La. R.S. 13:1033

The bond of the clerk of the civil district court shall be examined by a majority of the judges of the court and approved by them, if they deem it good and sufficient, and the bond of the clerk of the criminal district court shall be examined by the two judges of that court and approved by them, if they deem it good and sufficient. These bonds shall be copied in full on the minutes of the respective courts, and then shall be transmitted to and deposited and recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, and recorded in the mortgage records of the several parishes of the state wherein the clerks own immovables. They shall operate as a mortgage from the date of the registry upon the immovables of the principal obligor therein, in favor of the state, parish and all persons in interest. Before the clerks shall commence the discharge of their duties or be recognized they shall make affidavit before their respective courts, and have the same recorded in the minutes, that they have caused their official bonds to be recorded as provided in this act. A certified copy of the bonds, with a certificate of registry, shall be forwarded to the auditor of public accounts.