Louisiana § RS 10:9-629 - Judicial proceedings; authentic evidence

§ RS 10:9-629. Judicial proceedings; authentic evidence

            (a) Foreclosure. For purposes of executory or ordinary process seeking enforcement of a security interest and the obligation it secures:

            (1) A signed record that contains a confession of judgment shall be deemed to be authentic for purposes of executory process.

            (2) The negotiation, assignment, pledge, or other transfer in whole or in part of an obligation or of any right therein or thereto secured by a security interest may be proven by any record signed by the secured party or any person entitled to effect such a transfer, and such record shall be deemed authentic for purposes of executory process.

            (3) The signatures of all debtors, makers, purchasers, payees, sellers, secondary obligors, or any other persons whose signatures purport to appear upon or be affixed to a written security agreement, instrument, negotiable document, chattel paper, general intangible, or other writing evidencing a security interest, or an obligation secured by a security interest, and the signatures of all secondary obligors, endorsers, assignors, pledgors or others whose signatures purport to appear upon or be affixed to any writing transferring rights in or to such a written security agreement, instrument, negotiable document, chattel paper, general intangible, or other security interest or obligation, are presumed to be genuine if the verified petition, or an affidavit attached thereto, for executory or ordinary process with which they are filed or in which they are identified, alleges or affirms that they are genuine to the best of the information, knowledge, or the belief of the plaintiff or affiant and no further evidence shall be required of such signatures for the purposes of executory or ordinary process.

            (4) The authority and capacity of persons who purport to sign any written document or instrument described in Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), in a representative capacity, shall be presumed if such persons' signatures are presumed genuine in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a)(3), or are proven in any other manner permitted by law and no further evidence of such authority or capacity is required for executory or ordinary process.

            (5) The amount of any advances made, whether in written form or otherwise, or of other obligations secured by any security interest or agricultural lien, the terms of such obligations, insofar as they are relevant, the amount thereof due and unpaid, and the fact of the debtors' default may be proven by affidavit or verified petition.

            (6) The affidavits or verified petitions referred to in Subsections (a)(3), (a)(4), and (a)(5) may be based upon a plaintiff's or affiant's personal knowledge or upon information and belief based upon the records of the secured party, any assignee, or any other person that are kept or obtained in the ordinary course of business. The petition or affidavit need not particularize or specifically identify the records or data upon which such knowledge, information or belief is founded.

            (b) Provisions not exclusive. The provisions of this Section are cumulative and shall not preclude proof in any other manner permitted by law of any fact for purposes of executory, ordinary, or other process seeking enforcement of security interests and agricultural liens, and the obligations they secure.

            Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2024, No. 773, §1.