Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 44:117

  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

            Subject to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 44:116, in addition to the methods authorized for recording filings, documents, pleadings, and all other written instruments and for indexing conveyance and mortgage records, the clerk of court of Lafayette Parish may electronically record filings, documents, pleadings, and all other written instruments and make indexes of conveyance and mortgage records on non-rewritable magnetic, optical, or laser type storage media, including but not limited to CD-ROM. However, the media shall comply with the standards of the American National Standard Institute or the International Standards Organization for electronic storage of records.

            Acts 1995, No. 417, §2.