§2222. Change orders; recordation

            A. Each change order to a public works contract or to a contract for materials and supplies which adds an amount of ten percent or more of the original contract amount and which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars or all change orders to a contract aggregating to an amount of twenty percent or more of the original contract amount and which additional amount is at least ten thousand dollars shall be recorded by the public entity which entered into the contract in the office of the recorder of mortgages in the parish where the work is to be done or, if not a public work, where the entity is domiciled not later than thirty days after the date of the change order which requires that the recordation take place. In addition, the original contract shall be recorded together with the change orders if not previously recorded. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the office of facility planning and control, and the office of state procurement.

            B. Change orders shall be processed and issued by the public entity no later than forty days following final execution of the change order.

            Acts 2011, No. 343, §2; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5; Acts 2021, No. 205, §1.