Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:8

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,

Any authority making the inspection provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 51:7 who discovers evidence of violation of law shall place such evidence before the grand jury of the parish in which the offense appears to have been committed.  

Whoever uses the information obtained by such inspection for any purpose other than to serve the purposes of justice shall be imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than one hundred and twenty days.