HLS 22RS-1006 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 478
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to the inspection of records for criminal bail
bonds
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:41(C)(1)(f), relative to disclosure of records; to provide for the disclosure
3 of records or issuance of certificates to an agent for the surety of a person who is the
4 party to a criminal bail bond; to provide relative to proper documentation; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:41(C)(1)(f) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง41. Disclosure of records
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10 C.(1) The state registrar shall not permit inspection of the records or issue
11 a certificate, or any part thereof, unless he is satisfied that the applicant is any of the
12 following:
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14 (f) An agent for the surety of the person named in the certificate when the
15 person named in the certificate is a party to a criminal bail bond. Proper
16 documentation, including a copy of the power of attorney, shall be required by the
17 agent for the surety requesting the certificate.
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are additions. HLS 22RS-1006 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 478
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 478 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Fontenot
Abstract: Provides for the disclosure of records or issuance of certificates to an agent for
the surety of a person who is a party to a criminal bail bond.
Present law provides that the state registrar shall not permit the inspection of records or issue
a certificate, or any part thereof, unless he is satisfied that the applicant is any of the
following:
(a)The person named in the certificate.
(b)A member of the immediate or surviving family of the person named in the
certificate.
(c)A person named in a court proceeding as a member of the immediate or surviving
family of the person named in the certificate.
(d)The beneficiary of an insurance policy or trust.
(e)A succession representative.
Proposed law retains present law and adds an agent for the surety of the person named in the
certificate when the person named in the certificate is a party to a criminal bail bond as an
applicant who can inspect records or receive a certificate. Proper documentation, including
a copy of the power of attorney, shall be required by the agent for the surety requesting the
certificate.
(Adds R.S. 40:41(C)(1)(f))
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