2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 35:323.1 — Microfilm records; use; separate location

§323.1.  Microfilm records; use; separate location

NOTE:  Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

A.  Permission is hereby granted to the custodian to install and use microfilm or other modern technological machinery and apparatus in the recordation, filing, preservation, display, and reproduction of all records and documents filed or deposited with the custodian prior to July 29, 1970, and subsequent thereto.

B.  The original master negative of such microfilm may be used for preparing digital images which can be utilized in lieu of the original document or record.  Such microfilm shall be kept at a separate location from the original records and documents filed with the custodian.  The custodian may have working copies made of any of the master negatives, and keep the working copies on the premises of the New Orleans Notarial Archives to be used at his discretion in connection with the preservation of fragile volumes.  The custodian may substitute the working copies for daily use of original volumes, so long as the original volumes remain in the collection and are easily available for examination in cases where the working copies of the microfilms are difficult to decipher.

C.  Such microfilm copy shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes, and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies.  A facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall for all purposes be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original.

D.  Nothing contained herein shall in any manner be construed to permit the destruction of any notarial records presently in the possession of, or which may hereafter come into the possession of, the custodian of notarial records.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 180, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1102, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.