2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 18 Louisiana election code :: RS 18:172 Judgment of interdiction for mental incompetence

§172.  Judgment of interdiction for mental incompetence

The clerk of a court having jurisdiction over an interdiction shall record in a conveyance book each judgment of full interdiction or a limited interdiction for mental incompetence which specifically suspends the right to register and vote which has become definitive and the name, date of birth, sex, and address of the person so interdicted.  This recordation shall be made immediately after the judgment becomes definitive.  By the tenth day of each calendar month, the clerk shall transmit to the registrar of voters for his parish a certified copy of the judgment.  If the registrar of voters for the parish in which the judgment was rendered determines that the person interdicted is registered to vote in a parish other than the parish in which the judgment was rendered, the registrar of voters for the parish in which the judgment was rendered shall transmit a copy of the judgment to the registrar of voters for the parish where the person interdicted is registered to vote.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 544, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2004, No. 575, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008.

Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Louisiana may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.