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HB 1163 Original 2016 Regular Session Garofalo
Abstract: Prohibits clerks of district courts from refusing to record instruments for noncompliance
with recordation requirements and deletes the $10 noncompliance fee.
Present law provides that every document filed for recordation shall be captioned with the type of
the act, a two-inch margin on the top, and a one-inch margin at the bottom and sides on the first
page, with no less than an 8 point font.
Present law provides that any document in noncompliance with present law shall be charged a $10
noncompliance fee per document.
Proposed law deletes the present law noncompliance fee and prohibits clerks of district court from
refusing to record an instrument for noncompliance with the provisions of present law.
Proposed law further provides that documents in noncompliance with present law shall not invalidate
the instrument or the effect given to its recordation.
Effective October 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 13:844(D)(2))