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Louisiana Act No. 250 of 2025: verification and disclosure of AI-generated or falsified evidence (La. C.C.P. art. 371)
Louisiana Legislature · Louisiana
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Louisiana enacted a civil-procedure duty to police AI-falsified evidence. Counsel must exercise reasonable diligence to verify exhibit authenticity, disclose known falsification of their own exhibits including AI generation or alteration, and raise reasonable suspicion about an opponent's exhibits at the pretrial stage, on pain of contempt and discipline.
- Applies to
- lawyers, parties
- Effective
- 01 Aug 2025
- Current version
- Act No. 250 (2025 Regular Session, HB 178) · 01 Aug 2025
- Last verified
- 04 Sept 2026
- Official text
- www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425558
What the document requires
- Attorneys must exercise reasonable diligence to verify the authenticity of evidence before offering it to the court
- A party that knows or has reason to know its own exhibits have been falsified, including by AI generation or alteration, must disclose that fact
- A party with reasonable suspicion that opposing exhibits are AI-generated or falsified must raise it at the pretrial conference or a pretrial admissibility hearing
- Counsel offering false or AI-manipulated evidence without disclosure face contempt and potential disciplinary action where they knew or should have known through reasonable diligence
- Applies to civil proceedings only; does not address AI-drafted briefs containing hallucinated citations
- Enrolled text not opened in this research run and must be confirmed before publication
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act No. 250 (2025 Regular Session, HB 178)current | 2025-08-01 | Signed 11 June 2025, effective 1 August 2025 | official · archive |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Louisiana Act No. 250 of 2025: verification and disclosure of AI-generated or falsified evidence (La. C.C.P. art. 371)" (Louisiana Legislature, Act No. 250 (2025 Regular Session, HB 178), 2025-08-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-la-act-250-2025-ai-evidence (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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