RS 12:1310 Certificates of correction - Louisiana Statutes

§1310.  Certificates of correction

A.  If any instrument filed with the secretary of state under this Chapter contains an inaccurate record of the action therein referred to or has been defectively executed, the instrument may be corrected by the filing of a certificate of correction.

B.  A certificate of correction shall set forth the following:

(1)  The title of the instrument being corrected.

(2)  The name of each party to the instrument being corrected.

(3)  The date that the instrument being corrected was filed.

(4)  The provision in the instrument as previously filed and as corrected and, if execution of the instrument was defective, the manner in which it was defective.

C.  A certificate of correction shall not make any other change or amendment that would not have complied in all respects with the requirements of this Chapter at the time the instrument being corrected was filed.

D.  Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 847, §5, eff. June 27, 1995.

E.  A certificate of correction shall not:

(1)  Change the effective date of the instrument being corrected.

(2)  Affect any right or liability accrued or incurred before its filing, except that any right or liability accrued or incurred by reason of the error or defect being corrected shall be extinguished by the filing if the person having the right has not detrimentally relied on the original instrument.

F.  The certificate of correction shall be executed by a manager of the limited liability company, if management of the limited liability company is vested in one or more managers pursuant to R.S. 12:1312, or by at least one member, if management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members.  The certificate of correction shall be acknowledged by at least one of the persons who signed it or may be in the form of an authentic act.  The certificate of correction shall be filed with the secretary of state, who, after all taxes, fees, and charges have been paid as required by law, shall record the certificate of correction in his office and endorse thereon the date and, if requested, the hour of the filing thereof with him.

G.  A multiple original of the certificate of correction, or a copy certified by the secretary of state, shall be filed for record in each office of the recorder of conveyances, if any, in which the instrument corrected thereby was required to be filed by this Chapter.  In the case of a certificate of correction to an agreement or certificate of merger or consolidation authorized under this Chapter, a copy of the certificate of correction shall, within twenty days after filing thereof with the secretary of state, be mailed to each member or former member of any party to the merger or consolidation whose property rights are affected by the correction made therein.

Acts 1992, No. 780, §2, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 847, §5, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 342, §5.