governmental agencies in this state Each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2618 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2618. Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies in this state

RS 2618 - Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by governmental agencies in this state A. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 9:2612(F), each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. B. To the extent a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic signatures under Subsection A of this Section, the governmental agency, giving due consideration to security, may specify the following: (1) The manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the systems established for those purposes. (2) The electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process. (3) Control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and audit ability of electronic records. (4) Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances. C. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 9:2612(F), this Chapter does not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2619 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2619. Interoperability

RS 2619 - Interoperability A. The commissioner of administration shall encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this state, other states, the federal government, and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state. B. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of this state may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2620 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2620. Severability clause

RS 2620 - Severability clause The provisions of this Chapter are severable as provided in R.S. 24:175. Acts 2001, No. 244, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2621. Certification of electronic records

RS 2621 - Certification of electronic records A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, when a governmental agency offers online applications through an Internet interface for any license or permit, and the particular law for such license or permit requires a sworn application for such license or permit, the governmental agency may accept an online certification from the applicant in lieu of the sworn application. B.(1) The online certification shall require the applicant to certify that all of the information and documentation the applicant submits via the online application through an Internet interface shall be true and correct, and that the applicant has not used a false or fictitious name in such application, and that the applicant has not knowingly made a false statement or has not knowingly concealed any material fact or otherwise committed any fraud in any such application for a license or permit. (2) Use by a governmental agency of any online certification provisions included in a nationwide online licensing or registration system shall be permissible and deemed in compliance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. C. A governmental agency that elects to accept online applications through an Internet interface, and thus accepting an online certification in lieu of a sworn application, shall promulgate such rules and regulations in accordance with R.S. 9:2619 and the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement such online certification. D. The acceptance of an online application with the certification authorized by this Section, in lieu of the sworn application otherwise required by law, shall not result in, or create any liability on the part of the state or the governmental agency. Acts 2013, No. 176, §1, eff. June 7, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2701. Judgment in class action concludes all members of class adequately represented

RS 2701 - Judgment in class action concludes all members of class adequately represented  A definitive judgment on the merits rendered in a class action concludes all members of the class, whether joined in the action or not, if the members joined as parties fairly insured adequate representation of all members of the class.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 31, §4; eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2711 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2711. Definitions; withdrawal of consent to agreement

RS 2711 - Definitions; withdrawal of consent to agreement  A. For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein:  (1) An "itinerant door-to-door salesman" means as a person who has no fixed place of business and who goes from house to house, or from place to place, selling or offering for sale goods and services.  (2) A "purchase agreement" means a written agreement which obligates a person to accept merchandise or services from another for a stated consideration in excess of one hundred fifty dollars.  B. Any person who signs a purchase agreement with an itinerant door-to-door salesman has a period of three days in which to withdraw his consent to the agreement, the three-day period shall commence on the day following the making of the agreement by the purchaser.  Acts 1970, No. 428, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2711.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2711.1. Consumer's right to cancel noncredit home solicitation sale

RS 2711.1 - Consumer's right to cancel noncredit home solicitation sale  A. For purposes of this Section the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein:  (1) A "noncredit home solicitation sale" is a consumer sale involving a cash price of twenty-five dollars or more for goods or services or both, in which the seller or a person acting for him engages in a personal solicitation of the sale at any place other than the business establishment of the seller and the purchaser offers to purchase or agrees to the sale at a place other than the business establishment of the seller or his representative. This definition shall also include all telephone solicitations in which the seller has initiated contact regardless of his location, and the consumer's agreement to purchase is made at the consumer's home. It does not include a consumer credit sale as defined in R.S. 9:3516(11), a sale made pursuant to prior negotiations between the parties at a business establishment at a fixed location where goods or services are offered or exhibited for sale, a catalogue sale, a sale that may have been initiated by the consumer by communication, whether by telephone or in person, with the seller at his business establishment, or policies of insurance.  (2) A "consumer sale" is the sale of a thing or services purchased primarily for personal, family, or household purposes and the purchaser is not an organization; however, a consumer sale shall not include the sale of religious periodicals, books, and other religious materials by a bona fide religious association, a motor vehicle, immovable property, farm equipment, farm services, or any transaction made pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, R.S. 6:951 et seq. The parties to a contract may contract with one another that a sale shall be a consumer sale for the purposes of this Section, except those sales subject to the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act. B. Each seller or person acting on behalf of a seller, who makes or attempts to make a noncredit home solicitation sale shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 9:3539 and R.S. 9:3540 and shall provide a written agreement or offer to purchase that complies with the requirements of R.S. 9:3539. Each consumer purchasing or agreeing to purchase as the result of a noncredit home solicitation sale, shall have the right to cancel such sale in accordance with the requirements of R.S. 9:3538 through R.S. 9:3541.  C. It shall be an unfair trade practice for a seller or his representative to fail to comply with the provisions of R.S. 9:3539 and R.S. 9:3540 and the failure to so comply shall subject the seller to the penalties and actions found in the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, R.S. 51:1401 et seq.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 744, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2712 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2712. Prohibition; counterletters

RS 2712 - Prohibition; counterletters  The use of counterletters that affect the transfer or encumbrance of any public property, the award of any public contract, or the expenditure or receipt of any public funds is prohibited.  Acts 1986, No. 672, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2713 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2713. Short title

RS 2713 - Short title  This Section and R.S. 9:2713.1 through 2713.9 shall be known and may be cited as the Louisiana Structured Settlement Protection Act.  Acts 2019, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2713.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2713.4. Authority to pursue and complete transfers

RS 2713.4 - Authority to pursue and complete transfers  A. At the time the transfer order is to be signed by the court, all transferees must provide evidence to the court in which a structured settlement transfer proceeding is filed that the transferee is registered to do business in this state as a structured settlement purchase company.  B. A transfer order signed by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with this Act shall constitute a qualified order under 26 U.S.C. 5891. A transfer order signed by a Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction after July 1, 2020, where the transferee is not a registered structured settlement purchase company at the time the transfer order is signed shall not constitute a qualified order under 26 U.S.C. 5891.  Acts 2019, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2713.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2713.5. Required disclosures to payee

RS 2713.5 - Required disclosures to payee  A. Not less than three days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen point font, setting forth the following:  (1) The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred.  (2) The aggregate amount of such payments.  (3) The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the "calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities", and the amount of the Applicable Federal Rate used in calculating such discounted present value.  (4) The gross advance amount.  (5) An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney fees and related disbursements, payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of any such fees and disbursements.  (6) The effective annual interest rate, which must be disclosed in a statement in the following form: "On the basis of the net amount that you will receive from us and the amounts and timing of the structured settlement payments that you are transferring to us, you will, in effect be paying interest to us at a rate of ____ percent per year".  (7) The net advance amount.  (8) The amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee.  B. Not less than three days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate note of payee's rights, in bold type, no smaller than fourteen point font, setting forth the following:  (1) The payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, until the transfer is approved by the court.  (2) The payee is required to seek and receive independent professional advice regarding a transfer of structured settlement payment rights.  (3) The payee has the right to seek out and consider additional offers for transferring the structured settlement payments and should do so.  Acts 2019, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 9:2713.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries|§2713.6. Approval of transfers of structured settlement payment rights

RS 2713.6 - Approval of transfers of structured settlement payment rights  No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective, and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee or assignee of structured settlement payment rights, unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order based on express findings by such court that all of the following apply:  (1) The transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents.  (2) The payee has received independent professional advice regarding the transfer.  (3) The transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority.  Acts 2019, No. 260, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.