2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 — Louisiana election code
RS 18:105 — Establishment of identity; proof of naturalization of foreign-born applicant

§105. Establishment of identity; proof of naturalization of foreign-born applicant

A. Except as otherwise provided by the laws governing absentee registration, electronic registration, and mail registration, each applicant shall establish his identity, age, and residency. The registrar or any person authorized to accept voter registration applications shall require the applicant to submit his current Louisiana driver's license, if he has one, or his birth certificate, or other documentation which reasonably and sufficiently establishes the applicant's identity, age, and residency. A birth certificate shall be used only to establish the applicant's identity and age. For the purposes of this Subsection, a short-form birth certification card shall be acceptable as a birth certificate. If the registrar or any person authorized to accept voter registration applications has good reason to believe that the applicant is not the person he represents himself to be or is not qualified to register as provided in R.S. 18:101, he shall require the applicant to produce two witnesses who reside in his precinct to make oath to establish his identity, age, and residency.

B.(1) In addition to the proof otherwise required by this Section, an applicant of foreign birth who has been naturalized shall prove that he has been legally naturalized under the laws of the United States.

(2) If he has never previously registered in the parish or is not at the time of the application registered in any other parish in the state, he shall present to the registrar either a certificate of naturalization under the seal of the court in which the naturalization took place, attested by the clerk of that court, or his current United States passport.

(3) If he claims to be a naturalized citizen by reason of the naturalization of a parent and he has not been registered previously in the parish or is not at the time of application registered in any other parish in the state, he shall present to the registrar either the certificate of naturalization of the parent attested by the clerk of the court in which the naturalization took place or his current United States passport.

C. In addition to the proof otherwise required by this Section, a person who claims to be a citizen of the United States other than by birth or naturalization shall prove such citizenship. If he has never previously registered in the parish or is not at the time of application registered in any other parish in the state, he shall present to the registrar his certificate of citizenship, certificate of repatriation issued under the laws of the United States, or his current United States passport.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 29, §1, eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 1992, No. 949, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 118, §3, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2009, No. 187, §1, eff. April 1, 2010.