Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4355 – Certified copy of sheriff’s act of sale proof of recitals in original; duplicate act when original lost; certified copy of duplicate
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4355
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A copy of the sheriff’s act of sale or property sold at judicial sale, certified by the clerk of court, is full proof of all of the recitals of the original act.
When the original act of sale is lost or mislaid before it is registered in the conveyance office of the parish, and a person interested in having the sale registered submits an affidavit that the original act has been lost or mislaid, the sheriff who sold the property, or a successor in office, may execute and issue, nunc pro tunc, another act of sale which may be registered in the conveyance office with the same effect as the original act. A copy of this duplicate act certified by the clerk of court is full proof of all of the recitals of the original act.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.