Article 3344

Refusal for failure of original signature or proper certification; effect of recordation; necessity of proof of signature recordation of a duplicate ACTIVE

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the recorder shall refuse to record:

(1) An instrument that does not bear the original signature of a party.

(2) A judgment, administrative decree, or other act of a governmental agency that is not properly certified in a manner provided by law.

B. Recordation does not dispense with the necessity of proving that the signatures are genuine unless they are authenticated in the manner provided by law.

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History

  • enactment Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006

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@misc{lacivcode-art-3344,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 3344},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/3344},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}