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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 229
BY SENATOR MARTINY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Evidence Article 902(1), relative to self-authentication; to2
provide relative to electronically generated documents under seal; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Evidence Article 902(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read6
as follows: 7
Art. 902. Self-authentication8
Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility9
is not required with respect to the following:10
(1) Domestic public documents under seal. A document bearing a seal,11
including electronically generated documents logically associated with12
electronically generated seals, purporting to be that of the United States, or of any13
state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession thereof, or the Panama14
Canal Zone, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or of a political subdivision,15
department, officer, or agency thereof, and a signature purporting to be an attestation16
or execution.17
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 541