La. Stat. tit. 44 § 4.1

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 44:4.1 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Exceptions

A. The legislature recognizes that it is essential to the operation of a democratic government that the people be made aware of all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records. In order to foster the people's awareness, the legislature declares that all exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records shall be provided for in this Chapter or the Constitution of Louisiana. Any exception, exemption, and limitation to the laws pertaining to public records not provided for in this Chapter or in the Constitution of Louisiana shall have no effect.

B. The legislature further recognizes that there exist exceptions, exemptions, and limitations to the laws pertaining to public records throughout the revised statutes and codes of this state. Therefore, the following exceptions, exemptions, and limitations are hereby continued in effect by incorporation into this Chapter by citation:

(1)R.S. 3:556.10, 559.9, 750, 1401, 1413, 1430.7, 1435, 3204, 3221, 3370, 3421, 3524, 3706, 4021, 4110, 4162

(2)R.S. 6:103, 122, 135, 1308

(3)R.S. 9:172, 224, 313, 331.1, 395, 461, 1033, 3518.1, 3556, 3574.6, 3576.21

(4)R.S. 11:174

(5)R.S. 12:1702, 1858, 1864

(6)R.S. 13:1905, 2593, 3715.3, 3715.4, 3734, 4687, 5108.1, 5304, 5366(L)

(7)R.S. 14:403, 403.1, 403.5

(8)R.S. 15:242, 440.6, 440.8, 477.2, 549, 570, 574.12, 578.1, 587, 587.1.2, 616, 660, 840.1, 1176, 1204.1, 1212.1(E), 1507

(9)R.S. 17:7.2, 46, 47, 81.9, 391.4, 407.28, 407.47, 407.65, 500.2, 1175, 1202, 1237, 1252, 1948, 1989.7, 2047, 2048.31, 3099, 3100.8, 3136, 3137, 3138.12, 3390, 3703, 3773, 3884

(10)R.S. 18:43, 44, 114, 116, 154, 1300.3, 1300.5, 1308, 1491.5, 1495.3, 1511.8

(11)R.S. 22:2, 14, 31, 42.1, 88, 244, 263, 265, 461, 550.7, 571, 572, 572.1, 572.2, 574, 601.3, 618, 639, 691.4, 691.5, 691.6, 691.7, 691.8, 691.9, 691.9.1, 691.10, 691.38, 691.56, 732, 752, 753, 771, 834, 972(D), 976, 1008, 1019.2, 1203, 1460, 1464, 1466, 1488, 1546, 1559, 1566(D), 1644, 1656, 1657.1, 1660.7, 1723, 1796, 1801, 1808.3, 1927, 1929, 1983, 1984, 2036, 2045, 2056, 2085, 2091, 2293, 2303, 2508

(12)R.S. 23:1177, 1197, 1200.7, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1306, 1660, 1671

(13)R.S. 24:513, 513.1, 513.3, 518

(14)R.S. 26:921

(15)R.S. 27:13, 21, 22, 25, 45, 61, 237

(16)R.S. 28:56, 215.4

(17)R.S. 29:765

(18)R.S. 30:10.1, 209.1, 213, 215, 907, 908, 916, 2030, 2074, 2351, 2351.54, 2564

(19)R.S. 32:398, 403.3, 707.2, 1254

(20)R.S. 33:130.409, 1334, 2182, 2428, 4720.151, 4720.161, 4720.171, 4891, 9109, 9128, 9614

(21)R.S. 34:340.21, 1005, 3499.2

(22)R.S. 36:108

(23)R.S. 37:74, 86, 90, 147, 691, 711.10, 763, 763.1, 781, 920.1, 969.1, 1123(E), 1277, 1278, 1285, 1326, 1338.1, 1360.53.1, 1360.104.1, 1518, 1745.15, 1747, 1806, 2156.1, 2406, 2505.1, 2863.1, 3276.2, 3481, 3507.1

(24)R.S. 38:2212.1, 2220.3, 3053, 3104

(25)R.S. 39:372, 1435, 2370.16

(26)R.S. 40:3.1, 31.14, 31.27, 39.1, 41, 73, 95, 96, 526, 528, 973.1, 978.2.1, 1007, 1061.21, 1079.18, 1081.10, 1105.6, 1105.8, 1125.14, 1133.8, 1168.3, 1171.4, 1203.4, 1231.4, 1379.1.1(D), 1379.3, 2009.8, 2009.14, 2010.5, 2017.9, 2018, 2018.5, 2019, 2020, 2106, 2109.1, 2138, 2175.7(B)(1), 2193.6, 2532, 2845.1

(27)R.S. 41:1609

(28)R.S. 42:17, 57, 355, 1111, 1141.4, 1158, 1161, 1193, 1194

(29)R.S. 44:19, 408, 425

(30)R.S. 45:1313(C)

(31)R.S. 46:56, 123(K), 236.1.1 through 238, 284, 286.1, 439.1, 446.1, 1073, 1355, 1806, 1831.5, 1844, 1862, 1923, 2124.1, 2134, 2187, 2356, 2416, 2597, 2603, 2625

(32)R.S. 47:15, 349, 633.6, 1508, 1515.3, 1516, 1524(G), 1837, 2130, 2327, 2605, 6026, 9006

(33)R.S. 48:255.1

(34)R.S. 49:220.25, 975.1, 997, 1055

(35)R.S. 51:710.2(B), 705, 706, 936, 1363.1, 1404, 1926, 1934, 2113, 2182, 2262, 2318, 2370.3, 2370.16, 2370.25, 2370.27, 2389

(36)R.S. 56:301.4, 306.5, 433.1(A)(4), 637

(37) Code of Civil Procedure Articles 891, 1426

(38) Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 103, 234, 877, 894, Title XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure comprised of Articles 971 through 995, Title XXXV of the Code of Criminal Procedure comprised of Articles 1001 through 1004

(39) Children's Code Articles 328, 328.2, 404, 412, 424.6, 424.9, 441, 543, 545, 615, 616, 616.1, 663, 737, 793, 888, 891, 893, 920, 921, 922, 1007, 1106, 1107, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1207, 1213, 1229, 1235, 1252, 1273, 1283.5, 1283.10, 1416, 1453, 1568

C. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any writings, records, or other accounts that reflect the mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or theories of an attorney or an expert, obtained or prepared in anticipation of litigation or in preparation for trial.

D. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to any writings, records, or reports of cyber incidents or payment of cyber ransoms submitted to the Louisiana Fusion Center pursuant to R.S. 51:2114 for sixty days from the date of submission of the reports to the commission, nor shall this Chapter apply to information that constitutes critical infrastructure information as defined in 6 U.S.C. 671 regardless of whether the information has been shared with any federal governmental agency.

La. R.S. § 44:4.1

Acts 2001, No. 882, §1; Acts 2003, No. 221, §3, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 283, §2; Acts 2003, No. 540, §2, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 667, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1206, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1245, §2; Acts 2004, No. 699, §1; Acts 2004, No. 865, §3, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 63, §2; Acts 2005, No. 119, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, No. 250, §2; Acts 2006, No. 227, §2; Acts 2006, No. 464, §2, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 676, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 723, §2, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 55, §2, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 274, §2; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §2, eff. April 26, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 211, §2; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 532, §3; Acts 2008, No. 881, §2; Acts 2008, No. 891, §2, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 901, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 912, §2, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 45, §2; Acts 2009, No. 263, §3; Acts 2009, No. 345, §1, eff. July 6, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 367, §2, eff. July 6, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 434, §2, eff. July 7, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 474, §2; Acts 2009, No. 485, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2009, No. 535, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 211, §2; Acts 2010, No. 579, §2; Acts 2010, No. 600, §1; Acts 2010, No. 610, §2, eff. June 25, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 688, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2010, No. 789, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 794, §3; Acts 2010, No. 861, §19; Acts 2010, No. 907, §2; Acts 2010, No. 934, §2; Acts 2010, No. 968, §2; Acts 2010, No. 974, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, No. 266, §1; Acts 2012, No. 586, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 835, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 173, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2013, No. 205, §2, eff. June 10, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 209, §2; Acts 2013, No. 220, §19, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2013, No. 349, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2013, No. 402, §2; Acts 2013, No. 418, §2, eff. June 21, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 145, §2; Acts 2014, No. 328, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2014, No. 427, §2; Acts 2014, No. 635, §2, eff. June 12, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 695, §2, eff. June 18, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 716, §2; Acts 2014, No. 846, §1; Acts 2015, No. 196, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 242, §4; Acts 2015, No. 304, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; Acts 2015, No. 316, §2; Acts 2015, No. 327, §2; Acts 2016, No. 312, §2; Acts 2016, No. 345, §2; Acts 2016, No. 494, §5; Acts 2017, No. 242, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018; Acts 2017, No. 272, §3, eff. June 16, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 362, §4; Acts 2018, No. 362, §2, eff. May 20, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 371, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; Acts 2018, No. 497, §3, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 579, §2; Acts 2018, No. 687, §4, eff. May 30, 2018; Acts 2019, No. 207, §2; Acts 2019, No. 219, §2; Acts 2019, No. 243, §3, eff. June 11, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 244, §2; Acts 2019, No. 262, §2; Acts 2019, No. 262, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 265, §2; Acts 2019, No. 280, §4; Acts 2019, No. 413, §3, eff. June 20, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 423, §2, eff. June 20, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 427, §2; Acts 2019, No. 434, §2(B), eff. June 30, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 117, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 2021; Acts 2020, No. 283, §2; Acts 2020, No. 321, §2; Acts 2021, No. 21, §1, eff. June 1, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 66, §3, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 165, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022; Acts 2021, No. 192, §2; Acts 2021, No. 231, §1, eff. June 11, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 425, §2; Acts 2021, No. 456, §2, eff. June 23, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 477, §2, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 103, §1, eff. May 25, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 288, §1; Acts 2022, No. 307, §2, eff. June 10, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 413, §1, eff. June 15, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 494, §1, eff. June 16, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 619, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2023; Acts 2022, No. 647, §3; Acts 2022, No. 729, §2, eff. June 20, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 760, §2, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 13, §3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 124, §2, eff. June 6, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 172, §2; Acts 2023, No. 259, §§2, 3, eff. June 12, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 383, §2; Acts 2023, No. 394, §2, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, No. 451, §1.

Amended by Acts 2024, No. 654,s. 3, eff. 8/1/2024.

Amended by Acts 2024, No. 550,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2025.

Amended by Acts 2024EX2, No. 5,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 451,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 383,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 259,s. 2, eff. 6/12/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 172,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 124,s. 2, eff. 6/6/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, No. 13,s. 3, eff. 10/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 647,s. 3, eff. 8/1/2022.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 619,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2023.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 729,s. 2, eff. 6/20/2022.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 413,s. 1, eff. 6/15/2022.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 288,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 103,s. 1, eff. 5/25/2022.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 165,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2022.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 425,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 477,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 456,s. 2, eff. 6/23/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 231,s. 1, eff. 6/11/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 192,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 66,s. 3, eff. 6/4/2021.

Amended by Acts 2021, No. 21,s. 1, eff. 6/1/2021.

Amended by Acts 2020, No. 283,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2020.

Amended by Acts 2020, No. 117,s. 1, eff. 2/1/2021.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 427,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 434,s. 2, eff. 6/30/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 423,s. 2, eff. 6/20/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 413,s. 3, eff. 6/20/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 280,s. 4, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 265,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 262,s. 3, eff. 1/1/2020.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 262,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 244,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 219,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 207,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 243,s. 3, eff. 6/11/2019.

Amended by Acts 2018, No. 687,s. 4, eff. 5/30/2018.

Amended by Acts 2018, No. 579,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2018.

Amended by Acts 2018, No. 497,s. 3, eff. 5/23/2018.

Amended by Acts 2018, No. 371,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2020.

Amended by Acts 2018, No. 362,s. 2, eff. 5/20/2018.

Amended by Acts 2017, No. 362,s. 4, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Acts 2017, No. 272,s. 3, eff. 6/16/2017.

Amended by Acts 2017, No. 242,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Acts 2016, No. 494,s. 5, eff. 8/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2016, No. 345,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2016, No. 312,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2015, No. 327,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2015.

Amended by Acts 2015, No. 316,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2015.

Amended by Acts 2015, No. 304,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2015, No. 242,s. 4, eff. 8/1/2015.

Amended by Acts 2015, No. 196,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2014, No. 846,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2014.

Amended by Acts 2014, No. 716,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2014.

Amended by Acts 2014, No. 427,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2014.

Amended by Acts 2014, No. 328,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2015.

Amended by Acts 2014, No. 145,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2014.

Amended by Acts 2013, No. 402,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2013.

Amended by Acts 2013, No. 220,s. 19, eff. 6/11/2013.

Amended by Acts 2013, No. 209,s. 2, eff. 8/1/2013.

Amended by Acts 2013, No. 205,s. 2, eff. 6/10/2013.

Acts 2001, No. 882, §1; Acts 2003, No. 221, §3, eff. 6/5/2003; Acts 2003, No. 283, §2; Acts 2003, No. 540, §2, eff. 6/27/2003; Acts 2003, No. 667, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1206, §2; Acts 2003, No. 1245, §2; Acts 2004, No. 699, §1; Acts 2004, No. 865, §3, eff. 7/12/2004; Acts 2005, No. 63, §2; Acts 2005, No. 119, §2, eff. 1/1/2006; Acts 2005, No. 250, §2; Acts 2006, No. 227, §2; Acts 2006, No. 464, §2, eff. 6/15/2006; Acts 2006, No. 676, §2, eff. 7/1/2006; Acts 2006, No. 723, §2, eff. 6/29/2006; Acts 2007, No. 55, §2, eff. 6/18/2007; Acts 2007, No. 274, §2; Acts 2008, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 12, §2, eff. 4/26/2008; Acts 2008, No. 211, §2; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. 1/1/2009; Acts 2008, No. 506, §1, eff. 1/1/2009; Acts 2008, No. 532, §3; Acts 2008, No. 881, §2; Acts 2008, No. 891, §2, eff. 7/9/2008; Acts 2008, No. 901, §2, eff. 7/1/2008; Acts 2008, No. 912, §2, eff. 7/14/2008; Acts 2009, No. 45, §2; Acts 2009, No. 263, §3; Acts 2009, No. 345, §1, eff. 7/6/2009; Acts 2009, No. 367, §2, eff. 7/6/2009; Acts 2009, No. 434, §2, eff. 7/7/2009; Acts 2009, No. 474, §2; Acts 2009, No. 485, §2, eff. 1/1/2010; Acts 2009, No. 535, §2, eff. 1/1/2010; Acts 2010, No. 211, §2; Acts 2010, No. 579, §2 ; Acts 2010, No. 600, §1; Acts 2010, No. 610, §2, eff. 6/25/2010; Acts 2010, No. 688, §2, eff. 1/1/2011; Acts 2010, No. 789, §1, eff. 6/30/2010; Acts 2010, No. 794, §3; Acts 2010, No. 861, §19; Acts 2010, No. 907, §2; Acts 2010, No. 934, §2; Acts 2010, No. 968, §2; Acts 2010, No. 974, §2, eff. 1/1/2011; Acts 2011, No. 266, §1; Acts 2012, No. 586, §1, eff. 6/7/2012; Acts 2012, No. 835, §3, eff. 1/1/2013.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.