RS 9:5535 Fraudulent release of mortgage; penalty
§5535. Fraudulent release of mortgage; penalty
If any mortgagee named in a mortgage of a ship, and not being at the time the owner and holder of the debt secured, shall fraudulently execute a release or satisfaction of said mortgage, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 368, §1.