Identity theft victim rights (police reports and creditor records)
LA Identity Theft Victim Law
Financial · Credit reporting
Lets identity theft victims file police reports with the Attorney General or local police where they live, and requires creditors that extended credit to an identity thief to give the victim the application and transaction records needed to undo the fraud, after the victim submits a signed statement, police report, and ID.
- Where
- Louisiana
- Citation
- La. R.S. 9:3568 (Acts 2003, No. 934)
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- None specified
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- No penalty stated in the sections reviewed; creditors acting in good faith are shielded from liability for sharing information.
- Applies to
- Creditors that granted credit based on information obtained through identity theft
- Law enforcement agencies and the Attorney General (report intake)
Rights it gives people
- Victims may file identity theft police reports with the Attorney General or their local police or sheriff, which must accept and file them.La. R.S. 9:3568(A)
Practices it requires
- Creditors must give victims the application and transaction information they need to undo identity theft, after verification by signed statement, police report, and state ID.La. R.S. 9:3568(B)(1)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Effective date of Acts 2003, No. 934 not stated in the history note; later subsections of R.S. 9:3568 were not reviewed.
Research reference, not legal advice.