§ 38:2222 — Change orders; recordation

§2222. Change orders; recordation
A. Each change order to a public works contract or to a contract for materials and
supplies which adds an amount of ten percent or more of the original contract amount and
which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars or all change orders to a contract
aggregating to an amount of twenty percent or more of the original contract amount and
which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars shall be recorded by the public entity
which entered into the contract in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish where
the work is to be done or, if not a public work, where the entity is domiciled not later than
thirty days after the date of the change order which requires that the recordation take place.
In addition, the original contract shall be recorded together with the change orders if not
previously recorded. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the office of facility
planning and control, and the office of state procurement.
B. Change orders shall be processed and issued by the public entity no later than
forty days following final execution of the change order.

Legislative History

Acts 2011, No. 343, §2; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5; Acts 2021, No. 205, §1.