Louisiana
No UCC fraud refusal (and no §9-516(d) cure); criminal false-records tools, officials-only false-lien crime What the badges mean
Last verified: August 10, 2026 — confirm current text on the official site; this date is not a promise the law is unchanged.
Specific items rechecked October 3, 2026: R.S. 9:5622; UCC search link and search options. October 4, 2026 (second read): R.S. 10:9-516(d) wording.
UCC financing statements
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Search Louisiana's UCC records
Not free — a paid search or account is required. Login/account required. No free public debtor-name search. Per the Secretary of State's page (rechecked 2026-10-03), a certified search is requested in writing from a parish Clerk of Court office, and the Secretary of State sells an annual subscription for online searching.
Refusal / removal authority
Louisiana has no non-uniform UCC pre-filing fraud refusal identified — only uniform mechanical grounds. Louisiana's version of §9-516 leaves subsection (d) 'reserved'. Most states use that subsection to treat a filing the office wrongly rejects as effective anyway; Louisiana's text does not. This mainly matters to the person who filed.
No non-uniform pre-filing authority ide…
LA §10
Full citations
- No non-uniform pre-filing authority identified
- La. Rev. Stat. §10:9-516 (omitted (d) cure)
There is no pre-filing content/fraud review to invoke. Louisiana's §9-516(d) is 'reserved', so the uniform rule treating a wrongly rejected filing as effective is not in its text.
If it's already filed: Information statement / §10:9-518 / §10:9-625; criminal exposure under §14:133 where facts fit.
Real-property liens
No dedicated private civil fraudulent-lien petition-to-release or recorder refuse/remove statute was confirmed. R.S. 9:5622 covers informalities in auction sales, not fraudulent liens. Live criminal tools: §14:133 (filing or maintaining false public records — forged, wrongfully altered, or material false statement — up to 5 years and/or $5,000) reaches ordinary forged deeds/instruments deposited for record; §14:133.6 is a separate, officials-only crime for knowingly filing a false lien/encumbrance against a law-enforcement, court, state officer, or state employee in retaliation for official duties (fine + up to 2 years + possible restitution). Not a TX-style owner affidavit.
LA §14
LA §14
Full citations
- La. Rev. Stat. §14:133
- La. Rev. Stat. §14:133.6
Criminal referral under §14:133 (general) or §14:133.6 (officials-only). Clearing parish records is done through a civil quiet-title / cloud-removal action — no clerk delete path was confirmed.
If it's already recorded: Criminal penalties under §14:133 / §14:133.6; no dedicated private statutory CoA confirmed.
Real-property / mortgage records are held at the parish clerk of court / recorder of mortgages where the property sits.
If you're a government official or employee
Knowingly filing (or conspiring to file) a false lien or encumbrance against a law-enforcement officer, court officer, state officer, or state employee as retaliation for official duties — fine of at least $500 up to the lien's value, imprisonment up to 2 years with or without hard labor, or both, plus possible restitution for costs from the false filing.
LA §14
Full citation
- La. Rev. Stat. §14:133.6
How this usually works in Louisiana
A summary of the tools Louisiana law and filing offices provide — general information, not instructions for your facts. Confirm current practice with the filing office and talk to an attorney about your situation.
- 1Louisiana has no free public UCC debtor-name search: a certified search is requested in writing from a parish Clerk of Court office, and the Secretary of State sells an annual online subscription (linked on this page).
- 2Louisiana has no pre-filing UCC fraud refusal. It also omits uniform §9-516(d), which matters to a filer facing a wrongful rejection.
- 3R.S. 9:5622 (auction-sale informalities) is not a fraudulent-lien statute.
- 4For a forged or false recorded instrument, Louisiana's tools are §14:133 (false public records) and quiet-title actions; §14:133.6 applies only when the victim is a covered official or employee.
What to expect
Louisiana remains criminal/court-leaning for land records, with verified §14:133 / officials-only §14:133.6 — still no private TX-style affidavit or clerk delete package. Confirm the current fee on the state's official site — filing and search fees change and are not published here.
Sources: the LienGuardAI fifty-state survey and UCC search portal review (How we verify). No dollar fee amounts are published here — always confirm the current fee on the state's own site.