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HB 265 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Muscarello
Abstract: Eliminates the requirement of clerks of court to maintain records of all the proceedings
regarding the drainage districts and sub-drainage districts as well as the requirement to
maintain an alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates with regard to assumed
business names.
Present law requires that the clerks of court in several parishes exercising the powers and duties of
recorder of mortgages keep a record of all proceedings affecting any drainage district or sub-drainage
district organized under the drainage laws of La.
Present law requires the register of conveyances of Orleans Parish and clerks of court to keep an
alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates with regard to assumed business names and charge
a filing fee as well as a fee for the issuance of certified copies.
Present law further provides that a copy of a duly certified certificate shall be presumptive evidence
of the facts contained on it.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 38:1501 and R.S. 51:282)