La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5108.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5108.1
Indemnification of officers and employees of the state; civil rights; representation by attorney general
Status: in_force

A. Indemnification.

(1) The state shall defend and indemnify a covered individual against any claim, demand, suit, complaint, or petition seeking damages filed in any court over alleged negligence or other act by the individual, including any demand under any federal statute when the act that forms the basis of the cause of action took place while the individual was engaged in the performance of the duties of the individual's office, employment with the state, or engaged in the provision of services on behalf of the state or any of its departments pursuant to Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section.

(2) Upon the death of the covered individual, the benefits of this Section shall inure to the covered individual's legal, instituted, or irregular heirs, subject to the community rights of surviving spouse, which, however, shall not enlarge or diminish the rights of any other person.

B. Coverage process.

(1) Within ten days of the time the covered individual is served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading, he shall deliver the original or a copy thereof to the attorney general. Delivery of such a summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading constitutes a request for representation under this Section and constitutes a prerequisite to indemnification by the state. Upon delivery to the attorney general, the attorney general shall, within five days, furnish a copy of the summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading to the office of risk management.

(2) Upon such delivery the attorney general shall investigate, by examining the face of the complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading, and any other information available to the attorney general, whether the covered individual was engaged in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state at the time the events that form the basis of the cause of action happened.

(3) If the attorney general concludes that the covered individual was engaged in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state at the time the events that form the basis of the cause of action happened and that the covered individual was free of criminal conduct, then the attorney general shall provide a defense to the covered individual. If the attorney general concludes that the covered individual was not engaged in the performance of the duties of his office or employment with the state at the time the events that form the basis of the cause of action happened or that the employee was engaged in criminal conduct, then the attorney general shall not provide a defense to the covered individual. Such a decision shall be communicated in writing to the covered individual and the head of the department of the state in which the individual is employed within ten working days of delivery of the petition to the attorney general. It is sufficient notice if the communication is sent properly addressed to the covered individual either at his place of work, his home, or any other place where he may be found by United States Postal Service, third party commercial carrier for no more than three day delivery, facsimile, or electronic mail and to his departmental employer.

(4) Once the attorney general has decided not to defend a covered individual and has notified the individual and his departmental employer, the covered individual or the departmental employer shall have five days from the date of receipt of the denial to provide additional information to the attorney general should the departmental supervisor desire the attorney general's representation of the covered individual. The decision of the attorney general not to defend a covered individual, and any and all information obtained by him as a result of any investigation related thereto, shall be considered confidential and shall not be admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding, and no reference thereto shall be made in any court.

(5) When a covered individual makes a request for representation, by that request the covered individual waives any attorney-client privilege to the extent necessary for the attorney general and the office of risk management to carry out their respective duties under the provisions of this Section. If, during the pendency of the action, the covered individual fails or refuses to cooperate with the attorney general in defending the action, then the attorney general may terminate the representation and withdraw from defense of the covered individual. Representation by the attorney general shall only extend until such time as a final judgment is entered in the litigation.

(6) When the attorney general has assumed the defense of a covered individual, at any point in the litigation before a judgment is final and executable, the attorney general, in concurrence with the office of risk management and the covered individual, may enter into a settlement agreement to resolve the litigation.

(7)(a) Payment of a final judgment of five hundred thousand dollars or more against a covered individual who has been provided a defense by the attorney general in the litigation shall not be made unless the payment is approved by a majority of the members of a subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget comprised of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives designated by the chairman.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the subcommittee may meet in executive session to consider such agreement.

(c) The attorney general shall present the subcommittee with a concise abstract of the facts and principles of law upon which the claim is based. The abstract shall include a detailed analysis of the calculation of damages as well as the costs of court and interest thereon. The abstract and other information submitted to the subcommittee shall be public record, with the exception of material that reflects the mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or theories of an attorney.

(d) The amount paid in judgment and terms and conditions of any agreement shall be public record.

C. Obligation to pay attorney fees.

(1) The state shall additionally be obligated to indemnify a covered individual for the attorney fees and all costs so incurred if the attorney general had determined not to assume the defense of a covered individual in accordance with Subsection B of this Section, and a court later finds that the covered individual was engaged in the performance of duties of his office or employment and was free of criminal conduct.

(2) Any such fees payable to indemnify the employee or official shall be served by certified mail upon the director of the office of risk management and paid from the funds available to him to make settlements and pay judgments in lawsuits under his control. Payment of such fees shall be subject to review and approval by a subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, as provided in Paragraph (B)(7) of this Section.

(3) To be entitled to payment, any such demand must contain therein a certified copy of the final judgment reflecting the exoneration of the employee or officer and an itemized accounting of the attorney fees and costs due.

(4) The fees shall be payable by the office of risk management, at a rate per hour no greater then one and one-fourth times the maximum rate authorized and paid by the office of risk management for counsel to defend the state in damage claims.

D. Rights of insurer.

Nothing in this Section shall in any way impair, limit, or modify the rights and obligations of any insurer under any policy of insurance or impair the right of the covered individual to obtain private counsel in his own behalf.

E. Definition.

As used in this Section "covered individual" includes:

(1) An official, officer, or employee holding office or employment:

(a) In the executive branch of state government or in any department, office, division, or agency thereof.

(b) In the legislative branch of state government or in any house, committee, or office thereof.

(c) In the state supreme court or in the office of the clerk thereof or office of judicial administrator thereof, in one of the circuit courts of appeal or in the office of clerk thereof, or in any of the family, juvenile, or judicial district courts of the state or in the offices of the judicial administrators thereof.

(d) In one of the deep-water ports, deep-water port commissions, or deep-water port, harbor, and terminal districts.

(2) A physician or dentist who either contracts with or provides services on behalf of the state or any of its departments, whether compensated or not, (a) in treating and performing evaluations of persons when such persons cause harm to third parties, or (b) in providing professional assistance to the contracting agency when such professional assistance is alleged to have caused harm to third parties. For the purposes of this Section, such physicians or dentists who provide services under contract shall be deemed to be employees of the contracting agency.

(3) "Covered individual" does not include:

(a) An official, officer, or employee of a municipality, ward, parish, special district, including without limitation a levee district, school board, parish law enforcement district, or any other political subdivision or local authority other than a deep-water port, deep-water port commission, or deep-water port, harbor, or terminal district whose functions have not been transferred to a state department or office or agency thereof.

(b) District attorneys, sheriffs, assessors, clerks of district courts, coroners, justices of the peace, constables, mayor's courts, city courts, marshals, nor the officials, officers, or employees thereof.

F. Notice to employees.

All departments and agencies of the state shall provide notice to all employees relative to the provisions and application of this Section.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 451, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 42, §1, eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 65, §1; Acts 2012, No. 509, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4261.103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4261.103
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Chapter is to recognize a less restrictive decisionmaking process and empowers supported decisionmaking as an option over interdiction for adults with disabilities who need assistance with decisions regarding daily living.

Acts 2020, No. 258, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3231
Venue in suits against public carriers
Status: in_force

Steamboats, railroads and other public carriers doing business in the State of Louisiana may be sued either in the courts at the point of delivery, or in the courts at the point of shipment, or in the courts at the domicile of such steamboat or other public carrier at the option of the party bringing suit for recovery of all freight they may fail, refuse or neglect to deliver, or for all damages arising from such failure, refusal or neglect, or for all damages done to freight while in transit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4155
Same; appeal
Status: in_force

Should either party appeal a case so fixed for summary trial, the cause shall be a preference suit in the appellate court and shall be fixed and set for argument in the appellate court for a date not more than thirty days from the date of the filing of the transcript in the cause.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1000.2
Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee
Status: in_force

A. The Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court or the clerk of court of Jefferson Parish may collect a filing fee whenever the district attorney's office brings a suit before the district court to collect and process a check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, if the check, draft, or order for payment of money on any bank or depository:

(1) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under R.S. 14:71; or

(2) Has been forged under R.S. 14:72.

B. The district court judges may collect the fee authorized by this Section from any person who is a principal to the offense described in Subsection A of this Section.

C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed:

(1) Ten dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money does not exceed ten dollars.

(2) Twenty dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than ten dollars but does not exceed one hundred dollars.

(3) Sixty dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than one hundred dollars but does not exceed three hundred dollars.

(4) One hundred dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than three hundred dollars but does not exceed five hundred dollars.

(5) One hundred fifty dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than five hundred dollars.

D. If the person from whom the fee is collected was a principal to the offense of forgery under R.S. 14:72, committed by altering the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money, the face amount as altered governs for the purpose of determining the amount of the fee.

E. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in the general fund of Jefferson Parish.

Acts 1999, No. 105, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.22
Territorial jurisdiction; venue
Status: in_force

A. The territorial jurisdiction of the city court shall extend throughout the city of Baker, as the same now exists or may hereinafter be changed or altered. The city court shall be composed of a city judge, a clerk of court, a city marshal, and such other personnel as are deemed necessary for the proper operation of the court.

B. The venue shall be as provided by law.

Acts 1970, No. 424, §2. Acts 1986, No. 226, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.6
Sixth judicial district
Status: in_force

The sixth judicial district court shall have two judges.

Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 515, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1624 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1624
Compensation; benefits; expenses
Status: in_force

Each judge of the juvenile court shall receive the same salary as the district judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, payable monthly upon his own warrant, in the same manner as the district judges are paid and shall receive the same emoluments, benefits, and expenses as are now and hereafter provided by law for judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3854
Entry in seizure book; return
Status: in_force

As soon as one of the notices mentioned in R.S. 13:3852 is filed for recordation in the office of the recorder of mortgages, the sheriff shall enter in a book in his office, to be known as the "Seizure Book", the description of the immovable property seized, and the date and hour of the filing of the notice for recordation in the office of the recorder of mortgages.

The sheriff shall make his return to the court which issued the writ on the remaining notice mentioned in R.S. 13:3852, showing the date and manner of the service of the notice on the party or parties whose property is seized, and the date and hour of the filing of the notice for recordation in the office of the recorder of mortgages.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5004
Personal appearance of defendant judge
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court, in all such cases, when the incompetency of the defendant judge, arising out of want of sufficient learning, or mental incapacity, shall be at issue, may cause such defendant, on its own motion, or on that of any party to the suit, or of any of the persons at whose request the same is instituted, to appear before it in person, in open session, there and then to answer any pertinent questions that may be put to him. Should the court over which such judge presides be in session at the same time with the session of the Supreme Court at which the case is to appear, the personal appearance of such judge shall not be required until such time as he may do so without interfering with and interrupting the session of his court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.61
Interest accrued; deposit into judicial expense fund
Status: in_force

In any judicial district court which has a judicial expense fund account, the court may deposit into the judicial expense fund account all interest earned on money deposited in other accounts that are in the name of or belonging to that district court, excluding the criminal court fund. The interest deposited into the judicial expense fund account shall be expended as authorized by law for expenditure of the judicial expense fund and shall be included in the annual audit of the judicial expense fund account. The interest accrued funds provided for in this Section shall not be used for salaries.

Acts 2003, No. 1039, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3713.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3713.1
"E911" tape recordings or records; court order; certified copies; attestation
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a certified copy of any record or tape recording of any participating agency within a communication district operating an Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service is offered in evidence or when any court of competent jurisdiction has ordered the production of any record or recording of any participating agency within a communication district, a certified copy of such record or tape recordings, attested to by the custodian for the participating agency, shall be received in evidence with the same force and effect as though the original record or tape recording were produced, and it shall be sufficient compliance with any order of court to furnish copies so certified.

B. A participating agency within a communication district operating an Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service shall retain and preserve each tape recording reel or unit for a period of not less than ninety days after the reel or unit is considered fully used and is removed from the function of recording calls and conversations. During this ninety-day period, the recorded content shall not be deleted or erased or removed by taping other conversations on the same tape.

Acts 1995, No. 1069, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.504 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.504
Transitional provision
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter applies to guardianship and protective proceedings begun on or after the effective date.

B. Parts I, III, and IV of this Chapter and R.S. 13:4251.501 and 4251.502 apply to proceedings begun before the effective date, regardless of whether a guardianship or protective order has been issued.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2514 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2514
Appeals; cost bond for transcripts from the municipal and traffic court
Status: in_force

The city council of New Orleans may provide by ordinance that in all appeals from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, there shall be required the posting of a reasonable costs bond to defray the cost of preparing the transcript in connection with any such appeal. This shall not be construed to bar any appellant from taking an appeal in forma pauperis.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5528 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5528
Contracts with state agencies; reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

The sheriff of any parish in which any state agency, board, or commission is either located or performs any of its permitted functions, may contract with the state agency, board, or commission to provide law enforcement services thereto, and receive reimbursement in connection therewith.

Acts 1988, No. 122, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1426.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1812 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1812
Cooperation between courts; preservation of records
Status: in_force

A. A court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:

(1) Hold an evidentiary hearing.

(2) Order a person to produce or give evidence pursuant to procedures of that state.

(3) Order that an evaluation be made with respect to the custody of a child involved in a pending proceeding.

(4) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise presented, and any evaluation prepared in compliance with the request.

(5) Order a party to a child custody proceeding or any person having physical custody of the child to appear in the proceeding with or without the child.

B. Upon request of a court of another state, a court of this state may hold a hearing or enter an order described in Subsection A of this Section.

C. Travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses incurred under Subsections A and B of this Section may be assessed against the parties according to the law of this state.

D. A court of this state shall preserve the pleadings, orders, decrees, records of hearings, evaluations, and other pertinent records with respect to a child custody proceeding until the child attains eighteen years of age. Upon appropriate request by a court or law enforcement official of another state, the court shall forward a certified copy of those records.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:758 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 758
Liability insurance
Status: in_force

A. Clerks of the judicial district courts may contract for insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business under the laws of this state to cover loss or damage from any negligent acts of the clerk or his deputies in the performance of the duties of his office, the premiums on said insurance to be paid by the clerk as an expense of his office out of the clerk's salary fund.

B. Any judgment rendered against any clerk of the judicial district courts for any act of commission or omission performed by him or any of his employees in any of the duties required as clerk shall be paid out of the clerk's salary fund.

C. Each of the clerks of the judicial district courts is also authorized to compromise any suit brought against him or his employees, with the concurrence of the judge before whom the matter is pending, and to pay the compromise out of the clerk's salary fund.

Acts 1952, No. 369, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 525, §1; Acts 1977, No. 399, §1; Acts 1985, No. 309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1903 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1903
Destruction of audio and video recordings
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court may, upon consent of the judge who presided over the case, or a majority of the judges of the court sitting en banc and with authorization from the state archivist as provided in R.S. 44:411, cause electronically taped proceedings, both audio and video, in civil, criminal, traffic, and juvenile cases to be erased when such records have been deemed to have no further use or value.

B. Such destruction of audio and video tapes shall only be authorized:

(1) When one year has elapsed from the expiration of appeal delays; or

(2) If the defendant has been incarcerated, when such defendant is released from incarceration.

Acts 1984, No. 118, §1; Acts 2012, No. 101, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4286 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4286
Notice to pay unnecessary
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary for the sheriff to give notice to the defendant to pay the money on an execution before proceeding to levy thereunder.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2587.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2587.1
Prosecution of litter violations in justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

The constable of the justice of the peace court or his deputy shall act as prosecutor when called upon to do so by the justice of the peace when the justice of the peace exercises his jurisdiction to adjudicate litter violations prohibited by R.S. 30:2531(B). In those cases where the constable has issued the citation or summons or has made the arrest or appears as a witness against the accused, the constable shall designate the deputy constable to prosecute the matter. If there is no deputy constable, then the justice of the peace may appoint a special deputy constable to prosecute the case or may authorize a constable from another ward in the parish to prosecute the matter.

Acts 1989, No. 296, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §2; Acts 2003, No. 950, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5110 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5110
Suits and proceedings exempt
Status: in_force

This Part shall not apply to suits for refund of taxes or for worker's compensation benefits, or to proceedings for garnishment of wages, or to suits or mandamus proceedings against the division of public health statistics, vital statistics, of the division of public health of the Louisiana Health and Human Resources Administration, all of which shall continue to be governed by the laws applicable thereto.

Acts 1975, No. 434, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4725 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4725
Contempt of court; penalty
Status: in_force

The violation of any judgment, interlocutory order or decree, injunction or restraining order, issued in any cause under this Sub-part shall constitute contempt of court; and the maintenance or operation of a nuisance as defined in R.S. 13:4721 by any person previously enjoined under the provisions of this Sub-part in any jurisdiction in the state from maintaining such a nuisance, is hereby declared to be contempt of the court in the jurisdiction where the nuisance is maintained, punishable upon the mere showing of the previous injunction and the maintenance of such nuisance.

Any person found guilty of contempt of court under the provisions of this Sub-part shall, for each offense, be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5536 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5536
Deputy sheriffs; qualifications for employment
Status: in_force

A. All the applicants for the office of deputy sheriff except auxiliary and reserve deputy sheriffs, process servers, deputized unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, bailiffs, and keepers of property shall meet the following qualifications:

(1) Have attained the age of eighteen.

(2) Have graduated from an accredited high school, or possess a high school equivalency diploma recognized in the state of Louisiana, and complete within one year after employment at least four weeks or one hundred sixty hours training at an accredited law enforcement school.

(3) Qualify for life and liability insurance in the amounts required by the Louisiana Sheriffs Association.

(4) Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 313, §2.

B. The educational requirements set forth in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section and physical requirements set in Subsection A, Paragraph (4) 1 hereof, shall not apply to resident deputies employed at schools and railroad crossings, jailers, deputized unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, bailiffs, and radio operators.

C. The maximum age limitation shall not apply to jailers, bailiffs and resident deputies employed at schools.

D. None of the provisions contained in this Section shall apply to deputies commissioned prior to July 31, 1974, nor shall any of the provisions of this Section apply to any deputy who on July 31, 1974, at noon, has a commission or who subsequently acquires a commission under the provisions of this Act, and who is recommissioned as a deputy.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, the sheriff of St. Martin Parish is hereby authorized to employ and commission as deputies for that portion of Ward One of St. Martin Parish which was formerly designated as Ward Six, persons who reside outside of St. Martin Parish.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 658, §3. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 405, §1; Acts 1977, No. 454, §1; Acts 1981, No. 937, §1; Acts 1990, No. 887, §1; Acts 1990, No. 970, §1; Acts 1993, No. 313, §2; Acts 1993, No. 574, §1; Acts 1999, No. 106, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1432.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

1 Repealed by Acts 1993, No. 313, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3876 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3876
Storage of seized property; nonpayment of charges; sale of property; suspensive appeal
Status: in_force

Whenever movable property under seizure has been stored in a sheriff's or constable's warehouse, and more than six months have elapsed without the payment, by the parties in interest, of any storage charges during that period, the sheriff or constable, as the case may be, shall proceed summarily by rule, in term time or in vacation, against the seizing plaintiff and the defendant and other parties, shown by the record to have an interest in the stored property, to show cause why the stored property should not be sold to pay and satisfy the storage charges, and other charges and commissions of the sheriff or constable. On the trial of such rule, the sheriff or constable shall be entitled to a judgment ordering the sale of the stored property, upon producing evidence that no storage charges have been paid thereon for a period in excess of six months. If any party to the suit cannot be served for any reason, he shall be represented by an attorney-at-law to be appointed by the court, and the return of the sheriff or constable that the party cannot be located for service, shall be sufficient authority for the appointment of an attorney-at-law. When the property is ordered sold, pursuant to the provisions of this Section and 13:3877, it shall be sold by the sheriff or constable, as the case may be, without appraisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, after advertisement as required by law for the sale of movable property. No suspensive appeal shall be taken from any judgment ordering the sale of stored property, unless the party appealing furnish bond, with good and solvent surety, conditioned as the law directs, for double the amount of the charges, costs and commissions due the sheriff or constable.

Amended by Acts 1964, No. 159.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.15
Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial clerk's fund
Status: in_force

No salary shall be paid from the judicial clerk's fund for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District to any of the judges of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District except as may be paid for administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 511, §1, eff. July 19, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3721
Parol evidence to prove debt or liability of deceased person; objections not waivable
Status: in_force

Parol evidence shall not be received to prove any debt or liability of a deceased person against his succession representative, heirs, or legatees when no suit to enforce it has been brought against the deceased prior to his death, unless within one year of the death of the deceased:

(1) A suit to enforce the debt or liability is brought against the succession representative, heirs, or legatees of the deceased;

(2) The debt or liability is acknowledged by the succession representative as provided in Article 3242 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or by his placing it on a tableau of distribution, or petitioning for authority to pay it;

(3) The claimant has opposed a petition for authority to pay debts, or a tableau of distribution, filed by the succession representative, on the ground that it did not include the debt or liability in question; or

(4) The claimant has submitted to the succession representative a formal proof of his claim against the succession, as provided in Article 3245 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The provisions of this section cannot be waived impliedly through the failure of a litigant to object to the admission of evidence which is inadmissible thereunder.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.8
Eighth judicial district
Status: in_force

The eighth judicial district court shall have one judge.

Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:995.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 995.1
Judicial building fund
Status: in_force

A. In all cases over which the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, a service charge of forty-nine dollars per filing, subject, however, to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq. is hereby imposed and shall be paid to the clerk of court when the filing is made.

B. In each criminal case where a fine is imposed or court costs are ordered to be paid, a service charge of forty-nine dollars shall be collected by the sheriff's office, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

C. The monies generated pursuant to this Section shall be forwarded by the clerk of court and sheriff to the department of finance for Jefferson Parish and placed in an account dedicated to the acquisition, construction, renovating, equipping, and maintenance of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court building or any new Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court building, and for the maintenance and payment of any bond indebtedness on any such existing facilities.

D. The Jefferson Parish Council, as governing authority of the parish of Jefferson, shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. The council, with the concurrence of the judges, en banc, may by ordinance reduce the amount of the service charges levied pursuant to this Section, if the balance of sums on deposit in the fund exceeds the requirements of the acquisition, construction, renovating, equipping, and maintenance of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court building or any new Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court building, and for the maintenance and payment of any bond indebtedness on any such existing facility.

E. The authority for a judge to impose the service charge on each civil filing and the service charge as an additional fee in each criminal case is terminated on July 1, 2034, or upon completion of the payment of any bond indebtedness on any such facility, whichever is earlier.

Acts 1990, No. 394, §1, eff. July 18, 1990; Acts 2001, No. 1012, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2006, No. 736, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1883
Compensation of marshal
Status: in_force

A. The marshals of the city courts enumerated in this Subsection shall receive as compensation for their services the following minimum salaries, payable monthly on their own warrant and which, except as otherwise indicated, shall be paid in equal proportions by the respective governing authorities of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities, where the court has territorial jurisdiction:

(1) Abbeville $ 3,000

(2) Alexandria $ 4,200

(3) Bossier City $ 7,200 ($5,000 by city and $2,200 by parish; provided, however, that unless and until the city council of Bossier City ratifies and approves payment of the $2,000 increase in compensation, provided for herein, the city of Bossier shall only be required to pay the sum of $3,000 of the compensation of the marshal of the city court of Bossier.)

(4) Eunice $ 15,000 ($7,500 by city and $7,500 by parish)

(5) Hammond $ 6,000 (Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the marshal of the city court of Hammond shall be paid by the governing authorities of the city and parish a minimum salary in an amount equal to the amount of the salary which he is receiving on the effective date of this Paragraph.)

(6) Lafayette $ 5,400 ($2,970 by city and $2,430 by parish)

(7) Lake Charles $ 7,500

(8) Minden $ 3,000

(9) Monroe $ 14,400 ($7,200 by city and $7,200 by parish)

(10) Morgan City $ 1,800 (The marshal of the city court of Morgan City shall be paid by the governing authorities of the city of Morgan City and the parish of St. Mary in a proportion which the population of the city of Morgan City within Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish and the population of the unincorporated portions of Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish bear to the total population of Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish as determined and adjusted from time to time by the decennial United States census.)

(11) New Iberia $ 9,600 (payable by city only)

(12) Rayne $ 3,000

(13) Ruston $ 2,400

(14) Shreveport $ 12,500 (by city only)

(15) Springhill $ 3,600

(16) Sulphur $ 6,000

(17) West Monroe $ 14,400 ($7,200 by city and $7,200 by parish)

(18) Houma $ 36,000 (Source is all civil fees as enumerated in R.S. 33:5808 if sufficient. If insufficient, the general fund of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government shall subsidize in the form of a salary. Any surplus from the civil fees over and above the minimum salary shall be remitted into the general fund of the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.)

B. The marshals of the following city courts shall receive an annual salary, payable monthly on their own warrants, which shall be fixed and paid by the respective governing authorities of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities, where the court has territorial jurisdiction, in the proportions that they may determine: Bastrop, Bogalusa, Bunkie, Crowley. The annual salary paid by the city of Bunkie shall not be less than six hundred dollars.

C. Except as provided in R.S. 13:2071, in all other cases the marshal's salary shall be paid by the governing body of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities, where the court has territorial jurisdiction, in such amounts as they may determine, except that where the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is more than ten thousand inhabitants, the marshal shall receive a minimum annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the city and parish on the warrant of the marshal.

D.(1) The marshals of the city courts enumerated in Subsections A, B, and C of this Section shall also receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace courts.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the salary paid to him by the city of Lafayette, the marshal of the City Court of Lafayette may receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace courts, not to exceed fifty percent of the salary paid to the marshal by the city of Lafayette. The remainder of the fees and commissions collected shall be used to defray the operational and necessary related expenses of the office of the marshal.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the salary paid to him by the city of Shreveport, the marshal of the City Court of Shreveport may receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace courts, not to exceed fifty percent of the salary paid to the marshal by the city of Shreveport. The remainder of the fees and commissions collected shall be used to defray the operational and necessary related expenses of the office of the marshal.

E. The governing authority of the city of Shreveport may increase the compensation of the marshal of the city court in such amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A of this Section as it may determine.

F. Either the governing authority of the city of Minden or the governing authority of the parish of Webster, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay to the marshal of the City Court of Minden in such an amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.

G. Either the governing authority of the city of Springhill or the governing authority of the parish of Webster, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay to the marshal of the City Court of Springhill in such an amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.

H. Either the governing authority of the city of Morgan City or the governing authority of the parish of St. Mary, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay to the marshal of the City Court of Morgan City in such an amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.

I. The marshal of the City Court of Natchitoches shall be paid fifty-two thousand dollars annually by the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches. The governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches shall contribute one thousand two hundred dollars annually towards the salary of the marshal and shall remit this amount to the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches to be deposited into the general fund of the city.

J. Either the governing authority of the city of Rayne or the governing authority of the parish of Acadia, or both, may increase the compensation that either or both pay to the marshal of the City Court of Rayne in such an amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A of this Section as either or both may determine.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1962 No. 202, §1; 1962, No. 295, §1; Acts 1962, No. 414, §1; Acts 1967, No. 34, §1; Acts 1968, No. 205, §1; Acts 1972, No. 367, §1; Acts 1974, No. 118, §1; Acts 1974, No. 119, §1; Acts 1974, No. 365, §2; Acts 1979, No. 742, §1; Acts 1980, No. 188, §1; Acts 1983, No. 372, §1; Acts 1986, No. 171, §1; Acts 1986, No. 352, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 268, §1, eff. July 7, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 526, §1; Acts 2003, No. 392, §§1 and 3; Acts 2008, No. 845, §1; Acts 2018, No. 601, §1, eff. May 30, 2018; Acts 2021, No. 97, §1, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 230, §1; Acts 2024, No. 134, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5107
Service of citation and process
Status: in_force

A.(1) In all suits filed against the state of Louisiana or a state agency, citation and service may be obtained by citation and service on the attorney general of Louisiana, or on any employee in his office above the age of sixteen years, or any other proper officer or person, depending upon the identity of the named defendant and in accordance with the laws of this state, and on the department, board, commission, or agency head or person, depending upon the identity of the named defendant and in accordance with the laws of this state, and on the department, board, commission, or agency head or person, depending upon the identity of the named defendant and the identity of the named board, commission, department, agency, or officer through which or through whom suit is to be filed against.

(2) Service shall be requested upon the attorney general within ninety days of filing suit. This shall be sufficient to comply with the requirements of Subsection D of this Section and also Code of Civil Procedure Article 1201(C). However, the duty of the defendant served through the attorney general to answer the suit or file other responsive pleadings does not commence to run until the additional service required upon the department, board, commission, or agency head has been made.

B. In all suits filed against a political subdivision of the state, or any of its departments, offices, boards, commissions, agencies or instrumentalities, citation and service may be obtained on any proper agent or agents designated by the local governing authority and in accordance with the laws of the state provided that the authority has filed notice of the designation of agent for service of process with and paid a fee of ten dollars to the secretary of state, who shall maintain such information with the information on agents for service of process for corporations. If no agent or agents are designated for service of process, as shown by the lack of such designation in the records of the secretary of state, citation and service may be obtained on the district attorney, parish attorney, city attorney, or any other proper officer or person, depending upon the identity of the named defendant and in accordance with the laws of the state, and on the department, board, commission, or agency head or person, depending upon the identity of the named defendant and the identity of the named board, commission, department, agency, or officer through which or through whom suit is to be filed against.

C. In all suits in which title to lands or waterbottoms under the jurisdiction of the state land office is or may be at issue, and in all possessory actions, boundary disputes, trespass actions, actions involving alleged acquisitive prescription of immovable property, declaratory judgments, injunctions, and concursus proceedings involving such lands or waterbottoms, citation and service of all pleadings also shall be made on the register of the state land office. In all suits in which property rights, mineral rights, or authorities under the jurisdiction of the State Mineral and Energy Board may also be at issue, citation and service of all pleadings shall also be made on the secretary of the Department of Conservation and Energy.

D.(1) In all suits in which the state, a state agency, or political subdivision, or any officer or employee thereof is named as a party, service of citation shall be requested within ninety days of the commencement of the action or the filing of a supplemental or amended petition which initially names the state, a state agency, or political subdivision or any officer or employee thereof as a party. This requirement may be expressly waived by the defendant in such action by any written waiver. If not waived, a request for service of citation upon the defendant shall be considered timely if requested on the defendant within the time period provided by this Section, notwithstanding insufficient or erroneous service.

(2) If service is not requested by the party filing the action within the period required in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the action shall be dismissed without prejudice, after contradictory motion as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Article 1672(C), as to the state, state agency, or political subdivision, or any officer or employee thereof, upon whom service was not requested within the period required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) When the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, or any officer or employee thereof, is dismissed as a party pursuant to this Section, the filing of the action, even as against other defendants, shall not interrupt or suspend the running of prescription as to the state, state agency, or political subdivision, or any officer or employee thereof; however, the effect of interruption of prescription as to other persons shall continue.

Acts 1975, No. 434, §1. Acts 1983, No. 586, §1; Acts 1985, No. 861, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. May 9, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 518, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2010, No. 55, §1; Acts 2012, No. 770, §1, eff. June 12, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 379, §1, eff. May 30, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 242, §1; Acts 2023, No. 150, §3, eff. Jan. 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1630 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1630
Law clerks
Status: in_force

Each judge of the juvenile court is hereby authorized to employ law clerks to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerks may assign. The salary of each such law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.74 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.74
Salary of marshal
Status: in_force

The marshal of the city court shall receive annual salary of forty-eight hundred dollars, payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the town of Breaux Bridge and the police jury of St. Martin Parish. The town of Breaux Bridge and the police jury of St. Martin Parish, or either of them may pay such additional salary to the marshal as they may deem proper.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 477
Judicial districts
Status: in_force

There shall be forty-one judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows:

(1) The parish of Caddo shall compose the First District. The First District shall consist of three election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 71, 73A & 73B, 80, 81, 82A & 82B, 83A & 83B, 84, 85A & 85B, 86, 96, 98, 130, 131, 135, 137A & 137B, and 140 of Caddo Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 35, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56A & 56B, 59, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76A & 76B, 77, 99, 126, 127, 128, and 129 of Caddo Parish. Election section three shall consist of Precincts 4, 69, 75, 78, 79, 87, 88, 89A & 89B & 89C, 90A & 90B, 91A & 91B, 92, 93, 94, 95A & 95B, 97A & 97B, 122, 123, 124, 125, 132A & 132B, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159 of Caddo Parish.

(2) The parishes of Jackson, Claiborne, and Bienville shall compose the Second District.

(3) The parishes of Lincoln and Union shall compose the Third District.

(4) The parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse shall compose the Fourth District. The Fourth District shall consist of two election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 10-5, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-17, and 10-22 of Ouachita Parish. Election section two shall consist of Morehouse Parish and Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-13, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 5-19, 5-20, 5-21, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 8-1, 8-2, 9-1, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-6, 10-10, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 10-18, 10-19, 10-20, 10-21, 10-23, and 10-24 of Ouachita Parish.

(5) The parishes of West Carroll, Richland, and Franklin shall compose the Fifth District.

(6) The parishes of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas shall compose the Sixth District.

(7) The parishes of Catahoula and Concordia shall compose the Seventh District.

(8) The parish of Winn shall compose the Eighth District.

(9) The parish of Rapides shall compose the Ninth District.

(10) The parish of Natchitoches shall compose the Tenth District.

(11) The parish of Sabine shall compose the Eleventh District.

(12) The parish of Avoyelles shall compose the Twelfth District.

(13) The parish of Evangeline shall compose the Thirteenth District.

(14) The parish of Calcasieu shall compose the Fourteenth District. The Fourteenth District shall consist of three election sections.

(a) Election section one shall consist of Precincts 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 315E, 315W, 316E, 317, 318, 319N, 319S, 320E, 320W, 321, 322, 323, 324, 327, 328, 329, 330, 332N, 332S, 360, 361, 364, 371N, 800, 801, 860S, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish.

(b) Election section two shall consist of Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166E, 166W, 167, 260, 261, 262, 306, 314, 316W, 326, 331, 335, 337, 338, 339, 340, 362, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371S, 372, 440, 441, 461, 463, 464, and 860N of Calcasieu Parish.

(c) Election section three shall consist of Precincts 325, 333, 334, 336, 363, 365, 366, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 460E, 460W, 465, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469, 560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 700, 701, 702, 703, 760, 761, and 762 of Calcasieu Parish.

(15) The parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion shall compose the Fifteenth District. The Fifteenth District shall consist of five election sections. Election section one shall consist of precincts 1-3A, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8 of Acadia Parish and precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 14A, 14B, 15A, 15B, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, and 68 of Lafayette Parish. Election section two shall consist of precincts 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13 of Lafayette Parish. Election section three shall consist of precincts 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34A, 34B, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 55, 60, 66, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85A, 85B, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106 of Lafayette Parish. Election section four shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3B, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-6A*, 3-6B*, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4 of Acadia Parish. Election section five shall consist of Vermilion Parish.

(16) The parishes of St. Mary, Iberia, and St. Martin shall compose the Sixteenth District. The Sixteenth District shall consist of two election sections. Election section one shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 4-1, 2-1, 2-3, 1-4, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 11-6, 9-1, 9-3, 10-2, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-6, 2-5, 14-2, 11-7, 12-4, 12-8, 10-1, and 3-4 of Iberia Parish; precincts 1-4, 2-1 & 2-3, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3, 6-3, 7-2, 7-3, 3-7, 1-6, 2-4, 3-8, 3-5, and 3-9 of St. Martin Parish; and precincts 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 14 of St. Mary Parish. Election section two shall consist of precincts 1-3, 5-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 1-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 7-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 9-2, 9-4, 9-5, 6-5, 10-3, 10-4, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 3-5, 5-8, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 14-1, 14-3, 14-4, 13-2, 14-6, 14-5, 5-5, 2-4, 4-6, 7-7, 8-6, 5-7, 6-4, 12-5, 12-7, 13-3, and 13-1 of Iberia Parish; precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-6, 4-6, 3-4, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 & 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 7-1, 7-4, 8-1, 9-4, 9-5, 8-3, 8-4, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 1-7, and 8-2 of St. Martin Parish; and precincts 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 18A, 19A, 34A, and 35A of St. Mary Parish.

(17) The parish of Lafourche shall compose the Seventeenth District.

(18) The parishes of Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall compose the Eighteenth District.

(19) The parish of East Baton Rouge shall compose the Nineteenth District. The Nineteenth District shall consist of two election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-44, 1-45, 1-46, 1-50, 1-51, 1-52, 1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-58, 1-60, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-67, 1-68, 1-70, 1-71, 1-72, 1-76, 1-77, 1-78, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88, 1-91, 1-92, 1-93, 1-94, 1-95, 1-96, 1-97, 1-100, 1-101, 1-102, 1-104, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36, 2-37, 2-38, 3-8, 3-11, 3-24, 3-27, 3-28, 3-32, 3-42, 3-54, and 3-72 of East Baton Rouge Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 1-8, 1-12, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-56, 1-57, 1-59, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-69, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-79, 1-80, 1-89, 1-90, 1-98, 1-99, 1-103, 1-105, 1-106, 1-107, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-33, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-25, 3-26, 3-29, 3-30, 3-31, 3-33, 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-43, 3-44, 3-45, 3-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-49, 3-50, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-55, 3-56, 3-57, 3-58, 3-59, 3-60, 3-61, 3-62, 3-63, 3-64, 3-65, 3-66, 3-67, 3-68, 3-69, 3-70, 3-71, 3-73, 3-74, 3-75, and 3-76 of East Baton Rouge Parish.

(20) The parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana shall compose the Twentieth District.

(21) The parishes of Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St. Helena shall compose the Twenty-First District.

(22) The parishes of Washington and St. Tammany shall compose the Twenty-Second District.

(23) The parishes of Assumption, Ascension, and St. James shall compose the Twenty-third District. The Twenty-third District shall consist of two election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 15, 27A, 27B, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35A, and 35B of Ascension Parish, Precincts 1-1, 7-1, and 7-1A of Assumption Parish, and Precincts 7, 7A, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 15A of St. James Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 9, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12, 13, 14, 16A, 16B, 21A, 21B, 22A, 22B, 23, 31, 34, 36, 37, 40, 41, and 42 of Ascension Parish, Precincts 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1, 6-1A, 6-2, 6-3, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 9-1, and 9-2 of Assumption Parish, and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 16, 17, 17A, and 18 of St. James Parish.

(24) The parish of Jefferson shall compose the Twenty-Fourth District. The Twenty-Fourth District shall consist of three election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194A, 194B, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216A, 216B, 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 246, 247, 248, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 12-G, 13-G, 1-GI, 1-L, 1-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 13-KA, 13-KB, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K, 18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 34-K, and 35-K of Jefferson Parish. Election section three shall consist of Precincts 104, 108, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157A, 157B, 173, 179A, 179B, 180, 181, 187, 188, 200, 201, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 31-K, 33-K, 2-W, and 3-W of Jefferson Parish.

(25) The parish of Plaquemines shall compose the Twenty-Fifth District.

(26) The parishes of Bossier and Webster shall compose the Twenty-Sixth District.

(27) The parish of St. Landry shall compose the Twenty- Seventh District. The Twenty-Seventh District shall consist of four election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-24, 1-27, 1-29, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, and 5-3A of St. Landry Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 1-6, 1-10, 1-17, 1-17A, 1-26, 1-28, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-15, 4-16, 5-1, 5-2, 5-4, and 5-7 of St. Landry Parish. Election section three shall consist of Precincts 1-3, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 1-18, 1-22, 1-23, 1-25, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6 of St. Landry Parish. Election section four shall consist of Precincts 1-14, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16, and 6-17 of St. Landry Parish.

(28) The parish of LaSalle shall compose the Twenty-Eighth District.

(29) The parish of St. Charles shall compose the Twenty-Ninth District.

(30) The parish of Vernon shall compose the Thirtieth District.

(31) The parish of Jefferson Davis shall compose the Thirty-First District.

(32) The parish of Terrebonne shall compose the Thirty-Second District.

(33) The parish of Allen shall compose the Thirty-Third District.

(34) The parish of St. Bernard shall compose the Thirty-Fourth District.

(35) The parish of Grant shall compose the Thirty-Fifth District.

(36) The parish of Beauregard shall compose the Thirty-Sixth District.

(37) The parish of Caldwell shall compose the Thirty-Seventh District.

(38) The parish of Cameron shall compose the Thirty-Eighth District.

(39) The parish of Red River shall compose the Thirty-Ninth District.

(40) The parish of St. John the Baptist shall compose the Fortieth District.

(41) Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

(42) The parish of DeSoto shall compose the Forty-Second District.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 13, §1, eff. January 1, 1979, and by Acts 1975, No. 728, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 47, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977; Acts 1977, No. 164, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1977, No. 620, §18, eff. Jan. 3, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 14, §1, eff. March 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 635, §1, eff. March 1, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1992, No. 1069, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 214, §1; Acts 1993, No. 780, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1993; Acts 1994, 3 rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 377, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1998, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 99, §1, eff. May 5, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 403, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 457, §1, eff. June 1, 2012; Acts 2012, No. 474, §§2, 4, and 5(A); Acts 2020, No. 126, §1, eff. June 9, 2020; Acts 2025, No. 243, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 1998, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 99, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 126, §2, regarding precincts referenced in the Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4687 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4687
Divorce proceedings; confidential status of pleadings and testimony upon reconciliation
Status: in_force

A. Whenever the parties to a divorce proceeding shall effect a reconciliation and resume marital life together prior to rendition of judgment on the merits in the district court, and the plaintiff's petition is withdrawn, the court, upon joint motion of plaintiff and defendant, may order that all pleadings and testimony be separated from other court records and maintained in a confidential status, inaccessible to any person except upon order of court upon joint motion of both litigants.

B. The court may punish for contempt anyone violating the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.15
Salary of clerk
Status: in_force

The salary of the clerk shall be a minimum of four hundred dollars per month. Such salary shall be paid in equal proportions by the city of Slidell and the police jury of the parish of St. Tammany, state of Louisiana.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §15. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4345 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4345
Penalty for failure of sheriff to procure and provide certificates required by law
Status: in_force

A sheriff who neglects to procure and provide the certificates required by law before a judicial sale under a writ of fieri facias or of seizure and sale shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and all costs of court. One half of this fine shall be paid to the complainant and the other half shall be retained by the state.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 2019, No. 415, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3477 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3477
Inability or refusal of constable or deputy constable to act; employment of sheriff or deputy; appointment of special deputy constable
Status: in_force

In case of the inability or refusal to act on the part of the constable or a duly appointed deputy constable because of relationship, sickness, or from other causes in civil suits, and in case of the execution of conservatory writs in civil suits, the justices of the peace may employ either the sheriff or his deputy or appoint a special deputy constable to execute all orders, citations, summons, seizures, and writs.

Acts 1989, No. 295, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:783.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 783.1
Orleans Parish; retired clerks of civil district court and clerk's employees; creation of fund
Status: in_force

A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, there is hereby created within the office of the Clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans a special fund which shall be known as the Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court's Office Retired Employees Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "OPCOCVDCREIF", to finance the payments of insurance premiums by the clerk of Civil District Court of Orleans Parish for eligible retired clerks of civil district court and retired employees of the office of the Clerk of Civil District Court of Orleans Parish.

(2) Annually, the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans shall deposit money from the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans general fund into the OPCOCVDCREIF until the total amount of the money deposited in the OPCOCVDCREIF equals the accrued liability of the benefits payable. The accrued liability and funded status shall be recalculated annually as of the close of the fiscal year. No deposit shall be required if the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans has less than fifty thousand dollars available in its general fund after annual operations.

(3) The clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans shall invest the money in the OPCOCVDCREIF in the Louisiana Asset Management Pool.

(4) The funds and earnings invested pursuant to this Section shall be available for the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans to withdraw for the purpose of paying the insurance premiums. No earnings shall be withdrawn if the balance in the OPCOCVDCREIF is less than seventy percent of the accrued liability calculated pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. In any year following an actuarial determination that the fund balance is less than the seventy percent threshold, no earnings shall be withdrawn from the OPCOCVDCREIF, and any balance owed for the payment of insurance premiums shall be paid in full directly from the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans.

(5) The money deposited into the OPCOCVDCREIF pursuant to this Section and the accumulated earnings up to the required total shall not be appropriated except for the investment and payment of premiums as provided for in this Section.

B. The legislative auditor shall audit the fund annually and the expense of such audit shall be paid by the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans.

Acts 2021, No. 282, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5714 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5714
Notification of next of kin
Status: in_force

A. The coroner or his designee shall make every reasonable effort to notify the next of kin in all cases of deaths for which he has jurisdiction including but not limited to deaths enumerated in R.S. 13:5713(A).

B. In all other cases, including cases where a person dies of natural causes, the following persons or their designees shall make every reasonable effort to notify the next of kin within forty-eight hours of discovery of the death:

(1) The administrator of the hospital in which the person dies.

(2) The administrator or executive director of the nursing home or other facility in which the person dies.

(3) The chief of police or other chief officer of a local law enforcement agency which discovers the body of the deceased.

C. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 621, §4.

Repealed by Acts 1966, No. 312, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Acts 1985, No. 241, §1; Acts 1993, No. 491, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1293, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1564 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2018, No. 621, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4284
Return of writs of fieri facias
Status: in_force

All writs of fieri facias issued by the clerks of the several courts shall be made returnable by them as provided by law. Each sheriff shall return all writs directed to him to the clerk's office from which they issued, as provided by law, and shall pay over any moneys received thereon to the party entitled thereto, or to his attorney at law. For the breach of any duty imposed on him in this section, the sheriff is liable to the party entitled to the benefit of the writ, for the full amount specified therein, which may be recovered, on contradictory motion, before the district court of which the sheriff is the executive officer.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:698.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 698.1
Reimbursement for traveling and hotel expenses and office expenses that exceed the maximum set for reimbursement
Status: in_force

A. A district judge who incurs traveling or hotel expenses in excess of the limits established in R.S. 13:694 may claim reimbursement for such excess expense from the expense fund authorized to him by R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2.

B. A district judge who incurs office expenses in excess of the limits established in R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2 may claim reimbursement for such excess expense from the expense fund authorized to him by R.S. 13:694.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 314, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1891 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1891
Civil jurisdiction and procedure
Status: in_force

The civil jurisdiction of city courts and the pleading, practice, and procedure in them, including appellate procedure, shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5364 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5364
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1) "Veteran" means a former or current member of the United States Armed Forces or organized militia of the several states and territories, including but not limited to a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National Guard, Air National Guard, Reserves, State Guard, or a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service, Environmental Science Services Administration, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or its predecessor, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

(2) "Veterans Court program" means a program that has all of the following essential characteristics:

(a) The integration of health care, education, and housing assistance, as well as employment, job training, disability compensation counseling, and other rehabilitative services in the processing of cases in the criminal justice system.

(b) Early identification and prompt placement of eligible participants in the program, whereby they become program participants.

(c) The use of nonadversarial approach involving prosecutors and defense attorneys to promote public safety and protect the due process rights of program participants.

(d) Access to continuum of alcohol, controlled substance, mental health, suicide assessment, intervention, treatment and management, and other related treatment and rehabilitative services.

(e) Careful monitoring of treatment and services provided to program participants.

(f) A coordinated strategy to govern program responses to participants' compliance.

(g) Ongoing judicial interaction with program participants.

(h) Monitoring and evaluation of program goals and effectiveness.

(i) Continuing interdisciplinary education to promote effective program planning, implementation, and operations.

(j) Development of partnerships with public agencies and community organizations, including but not limited to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, Louisiana Works, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and any other local, state or federal agency or organization that can provide assistance to participants.

Acts 2014, No. 716, §1; Acts 2025, No. 137, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2507.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2507.1
Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Status: repealed

Acts 2004, No. 701, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 85
Judicial performance program auditing
Status: in_force

A. The judicial administrator shall be responsible for the execution of periodic performance audits of judicial programs for the various courts; however, at least one performance audit of a judicial program shall be performed each year. Such performance audits shall be conducted in accordance with accepted performance auditing principles and practices by an entity to be selected by the supreme court.

B. Performance audit reports shall be submitted to the supreme court for their review. A copy of each audit shall be made available to the governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the president of the Senate and a reasonable number of copies shall be available for public distribution.

Acts 1999, No. 1176, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4683 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4683
Same; delivery to depository of copy of brief and transcript; recall
Status: in_force

The clerk of the supreme court is directed to deliver to the Law Library of the Louisiana State University, the depository designated in R.S. 13:4682, a copy of each brief filed in the supreme court, and to deliver to this depository a copy of the transcript when each case is finally disposed of by the supreme court. Any records so deposited may be recalled at pleasure by requisition of the chief justice, any associate justice or by the clerk of the supreme court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2079 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2079
Lake Charles; compensation of deputy marshals; secretary
Status: in_force

A. Deputy marshals of the city court of Lake Charles who are employed on a full time basis shall be paid an annual minimum salary of four thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly on their own warrants and in equal proportions by the city of Lake Charles and the parish of Calcasieu.

B. Deputy marshals of the city court of Lake Charles who are employed on a part time basis shall be paid an annual minimum salary of twelve hundred dollars, payable monthly on their own warrants and in equal proportions by the city of Lake Charles and the parish of Calcasieu.

C. The marshal of the city court of Lake Charles may appoint a secretary or stenographer at a salary to be fixed and paid in equal proportions by the respective governing authorities of the city of Lake Charles and the parish of Calcasieu, provided that the annual salary of the secretary or stenographer shall be not less than three thousand three hundred dollars, payable monthly.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 43, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.11
Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Acadia Parish
Status: in_force

A. As applied in the parish of Acadia, the term "housing violation" as used in this Chapter shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances.

B. In the parish of Acadia, the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter may also be used in matters involving licensing and permits and any other ordinance violations that may be determined by the parish governing authority.

C. In the parish of Acadia, any owner or mortgagee of record of property determined to be blighted or abandoned, or any party determined by a hearing officer to be in violation of any ordinance enacted pursuant to this Chapter, may appeal the determination to the appropriate district court.

Acts 2023, No. 223, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2112.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2112.1
Leesville; marshal; fees in criminal and traffic matters
Status: in_force

A. The marshal of the City Court of Leesville shall collect an additional fee of thirty dollars for each service of process rendered in all traffic and criminal matters.

B. The sum of monies collected pursuant to the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be deposited in the marshal's general fund to supplement the operational expenses of the marshal's office. The expenditure of the funds shall be at the sole discretion of the marshal of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the marshal's annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available for public inspection.

C. The assessment and disposition of any funds pursuant to this Section shall not affect the responsibilities of the city and parish governing authorities provided by law for the financing of the marshal's office of the City Court of Leesville.

Acts 2011, No. 116, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5
Ancillary office of each of the clerks of court; recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans, periods of declared state of emergency or disaster
Status: in_force

During the period in which the governor has declared a state of emergency or disaster by executive order or proclamation pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, each clerk of court and the recorder of mortgages, register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans that is affected by the disaster or emergency and is unable to function at its existing location and no other location is readily available within its parish or territorial jurisdiction is authorized to establish an ancillary office in any parish in the state. The affected offices shall retain all necessary powers, duties, and functions to maintain their effective operation and shall be limited to all matters and proceedings that were properly exercised in their original location.

Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:972 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 972
Court Reporters for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. Each judge of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court may appoint a court reporter for his division, which reporter shall hold office until it is declared vacated by the judge making such appointment.

B. Each court reporter shall take an oath of office and furnish bond for the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars and shall be in favor of the judges of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetency or neglect of duty by the court reporter. The bond shall be recorded and filed in the clerk's office in each of the parishes of the district. Any party litigant may sue on the bond for any damages sustained through any wrongful act or neglect of duty by the court reporter in the performance of his duties.

C. The court reporters shall attend the civil, criminal and juvenile sessions of the district court and shall be subject to the orders of the judges of the court. They shall take down the testimony, objections and rulings thereon, and bills offered in all civil cases, the bills of exception reserved in all criminal felony cases, and all other matters which may be directed by a judge of the court.

D.(1) In all cases the reporter shall be paid a fee of two dollars and seventy-five cents for each original thirty-two line page transcribed and, where a copy is requested by a litigant, shall furnish such copy and be paid a fee of twenty-five cents for each page thereof. At the request of any of the parties to any proceedings, or at the order of a district judge, the court reporter shall transcribe all or part of the testimony or other matter taken down and shall furnish as many copies thereof as may be required by law for an appeal. The reporter, except when ordered by the judge, shall not be required to file or furnish any transcribed testimony until the transcription fee is paid. If those parties, or the judge, direct the original transcription, each party shall pay the expense of transcribing the testimony offered by him. No fee shall be allowed for transcribing matter other than testimony, objections and rulings thereon, bills, notes of evidence, and such other matters as may be ordered by the judge. All such fees shall be paid directly to the court reporter performing the service as additional compensation and shall be taxed as costs.

(2) In case the original transcription of the court reporter's notes shall be requested by a litigant, after judgment and for the purpose of an appeal, the whole cost of transcription shall be paid primarily by the requesting party, but ultimately shall be taxed as costs.

(3) If any party refuses or fails to pay his share of the costs of transcription within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the court, the case shall be decided as if the testimony of that party had not been offered.

E. The court reporter shall preserve his notes in each case for a period of two years from the date of submission thereof.

F. The governing authority of each of the parishes comprising the Twenty-fifth Judicial District may furnish and provide the court reporter with an office or a suitable place of accommodations equipped with the necessary office furniture, including typewriters, a telephone, a desk, a chair, a table, supply cabinet, and files. Each court reporter shall furnish all other supplies and equipment such as adding machines, paper, carbon paper, stenograph machines, shorthand pads and all other supplies and equipment necessary for the taking and transcribing of testimony. In addition, each court reporter shall be responsible for all traveling expenses and other expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.

G. In the event of appeal or if the judge orders the transcription of a case filed in forma pauperis, the court reporter shall be paid by the governing authority at the regular page rate, out of the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund.

H. The court reporter may appoint as many deputy reporters to assist him in the work of the office consistent with the work to be done and the reporter making the appointment shall be responsible for the work of his deputies under his oath of office and bond. Each of the said reporters shall have the power to administer oaths in all matters pertaining to depositions taken outside the court to be used in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court or in other courts. Certificates issued by the said reporter and filed by him within the scope of his authority shall be received in the courts of this state as are the certificates of notaries public.

I. The clerk of court of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District shall collect from the litigant filing a suit the following amounts, which shall be paid over by him to the governing authority of the parish in which the suit is filed to be deposited into a separate account designated as the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund:

(1) In suits for divorce or separation of property, receivership proceedings, concursus proceedings, money demands of one thousand dollars or more, money demands irrespective of amount involved when accompanied by a writ of attachment, injunction, or sequestration--twenty dollars in each suit.

(2) In suits for partition, interdiction, mandamus, collection of taxes, annulment of lease, possession of leased premises, provisional seizure, petitory action, specific performance, habeas corpus proceedings, succession proceedings where the amount involved or funds to be distributed exceeds five hundred dollars other than judgments of possession, and money demands involving more than two hundred dollars and less than one thousand dollars, except confessions of judgment--fifteen dollars in each suit.

(3) Money demands of less than two hundred dollars except confessions of judgment, and in all other cases not enumerated herein--ten dollars in each suit.

J. Each of the court reporters provided for in Subsection (A) shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed and determined by the judges of the district court. The salaries shall be paid out of the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund of the parishes comprising the district. The governing authorities shall maintain the Judicial Court Reporter's Fund in a separate account and shall pay therefrom, upon approval of the district judges, the salaries, fees and expenses of the court reporters as herein provided for.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 50, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 675, §1; Acts 2007, No. 145, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5904 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5904
Additional powers
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the powers otherwise granted by this Chapter, law enforcement districts shall have the authority:

(1) To execute such contracts and other instruments and take such other action as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) To enter into management agreements whereby the law enforcement district would manage a law enforcement facility in the respective parish, including but not limited to publicly or privately owned detention facilities in the parish. A management agreement entered into by a law enforcement district shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the general credit or revenues of the law enforcement district and any payments due by the law enforcement district to the owners of the facility managed thereunder shall be payable only out of the revenues derived from the operation of the facility so managed.

B. Any contract, agreement, lease, sublease, obligation, management agreement, or other instrument entered into by the law enforcement district shall be legal, valid, and binding upon the district, including any subsequent ex officio chief executive officer of the law enforcement district, notwithstanding that the term of such contract, agreement, lease, sublease, obligation, management agreement, or other instrument extends beyond the expiration of the term of the current ex officio chief executive officer of the law enforcement district.

Acts 1990, No. 798, §1, eff. July 24, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9004 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:998 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 998
Nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees and costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of the district court in the parishes of Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, St. Landry, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, St. Bernard, Ouachita, Union, Richland, Tensas, Sabine, DeSoto, Vermilion, and Lafayette, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq., shall collect from every person filing any suit or proceeding for divorce, annulment of marriage, or establishment or disavowal of the paternity of children a nonrefundable fee of ten dollars per such suit.

NOTE: Subsection B eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

B. The clerks of the respective district courts, within thirty days of the close of each fiscal year, shall remit all funds collected pursuant to this Section to be deposited in the state treasurer's account for credit to a special statutorily dedicated fund account after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The monies in this account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the account following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Disbursement of funds shall be made by the office of children and family services in the Department of Children and Family Services, or its successor, in accordance with Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section and only in amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriations bills and shall be available for annual appropriations by the legislature.

NOTE: Subsection B as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

B. The clerks of the respective district courts, within thirty days of the close of each fiscal year, shall remit all funds collected pursuant to this Section to be deposited in the state treasurer's account for credit to a special statutorily dedicated fund account after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The monies in this account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the account following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Disbursement of funds shall be made by the Department of Children and Family Services, or its successor, in accordance with Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section and only in amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriations bills and shall be available for annual appropriations by the legislature.

C. The monies appropriated by the legislature and disbursed from this special account shall not displace, replace, or supplant appropriations from the general fund. This Subsection shall mean that no appropriation for any fiscal year from the special account shall be made for any purpose for which a general fund appropriation was made in the previous year unless the total appropriations for that fiscal year from the state general fund for such purpose exceed general fund appropriations for the previous year.

D. All monies in the account shall be used solely for the purposes of providing fiscal support to those non-profit organizations located and operating within the respective parishes that provide shelter for battered women and their children. A shelter is defined for purposes of this Section as a temporary residence providing assistance to battered women and their children in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(1)(intro. para.) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

E.(1) Within thirty days of receipt of such funds, the office of children and family services shall distribute the funds among those qualifying organizations. A qualifying organization must be recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located and operated within Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, St. Landry, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, St. Bernard, Ouachita, Union, Richland, Tensas, Sabine, DeSoto, Vermilion, or Lafayette Parish and shall provide:

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(1)(intro. para.) as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

E.(1) Within thirty days of receipt of such funds, the Department of Children and Family Services shall distribute the funds among those qualifying organizations. A qualifying organization shall be recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located and operated within Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, St. Landry, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, St. Bernard, Ouachita, Union, Richland, Tensas, Sabine, DeSoto, Vermilion, or Lafayette Parish and shall provide:

(a) A shelter with a minimum of eight beds.

(b) Two in-house meals per day.

(c) Residencies for no less than fifteen days nor more than six months.

(d) A meaningful program to assist in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

(2) Funds shall be apportioned among the qualifying organizations in each respective parish on the same percentage basis that the qualifying organizations' points bear to the total number of points of all qualifying organizations in the respective parishes. Each qualifying organization shall receive five points per available bed, one point for each percentage of bed occupancy during the year, and two points for each person sheltered for at least fifteen days. All figures shall be based on the qualifying organizations' performance during the preceding calendar year.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(3) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

(3) Organizations seeking to be qualified shall apply on an annual basis to the office of children and family services within the time and in the manner designated by the office of children and family services and afford such reasonable proof as is required to establish its entitlement to funds.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(3) as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

(3) Organizations seeking to be qualified shall apply on an annual basis to the Department of Children and Family Services within the time and in the manner designated by the department and afford such reasonable proof as is required to establish its entitlement to funds.

Acts 1995, No. 963, §1; Acts 1997, No. 573, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 141, §1; Acts 2001, No. 39, §1; Acts 2009, No. 409, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2019, No. 404, §3, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2025, No. 477, §6, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.20
Court reporter; fees
Status: in_force

A. The city judge shall appoint the clerk as court reporter or appoint a competent court reporter to take the evidence in any case in which it is necessary to do so under the laws applicable to district courts, unless the parties waive the appointment of the reporter. At the request of any party, the judge shall order the transcription of the testimony taken by the court reporter.

B. Except in pauper cases, the fees of the court reporter in civil cases shall be charged as costs in the litigation, but shall be paid primarily by the plaintiff upon completion of the transcript of the testimony, and the plaintiff shall be primarily responsible therefor, or on his failure to do so, by the defendant or any other party, and the reporter shall not be required to file the transcript before payment.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §20.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3437 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3437
Duties
Status: in_force

A. The curator shall take possession of, preserve, and administer the absent person's property. He shall enforce all obligations in favor of the absent person, shall represent him in all civil matters, and may exercise all procedural rights available to a litigant. He shall act at all times as a prudent administrator, and shall be personally responsible for all damages resulting from his failure to act.

B. When an absent person has no known heirs and is presumed dead, it shall be the duty of the curator to initiate proceedings for a declaration of death.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4988 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4988
Parties affected
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 13:4985 through R.S. 13:4990 shall be effective as to all parties including absentees, minors, and interdicts.

Acts 1952, No. 403, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:50 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 50
Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the Judicial Compensation Commission's report dated January 9, 2018:

(1) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Section, the actual salary of the judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, and district courts shall be increased by two and one-half percent on July first of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

(2) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph (3) of this Section, the state-paid actual salary of the judges of city courts and parish courts shall be increased by two and one-half percent on July first of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

(3)(a) The salary increases authorized by Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section shall be contingent upon approval prior to each July first by the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Louisiana Judicial Budgetary Control Board, after each has made a determination that the judiciary has sufficient funding from the state and other sources to fund the salary increases prior to approving the increases.

(b) Any salary increase authorized pursuant to this Section for Fiscal Year 2020 shall be funded by the judiciary.

(4) Effective July 1, 2020, any local or state official eligible for compensation pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 13:5521 shall not be eligible for a salary increase pursuant to the provisions of this Section for that same fiscal year.

Acts 2013, No. 375, §1; Acts 2019, No. 178, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.

NOTE: See Acts 2013, No. 375, §2, relative to contingency provisions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2590 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2590
Security for costs
Status: in_force

A. A justice of the peace may demand and receive up to the following amounts in all civil matters:

(1) New suit: one hundred thirty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(2) Eviction proceeding: one hundred twenty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(3) Writ of execution: sixty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(4) Appointment of keeper/curator: sixty dollars, plus storage cost if necessary.

(5) Writ of sequestration: thirty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(6) Motion and order to show cause (leased movables): sixty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(7) Petition to make judgment executory (except garnishment): sixty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(8) Reconventional or third-party demand; cross-claim; intervention: thirty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(9) Writ of fieri facias and execution: sixty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(10) Garnishment, writ of attachment through garnishment: sixty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant, plus fifteen dollars for attorney answering any interrogatories.

(11) Service of garnishment pleadings and order on defendant when garnishee is a financial institution: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(12) Interrogatories to be served: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(13) Motion for new trial: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(14) Petition for deficiency judgment (executory process): eleven dollars and fifty cents, and forty dollars for one defendant, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(15) Reissuance of citation and petition: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(16) Request for admissions to be served: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(17) Rule to show cause: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(18) Supplemental or amended pleading: thirty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(19) Motion to amend judgment: thirty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(20) Judgment debtor rule: eighty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional defendant.

(21) Motion for summary judgment: forty dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(22) Subpoena or subpoena duces tecum: forty dollars.

(23) Service of judgment: thirty dollars per party.

(24) Service of private process server: twenty dollars per party served.

(25) Act of congress: eleven dollars, and twenty dollars per additional party.

(26) Certified copies: one dollar per page.

(27) Copy of prepared transcript: fifty cents per page.

(28) Preparation of transcript: one dollar per page.

(29) Motion or petition for appeal: twenty dollars.

(30) Additional or out-of-district service of process: thirty dollars per service.

(31) Notice of seizure in garnishment: twenty dollars.

(32) Any other pleading or motion not listed, thirty dollars.

B.(1) Fifty percent of the court costs collected pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be retained by the justice of the peace for compensation and operational expenses of the office and court, and fifty percent of the court costs shall be used for compensation and operational expenses of the ward constable's office.

(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, in cases with out-of-constable jurisdiction, the justice of the peace and his ward constable's office may enter into an agreement whereby the justice of the peace shall pay any applicable fees directly to the out-of-jurisdiction server. The justice of the peace shall pay such fees from his ward constable office's portion of the court costs.

C. The fee for which the constable of a justice of the peace court is entitled pursuant to R.S. 13:5807(A)(14) for collecting money for execution of a writ, without either seizure or sale, shall be used for compensation and operational expenses of the ward constable's office.

D. Except when the plaintiff is relieved from the necessity of paying costs or furnishing security therefor, under Code of Civil Procedure Articles 5181 through 5188 or R.S. 13:4521, a justice of the peace may demand that the plaintiff provide costs in advance.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 353, §1; Acts 1980, No. 551, §1; Acts 1982, No. 184, §1; Acts 1983, No. 122, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 501, §1; Acts 1985, No. 803, §1; Acts 1987, No. 618, §1; Acts 1992, No. 960, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1237, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1259, §1; Acts 2007, No. 72, §1; Acts 2013, No. 149, §1; Acts 2017, No. 232, §1; Acts 2018, No. 261, §1; Acts 2023, No. 61, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1381.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1381.6
Filing of pleadings and documents in criminal cases by facsimile transmission
Status: in_force

Any pleading or document in a traffic or criminal action may be filed with the court by facsimile transmission in compliance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.1 if permitted by the policy of the clerk of court.

Acts 2001, No. 319, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1860 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1860
Duration of abduction prevention order
Status: in_force

An abduction prevention order remains in effect until the earliest of:

(1) The time stated in the order.

(2) The emancipation of the child.

(3) The child's attaining eighteen years of age.

(4) The time the order is modified, revoked, vacated, or superseded by a court with jurisdiction under the provisions of R.S. 13:1813 through 1815 and other applicable law of this state.

Acts 2007, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1136 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1136
Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; judges
Status: in_force

A. There shall be one civil district court for the parish of Orleans. It shall be composed of fourteen judges. The judges of division A through J of said court on July 1, 1979, shall continue to serve the terms for which they were elected. Their successors shall be elected by the qualified electors of the parish of Orleans for terms of six years.

B. Divisions K and L of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans are hereby created for the purpose of nomination and election of the judges elected to fill the two additional judgeships created by this Section. Judges elected to those divisions shall be elected by the qualified voters of Orleans Parish and shall have jurisdiction throughout the parish. One judge shall be elected to and shall preside over division K and one judge shall be elected to and shall preside over division L.

C. The judges elected to division K and L shall be elected for six-year terms at the congressional elections held in 1984 and every sixth year thereafter.

D. Divisions M and N of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans are hereby created for the purpose of nomination and election of the judges elected to fill the two additional judgeships created by this Section. Judges elected to these divisions shall be elected by the qualified voters of Orleans Parish and shall have jurisdiction throughout the parish.

E. The judges elected to divisions M and N shall be elected for a six-year term at the congressional election held in 1996 and every sixth year thereafter.

F. The additional judges shall have the same qualifications and shall receive the same emoluments of office, compensation, and expense allowances, payable from the same sources and in the same manner, as are now or may hereafter be provided for other judges of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans. Each of such judges shall have the right to appoint a crier, stenographer and minute clerk for his own section of said court, who shall perform the same duties and receive the same compensation, payable in the same manner and from the same sources, as similar officials in other sections of divisions of said court.

G. All of the judges of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall be elected at the congressional elections, commencing in 1984 and every sixth year thereafter. Each judge shall take office on the first day of January of the year following election and shall serve through December thirty-first of the last year of his term. The term of office of judges of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall be six years.

Acts 1975, No. 129, §1; Acts 1979, No. 460, §1, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 86, §1; Acts 1990, No. 8, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1990, No. 8, §2, eff. June 4, 1990; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5559 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5559
Group insurance, payment of cost
Status: in_force

A. The cost of the group insurance shall be paid by the sheriff out of the Sheriff's Salary Fund, except that the cost of the insurance for the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans and his deputies and the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans and his deputies shall be paid from the fund or funds provided or appropriated for payment of the salaries of said civil and criminal sheriffs and their respective deputies.

B. The sheriff in each parish of the state may pay from the Sheriff's Salary Fund, or its successor, all or part of the premium cost for group hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance covering the dependents of sheriffs and deputies under the policies authorized by R.S. 13:5554.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 238, §1; Acts 1977, No. 60, §1; Acts 1977, No. 474, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1450 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4523 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4523
Same; liability of surety
Status: in_force

In all cases mentioned in R.S. 13:4522 the surety for costs shall be considered a party to such suit or proceeding and shall be condemned for the amount of costs recoverable in solido with the principal if the latter is cast in the final judgment in such proceeding.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 321
Divisions of the districts of the courts of appeal
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of nomination and election only, there shall be separate and distinct divisions within each district of the various courts of appeal.

For the purposes of this Section, the word "district" shall include not only those districts provided for in R.S. 13:312, but also, any combination of those districts with regard to those judgeships to be filled by election at large throughout the said combination, and any court of appeal circuit with regard to those judgeships to be filled by election from the circuit at large.

B. The divisions provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall be designated alphabetically as division "A", division "B", division "C", etc. The judge senior in point of continuous service shall preside over division A, and the other judges of the district shall occupy the other designated divisions according to their respective periods of continuous service. In the event two or more judges in a district shall have served continuously the same length of time the judge senior in age shall occupy the division first in alphabetical order of the divisions in question.

C. A candidate for nomination and election to a judgeship of any such court of appeal, at the time of filing his declaration as a candidate therefor, shall designate only one division of the district of the court for the judgeship for which he is a candidate. All nominating and election officials and other persons provided for by law shall provide for the execution of this Section.

D. The divisions of the districts of the courts of appeal shall be determined on July 31, 1981 in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Thereafter, the establishment of any additional court of appeal judgeship shall automatically operate to create an additional division within the district wherein the additional judgeship is established. The additional divisions shall be given alphabetical designation in the order of their establishment. The successor to any judge in a district shall occupy the same division as his predecessor.

E. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section to the contrary, those judges of the court of appeal of the first circuit holding office on July 31, 1981 shall continue to occupy their respective divisions in accordance with Act 305 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Legislature. After July 31, 1981 additional divisions shall be created in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 305, §1, operative Aug. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 3, §3, eff. June 2, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:699 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 699
Expenses paid
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the payment of all or any part of the expenses for which reimbursement is provided in or authorized by R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2, each judge shall file a written itemized statement of his actual office or other expenses with the judicial administrator. The allowance payable to the judge shall be equivalent to those expenses which have been actually incurred by such judge in the discharge of his duties and which have been approved by the judicial administrator.

B. The expenses authorized by R.S. 13:698 and R.S. 13:1341.2 shall be payable monthly from the state general fund on each judge's own warrant. The warrant shall be accompanied by the judicial administrator's written certification approving such expenses.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 743, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2612 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2612
Territorial jurisdiction; Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

Effective January 1, 1997, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts in Pointe Coupee Parish shall be the same as the parish police jury districts within the parish and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for those courts at the 1996 congressional election shall be elected from those districts. If the police jury district lines are changed thereafter, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts shall also be changed to coincide with the new police jury district lines effective at the beginning of the next regular term of office for justices of the peace and constables. However, in the event that the change in police jury district lines increases or reduces the number of police jury districts, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts shall not be changed but shall remain the same.

NOTE: §2612 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 253, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.

NOTE: The provisions of Acts 2021, No. 253 are effective for election purposes with the opening of the qualifying period for the regularly scheduled 2026 primary election for justices of the peace and constables, and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts in Pointe Coupee Parish at the next regularly scheduled election and their successors shall be elected from the districts provided in Acts 2021, No. 253. The provisions of this Acts 2021, No. 253 shall be effective for all other purposes beginning Jan. 1, 2027.

§2612. Territorial jurisdiction; Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace courts and constables

Effective January 1, 2026, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Pointe Coupee Parish shall be the same as the eight parish council districts within the parish. If the council district lines are changed thereafter, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts and constables shall also be changed to coincide with the new council district lines effective at the beginning of the next regular term of office for justices of the peace and constables. However, in the event that the change in council district lines increases or reduces the number of council districts, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts and constables shall not be changed but shall remain the same.

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1; Acts 2021, No. 253, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715.4
Confidentiality of risk management and other information
Status: in_force

A.(1) The legislature finds and declares that medical professional liability insurers, health care provider professional and public liability trusts created pursuant to R.S. 22:46, the office of risk management, and the Patient's Compensation Fund have professional liability claim information that would facilitate identification of an underlying cause of an unanticipated, adverse patient outcome or a professional liability loss, or both. The purpose of this Section is to encourage a medical professional liability insurer, health care provider professional and public liability trust created pursuant to R.S. 22:46, the office of risk management, and the Patient's Compensation Fund to use professional liability claim information to conduct studies, review data, and promote practice changes for the purpose of improving patient health care quality or reducing professional liability claims, or both.

(2) Information of any kind, whether created, generated, or compiled by a medical professional liability insurance company, health care provider professional and public liability trust created pursuant to R.S. 22:46, the office of risk management, or the Patient's Compensation Fund, including but not limited to a third-party administrator or risk manager thereof, to identify an underlying cause of an unanticipated, adverse patient outcome or a professional liability loss, or both, and any risk management or loss prevention conclusion or recommendation shall be deemed confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, produced in response to court subpoena or court order, admitted into evidence in any civil action, or subject to the provisions of R.S. 44:1 et seq., the Public Records Act. The foregoing notwithstanding, factual information that is otherwise discoverable from the health care provider, subject to subpoena to the health care provider, or admissible in evidence shall not be deemed confidential because it has been reviewed or used for purposes of risk management or loss prevention, or both, by a medical professional liability insurer, health care provider professional and public liability trust created pursuant to R.S. 22:46, the office of risk management, or the Patient's Compensation Fund.

(3) No individual or person involved in creating, generating, compiling, or analyzing such confidential information or who was in attendance at any meeting in which such information is discussed, created, generated, compiled, or analyzed shall be required to testify in any medical review panel proceeding, arbitration proceeding, or civil action as to any discussion, finding, recommendation, opinion, proceeding, or other action of the medical professional liability insurer, health care provider professional and public liability trust created pursuant to R.S. 22:46, the office of risk management, or the Patient's Compensation Fund.

B. Any court order or judgment ordering production or admissibility in evidence of any information described in the provisions of this Section, except an order for an in camera inspection, shall be deemed to be an interlocutory judgment which may cause irreparable injury and shall be subject to appeal pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 2081 et seq.

Acts 2005, No. 63, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4261.101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4261.101
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the Supported Decisionmaking Agreement Act, and may also be cited as the Dustin Gary Act.

Acts 2020, No. 258, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1277 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1277
Supplies
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court shall furnish the court reporters with the supplies which they may need for the transcription of their notes.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.28 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.28
Sessions
Status: in_force

The city court shall be open every day for the transaction of the judicial business before it, except on legal holidays, and shall hold its sessions in accordance with the rules and regulations that it shall adopt.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §28.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4241
Definition
Status: in_force

In this Part "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

Acts 1985, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1802
Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) "Abandoned" means left without provision for reasonable and necessary care or supervision.

(2) "Child" means an individual who has not attained eighteen years of age.

(3) "Child custody determination" means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial, and modification order. The term does not include an order relating to child support or other monetary obligation of an individual.

(4) "Child custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, and protection from domestic violence, in which the issue may appear. The term does not include a proceeding involving juvenile delinquency, contractual emancipation, or enforcement under Subpart C of this Part.

(5) "Commencement" means the filing of the first pleading in a proceeding.

(6) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child custody determination.

(7)(a) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. In the case of a child less than six months of age, the term means the state in which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. A period of temporary absence of any of the mentioned persons is part of the period.

(b) When a parent or a person acting as a parent is required to evacuate this state with a minor child because of an emergency or disaster declared under the provisions of R.S. 29:721 et seq., or declared by federal authority, and for an unforeseen reason resulting from the effects of such emergency or disaster is unable to return to this state for an extended period of time, this state shall be determined to be the home state if the child lived with his parents, a parent, or a person acting as his parent for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the time involved.

(8) "Initial determination" means the first child custody determination concerning a particular child.

(9) "Issuing court" means the court that makes a child custody determination for which enforcement is sought under this Act.

(10) "Issuing state" means the state in which a child custody determination is made.

(11) "Modification" means a child custody determination that changes, replaces, supersedes, or is otherwise made after a previous determination concerning the same child, whether or not it is made by the court that made the previous determination.

(12) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(13) "Person acting as a parent" means a person, other than a parent, who:

(a) Has physical custody of the child or has had physical custody for a period of six consecutive months, including any temporary absence, within one year immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding; and

(b) Has been awarded legal custody by a court or claims a right to legal custody under the laws of this state.

(14) "Physical custody" means the physical care and supervision of a child.

(15) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(16) "Tribe" means an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan Native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state.

(17) "Warrant" means an order issued by a court authorizing law enforcement officers to take physical custody of a child.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3047 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3047
Time for service of jurors in civil cases
Status: in_force

In districts composed of more than one parish, the jurors drawn for the first week of the session shall constitute the jury in civil cases for that week, and those drawn for the second shall serve for the time for which they are drawn, provided, that if the jury drawn for any week of the session do not serve as jurors during that week, they may be required to serve during a subsequent week of any session of the court until another venire is drawn by the commission, unless sooner discharged by the district judge. If a jury be empaneled in any case, and the trial commenced and the week for which the jury is drawn expires, such jurors shall continue to serve in the cause in which they are empaneled, until a verdict is rendered or they are discharged by the court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5830 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5830
Collection of fees
Status: in_force

Three months after the institution of any suit, each constable may demand his fees from the party by whom the fees are due. On failure to pay, the judge of the city court may, after proof has been adduced of the correctness of the amount, contradictorily with the party against whom the motion is made, issue a writ of fieri facias in favor of the constable. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as preventing either constable from collecting his fees from the defendant at any time after judgment against such defendant.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 461, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1740 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5130 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5130
Bonds invalidated only for substantial defects; matters of form disregarded
Status: in_force

No court in which a proceeding to invalidate or sustain bonds is brought shall invalidate the bonds unless it finds substantial defects, material errors and omissions in the incidents of such bond issue. Matters of form shall be disregarded.

Acts 1972, No. 385, §1, eff. July 26, 1972.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3712.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3712.1
Labor reports; child and spousal support proceedings; prima facie proof
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:3712, whenever a copy of a self-authenticating report from Louisiana Works, or from any state or federal reporting agency, is offered in evidence in any child or spousal support proceeding, it shall be received by the court as prima facie proof of its contents.

Acts 1997, No. 604, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2622 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2622
Territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts of Plaquemines Parish
Status: in_force

A. The territorial jurisdiction of the several justice of the peace courts within the parish of Plaquemines, as they exist on August 1, 2024, shall continue in effect until changed in accordance with the law.

B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the justice of the peace in Ward Three shall serve as the justice of the peace in Ward Three and Ward Four. The territorial limits of the justice of the peace in Ward Three shall include the territorial limits of Ward Four.

Acts 2024, No. 81, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4685 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4685
Construction of R.S. 13:4682 through 13:4685; intention
Status: in_force

Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to hamper the supreme court in the performance of its judicial functions, it being the sole purpose and intention of R.S. 13:4682 through 13:4685 to provide for the preservation of duplicate records no longer necessary for the business of the court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.10
Additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of DeRidder
Status: in_force

A. As applied in the city of DeRidder, the term "housing violation" as used in this Chapter shall also encompass building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances, and ordinances that provide for the regulation of sewerage and drainage systems.

B. In the city of DeRidder, the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter may also be used in matters involving licensing and permits and any other ordinance violations as determined by the governing authority of the city of DeRidder.

Acts 2023, No. 118, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.38
Thirty-Eighth judicial district
Status: in_force

The Thirty-Eighth Judicial District Court shall have one judge.

Added by Acts 1978. No. 14, §2, eff. March 1, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 39, §22, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2071.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2071.1
Baton Rouge City Court; probation officers
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court and judicial administrator of Baton Rouge City Court shall have authority to commission Baton Rouge City Court probation officers, one of whom may be designated as chief of probation. The Baton Rouge City Court Probation Division shall be recognized as a law enforcement agency.

B. Baton Rouge City Court probation officers shall be required to successfully complete a certified Peace Officer Standards and Training program and, upon successful completion of such training, shall be considered Louisiana peace officers and commissioned probation officers.

C. Baton Rouge City Court probation officers shall have the power and authority to make arrests, serve notices, orders, subpoenas, and writs, conduct authorized home visits, job verifications, conduct verifications of Baton Rouge City Court warrants, execute all orders, and perform any other duties incidental to their office. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to relieve the sheriff or constable from the duties as set forth in R.S. 13:5539.

D. Employment of probation officers by Baton Rouge City Court for its exclusive service shall in no way be affected by or limit the court in availing itself of the services of such officers or other employees as may be provided by the state or the city of Baton Rouge.

Acts 2019, No. 379, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.11
Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund
Status: in_force

No salary shall be paid from the Judicial Expense Fund for the Fourteenth Judicial District to any of the judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District except as may be paid for administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 547, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3717 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3717
Uniform proof of statutes law; printed books and pamphlets as prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Printed books or pamphlets purporting on their face to be the session or other statutes of any of the United States, or the territories thereof, or of any foreign jurisdictions, and to have been printed and published by the authority of any such state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction, or proved to be commonly recognized in its courts, shall be received in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of such statutes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:750.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 750.1
Personal liability of the clerk, his deputies and employees
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court is not personally liable for any damage or loss arising out of the performance of the duties imposed upon him in any capacity or for any reason unless the damage or loss is caused by his willful, wanton, or intentional act designed to cause injury. Neither is the clerk personally liable for the actions or negligence of any deputy or employee appointed or employed by him in the performance of any duty or obligation imposed upon the clerk in any capacity.

B. No deputy or other employee of the clerk of court employed or appointed for the performance of any duty or obligation imposed upon the clerk by law as clerk of the court, ex officio recorder of mortgages and conveyances, or in any other capacity is liable for any damage or loss arising out of or related to the performance of his duties unless the damage or loss is caused by his willful, wanton, or intentional act designed to cause injury.

C. Neither the clerk in his official capacity nor any of the deputies or employees are liable for improperly filing, failing or refusing to file, erroneously issuing or failing to issue or canceling any instrument from the records of his office or in taking any other action with respect to his records, their indexes or other performance of his duties when:

(1) The clerk has been directed to do so by order of any court of the state or United States or by any sheriff, marshal, or other officer pursuant to execution of a writ issued by such a court or when an officer is otherwise acting or purporting to act in his official capacity.

(2) Acting as ex officio recorder of mortgages or conveyances, he cancels and erases from his records or takes any other action with respect to any instrument in response to a request to do so when he is presented with the evidence or documents prescribed by law authorizing the same, whether or not such requests or records are genuine or what they purport to be.

Acts 2004, No. 769, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1312
Judicial expense fund; sources, control, and administration
Status: in_force

A. The clerks of the First and Second City Court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. The judges, en banc, of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans and the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. They shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

B. The judges of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans and the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans, sitting en banc, shall have control over the judicial expense fund for the parish of Orleans, accruing and accrued, and to this end shall fix and regulate from time to time the number of deputies and employees of the offices of the clerks of the City Courts and their expenses, and also shall have the power to fix the tariff of costs and charges to be paid for official services in the offices, which are paid into, and constitute the fund; due publication of which tariff, when made, shall be given. They shall have power to determine whether any amounts from the fund shall be devoted to the expense or payment of taking testimony by shorthand and to regulate and provide for the same. The judges are authorized to contribute out of the fund, to the embellishment, maintenance, improvement or repair, or both, of each courtroom, the courthouse itself or its furnishings, or both, and may contribute to any pension, retirement system and group hospitalization plans to which officers and employees paid out of the fund may belong.

C. The judges, en banc, may further appoint such secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business and function of the court and fix and pay all or any part of the salaries of such personnel out of the monies in the judicial expense fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing or maintaining, or both, a law library for the court, or for buying or maintaining, or both, any type of equipment, supplies, or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court. In general, the judicial expense fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the offices of the individual judges and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

D.(1) The judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of planning, designing, and constructing a new courthouse for the parish of Orleans, which shall house the following courts and all related support offices:

(a) Civil District Court.

(b) First and Second City Courts.

(c) Juvenile Courts.

(2) No additional fees or costs shall be imposed to fund any portion of the planning, designing or construction of a new courthouse.

(3) Any additional funds used for the planning, design or construction of a new courthouse shall come from commercial leasing revenues, contributions from agencies located or to be located in the courthouse, and any other non-court cost related source.

(4) Before any construction of a new courthouse is begun, the plans and costs shall be submitted to and approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(5) Any contract for the planning, designing or construction of a new courthouse shall be subject to the public bid laws.

Acts 1983, No. 192, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 121, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §§2 and 4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3440 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3440
Authorization
Status: in_force

A. The curator shall file a petition setting forth the subject matter to be determined affecting the absent person's interest, with his recommendations and the reasons therefore, and with a written concurrence by the undercurator. If the court approves the recommendation, it shall render a judgment of homologation. The court may require evidence prior to approving the recommendations.

B. If the undercurator fails to concur in the curator's recommendations, the curator shall proceed by contradictory motion against him. After such hearing and presentation of evidence as the court may require, the court shall decide the issues summarily and render judgment.

C. The order of court may contain such conditions, restrictions, regulations, and requirements as the court may direct.

D. The order of court may contain a general grant of authority empowering the curator to act without further court approval in connection with a particular business or function under his administration, subject to such limitation as the court may direct and subject to such accounting as may be ordered in accordance with R.S. 13:3443.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.6
Bond of marshal
Status: in_force

A. The city marshal shall be a resident elector of the territorial jurisdiction of the court. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties he shall give bond in favor of the city judge conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for the legal adjustment of all claims incurred against him in his official capacity.

B. Except as provided in L.R.S. 13:1882(B), the amount of the bond, the premium whereof shall be paid by the governing authority of the city or ward in which the court is domiciled, shall be $1,000 where the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is 10,000 or less. In all other cases, and except as otherwise provided by law, the amount of the bond shall be $5,000. This bond may be sued upon by any person damaged in any way by the marshal in the discharge of his official duties.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1854 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1854
Actions for abduction prevention measures
Status: in_force

A. A court on its own motion may order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction of the child.

B. A party to a child-custody determination or another individual or entity having a right under the law of this state or any other state to seek a child-custody determination for the child may file a petition seeking abduction prevention measures to protect the child under this Part.

C. A prosecutor or public authority designated under R.S. 13:1837 may seek a warrant to take physical custody of a child under R.S. 13:1859 or other appropriate prevention measures.

Acts 2007, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3435 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3435
Oath and letters
Status: in_force

A. Before the person appointed as curator for an absent person enters upon the performance of his official duties, he must take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office.

B. After the person appointed as curator for an absent person has qualified by furnishing security required of him by order of court and by taking his oath of office, the clerk shall issue to him letters of curatorship. These letters, issued in the name and under the seal of the court, evidence the appointment of the curator, his qualification, and his compliance with all requirements of law relating thereto.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:842 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 842
Advance costs
Status: in_force

A. The clerks of the district courts shall demand and receive from the plaintiff or plaintiffs in each ordinary suit, whether accompanied by conservatory writs or not, not less than twenty dollars or such other amount as may be fixed by law for advanced costs, to be disbursed to the clerk's salary fund or to others as their fees accrue. Whenever the costs have exhausted the amount of the original advance deposit, the clerk may refuse to perform any further function in the proceeding until the additional costs for the function have been paid, in accordance with the fees set forth in R.S. 13:841 or, in Orleans Parish, in R.S. 13:1213.

B. After an ordinary suit has been filed, if a period of five years elapses without any pleadings being filed and the suit has been completely inactive during this five-year period, the clerk shall refund any unused balance remaining in the clerk's advance deposit fund (to the credit of this particular suit) to the person who made the original deposit, after paying all fees or other charges of record in the suit. Probate matters are specifically excepted from the provisions of this Subsection.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 483, §1; Acts 1974, No. 541, §1; Acts 1978, No. 180, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5214 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5214
Online Dispute Resolution Pilot Project Program
Status: in_force

A. In a court participating in the program, parties to small claims proceedings shall participate in the program unless they have been exempted by the court due to an undue hardship. An undue hardship exists when a party cannot access the online system or participate in the online process without substantial difficulty or expense.

B. If the court exempts any party from participating in the program, the clerk of court shall transfer the matter to be set for a trial de novo.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:83 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 83
Judicial appropriation bill; operational plans
Status: in_force

A. The Judicial Budgetary Control Board shall refer to the judiciary's strategic plan for each level of court in the development of the judicial appropriation bill and its accompanying operational plan.

B. The judicial appropriation bill shall, at a minimum, contain:

(1) A line-item amount of funds requested for each component of the judiciary within each level of court requesting appropriated funds.

(2) A program description of each level of court and any other judicial entities identified by the Judicial Budgetary Control Board in its annual operating plan.

C. The Judicial Budgetary Control Board shall submit, together with the judicial appropriation bill as provided in R.S. 39:51(D), an operational plan which shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the judiciary's strategic plan.

D. The operational plan shall include a current statement of the missions, goals, objectives, and performance indicators for each level of court. Additionally, the plan shall contain, at a minimum:

(1) A description of every new judicial program for which appropriated funds are requested.

(2) A description of every existing program requesting an increase greater than fifty percent of appropriated funds over the prior year's appropriation.

Acts 1999, No. 1176, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2006 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2006
Ruston
Status: in_force

Fines, forfeitures, costs, and penalties imposed in criminal prosecutions by the municipal court of the town of Ruston shall be paid into the general fund of the town of Ruston in cases where the prosecution is on behalf of the town, and into the general fund of the parish of Lincoln in cases where the prosecution is on behalf of the state or parish.

Upon the recommendation of the district attorney and on the order of the district court serving the parish of Lincoln, the governing authority of the parish shall appropriate to the sheriff's salary fund any portion of these fines, forfeitures, costs, and penalties as may be designated in the order of the court.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.203
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if any of the following apply:

(1) This state is the respondent's home state.

(2) On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state, and:

(a) The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or

(b) The respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state, and, before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:

(i) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state.

(ii) An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding.

(iii) The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in R.S. 13:4251.206.

(3) This state does not have jurisdiction under either Paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, the respondent's home state and all significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is the more appropriate forum, and jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States.

(4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under R.S. 13:4251.204 are met.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.31
Thirty-first judicial district
Status: in_force

The thirty-first judicial district court shall have one judge.

Acts 1968, No. 694, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3241
Suits brought by political subdivision on open account; venue
Status: in_force

A. An action by any municipality, parish, water district, sewerage district, or any public utility operated by a political subdivision of the state to enforce the collection of an open account may be instituted either in the parish in which the political subdivision or utility district is located, in the parish where the premises serviced is located, or in any other parish where, by law, such action may be instituted.

B. For the purposes of this Section and Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1702, 1702.1, 4904, and 4921, "open account" includes any account for which a part or all of the balance is past due, whether or not the account reflects one or more transactions. "Open account" shall include debts incurred for utility services and any applicable interest, penalties, or other charges levied by the political subdivision or utility district.

Acts 1986, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4986 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4986
Application of provisions
Status: in_force

R.S. 13:4985 through R.S. 13:4990 shall affect partitions heretofore or hereafter effected; provided that any co-owner of real property heretofore partitioned or his heirs or assigns, where one or more co-owners were not parties, shall have a period of six months from and after July 30, 1952, within which to file suit to set aside such partition, and if no such suit is filed within said period such partition shall be valid for all purposes as to the interest of the co-owners who were parties thereto.

Acts 1952, No. 403, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2010 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2010
West Monroe
Status: in_force

Fines, forfeitures, costs and penalties imposed in all criminal prosecutions by the City Court of West Monroe, Louisiana shall be paid into the general fund of the city of West Monroe, Louisiana, except that whenever the violation of a state statute is involved, the sheriff of Ouachita Parish shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars, to be assessed as costs, which shall be paid into the sheriff's salary fund, and the remainder of said costs assessed whenever the violation of a state statute is involved shall be payable to the police jury of Ouachita Parish to be accredited to the appropriate fund.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 107, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4205
Same; recordation fees
Status: in_force

The same fees allowed by law for the recordation of state judgments shall apply to judgments of the United States Courts.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2153.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2153.1
First and Second City Courts; clerks and constables
Status: in_force

A.(1) There shall be one clerk and one constable of the First City Court of the city of New Orleans, each of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

(2) The term of the clerk in office on September 9, 1983 shall terminate on December 31, 1986; thereafter, the successors to the office shall be elected at the congressional elections to terms of six years, beginning with the congressional election in 1986.

(3) The term of the constable in office on the effective date of this Section shall expire on December 31, 1978; however, his successor shall be elected at the same time as district attorneys throughout the state in 1978, and thereafter the successors to the office of constable shall be elected at the same time as the district attorneys throughout the state.

B.(1) There shall be one clerk and one constable of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans, each of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

(2) The term of the clerk in office on the effective date of this Act shall terminate on December 31, 1994; thereafter, the successors to the office shall be elected at the congressional elections to terms of six years, beginning with the congressional election in 1994.

(3) The term of the constable in office on the effective date of this Act shall expire on December 31, 1994; however, the successors to the office shall be elected at the congressional elections to terms of six years, beginning with the congressional election in 1994.

Acts 1975, No. 64, §1; Acts 1977, No. 619, §1. Acts 1983, No. 463, §1; Acts 1985, No. 290, §1; Acts 1990, No. 41, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:700.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 700.2
Sixth Judicial District; law clerks
Status: in_force

Each judge of the Sixth Judicial District may employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerk may assign. The salary of each such law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge.

Acts 1984, No. 144, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5550 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5550
Bond of sheriff as ex officio tax collector
Status: in_force

A. Except in the parishes of Orleans and East Baton Rouge, the sheriff of each parish, as ex officio tax collector of state and parish taxes, shall, before commencing the discharge of his duties, give bond, for his term of office, in a sum which shall be one thousand dollars over the full amount of the state and parish taxes levied, according to the last filed assessment roll of the parish, but shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. The bond shall be conditioned as provided in R.S. 47:2052.

B. The sheriff as tax collector for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge shall give a combination fidelity and faithful performance bond in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars, which bond shall cover the sheriff and all deputies and employees handling tax funds.

C. The legislative auditor shall review the status and requirements for bonding of the sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish at regular four year intervals, and, where deemed necessary, shall cause the introduction of appropriate amendments to this Act at the legislative session immediately following his evaluation, which amendments shall adjust and update the amount of the bond or bonds covering the sheriff, deputies and employees who handle tax funds for East Baton Rouge Parish and the city of Baton Rouge in accordance with the recommendations of the legislative auditor.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 298, §1; Acts 1974, No. 406, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1444 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3864 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3864
Seizure of rights in pending suit; rights of seizing creditor
Status: in_force

When the rights and interests of a litigant in a pending lawsuit are seized, the seizing creditor shall not interfere with the progress of the suit nor thereby acquire control of the action nor be permitted to sell these rights and interests under the seizure except as provided in R.S. 13:3863 through 13:3867.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4870 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4870
Subpoena duces tecum
Status: in_force

Irrespective of the right to apply for an order that a sworn list of documents be filed, the plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that a subpoena duces tecum issue, directed to the defendant or any other party and requiring him to produce in court or to the clerk of the court at a time to be fixed in the order all the documents, including books, records, accounts and papers, which are in his possession or control relating to any matter with respect to which the action is pending, or specified documents, including books, records, accounts and papers, which are in his possession or control and are alleged in the motion to relate to any matter with respect to which the action is pending. The subpoena duces tecum may be directed to a corporation, domestic or foreign. On motion of the party to whom the subpoena duces tecum is directed, after two days notice to the plaintiff, and on showing that the production of specified documents in court or to the clerk of court, for the reasons stated in the motion, would so inconvenience the party that he should not be required so to produce them, the court may enter an order, (1) permitting the party to comply with the subpoena duces tecum by producing in court or to the clerk sworn copies of such original documents and (2) directing the party to produce the original documents for inspection to be copied and photographed by the plaintiff at a time not inconvenient to such party. Such copies may not be withdrawn by the defendant. The return of the party shall be made under oath that it is a full and correct compliance with the subpoena duces tecum, except as to described documents which, for the reasons stated in the return, are not produced. The plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that the party produce the omitted documents. The clerk shall endorse on every document produced in court or to the clerk in compliance with a subpoena duces tecum the title and number of the action and the fact that the document is produced in compliance with a subpoena duces tecum directed to the party producing it. When documents are produced in court or to the clerk in compliance with a subpoena duces tecum the plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that they remain in the custody of the clerk for a time to be fixed in the order, for inspection and to be copied and photographed by the plaintiff.

No document required by a subpoena duces tecum directed to a defendant to be produced in court or to the clerk of the court, which or an authorized sworn copy of which is not so produced, or which is not produced for inspection and to be copied and photographed by the plaintiff after a sworn copy thereof is permitted to be produced in court or to the clerk, shall be admissible in evidence at the instance of such defendant in any other action between the plaintiff and him.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:845 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 845
Time for payment of fees as recorder
Status: in_force

The ex-officio recorder shall be entitled to demand their fees at the time their official services are rendered.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3102
Employment of clerks by jury commissioners
Status: in_force

The jury commissioners for the parish of Orleans may employ one chief clerk at a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, and two subpoena clerks at salaries of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month each.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1595.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1595.3
Fees; enumeration
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of court for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall collect the following fees from every person who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs:

(1) For service of process in adoption cases within Orleans Parish, a fee of sixty dollars and for service of process in adoption cases made outside of Orleans Parish, a fee of eighty-five dollars. All fees collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be expended by the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court to defray the expenses associated with service of process for adoption cases.

(2) For filing and docketing each supplemental and amended petition in adoption cases, a fee of one hundred ten dollars. All fees collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be expended by the court to defray the cost of processing supplemental and amended petitions associated with adoption cases in the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

(3) For filing and docketing each petition for adoption, an increase of one hundred twenty-five dollars. All fees collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be expended by the court to defray the cost of processing pleadings and the preparation and activities associated with adoption cases.

(4) For filing and docketing each motion to terminate parental rights in adoption cases, an increase of seventy-five dollars. All fees collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be expended by the court to defray the administrative and operational costs and the clerk's processing costs associated with proceedings related to the termination of parental rights associated with adoption cases.

B. In addition to all other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of court for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall collect a fee of ten dollars from every person filing any action, suit, motion, or rule to show cause on the docket of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs. All fees collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be remitted by the clerk to the director of finance for the city of New Orleans to be used solely for the maintenance of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court facility.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, from July 1, 2021, until June 30, 2026, no court exercising juvenile jurisdiction in any parish in the state of Louisiana shall tax or assess costs in a juvenile delinquency proceeding against any juvenile delinquent or defendant, or the parents or guardians of the juvenile delinquent or defendant, for any judicial expenses or to cover any operating expenses of the court; including but not limited to any salaries of court personnel, the establishment or maintenance of a law library for the court, or the purchase or maintenance of any type of equipment or supplies, provided by R.S. 15:910, 1086, 1093, 1094.7, and 1097.7, R.S. 47:299.1, Children's Code Articles 320, 321, 335, 405, 607, 774, 781.1, 783, 793.4, 809, 811.2, 839, 848, 868, 888, 896, 897, 899, 901.1, and 924, and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 887.

Acts 2013, No. 162, §1; Acts 2021, No.123, §1, eff. June 10, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3207 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3207
R.S. 13:3201-13:3206 provide additional remedies; no conflict with certain code and statutory provisions
Status: in_force

R.S. 13:3201 through 13:3206 provide additional remedies, and do not in any way affect, conflict with, modify, or repeal any code article or statute providing any other remedy, including without being limited to any of the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, R.S. 13:3471(1), R.S. 13:3472, R.S. 13:3474 and 13:3475, R.S. 13:3479 through 13:3482, R.S. 13:3914, or R.S. 22:1269.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 47, §3; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:752 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 752
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

(1) The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that, "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".

(2) Article I, Section 11 of the Louisiana Constitution provides that "The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny."

(3) Federal law (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) prohibits a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year from purchasing a firearm.

(4) Federal law (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) further prohibits any person who the court has determined to have certain mental conditions from purchasing a firearm.

(5) Based upon the successful interfacing of state law enforcement agencies with the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal databases, information regarding a person's criminal convictions is available at the point of sale.

(6) However, the reporting of judicial decisions which would, in effect, prohibit a person from being eligible to purchase a firearm under federal law has not been consistent nor has the information been uniformly reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(7) The state of Louisiana has a compelling interest in protecting and preserving the fundamental rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms while also ensuring the timely reporting of information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding court decisions which would prohibit the purchase of a firearm.

(8) It is the express intention of the legislature that the provisions of this Section and R.S. 13:753 are enacted to provide for the collection of information and to facilitate the reporting of information which would prohibit the purchasing of firearms while preserving the constitutional rights of Louisiana citizens to keep and bear arms.

Acts 2013, No. 403, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:985 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 985
Court reporters for the Thirty-First Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. There shall be appointed one certified court reporter for each district judge in the Thirty-First Judicial District, and the qualifications, mode of appointment, duties, and compensation of the reporter shall be as provided in this Section.

B. Each judge shall appoint one certified court reporter whose term of office shall continue for the current term of the judge making the appointment, or until the office is declared vacated by the judge, or his successor in office.

C. Each certified court reporter shall take an oath of office and furnish bond for the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars and shall be in favor of the judge for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetency or neglect of duty by the certified court reporter. The bond shall be recorded and filed in the office of the clerk of the district court. Any party litigant or aggrieved person may sue on the bond for any damage sustained through any wrongful act or neglect of duty by the certified court reporter in the performance of his or her duties; provided, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall in no event exceed the sum of such bond.

D. Each certified court reporter shall report in shorthand, stenography, or in any recognized manner approved by the presiding judge, and transcribe into longhand by typing all the testimony taken in all civil appealable cases tried in open court, and furnish, for the purpose of appeal, the necessary copies of the testimony required by law. Each reporter shall also record such criminal proceedings as may be required by law or as directed by the district judge.

E. Each certified court reporter shall work concurrently under the direction and supervision of the judge appointing him, according to the needs and requirements in the district, in the interest of expediting the business before the court.

F. Each certified court reporter shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed and determined by the judge making the appointment. The salary shall be paid out of the criminal court fund, the indigent transcript fund, or the general fund of Jefferson Davis Parish. The police jury of Jefferson Davis Parish shall budget the salary of the certified court reporter in its budget of annual expenses.

G. In all cases which are reported and transcribed for appeal, a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per page for originals and twenty-five cents per page for each copy shall be charged by and paid to the reporter. In those cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees provided herein for originals shall be charged by and paid to the reporter. Such fees shall be retained by the reporter as compensation, in addition to the salary provided for in Subsection F of this Section, and shall be assessed as costs of the suit in which the testimony is taken.

H. The police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis shall furnish and provide each certified court reporter with an office or a suitable place of accommodations equipped with the necessary office furniture and supplies necessary for the reporting and transcription of any notes of evidence taken by the certified court reporter.

I. Each certified court reporter shall make out an itemized statement of the fees charged for reporting and transcribing the notes of evidence. Each reporter shall deliver the original of the statement to the clerk of the district court and a copy to the party litigant, or his attorney of record, who requested the evidence to be reported and transcribed. The party litigant, except one entitled to the benefits of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, shall pay to the certified court reporter immediately the fee charged. The fee shall be paid by a litigant entitled to the benefits of Article 5181 through 5188 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure only when the litigant recovers judgment for costs and realizes a sufficient amount therefrom to pay his fee.

Acts 1999, No. 1230, §1; Acts 2008, No. 521, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.21
Criminal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The criminal jurisdiction of the city court is limited to the trial of offenses committed within its territorial jurisdiction, which are not punishable by imprisonment at hard labor, including the trial of cases involving the violation of any city or parochial ordinance.

The city judge also may require bonds to keep the peace; issue warrants of arrest, examine, commit and admit to bail and discharge; and hold preliminary examinations in all cases not capital.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §21.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2562.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2562.14
Prosecution of criminal cases
Status: in_force

All criminal cases shall be prosecuted by the district attorney for the Parish of Jefferson, or through an assistant appointed by him.

Acts 1966, No. 5, §14 eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4433 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4433
Dismissal of appeal for informalities; opportunity to cure
Status: in_force

Whenever an appellant files an incomplete transcript, or files the transcript or a further application for an extension, within three judicial days after the return day, or omits to file as part of the record any transcript exhibits offered in evidence, or whenever because of any error on the part of the clerk of court or of the trial judge, or for any purely technical reason, a motion to dismiss his appeal is filed either by an appellee, third person or intervener, charging and setting forth as grounds for dismissal any of the above reasons, no appellate court shall maintain said motion to dismiss, or dismiss the appeal, unless it first allow to the appellant at least two additional days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, to cure and correct any and all the informalities and irregularities alleged and complained of in the motion to dismiss. Such appellant, before the date on which the motion to dismiss is fixed for trial, may cure and correct any objection, irregularity or informality charged or alleged to exist in the motion to dismiss, and if it appears to the appellate court that he has done so, the motion to dismiss shall be denied.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2563.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2563.17
Fees; Judicial Expense Fund; Probation Fund; established
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal cases over which the court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum determined by the judge of the parish court, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted on a monthly basis to the chief financial officer of Ascension Parish, hereinafter referred to as "chief financial officer", for deposit into the Judicial Expense Fund. Any bench warrant fees collected by the court from a defendant shall also be transmitted to the chief financial officer for deposit into the Judicial Expense Fund.

B. The chief financial officer shall place all sums collected or received under Subsection A of this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension. The governing authority of Ascension Parish shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom, shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

C. The judicial expense fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the offices of the judge, and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes. However, no salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund to the judge, except the judge appointed temporarily under the provisions of R.S. 13:2563.9 and as provided in R.S. 13:2563.5(B)(4) and (C).

D. In all criminal cases over which the court has jurisdiction and is authorized to collect a probation fee pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.1(C), said sums shall be transmitted to the clerk of court and placed in a separate account designated as the Parish Court Probation Fee Fund. The judge of the parish court shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. He shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection. The fund created under this Subsection may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the offices of the judge, and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977. Acts 1992, No. 940, §1; Acts 2001, No. 316, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 523, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2016, No. 612, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1144
Provision in budget
Status: in_force

The city of New Orleans shall provide in its budget a sum sufficient for the payment of the remuneration to retired judges of the civil district court. This sum shall be payable to the retired judge monthly upon his own warrant.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4863 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4863
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The action shall be brought in a court which would have jurisdiction of an action by the plaintiff against the defendant for recovery of an amount in excess of five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and costs, or property, rights or other relief of the nature described in the petition, having a value in excess of five hundred dollars, and arising out of the contract, transaction or acts described in the petition.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4350 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4350
Judicial sales made by sheriff
Status: in_force

All judicial sales made in pursuance of any order, judgment or decree of any court of this state, (except that of justices of the peace), shall be made by the sheriff of the parish where such sale is made unless otherwise provided.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5220 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5220
Reconventional demand beyond jurisdiction; filing in court of competent jurisdiction; transfer of proceedings
Status: in_force

A. If a defendant has a claim against the plaintiff in such action for an amount over the jurisdiction of the small claims division as provided in R.S. 13:5202, but of a nature which may be asserted by a reconventional demand as authorized by Code of Civil Procedure Article 1061, the defendant may assert his claim in the manner provided by this Section, in order to secure consolidation for trial of the dispute with his own claim.

B. At any time prior to settlement of a claim, the defendant may commence an action against the plaintiff in a court of competent jurisdiction to assert a claim of the nature set forth by R.S. 13:5206(A), and file an affidavit that the reconventional demand is in excess of five thousand dollars with the judge of the small claims division in which the plaintiff has commenced the small claims action.

C. The defendant shall attach to the affidavit a true copy of his petition or reconventional demand so filed and shall pay the clerk of the small claims division a transmittal fee of ten dollars, in addition to the prescribed court costs for filing the reconventional demand, furnishing a copy of the affidavit and pleading to the plaintiff.

D. The judge shall order that the small claims division action be transferred to the ordinary docket of the court set forth in the affidavit, and the judge shall transmit to such court copies of the citation and any pleadings in the small claims action. The actions shall then be consolidated for trial in such other docket or court.

E. The plaintiff in the small claims action shall not be required to pay to the clerk of the court to which the action is so transferred any transmittal, appearance, or filing fee; although, upon adverse judgment, he may be taxed with costs as in the case of any other defendant.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2608 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2608
Grant Parish; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. There are hereby established, effective January 1, 1997, five justice of the peace courts in Grant Parish. The justice of the peace and constable districts shall encompass the following precincts:

(1) District A - Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, and 2-2.

(2) District B - Precincts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 5-2, and 2-3.

(3) District C - Precincts 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-3, and 5-4.

(4) District D - Precincts 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3, and 7-4.

(5) District E - Precincts 7-1, 7-2, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, and 8-4.

B. The courts shall have territorial jurisdiction throughout the respective districts and shall have subject matter jurisdiction as provided by law. The justice of the peace courts which exist in Grant Parish on January 1, 1996, shall be abolished at midnight on December 31, 1996.

C. The offices of justices of the peace and constables for the courts established in Subsection A of this Section are hereby created for purposes of election. The first justices of the peace shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 22 of the Constitution of Louisiana. They shall take office on January 1, 1997, for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2582. The first constables shall be elected at the congressional election to be held in 1996. They shall take office on January 1, 1997, for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2583.

Acts 1995, No. 419, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1880 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1880
Qualifications of marshal; bond
Status: in_force

A.(1) The marshal shall be a resident elector of the territorial jurisdiction of the court and shall possess a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; however, the requirement of a high school diploma or its equivalent does not apply to a marshal in office as a marshal on August 15, 1997, for purposes of his qualification to remain in office or to seek reelection to a consecutive term.

(2) Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the marshal shall give bond in favor of the city judge conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for the legal adjustment of all claims incurred against him in his official capacity.

B. Except as provided in R.S. 13:1882B, the bond, the premium whereof shall be paid by the governing authority of the city in which the court is domiciled, shall be for $1,000 where the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is 10,000 or less. In all other cases, and except as otherwise provided by law, the bond shall be for $5,000. This bond may be sued upon by any person damaged in any way by the marshal in the discharge of his official duties.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1997, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2084 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2084
Shreveport; automobile for use of marshal
Status: in_force

An automobile shall be furnished and maintained by the city of Shreveport for the use of the marshal of the city court in the performance of the duties of his office. The city may also furnish and maintain additional automobiles for the use of the marshal if in its discretion additional automobiles are necessary.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 160, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4950 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4950
Time for payment by purchaser
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in R.S. 13:4941 through 13:4951 shall be construed or understood to authorize the purchaser at a judicial sale to refuse carrying the same into effect, or to delay the payment of the price for a greater space of time than is now allowed by law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1825
Duty to enforce
Status: in_force

A. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised jurisdiction in substantial conformity with this Act or the determination was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards of this Act and the determination has not been modified in accordance with this Act.

B. A court of this state may utilize any remedy available under other law of this state to enforce a child custody determination made by a court of another state. The remedies provided in this Subpart are cumulative and do not affect the availability of other remedies to enforce a child custody determination.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:73 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 73
Entry and publication of rules
Status: in_force

The rules adopted by the supreme court shall be entered in its minutes, and shall be published in the manner which the court deems most effective and practicable.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3851 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3851
Constructive seizure of immovable property; description to be furnished; instructions to sheriff in parishes other than Orleans and Jefferson
Status: in_force

Whenever a party to an action or proceeding desires to have the sheriff to whom a writ of attachment, sequestration, distringas, fieri facias, or seizure and sale is directed make a constructive seizure of any immovable property, whether vacant or improved, under the provisions of R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861, the party shall annex to the writ at the time of its issuance, or deliver to the sheriff to whom the writ is directed, an exact and complete description of the immovable property to be seized.

In all parishes except Orleans and Jefferson, when the party desires to have the seizure made under the provisions of R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861 he shall so instruct the sheriff.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.14
Deputy clerks
Status: in_force

The city judge may appoint one or more deputy clerks with the prior consent and approval of the governing body of the town or city of Leesville and the police jury of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, to serve at the pleasure of the judge. Deputy clerks shall have the same qualifications, shall post the same bond, and have the same powers and duties as the clerk.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.1
Judicial Clerk's Fund; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. The judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business and function of the court and fix and pay all or any part of the salaries of such personnel out of the monies in the Judicial Clerk's Fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the Judicial Clerk's Fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing or maintaining a law library, or both, for the court, or for buying or maintaining, or both, any type of equipment, supplies or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court.

B. In general, the Judicial Clerk's Fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the offices of the individual judges and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are not or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 754, §1, eff. July 31, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:391 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 391
Law clerks, stenographers, clerks, and other help
Status: in_force

The judges of each court of appeal may appoint law clerks, stenographers, clerks, and other help necessary for the proper operation of their respective courts and shall fix their compensation.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 36, §1; Acts 1982, No. 109, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2159 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2159
Payment of costs; recovery, and security for costs
Status: in_force

Each party in any cause requiring the official services of the clerk or constable shall pay the costs therefor, but shall be entitled to recover the same upon the final disposition of the cause, as is provided in R.S. 13:1214. The defendant may demand security for such costs as is provided in R.S. 13:1215.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5754 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5754
Limited liability of members
Status: in_force

A coroner shall not by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to the group self-insurance fund be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant against the agency itself, or another member, except for payment of contributions provided for in the interlocal risk management program and the interlocal risk management agency. No interlocal risk management agency or program shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds of one coroner's office for the benefit of another.

Acts 1999, No. 835, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1644 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1222
Motor vehicles for the office of the clerk of the civil district court
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of the civil district court may purchase or lease three motor vehicles to be used for official office use only.

B. The clerk of the civil district court may purchase insurance for the motor vehicles authorized in Subsection A of this Section. The insurance shall be purchased from an insurance company which is licensed to do business under the laws of this state.

C. The clerk of the civil district court may use any funds which are lawfully available to him to purchase or lease the motor vehicles and to pay the insurance on the motor vehicles, as authorized in this Section.

Acts 2003, No. 627, §1; Acts 2010, No. 158, §1, eff. June 9, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5599 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5599
Fees of criminal sheriff
Status: in_force

The criminal sheriff of Orleans Parish shall collect from the parties, from witnesses, from sureties, and from sureties on bonds forfeited, the following fees and charges:

(1) For arresting any party under a capias or order of court issued on an information or indictment and bringing him into court, twelve dollars.

(2) For producing a party in court on the order of the judge when under confinement other than provided above, for each production, seven dollars.

(3) For serving notice of arraignment or of trial on accused and surety, for each, and return, seven dollars.

(4) For serving subpoena on each witness and return, seven dollars.

(5) For serving attachments to bring witnesses into court, to be paid by the witness in default, twelve dollars.

(6) For taking appearance bond or recognizance bond when required to do so, fifteen dollars, unless suspended by the judges of the Criminal District Court of the Parish of Orleans.

(7) For serving notice of judgment on forfeiture of bonds, seven dollars.

(8) For service of subpoena duces tecum and for return, seven dollars.

(9) For executing writ of fieri facias either against the defendant or security on bond for costs on the amount of bond, twelve dollars.

(10) For mileage when traveling outside of the parish of Orleans, the same mileage as is allowed to the sheriffs of other parishes.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 550, §1; Acts 1981, No. 335, §1; Acts 1983, No. 619, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1016, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1520 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3853 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3853
Service and recordation of notices
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall serve one of the notices mentioned in R.S. 13:3852 on the party, or on each of the parties, whose property is to be seized, and shall file another of these notices for recordation in the office of the recorder of mortgages.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2076 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2076
Lafayette; compensation of deputy marshal
Status: in_force

The deputy marshal shall receive an annual salary of $3,000 payable monthly on his own warrant by the city of Lafayette and by the parish of Lafayette in the proportion of $1,650 by the city and $1,350 by the parish.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5002
Employment of counsel to aid state's attorney
Status: in_force

The citizens and taxpayers, at whose request the suit is instituted, at their own exclusive cost, may employ counsel to aid the state's attorney in instituting and conducting the suit.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3741 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3741
Advertisement to recover lost instrument; exceptions; bond
Status: in_force

In every case where a lost instrument is made the foundation of a suit or defense, it must appear that the loss has been advertised within a reasonable time in a public newspaper and proper means taken to recover the possession of the instrument; provided, that advertisement of a lost note shall not be necessary in any case where a surety bond given by a person who owns property liable to seizure, and who is domiciled in the parish where the security is to be given, or a commercial bond issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana, is furnished to protect the maker and/or his endorsers of said note from loss resulting from said note falling into the hands of a holder in due course provided that the bond must be in amount equal to the face of the note plus twenty-five percent thereof.

Acts 1986, No. 172, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5636 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5636
Salary option
Status: in_force

A. A sheriff is eligible to receive a salary increase as provided for by the provisions of this Section if both the following occur:

(1) The sheriff has completed the training requirements provided for by this Part.

(2) The legislature has established a salary increase for, and appropriated funds for, salary increases for district court judges as provided by law.

B. The sheriff may take the salary increase up to the amount he is eligible to receive as provided for in this Section.

Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2704
Special emergency judges
Status: in_force

In the event that any judge of any court of record is unavailable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office, and in the event no other judge authorized to act in the event of absence, disability or vacancy or no special judge appointed in accordance with the provisions of the constitution or statutes is available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office, the duties of the office shall be discharged and the powers exercised by the special emergency judges hereinafter provided for:

(1) The governor, upon approval of this Act, shall designate for each member of the supreme court, and the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate for all other courts of record, emergency judges in the number of not less than three nor more than seven for each member of the said courts, and shall specify the order of their succession.

(2) Such special emergency judges shall, in the order specified, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of such office in case of the unavailability of the regular judge or judges or persons immediately preceding them in the designation. The designating authority shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this Act to insure their current status.

(3) Said special emergency judges shall discharge the duties and exercise the powers of such office until such time as a vacancy which may exist shall be filled in accordance with the constitution and statutes or until the regular judge or one preceding the designee in the order of succession becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of, the office.

Acts 1963, No. 112, §4.