Art. 4552. Recordation of notice of suit and judgment
A. The clerk of court shall cause to be recorded a notice of the filing of the
interdiction suit in the conveyance and mortgage records of the parish in which the
interdiction action is pending. The clerk of court shall record every judgment
granting, modifying, or terminating interdiction in the conveyance and mortgage
records of the parish in which the judgment was rendered.
B. Within fifteen days of his qualification, the curator shall cause the
judgment of interdiction to be recorded in the conveyance and mortgage records of
every other parish in which the interdict owns immovable property. Within fifteen
days from the signing of a judgment modifying or terminating interdiction, the
curator shall cause it to be recorded in the conveyance and mortgage records of every
other parish in which the interdict owns immovable property.
C.(1) Within fifteen days of his qualification, the curator shall mail a
certified copy of a judgment of full interdiction, or limited interdiction for mental
incompetence which specifically suspends the right to register and vote, to the
registrar of voters of the parish in which the interdict is registered to vote, or
otherwise eligible but for the interdiction, by certified mail or commercial courier.
(2) Within fifteen days from the signing of a judgment modifying or
terminating such an interdiction, the curator shall mail a copy of the modification or
termination to the registrar of voters of the parish in which the interdict resides by
certified mail or commercial courier.
(3) The curator shall also provide to the registrar of voters the date of birth
of the interdict and the last four digits of the social security number of the interdict
to ensure that the proper person is removed from the voting records.
D. A clerk or curator whose failure to perform his duties causes damage is
liable only to those who contract with the interdict and who neither knew nor should
have known of the interdiction proceedings or judgment.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 1008,
§2; Acts 2024, No. 25, §1.