RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 239 (SB 381) 2020 Regular Session Reese
Prior law provided that the clerks of court of the several parishes and the register of
conveyances of the parish of Orleans shall maintain a special book to be provided by the
parish in which they shall record and alphabetically index, upon request, the birth certificate
of a child born outside the continental United States to any member of the armed forces of
the United States of America whose parents were residents of Louisiana at the time the child
was born. The fee for recording shall not exceed one dollar. It shall not be necessary to retain
the original certificate tendered for registration in the archives of the office.
New law retains prior law, but removes the fee for the cost for recording the certificates
pursuant to prior law.
New law provides that the clerks of court shall remit birth certificates filed pursuant to this
present law to the Louisiana Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics.
Prior law provided that a certified copy of the original birth record issued by proper
registration authority in the city or country of birth, containing the name of the parents, name
of child, race, place and date of birth and sex, shall be accepted in order to effect registry.
New law retains prior law.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 29:291)