2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 6 - Banks and Banking
RS 6:1371 - Legislative intent
CHAPTER 20. PROTECTION OF ELIGIBLE ADULTS FROM
FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION
§1371. Legislative intent
It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this Chapter to allow covered financial institutions the discretion to take actions to assist in detecting and preventing financial exploitation without liability. The legislature recognizes that covered financial institutions are in a unique position by conducting financial transactions on behalf of and at the request of their customers. Covered financial institutions have duties imposed by contract and duties imposed by both federal and state law to conduct financial transactions requested by their customers faithfully and timely in accordance with the customer's instructions. Further, covered financial institutions do not have a duty to contravene the valid instructions of their customers, nor to prevent criminal activity directed at their customers, and nothing in this Chapter creates such a duty.
Acts 2018, No. 434, §1, eff. October 1, 2018.
