---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:243
citation: "R.S. 9:243"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title IV › Chapter 1 › Part IV › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1987, number: 886, section: 3, effective_date: 1988-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2003, number: 255, section: 1, effective_date: 2003-06-06, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2018, number: 276, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
---

# Penalty

An officiant who violates R.S. 9:241, except for a judge, justice of the peace or an officiant authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in the parish of Orleans and who is authorized to waive the twenty-four-hour delay pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 9:242(B), may have his authority to perform marriage ceremonies revoked by the state registrar of vital records. The revocation may not exceed one year.