Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:74

  • 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.
  • forms: means paper or electronic reports of birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, and data related thereto. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:32

The clerk of court shall prepare, within ten days after the decree becomes final, from the court records, a certificate of every decree of annulment of adoption on forms furnished by the state registrar.  On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the clerk shall forward the certificates prepared by him during the preceding calendar month to the state registrar.  

Upon receipt of a court order of annulment of an adoption registered in his office, the state registrar shall restore the original certificate to its original place in the files.  

Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.