La. R.S. § 12:1701 Filing Methods

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 12:1701

A.

(1) The secretary of state may accept any filing authorized by this Title by electronic, online, or facsimile transmission. All online filings authorized by this Title shall include an electronic signature.

(2) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.

(3) "Online" means through the secretary of state's commercial online computer system.

B. Filing by facsimile. The process of transmitting printed documents by electronic method to the secretary of state, is deemed to be properly signed when the document received by a facsimile machine or document image attachment in e-mail in the commercial division, office of the secretary of state, purports to be a copy of the original document, and contains the signatures required by this Section.

C.

(1) Online filing. The secretary of state is authorized to implement and establish procedures and systems for secure online form filing for the filing of any instrument required under this Title.

(2) Any requirement that an instrument filed under this Title shall be subscribed or acknowledged before a notary public may be dispensed with if the instrument is filed and signed electronically as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section by a person authorized to sign the instrument.