Louisiana Code § RS 9:179

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A. An initial report filed under this Chapter for property that was not required to be reported before the effective date of this Chapter but that is subject to this Chapter shall include all items of property that would have been presumed abandoned during the ten-year period next preceding the effective date of this Chapter as if this Chapter had been in effect during that period. B. This Chapter does not relieve a holder of a duty that arose before the effective date of this Chapter to report, pay, or deliver property. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 9:171(B), a holder who did not comply with the law in effect before the effective date of this Chapter is subject to the applicable provisions for enforcement and penalties that then existed, that are continued in effect for the purpose of this Section.

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