Section 9:5170 - Cancellation of mortgages and privileges securing paraphed obligationsA. If a mortgage or privilege secures a note or other written obligation paraphed for identification with it, there shall be attached to the request for cancellation:(1) The paraphed obligation duly marked "paid" or "cancelled"; or(2) An authentic act describing the paraphed obligation with sufficient particularity to reasonably identify it as the one paraphed for identification with the act of mortgage or privilege and containing:(a) The appearer's declaration that he is the holder and owner of the paraphed obligation and that he releases or acknowledges extinction of the mortgage or privilege or directs the recorder to cancel its recordation; and(b) A declaration by the notary that the appearer presented him with the paraphed obligation and that he paraphed it for identification with his act.B. When a person requests cancellation and the original paraphed obligation is attached to the request or is presented to the recorder with it, the recorder shall, upon that person's request, make a duplicate of the original paraphed obligation, attach it to the request for cancellation, and note upon it that it is a duplicate of the paraphed obligation that was presented. The recorder shall then paraph the original obligation for identification with the request for cancellation and return it to the person presenting the request.Acts 2005, No. 169, §6, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Redesignated from R.S. 44:107 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.Acts 2005, No. 169, §6, eff. 7/1/2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. 11/29/2005; Redesignated from R.S. 44:107 by Acts 2010, No. 284, §1, eff. 1/1/2011.