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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))