487. When an authentic act or a public register cannot be replaced, the public officer who had custody of the act or register establishes and implements a procedure for reconstituting it.
If the public officer does not act in a timely manner, any interested person may ask the court to designate a person to establish a reconstitution procedure.
The court homologates the reconstituted document on being satisfied that the procedure followed was suitable and provides a valid reconstitution.