Art. 1243.2.  Institution of records check

A.  Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall immediately issue both of the following orders:

(1)  That the local sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, conduct a records check for all federal arrests and convictions and all state arrests and convictions for each of the prospective adoptive parents.  Prospective adoptive parents shall submit a set of fingerprints to the sheriff or the office of state police.

(2)  That the department conduct a records check for validated complaints of child abuse or neglect in this or any other state in which either of the prospective adoptive parents has been domiciled since becoming a major, involving either prospective adoptive parent.

B.  Each order shall state the full name, date of birth, social security number, and former and current state of domicile since becoming a major of each prospective adoptive parent.

C.  The sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, and the department shall accord priority to these orders and shall provide a certificate indicating all information discovered, or that no information has been found.

Acts 1999, No. 1062, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 192, §1.