Louisiana
Louisiana Public Records Law
La. R.S. 44:1 et seq.
Public records law for Louisiana. Covers state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.
The clock
3 business days
3 business days (immediate for most; 3 days if not immediately available).
Statutory: 3 business days (immediate for most; 3 days if not immediately available).. Actual medians vary widely by agency and request complexity; simple requests often 7-30 days, complex 60-300+.
Reading the statute itself
The text of this one is not reproduced here. The United States Code carries no copyright, so federal FOIA is printed on this site in full; the fifty state codes are published by fifty legislatures under their own claims of compilation copyright, so they are linked instead. Everything on this page — the deadline, the appeal path, the fee-waiver standard — is Aletheca’s summary of that text, and the official source is one click away.
If they refuse
- Appeal deadline
- Not specified
- Appeal route
- No admin appeal; district court; mandamus.
- Litigation
- Not specified
Fees and expedition
Quirks worth knowing
Constitutional right; 3-day; penalties for arbitrary denial.