Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:451.3 – Displaced persons seeking to qualify; domicile, residence
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:451.3
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
If the qualifications for an office include a residency or domiciliary requirement, any person who is seeking election to such office and who has been involuntarily displaced from his residence or domicile by the effects of a gubernatorially declared state of emergency shall not be considered to have vacated his domicile or residence for purposes of qualifying for and subsequently holding office, unless any of the following is true:
(1) He has established a new domicile.
(2) He has changed his registration to an address outside the voting district in which he seeks election.
(3) One year has passed since the end of the declared state of emergency.
Acts 2006, No. 269, §1, eff. June 8, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 827, §1.