PART IV. SUSPENSION OR EXTENSION OF PRESCRIPTION,
PEREMPTION, AND OTHER LEGAL DEADLINES DURING
HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA
§5821. Purpose; ratification
A. The legislature finds that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created a statewide emergency disrupting and forcing the closure of certain courts and public offices and further resulting in the displacement of courts, offices, clients, and counsel. This Chapter is enacted for the benefit and protection of the state as a whole and its citizens, and to prevent injustice, inequity, and undue hardship to persons who were prevented by these hurricanes from timely access to courts and offices in the exercise of their legal rights, including the filing of documents and pleadings as authorized or required by law. Therefore, this Chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
B. The action of the governor of this state in issuing Executive Orders KBB 2005-32, 48, and 67 is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed subject to the provisions of R.S. 9:5822 through 5825.
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. Nov. 23, 2005.
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