A new law regarding public officials was enacted in the state of Louisiana. Named HB 1067, the new law allows an affidavit from the obligee of record to replace a promissory note for identification with a mortgage or act creating a vendor’s privilege on fixed property if the note was misplaced or damaged. HB 1067 states that both the clerk of the court, ex-officio recorder of mortgages and the surety on his or her bond do not have any accountability for any damages that any individual or entity suffered as a result of terminating the inscription of a mortgage or vendor’s privilege pursuant to such an affidavit. The legislation is indistinguishable to legislation that the past Governor Blanco prohibited in 2007.