2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:4686 Preservation of documents and records of the courts of appeal; destruction of certain records

§4686.  Preservation of documents and records of the courts of appeal

A.  The Louisiana State University Law Library is hereby designated as a depository to receive, catalog, index, file and preserve such documents, records, and books as may be transmitted by the clerks of the several courts of appeal in accordance with the direction and orders of the respective courts.  

B.  Any materials transmitted to the Louisiana State University Law Library by a court of appeal, except the record in a criminal appeal, may be removed and destroyed by the library after the lapse of five years from the date of deposit.  The library shall issue the depositor court of appeal written notice of the intent to remove and destroy the material on an appointed date, thirty or more days before the appointed date of removal and destruction.  If the depositor court of appeal does not direct otherwise, the library may remove and destroy the material at any time on or after the appointed date of removal and destruction.  The library shall maintain a public record of the materials that are removed and destroyed, which record shall show the respective depositor court of appeal, case name, docket number, year of deposit, and date of destruction.  

Acts 1990, No. 88, §1.