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LA Rev Stat § 44:182.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§182.11. Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities

RS 182.11 - Annual budget; submission to enumerated entities A. The clerk of court as the parish recorder shall prepare a detailed annual budget of the office of the clerk of court at the end of its fiscal year and submit a copy of that budget to the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513 et seq., and to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and shall publish a copy, at his own expense, in the official journal of the parish of Orleans, commencing January 1, 2009. B. The clerk of court shall include in the annual budget adequate provisions to ensure that there is systematic rebinding, page repair, and microfilming of those notarial records created before July 29, 1970, and that the office can provide professional supervision of the use of all volumes created before the year 1900. The clerk of court shall allocate sufficient funds for the stabilization, preservation, and repair of plat plans, surveys, architectural drawings, and other visual materials housed at the office, whether presently attached to notarial acts or housed separately from notarial volumes. Acts 2006, No. 621, §5, eff. June 23, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:183 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§183. Microfilm records; use; separate location; preservation of records

RS 183 - Microfilm records; use; separate location; preservation of records A. The clerk of court as the parish recorder may record acts by methods of reproduction as provided in R.S. 44:115. B. The original master negative of such microfilm or other photographic reproduction may be used for preparing digital images which can be utilized in lieu of the original document or record. Such microfilm or other photographic reproduction shall be kept in safe and secure storage at a separate location from the original records and documents filed with the clerk of court. The clerk of court as the parish recorder may have working copies made of any of the master negatives or other photographic reproductions and keep the working copies on the premises of his offices to be used at his discretion in connection with the preservation of fragile volumes. The clerk of court may substitute the working copies for daily use of original volumes, so long as the original volumes remain in the collection and are easily available for examination in cases where the working copies are difficult to decipher. C. The clerk of court as the parish recorder may make all such reasonable rules and regulations relative to the use and preservation of documents and volumes in the office as he deems necessary, but nothing in this Section shall be construed to mean that the public will not have free access to either original records or facsimiles thereof during all regular office hours, not including extended office hours. The clerk of court, with the advice of the archivist, shall make provisions for the preservation, management, repair, and rehabilitation of any or all records in his custody, if he deems it necessary to protect old, fragile, or damaged records from further damage or loss. D. Such microfilm copy or other photographic reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy thereof shall for all purposes be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of the original. E. Nothing in this Chapter shall in any manner be construed to permit the destruction of any records presently in the possession of, or which may hereafter come into the possession of the office of the clerk of court as the parish recorder. F. The clerk of court shall dedicate a specific portion of fees assessed and collected by the parish recorder to microfilming, restoration, repair, and preservation of records and deposit those fees in the Consolidated Judicial Expense Fund or the Clerk's Salary Fund. Acts 2006, No. 621, §5, eff. June 23, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 868, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 44:184 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§184. Applicability of other laws

RS 184 - Applicability of other laws All provisions of law providing for the registry and recordation of instruments affecting immovable property, the recordation of conventional mortgages, including a notice of security interest, and recordation of liens and privileges on movables and immovables, not in conflict herewith, shall be applicable to the clerk of court as parish recorder. Acts 2006, No. 621, §5, eff. June 23, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:184.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§184.1. Recordation of agreement

RS 184.1 - Recordation of agreement Any person, upon paying the fees otherwise fixed by law, may at any time request that the agreement be filed and copied in full into the records and the clerk of court as the parish recorder upon request also note in the margin of the recorded copy of the declaration a reference to the place where the agreement is recorded. Acts 2006, No. 621, §5, eff. June 23, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:184.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§184.2. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 677, §2, eff. July 1, 2008, and Acts 2008, No. 856, §2.

RS 184.2 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 677, §2, eff. July 1, 2008, and Acts 2008, No. 856, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 44:185 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§185. Recordation books; indexes

RS 185 - Recordation books; indexes The clerk of court as the parish recorder shall keep a book of conveyances, a book of mortgages, and other recordation books as provided by law. He shall keep indexes as required by law. Acts 2006, No. 621, §5, eff. June 23, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:201 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§201. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 201 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:201.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§201.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 201.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§202. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 202 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§203. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 203 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§204. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 204 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§205. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 205 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:205.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§205.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 205.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§206. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 206 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:207 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§207. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 207 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:231 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§231. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 231 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:231.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§231.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 231.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009. NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 618, providing that no special election be held to fill vacancy in office of recorder of mortgages and providing that any proclamation calling any such election shall be null, void, and of no effect.
LA Rev Stat § 44:232 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§232. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 232 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:232.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§232.1. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 232.1 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:233 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§233. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 233 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:234 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§234. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 234 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:234.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§234.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 234.1 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:235 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§235. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 235 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:261 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§261. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 261 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:262 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§262. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 262 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:263 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§263. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 263 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:264 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§264. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 264 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:265 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§265. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 265 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:266 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§266. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 266 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:267 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§267. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

RS 267 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(B), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 44:268 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§268. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 268 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 44:301 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§301. Pending proceedings

RS 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, bonds and other documents filed therein and making part thereof, may be revived and reinstated by either plaintiff or defendant as follows: (1) By filing with the clerk of court a duly certified copy of the original petition, or by motion in open court, or in chambers, served on the opposite party, which motion shall contain the name and residence of the parties, the nature of the demand and cause of action, and the date of the filing of the original petition and service of citation, as near as can be ascertained, together with a statement of the pleading had in the suit, orders made and bonds filed, accompanied by affidavit of the parties, or their attorneys, as to the truth of facts allowed. Upon filing the motion a rule may be taken on the opposite party to show cause, within ten days from the service thereof, why the suit, pleadings, orders of court and bonds should not be reinstated.  (2) If answer is made to the rule it shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the party or his attorney, as to the truth of the facts stated by him, and it shall be sufficient for either party to swear to the best of his knowledge and belief.
LA Rev Stat § 44:302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§302. Judgments; execution on certified copies

RS 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 place may issue execution thereon. Where no copy exists, the owner of the judgment, or his attorney, may obtain execution thereon upon presenting to the clerk of the court a statement, under oath, of the amount of the judgment or the balance due thereon. This Section shall not be construed to prevent the judgment from being established as other records in the manner provided for in Part II, Subpart A of this Chapter.
LA Rev Stat § 44:321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§321. Petition and service

RS 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 office or building, for the purpose of recordation in the proper office in the parish, and which was destroyed by fire or any other way, by following the procedure set forth as follows: (1) He must apply to the district court of the parish by petition under oath, in which he shall describe the instrument or document sought to be revived with as much certainty as possible.  (2) If defendant is a resident, the petition, with a citation, shall be served on him as having an interest adverse to the plaintiff in the matter of the suit, or in the original document sought to be revived.  (3) If the defendant is an absentee, this fact shall be set forth in the petition, under oath, and the judge shall appoint a curator ad hoc to represent the absentee, upon whom service shall be made.  (4) In case of the death of the vendor, mortgagor, obligor, debtor, or other original party in interest in or connected with, the original document sought to be revived, service shall be made on his heirs and legal representatives.  In all cases in which service of petition and citation is required under this Section, it will be sufficient to cause service to be made on the defendant either in person or by publication of the notice in any newspaper published in the parish, at the option of the plaintiff, which notice shall be in the form of a citation to the defendant and shall contain a brief and clear statement of the object and intent of the demand, the name of the party having an adverse interest in the instrument of writing sought to be revived, or who held title to any realty claimed at any time anterior to the party applying, as far as known; and the delay in which the party made defendant shall be required to answer; provided that in case the service is made in person, the delay to answer shall be the same as now prescribed by law in ordinary civil action. If service is made by publication it shall be published in any newspaper of the parish at least once a week for two consecutive weeks and the last publication shall be at least six weeks before the case is heard. If there is no newspaper published in the parish in which the action is filed the publication of the notice as above required shall be made in any newspaper in any adjoining parish.
LA Rev Stat § 44:322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§322. Oath

RS 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 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§323. Affidavits

RS 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 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§324. Answer; judgment

RS 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 deny the same wholly or partially; whereupon the judge shall proceed to trial, and after hearing evidence shall render judgment establishing or not establishing the deed, bond, mortgage, judgment, or other instrument of writing, as the evidence proves to have existed. No other issue is to be tried but the existence or non-existence of the document sought to be established; and when so established, it shall be executory and shall have the same force and effect as the original.
LA Rev Stat § 44:325 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§325. Parol evidence may be used

RS 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 of public records, or destroyed in any other way in the parish.
LA Rev Stat § 44:326 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§326. Court costs

RS 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 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§327. Effect of recording certified copies of reestablished records

RS 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 other instrument of writing which was destroyed.
LA Rev Stat § 44:328 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§328. Costs due clerks or other officials

RS 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 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§329. Certified copies admissible in evidence

RS 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 § 44:361 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§361. Use of abstractors' records authorized

RS 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 means already provided by law for their restoration, they may be restored by using abstracts of the records made by competent abstractors of sound integrity, and also by using photographic and rectigraphic copies of the records, made by competent artisans and abstractors of integrity, provided the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs were made in the ordinary course of business to be used in furnishing abstracts of title to property or to be used in furnishing copies, or abstracts of the contents of the records.
LA Rev Stat § 44:362 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 44 - Public Records and Recorders|§362. Parishes may purchase or expropriate abstractors' records

RS 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 the right to have true copies made of said abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs; or, in their discretion, may purchase true copies of them. The purchase may be upon such reasonable terms and conditions as may be agreed upon with the owner.  B. The parish governing authority may, in the event of a failure to agree upon a price, expropriate under existing laws the right to copy the abstracts, photographs and rectigraphs for the restoration of the public records.