§ 39:1557.1 — Change orders; recordation

Louisiana § 39:1557.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 39: Procurement and Contract

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§1557.1. Change orders; recordation
Each change order to a contract 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 governmental body which entered into the contract in the office of the
recorder of mortgages in the parish where the work is to be done or 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
amendments or other revisions 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.

Legislative History

Acts 2011, No. 343, §3; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.