Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1596.4

  • Records: means all of the documents defined in Paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) above, and all other documents made, developed or collected by the office of state fire protection. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1596.3

The office of state fire protection shall retain all records for the following specific time limits according to the types of occupancies:

(1)  Educational, institutional, and residential occupancies–twenty years.

(2)  Places of public assembly and mercantile occupancies–ten years.

(3)  Business, industrial, and storage occupancies–five years.

(4)  All other occupancies and records–one year.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 495, §1, eff. July 13, 1979.