LAC 43:XXVII.1703. Existing Record Information

A. Adequate research shall be conducted to determine the deed, title or other means of description for each and every parcel of property within the project area. Sources of existing record information to be evaluated for construction of parcel maps shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: 1. parish clerk of court's office vendor and vendee indexes, conveyance books, and/or microfilm, microfiche or aperture cards for making deed copies; 2. clerk of court's office mortgage books; 3. clerk of court's office field and recorded maps, plats, subdivision plans and surveys; 4. probate court's office will books and records; 5. assessor's office records consisting of any existing lot books, tract books, assessed descriptions, property record cards, index cards, and related information; 6. clerk of court's, assessor's, parish council or municipal offices records of annexations, street or alley closings or openings, taxing district boundaries and descriptions, assessment rolls, transfer books, and any current taxing unit map showing the number and metes and bounds description of every taxing unit or any portion of a taxing unit located within the parish; 7. any other state or parish office, agency, or department that has recorded information relating to political subdivision boundaries including, but not limited to district courts, city clerk's office, city engineer's or city surveyor's offices, planning and zoning commissions, and related entities.