ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 288
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:5175(C)(1) and (2)(a), relative to bankruptcy debtors; to
3 provide relative to procedures for releasing judgments against discharged bankruptcy
4 debtors; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 9:5175(C)(1) and (2)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 ยง5175. Order of discharge in bankruptcy; effect
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10 C.(1) A judgment debtor may obtain a partial cancellation of the inscription
11 of a judgment as it affects property not owned by the judgment debtor on the date of
12 his filing a petition under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy
13 Code upon the filing of an affidavit in accordance with this Subsection.
14 (2) The affidavit shall contain all of the following:
15 (a) A statement that the judgment debtor filed a petition under Chapter 7 or
16 Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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