La. Stat. tit. 44 § 115
The recorder, at his option and in his discretion, may record acts by means of photorecording, photocopying, microfilming, or other photographic methods of reproduction. The film stock used in making photographic or microphotographic copies and the processing of the copies shall comply with the standards of the American National Standard Institute for permanent record photographic microcopying film. The clerk of court in East Baton Rouge Parish will make available to the assessor a copy of the original document files under provision of the aforementioned sections, excluding holidays within forty-eight hours. The recorder shall preserve and maintain original maps, plats, property descriptions or photographs as related to the work of a professional surveyor engaged in the practice of land surveying as defined in R.S. 37:682.
La. R.S. § 44:115