§ La. R.S. 18:151(untitled)

Custody of records
A. The original application for registration, together with the registers, records, files, books, and
paraphernalia used for conduct of the registrar's office, shall be kept under the control and in the custody of
the registrar at his principal office and shall be removed therefrom only as provided in this Section, as
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authorized by law, or on order of a competent court. However, if his permanent branch office is separated
from his principal office by navigable waters, the registrar may allow his records to be kept both in his
principal office and the permanent branch office.
B. The original application for registration or any of the registers, records, files, books, and
paraphernalia used for conduct of the registrar's office shall be released, upon the request of the secretary
of state, to the control and custody of the secretary of state, or his designee, for scanning or, upon request
of the registrar, entering registration information into the state voter registration computer system. The
secretary of state shall be responsible for the preservation and maintenance of all such materials released to
him, or to his designee, until the materials have been returned to the control and custody of the registrar.
C. For purposes of this Part, the original application for registration shall include the actual
document or form completed by the voter and all documented changes thereto.