Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 10, § 9-516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing

(a) What constitutes filing.(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (a)(2), acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing.

(2) A financing statement covering a titled motor vehicle not held as inventory for sale or lease is filed when received provided the receipt is subsequently validated by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles.

(3) A financing statement covering a titled vessel or outboard motor not held as inventory for sale or lease is filed when received provided the receipt is subsequently validated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

(1) the record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office;

(2) an amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered;

(4) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;

(5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not:

(6) in the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under R.S. 10:9-514(a) or an amendment filed under R.S. 10:9-514(b), the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or

(7) in the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by R.S. 10:9-515(d).

(1) a record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and

(2) a record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as required by R.S. 10:9-512, 9-514, or 9-518, is an initial financing statement.