AffectsAmends Sections 9:5217, 13:844, 44:40, 116, and 161 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, amends Civil Code Art. 3352, and Code of Civil Procedure Art. 258, and enacts Code of Civil Procedure Arts. 258(D) and 259.
AnalysisSenate Bill 236 primarily raises the fees for recording documents with parish clerks, but also requires each parish court clerk and the Orleans Parish register of conveyances or its successor and the Orleans Parish recorder of mortgages or its successor, to adopt and implement a plan for electronic recording of documents.
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