2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:2562.26 Parish courts; jefferson parish; destruction of useless records

§2562.26.  Parish courts; Jefferson Parish; destruction of useless records

A.  The clerk of court may, upon consent of the judge or of the majority of judges in the jurisdictions with several divisions, destroy records of any of the following judicial proceedings when such records have been deemed by the presiding judge or judges to have no further use or value: suits on open accounts, tort suits, suits on unsecured notes, suits on promissory notes, suits on chattel mortgages, and suits for eviction of tenants and occupants.  However, such proposed destruction shall only be authorized when ten years have elapsed from the last date of action on the record or records.

B.  No cause of action shall exist against any clerk or judge for the destruction of such records in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2008, No. 625, §2.