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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 208
BY SENATOR MOUNT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1904(C) and (D), relative to city courts; to provide relative2
to destruction of records; to provide for the destruction of certain records in the city3
court of Lake Charles; to authorize the clerk of court to destroy certain civil and4
criminal records; to provide for time limitations in the destruction of records; to5
provide for requirements prior to destruction; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 13:1904(C) and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as8
follows:9
ยง1904. City courts; destruction of useless records; City Court of Houma certain10
courts11
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C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A to the contrary, the clerk13
of the City Court of Houma and, the clerk of the City Court of Ruston, and the clerk14
of the City Court of Lake Charles may, upon consent of the judge or of the15
majority of judges, if there is more than one city judge, destroy records of judicial16
proceedings involving suits for eviction of tenants and occupants when such records17
have been deemed by the presiding judge or judges to have no further use or value.18
However, such proposed destruction shall only be authorized where be authorized19
only when two years have elapsed from the last date of action on the record or20
records when the suit is not appealed or two years have elapsed after all appeals are21
exhausted.22
D. The clerk of the City Court of Houma and, the clerk of the City Court of23
Ruston, and the clerk of the City Court of Lake Charles may, upon consent of the24
judge or of the majority of judges, if there is more than one city judge, destroy25
ACT No. 166 SB NO. 208 ENROLLED
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records of criminal proceedings involving misdemeanor convictions when such1
records have been deemed by the presiding judge or judges to have no further use or2
value. However, such proposed destruction shall only be authorized where be3
authorized only when ten years have elapsed from the date of the judgment of4
conviction when the conviction is not appealed or two years have elapsed after all5
appeals are exhausted. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to a6
conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.7
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: