La. Civ. Code art. 3300 : Civil Code — OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS — MORTGAGES — JUDICIAL AND LEGAL MORTGAGES — Creation of judicial mortgage TEXT PDF A judicial mortgage is created by filing a judgment with the recorder of mortgages. La. C.C. § 3300 Acts 1992, No. 1132, §2, eff. 1/1/1993.