ENROLLED
ACT No. 137
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 140
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:1965 and to enact R.S. 40:36(H), relative to records relating
3 to ad valorem tax assessments; to require the registrar of vital records to provide
4 information to assessors concerning deaths occurring in the state; to provide with
5 respect to requirements and procedures; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:36(H) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §36. State registrar as custodian
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11 H. The state registrar of vital records shall provide a monthly report to each
12 assessor concerning the deaths which occurred in the state during the preceding
13 calendar month, as provided for in R.S. 47:1965.
14 Section 2. R.S. 47:1965 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
15 §1965. Listing and assessing of property in name of deceased owner
16 A. Any assessment made in the name of a party deceased shall be good and
17 valid throughout the state unless notification in writing of the death and of whether
18 or not the succession has been opened and when and where, shall have been made
19 in due season to the assessor by the heirs or parties interested. In all cases property
20 assessed in the name of the owner as appears on the record of the recorder of
21 mortgages at the date of listing shall be deemed properly assessed.
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1 B. By the tenth day of each month, the state registrar of vital records shall
2 send to each assessor a report, certified as correct over his signature or the signature
3 of his authorized representative, containing the name, address, date of birth, sex, and
4 the last four digits of the social security number, as such information exists in the
5 database of the Louisiana Department of Health, of any person sixteen years of age
6 or older who died in the state within the preceding calendar month. The format and
7 method of transmission of the report shall be determined by the registrar of vital
8 records.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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