Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1927 – Materials and evidence
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1927
- 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.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means any natural or juridical entity or agent thereof as defined in federal or state law furnishing or claiming to furnish a good, service, or supply who is compensated with insurance proceeds. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1931.1
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
A. If matter that the division seeks to obtain by request is located outside the state, the person so requested may make it available to the division or its representative to examine at the place where it is located. The division may designate representatives, including officials of the state in which the matter is located, to inspect the matter on its behalf, and it may respond to similar requests from officials of other states.
B. The division’s papers, documents, reports, or evidence relative to the subject of an investigation under this Part shall not be subject to public inspection for so long as the commissioner deems reasonably necessary to complete the investigation, to protect the person investigated from unwarranted injury, or to be in the public domain. Further, such papers, documents, reports, or evidence relative to the subject of investigation under this Section shall not be subject to subpoena until opened for public inspection by the commissioner, unless the commissioner consents, or until after notice to the commissioner and a hearing, a court of competent jurisdiction determines the division would not be necessarily hindered by such subpoena. Division personnel shall not be subject to subpoena in civil actions by any court of this state to testify concerning any matter of which they have knowledge pursuant to a pending insurance fraud investigation.
Acts 1992, No. 707, §2; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:1246 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 271, §1; Acts 2013, No. 217, §1.