2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 35:2.1 — Affidavit of corrections

§2.1.  Affidavit of corrections

A.  A clerical error in a notarial act affecting movable or immovable property or any other rights, corporeal or incorporeal, may be corrected by an act of correction executed by the notary or one of the notaries before whom the act was passed, or by the notary who actually prepared the act containing the error.  The act of correction shall be executed by the notary before two witnesses and another notary public.

B.  The act of correction executed in compliance with this Section shall be given retroactive effect to the date of recordation of the original act.  However, the act of correction shall not prejudice the rights acquired by any third person before the act of correction is recorded where the third  person reasonably relied on the original act.  The act of correction shall not alter the true agreement and intent of the parties.

C.  A certified copy of the act of correction executed in compliance with this Section shall be deemed to be authentic for purposes of executory process.

D.  This Section shall be in addition to other laws governing executory process.

Acts 1984, No. 245, §2; Acts 1987, No. 407, §1; Acts 1995, No. 216, §1.