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La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3742 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3742
Notice of seizure
Status: in_force

When property subject to a legal or a judicial mortgage is no longer owned by the original debtor, the seizing creditor shall cause notices of the seizure to be served by the sheriff upon both the original debtor and the present owner.
La. Civ. Code art. 1865 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1865
Imputation to debt not yet due
Status: in_force

An obligor may not, without the obligee's consent, impute payment to a debt not yet due.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 217 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 217
Method of arrest by officer under warrant
Status: in_force

A peace officer, when making an arrest by virtue of a warrant, shall inform the person to be arrested of his authority and of the fact that a warrant has been issued for his arrest, unless he flees or forcibly resists before the officer has an opportunity to inform him, or unless the giving of such information would imperil the arrest. The officer need not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, but after the arrest, if the person arrested so requests, the warrant shall be shown to him as soon as practicable.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 273 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 273
Waiver of extradition proceedings
Status: in_force

A. A demanded person arrested in this state may waive the issuance and service of the warrant required by Articles 265 and 266 and all other requirements incidental to extradition proceedings, by consenting in writing in the presence of the judge to return to the demanding state. Before such waiver is executed or subscribed to by the demanded person, the judge shall inform him of his rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to an extradition hearing. When a waiver has been executed the judge shall direct the officer having the person in custody to deliver him immediately to the accredited agent of the demanding state, with a copy of the waiver.

B. The waiver procedure of Paragraph A of this Article is not exclusive and does not in any way preclude the state's return of a probationer or parolee to another state with which the state of Louisiana has entered into a compact for out-of-state probation and parole supervision, under the authority of R.S. 15:574.14(3), or a probation or parole absconder who has signed a waiver of extradition as a condition of probation or parole.

Amended by Acts 1984, No. 139, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1305.4 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1305.4
Immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this Section is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income.

Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Civ. Code art. 3484 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3484
Transfer of undivided part of an immovable
Status: in_force

A just title to an undivided interest in an immovable is such only as to the interest transferred.

Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Civ. Code art. 2990 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2990
Applicability of the rules governing obligations
Status: in_force

In all matters for which no special provision is made in this Title, the contract of mandate is governed by the Titles of "Obligations in General" and "Conventional Obligations or Contracts".

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Civ. Code art. 675 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 675
Presumption of common wall.
Status: in_force

A wall that separates adjoining buildings and is partly on one estate and partly on another is presumed to be common up to the highest part of the lower building unless there is proof to the contrary.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1405 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1405
Sale of succession rights to coheir at risk of vendor, rescission inadmissible.
Status: in_force

The sale of successive rights by one heir to his coheir is not subject * to rescission, if the purchaser has run no risk; as, for example, if the vendor remains bound for the payment of the debts.

* Note error in English translation of French text; "is not subject" should be "is subject."
La. Ch. Code art. 791.4 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 791.4
Monitoring
Status: in_force

A. In order to determine the effectiveness of the program, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation program subject to state funding.

B. The commission may also develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation program for all parishes with truancy assessment service centers subject to state funding.

Acts 1999, No. 1372, §1; Acts 2001, No. 745, §1; Acts 2004, No. 570, §1; Acts 2007, No. 169, §1, eff. June 27, 2007; Acts 2023, No. 387, §1, eff. June 14, 2023.
La. Ch. Code art. 1285.13 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1285.13
Petition for final decree following interlocutory decree
Status: in_force

A. The child shall have lived with the petitioner for at least one year and at least six months shall have elapsed after the granting of an interlocutory decree before the petitioner may file a petition for final decree of adoption.

B. The court shall set a time and place for the hearing of the petition for final decree. The petition for final decree need not be served upon anyone except the department.

Acts 2013, No. 86, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 416 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 416
Drawing petit jury venire in parishes other than Orleans; term of service
Status: in_force

A. Upon order of court the jury commission in parishes other than Orleans shall draw a petit jury venire. The commission shall draw indiscriminately and by lot thirty name slips from the general venire box, unless directed by the court order to draw a larger number. The persons whose names are so drawn shall be subject to serve as petit jurors for the first week of the next criminal session of court.

The court also may order the commission to draw indiscriminately and by lot as many additional name slips, not less than thirty, as it may direct for each additional week that a petit jury venire may be required, not to exceed two additional weeks. The persons whose names are so drawn shall be subject to serve as petit jurors for the week for which their names were drawn.

Alternatively, for the purpose of drawing a petit jury venire, the jury commission may use an electronic device, commonly known as a computer, which is programmed to draw indiscriminately and by lot.

B. A petit jury venire for the first week of a session shall not be drawn from a general venire containing less than two hundred fifty names, and no petit jury venire for any subsequent week shall be drawn from a general venire containing less than one hundred fifty names.

The commission shall place the slips bearing the names of the petit jury venire for each week in a separate envelope. It shall seal each envelope and write thereon the words "Petit Jury Venire No. 1," "Petit Jury Venire No. 2," and "Petit Jury Venire No. 3." Each envelope shall be placed in a box labeled "Petit Jury Box."

If a petit jury venire does not serve during the week for which it was drawn, the court may order that it serve during any other week of that session of court.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 755, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 857 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 857
Same; suspensive conditions
Status: in_force

In pleading the performance or occurrence of suspensive conditions, it is sufficient to allege generally that all such conditions have been performed or have occurred. A denial of performance or occurrence shall be alleged specifically and with particularity.
La. Civ. Code art. 493.2 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 493.2
Loss of ownership by accession; claims of former owner
Status: in_force

One who has lost the ownership of a thing to the owner of an immovable may have a claim against him or against a third person in accordance with the following provisions.

Acts 1984, No. 933, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 296 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 296
Scope of preliminary examination before and after indictment
Status: in_force

If the defendant has not been indicted by a grand jury for the offense charged, the court shall, at the preliminary examination, order his release from custody or bail if, from the evidence adduced, it appears that there is not probable cause to charge him with the offense or with a lesser included offense. If the defendant is ordered held upon a finding of probable cause, the court shall fix his bail if he is entitled to bail.

After an indictment has been found by a grand jury, the preliminary examination shall be limited to the perpetuation of testimony and the fixing of bail.
La. Ch. Code art. 1107.4 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1107.4
Filing of intent to surrender for adoption
Status: in_force

The agency or attorney for the prospective adoptive parents shall file any intent to surrender for adoption in a court of proper venue as authorized by Article 1180.

Acts 2003, No. 564, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 638 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 638
Duration of habitation.
Status: in_force

The right of habitation terminates at the death of the person having it unless a shorter period is stipulated.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3372 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3372
Prior to homologation of final tableau of distribution
Status: in_force

At any time prior to the homologation of the final tableau of distribution, the legatees in a testate succession may be sent into possession of all or part of their respective legacies upon filing a petition for possession as provided in Articles 3031 through 3035, except that the proceeding shall be contradictory with the executor. Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall order the executor to show cause why the legatees should not be sent into possession. If the legatees are sent into possession of a part of their respective legacies, the executor shall continue to administer the remainder.
La. Ch. Code art. 793.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 793.1
Early intervention programs; authorization; purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Article and Articles 793.2 through 793.4 is to authorize the creation of early intervention programs, hereinafter referred to as the "program", in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin. The purpose of the program shall be to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems and school performance problems related to behavior by pooling existing resources targeted at the child and family through appropriate action by service and treatment providers. The legislature finds:

(1) Research indicates that early identification and intervention of aggressive, antisocial, or delinquent behaviors are critical to the prevention of juvenile delinquency in later years.

(2) Research also indicates that school-based preventive tactics for violent or aggressive behaviors are beneficial to the overall academic success of children, especially when such programs include parental involvement in prevention and intervention strategies.

(3)(a) The district attorney of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin parishes, in conjunction with the local school boards in such parishes, has demonstrated a willingness to address behavioral problems or school performance problems related to behavior by providing physical locations in each parish where personnel can work together in a coordinated effort.

(b) The district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish, in conjunction with the local school boards in such parish, has demonstrated a willingness to address behavioral problems or school performance problems related to behavior by providing physical locations in the parish where personnel can work together in a coordinated effort.

(4) Early intervention has been demonstrated as the key to providing the greatest chance for correcting the actions of youth who demonstrate a propensity for destructive or criminal behavior.

(5) The earliest possible venue for addressing the problem begins in the elementary grades.

(6) By intervening at this phase, it is possible to correct potential delinquent behavior before the changes for correction become insurmountable.

Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 132, §1, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3442 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3442
Tacking of possession
Status: in_force

The possession of the transferor is tacked to that of the transferee if there has been no interruption of possession.

Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4842 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4842
Parish court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by a political subdivision
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the civil jurisdiction of a parish court is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty thousand dollars.

B. The civil jurisdiction of a parish court is concurrent with the district court in cases or proceedings instituted by the state, a parish, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state for injunctive relief or other civil relief for the cessation or abatement of any acts or practices which may violate any parish or municipal ordinance or any state law. In such case, the court shall have jurisdiction irrespective of the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved.

Acts 1986, No. 152, §2, eff. June 28, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1038, §1; Acts 1987, No. 448, §2, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 939, §1; Acts 1995, No. 204, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2315.12 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2315.12
Liability for damages; prohibition of award; unauthorized alien
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Article, "unauthorized alien" means a person who is unlawfully present in the United States according to the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.

B. General damages and past and future wages shall not be awarded to an unauthorized alien in an action for damages arising from an automobile accident.

C. This Article shall not apply to a claim made against an uninsured or underinsured motorist policy which names the unauthorized alien as an insured.

Acts 2025, No. 17, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3296 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3296
Right of mortgagor to raise defenses
Status: in_force

Neither the mortgagor nor a third person may claim that the mortgage is extinguished or is unenforceable because the obligation the mortgage secures is extinguished or is unenforceable unless the obligor may assert against the mortgagee the extinction or unenforceability of the obligation that the mortgage secures.

Acts 1991, No. 652, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 389 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 389
Full interdiction
Status: in_force

A court may order the full interdiction of a natural person of the age of majority, or an emancipated minor, who due to an infirmity, is unable consistently to make reasoned decisions regarding the care of his person and property, or to communicate those decisions, and whose interests cannot be protected by less restrictive means.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 339 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 339
Notice of judgment
Status: in_force

A. Notice of the signing of judgment of bond forfeiture shall be mailed by the clerk of court to the counsel of record for each party, and to each party not represented by counsel pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 1913.

B. The clerk shall file a certificate in the record showing the date on which the notice of the signing of the judgment was mailed.

Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 538 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 538
Effect of sustaining motion to quash
Status: in_force

The court shall order the defendant discharged from custody or bail, as to that charge, when it sustains a motion to quash based upon the ground that:

(1) The offense is not punishable under a valid statute;

(2) Trial for the offense charged would constitute double jeopardy;

(3) The time limitation for the institution of prosecution or for the commencement of trial has expired; or

(4) The court has no jurisdiction of the offense charged.

In other cases, when a motion to quash is sustained, the court may order that the defendant be held in custody or that his bail be continued for a specified time, pending the filing of a new indictment.
La. Ch. Code art. 909 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 909
Modification authority; in general
Status: in_force

Except as provided for in Article 897.1, after the entry of any order of disposition, the court retains the power to modify it, including changing the child's legal custody, suspending all or part of any order of commitment, discharging conditions of probation, or adding any further condition authorized by Article 897(B) or 899(B). It may also terminate an order of disposition at any time while it is still in force.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 430, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 3058 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3058
Extinction of the suretyship
Status: in_force

The obligations of a surety are extinguished by the different manners in which conventional obligations are extinguished, subject to the following modifications.

Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
La. Ch. Code art. 852 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 852
Service; nonresident parent
Status: in_force

A. If a parent does not reside within this state, service shall be made by personal service or by certified mail to the address indicated in the petition, return receipt requested, not less than five days prior to the commencement of the adjudication hearing on the matter.

B. The person effecting the service shall file the return receipt as proof of service.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1037.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1037.1
Continuing contact with biological relatives
Status: in_force

A. Subsequent to a termination of parental rights judgment when custody is granted to the department, the court may order continuing contact between the child and the parent, sibling, or other biological relative. The court may grant an order only after it makes findings of fact that continuing contact is in the best interest of the child. The court may receive expert testimony on the issue of continuing contact.

B. Any order for continuing contact shall remain in effect until the order is modified in accordance with Paragraph C of this Article, or the final decree of adoption is rendered.

C. Any order of continuing contact remains modifiable and shall be reviewed in the subsequent hearings required by Chapter 10 of this Title.

Acts 1997, No. 256, §1; Acts 2001, No. 567, §1; Acts 2024, No. 92, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3273 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3273
Minimum price; second offering
Status: in_force

The property shall not be sold if the price bid by the last and highest bidder is less than two-thirds of the appraised value in the inventory. In that event, on the petition of the succession representative, the court shall order a readvertisement in the same manner as for an original sale, and the same delay must elapse. At the second offering the property shall be sold to the last and highest bidder regardless of the price.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1093 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1093
Service of petition; citation unnecessary
Status: in_force

When the intervention asserts ownership of, or a mortgage or privilege on, the seized property, the petition shall be served on the sheriff and all parties to the principal action as provided in Article 1313. Any other petition of intervention shall be served on all parties to the principal action as provided in Article 1314. Citation is not necessary in intervention.
La. Civ. Code art. 759 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 759
Partial use.
Status: in_force

A partial use of the servitude constitutes use of the whole.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 862 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 862
Relief granted under pleadings; sufficiency of prayer
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Article 1703, a final judgment shall grant the relief to which the party in whose favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded such relief in his pleadings and the latter contain no prayer for general and equitable relief.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1465 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1465
Report of examining physician
Status: in_force

A. If requested by the party against whom an order is made under Article 1464 or by the person examined, the party causing the examination to be made shall deliver to him a copy of a detailed written report of the examining physician setting out his findings, including results of all tests made, diagnoses, and conclusions, together with like reports of all earlier examinations of the same condition. After delivery the party causing the examination shall be entitled upon request to receive from the party against whom the order is made a like report of any examination, previously or thereafter made, of the same condition, unless, in the case of a report of examination of a person not a party, the party shows that he is unable to obtain it. The court on motion may make an order against a party requiring delivery of a report on such terms as are just, and if a physician fails or refuses to make a report the court may exclude his testimony if offered at the trial.

B. By requesting and obtaining a report of the examination so ordered or by taking the deposition of the examiner, the party examined waives any privilege he may have in that action or any other involving the same controversy, regarding the testimony of every other person who has examined or may thereafter examine him in respect of the same mental or physical condition.

C. This Article applies to examinations made by agreement of the parties, unless the agreement expressly provides otherwise. This Article does not preclude discovery of a report of an examining physician or the taking of a deposition of the physician in accordance with the provisions of any other rule.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1; Acts 1993, No. 619, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2722 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2722
Term of reconducted agricultural lease
Status: in_force

The term of a reconducted agricultural lease is from year to year, unless the parties intended a different term which, according to local custom or usage, is observed in leases of the same type.

Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 1237 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1237
Renouncing heir's right to donations not exceeding disposable portion.
Status: in_force

If children, or other lawful descendants holding property or legacies subject to be collated, should renounce the succession of the ascendant, from whom they have received such property, they may retain the gift, or claim the legacy to them made, without being subject to any collation.

If, however, the remaining amount of the inheritance should not be sufficient for the legitimate portion of the other children, including in the succession of the deceased the property which the person renouncing would have collated, had he become heir, he shall then be obliged to collate up to the sum necessary to complete such legitimate portion.