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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3344"
article_number: "3344"
status: active
heading: "Refusal for failure of original signature or proper certification; effect of recordation; necessity of proof of signature recordation of a duplicate"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110393"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2020, No. 254, §1. NOTE: Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, changed the effective date of Acts 2005, No. 169, to July 1, 2006."
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  - act_year: 2005
    act_number: 169
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2006-01-01
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# Art. 3344. Refusal for failure of original signature or proper certification; effect of recordation; necessity of proof of signature recordation of a duplicate

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.