ENROLLED
ACT No. 25
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 449
BY REPRESENTATIVE MELERINE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4552(C) and to enact Code of Civil
3 Procedure Article 4552(D), relative to mailing of judgment of interdiction; to
4 provide that interdiction records be mailed to the registrar of voters; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4552(C) is hereby amended and
8 reenacted and Code of Civil Procedure Article 4552(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 Art. 4552. Recordation of notice of suit and judgment
10 * * *
11 C.(1) Within fifteen days of his qualification, the curator shall mail a
12 certified copy of a judgment of full interdiction, or limited interdiction for mental
13 incompetence which specifically suspends the right to register and vote, to the
14 registrar of voters of the parish in which the interdict is registered to vote, or
15 otherwise eligible but for the interdiction, by certified mail or commercial courier.
16 (2) Within fifteen days from the signing of a judgment modifying or
17 terminating such an interdiction, the curator shall mail a copy of the modification or
18 termination to the registrar of voters of the parish in which the interdict resides by
19 certified mail or commercial courier.
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1 (3) The curator shall also provide to the registrar of voters the date of birth
2 of the interdict and the last four digits of the social security number of the interdict
3 to ensure the proper person is removed from the voting records.
4 D. A clerk or curator whose failure to perform his duties causes damage is
5 liable only to those who contract with the interdict and who neither knew nor should
6 have known of the interdiction proceedings or judgment.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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