§4.1. 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, 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, 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, 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.
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