Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:386 – Affidavits
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:386
- 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.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
As a condition precedent to being authorized to operate or conduct any activities in the state of Louisiana, every non-trading corporation, partnership or association of persons engaged in social, educational or political activities, affiliated with any similar non-trading corporation, partnership or association of persons, chartered, created or operating under the laws of any other state, shall file with the secretary of state yearly, on or before December 31, an affidavit attesting to the fact that none of the officers of such out of state or foreign corporation, partnership or association of persons with which it is affiliated, is a member of any such organization cited by the House of Congress un-American Activities Committee, or the United States Attorney General, as Communist, Communist-front or subversive.
Acts 1958, No. 260, §2.