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ACT No. 192
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 397
BY REPRESENTATIVE LANDRY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 1131(E)(1) and (G) and 1243.2(A)(1) and2
(C), relative to records checks in adoption proceedings; to provide for uniformity in3
records checks procedures in agency, private, and intrafamily adoptions; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Children's Code Articles 1131(E)(1) and (G) and 1243.2(A)(1) and (C)7
are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
Art. 1131. Filing of surrender; institution of records check9
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E. Upon the filing of any court order approving the adoptive placement11
pursuant to Article 1178, the court shall immediately issue both of the following12
orders:13
(1) That the sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of14
Criminal Identification and Information, conduct a records check for all federal15
arrests and convictions and all state arrests and convictions in this and any other16
states in which either of the prospective adoptive parents has been domiciled.17
Prospective adoptive parents shall submit a set of fingerprints to the sheriff or the18
office of state police.19
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G. The sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal21
Identification and Information, and the department shall accord priority to these22
orders and shall provide a certificate indicating all information discovered or that no23
information has been found.24
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Art. 1243.2. Institution of records check1
A. Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall immediately issue both of the2
following orders:3
(1) That the local sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of4
Criminal Identification and Information, conduct a records check for all federal5
arrests and convictions and all state arrests and convictions for each of the6
prospective adoptive parents. Prospective adoptive parents shall submit a set of7
fingerprints to the sheriff or the office of state police.8
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C. The sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal10
Identification and Information, and the department shall accord priority to these11
orders and shall provide a certificate indicating all information discovered, or that12
no information has been found.13
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: