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La. Civ. Code art. 2761 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2761
Delivery of work in separate parts.
Status: in_force

If the work be composed of detached pieces, or made at the rate of so much a measure, the parts may be delivered separately; and that delivery shall be presumed to have taken place, if the proprietor has paid to the undertaker the price due for the parts of the work which have already been completed.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3004 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3004
Discretionary power to send heirs and surviving spouse into possession
Status: in_force

A. The heirs of an intestate decedent may be recognized by the court, and sent into possession of his property without an administration of his succession when none of the creditors of the succession has demanded its administration, on the ex parte petition of any of the following:

(1) Those of the heirs who are competent, if all of them accept the succession.

(2) The legal representative of the incompetent heirs, if all of the heirs are incompetent and a legal representative has been appointed therefor.

(3) The surviving spouse in community of the decedent, if all of the heirs are incompetent and no legal representative has been appointed for some or all of them.

B. In such cases, the surviving spouse in community of the decedent may be recognized by the court as entitled to the possession of the community property, as provided in Article 3001.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1421, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3361 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3361
After homologation of final tableau of distribution
Status: in_force

At any time after the homologation of the final tableau of distribution, an heir of an intestate succession may file a petition to be sent into possession alleging the facts showing that he is an heir. Upon the filing of such a petition, the court shall order the administrator to show cause why the petitioner should not be sent into possession.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 414 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 414
Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service
Status: in_force

A. A grand jury shall be impaneled twice a year in each parish, except in the parish of Cameron in which at least one grand jury shall be impaneled each year.

B. The court shall fix the time at which a grand jury shall be impaneled, but no grand jury shall be impaneled for more than eight months, nor less than four months, except in the parish of Cameron in which the grand jury may be impaneled for a year.

C. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 389, §3.

D. A grand jury shall remain in office until a succeeding grand jury is impaneled. A court may not discharge a grand jury or any of its members before the time for the impaneling of a new grand jury, except for legal cause.

Acts 1985, No. 675, §1; Acts 2016, No. 389, §§1, 3.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 881 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 881
Amendment of sentence
Status: in_force

A. Although the sentence imposed is legal in every respect, the court may amend or change the sentence, within the legal limits of its discretion, prior to the beginning of execution of the sentence.

B.(1) After commencement of execution of sentence, in felony cases in which the defendant has been sentenced to imprisonment without hard labor and in misdemeanor cases, the sentencing judge may reduce the sentence or may amend the sentence to place the defendant on supervised probation. Should the court consider any motion amending or changing the sentence imposed, either prior to or after execution of the sentence, the district attorney shall be notified and, if such motion is filed by the defendant, it shall be tried contradictorily with the district attorney, unless the district attorney waives such contradictory hearing.

(2) Such motions include but are not limited to motions for a new trial, motions in arrest of judgment, motions for amendment, modification, or reconsideration of sentence, and motions for modification of conditions of probation or termination of probation.

(3) If a sentence is reduced or amended, a copy of the minute entry reflecting the judgment reducing or amending the sentence shall be furnished to the district attorney and the arresting law enforcement agency.

C. If the sentence imposed by the court is consecutive to a sentence imposed in a different criminal proceeding, for purposes of this Article only, commencement of the execution of sentence begins when the defendant is remanded by the sentencing court to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, to begin serving either the imposed sentence or a prior sentence to which the imposed sentence is consecutive.

Acts 1987, No. 59, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1321, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2795 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2795
Joinder of actions
Status: in_force

Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting a party from asserting multiple remedies hereunder nor requesting additional proceedings for enforcement or modification of the support order at the time of the filing of the order for registration.

Acts 1999, No. 210, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 740 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 740
Restrictions on subpoenas; members of the legislature and personnel
Status: in_force

No subpoena or order compelling discovery shall issue to compel the attendance of a member of the Louisiana Legislature, or legislative employee, except in strict conformity with the provision of R.S. 13:3667.1 and no subpoena or order compelling discovery shall issue to compel the attendance of a member or former member of the Louisiana Legislature, or legislative employee, except in strict conformity with the provision of R.S. 13:3667.3. For purposes of this Article, "legislative employee" means the clerk of the House of Representatives, the secretary of the Senate, and employees of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Legislative Bureau.

Acts 2006, No. 690, §3, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 374, §2, eff. June 21, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 519, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 584 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 584
Periodic charges
Status: in_force

The usufructuary is bound to pay the periodic charges, such as property taxes, that may be imposed, during his enjoyment of the usufruct.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
La. Civ. Code art. 1550 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1550
Form for donation of certain incorporeal movables
Status: in_force

The donation or the acceptance of a donation of an incorporeal movable of the kind that is evidenced by a certificate, document, instrument, or other writing, and that is transferable by endorsement or delivery, may be made by authentic act or by compliance with the requirements otherwise applicable to the transfer of that particular kind of incorporeal movable.

In addition, an incorporeal movable that is investment property, as that term is defined in Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws, may also be donated by a writing signed by the donor that evidences donative intent and directs the transfer of the property to the donee or his account or for his benefit. Completion of the transfer to the donee or his account or for his benefit shall constitute acceptance of the donation.

Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Civ. Code art. 1272 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1272
Sale by donee and subsequent destruction of immovable subject to collation.
Status: in_force

If the immovable property which has been given has been sold by the donee, and afterwards is destroyed by accident in the possession of the purchaser, the donee shall only be obliged to collate by taking less the price he received for the sale.
La. Ch. Code art. 523 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 523
Governance of child advocacy centers; board of directors; bylaws; staff
Status: in_force

A. A child advocacy center established after August 15, 2003, as an independent nonprofit corporation shall be governed by a child advocacy board of directors, hereafter referred to as a "board", broadly representative of the community and organized in conformity with this Article. If a child advocacy center is a nonprofit corporation established before August 15, 2003, the corporation has until November 13, 2003, in which to revise, if necessary, its policies and procedures to comply with the requirements of this Chapter. All other Child Advocacy Centers under an umbrella of nonprofit corporations shall organize advisory councils or other groups that are broadly representative of the community and organized as nearly practicable in accordance with this Article to advise the corporation.

B. By a majority vote, the board shall adopt a written set of bylaws, multidisciplinary team investigative protocols in accordance with Articles 510 and 512 of this Title, interviewing guidelines and other written policies required by Article 524 of this Title, and a confidentiality policy in accordance with Article 525 of this Title. The board may add other bylaws or protocols as needed from time to time.

C. By a majority vote, the board shall also adopt necessary administrative policies and procedures, including provision for employees' job descriptions, supervision, salary, insurance and other benefits, liability coverage, and a policy of nondiscrimination in hiring or service.

D.(1) The board shall employ a director and such additional administrative and service staff as needed to offer services.

(2) The board shall also cause the sheriff and the Department of Children and Family Services to request that the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information conduct an examination of the criminal history record and identification files of the bureau for any applicant seeking employment at a child advocacy center. The sheriff and the department shall provide a written certificate indicating whether any information was discovered or that no information was found, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the department.

(3) The board, to the fullest extent possible, shall strive to hire employees who reflect the diversity of the served community.

E. The board shall have authority to accept any funds appropriated by the state or by any local governmental unit, any funds or grants allocated to it by any agency of the state or local governmental unit, and by any private donations. The board shall also have authority to apply for, receive, and administer any federal or state grants in its own name.

F. Unless specifically provided for by this Article or by the provisions of the bylaws, the board and the operations of a child advocacy center shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2003, No. 749, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2781 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2781
When judgments may be made executory by other courts
Status: in_force

A judgment rendered in a Louisiana court may be made executory in any other Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction, if its execution has not been and may not be suspended by appeal.
La. Ch. Code art. 847 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 847
Service of petition
Status: in_force

A. A copy of the petition and the right to counsel form specified in Article 848 shall be served upon the child.

B. A copy of the petition and the right to counsel form specified in Article 848 shall also be served upon every parent whose address is known or can be determined after due diligence.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 18
Adoption of local rules of court
Status: in_force

A court may adopt rules for the conduct of criminal proceedings before it, not in conflict with provisions of this Code or of other laws. When a court has more than one judge, its rules shall be adopted or amended by a majority of the judges thereof, sitting en banc.

The rules shall be entered on the minutes of the court, and a copy shall be furnished on request to any attorney licensed to practice law in this state.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3994 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3994
Emancipation hearing
Status: in_force

A. An emancipation hearing shall be a summary proceeding.

B. Except for good cause shown, the minor shall be present at the hearing and may be called as a witness by the court.

C. With the consent of all parties and the court, judicial emancipation may be granted without a hearing upon a joint petition for emancipation.

Acts 2008, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 930.9 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 930.9
Attendance by the petitioner
Status: in_force

In the event that the petitioner for post-conviction relief is incarcerated, he may be present at post-conviction relief proceedings by teleconference, video link, or other visual remote technology.

Acts 2008, No. 626, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1284.5 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1284.5
Change of name; issuance of birth certificate
Status: in_force

The full name of the adopted child may be changed in the final decree of recognition of foreign adoption and, if changed, the surname shall be the same as that of the adoptive parent. In accordance with R.S. 40:79, the clerk of court shall forward, on a form supplied by the Department of Children and Family Services, his certificate of the decree to the state registrar, who shall make a new certificate of live birth of the person adopted, in the new name if the name has been changed in the decree.

Acts 2013, No. 86, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 5056 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 5056
Conjunctive, disjunctive, or both
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) The word "and" indicates the conjunctive;

(2) The word "or" indicates the disjunctive; and

(3) When the article is phrased in the disjunctive, followed by the words "or both", both the conjunctive and disjunctive are intended.
La. Civ. Code art. 3337 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3337
Cancellation of mortgages and privileges from the records
Status: in_force

The recorder shall cancel a mortgage or privilege from his records in the manner prescribed by law.

Acts 1992, No. 1132, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2005, No. 169, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4232 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4232
Revocation of appointment; extension of time to qualify
Status: in_force

If a person who is not a parent of the minor is appointed tutor and fails to qualify for the office within ten days from his appointment, on its own motion or on motion of any interested person, the court may revoke the appointment and appoint another qualified person to the office forthwith.

The delay allowed in this article for qualification may be extended by the court for good cause shown.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 368 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 368
Disobedience of writ or judgment; contempt
Status: in_force

A person who fails to comply with the writ of habeas corpus, or with a judgment rendered on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus may be punished for contempt.
La. Ch. Code art. 574 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 574
Indigent Parents' Representation Program; establishment
Status: in_force

An Indigent Parents' Representation Program is hereby established within the Louisiana Public Defender Board, or its successor in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:185.1 through 185.9.

Acts 2007, No. 95, §1; Acts 2014, No. 354, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2293 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2293
Application of rules governing mandate
Status: in_force

A management of affairs is subject to the rules of mandate to the extent those rules are compatible with management of affairs.

Acts 1995, No. 1041, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4461 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4461
Small tutorship defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter, a small tutorship is the tutorship of a minor whose property in Louisiana has a gross value of fifty thousand dollars or less.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 437, §1; Acts 1979, No. 71, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2013, No. 118, §1, eff. June 5, 2013.
La. Civ. Code art. 1311 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1311
Action maintainable by one or more co-owners.
Status: in_force

Partitions can be sued for not only by the majority of the heirs, but by each of them, so that one heir alone can force all the rest to a partition at his instance.
La. Ch. Code art. 1621 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1621
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

NOTE: Art. 1621 repealed by Acts 2010, No. 893, §2, eff. when the 35th state enacts the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.

Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution or in another state pursuant to Article 1613 and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article 1612.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §16, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2010, No. 893, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 3230 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3230
Restitution dependent on identification.
Status: in_force

When the things reclaimed consist in merchandise, which is sold in bales, packages or cases, the claim shall not be admitted if they have been untied, unpacked or taken out of the cases and mixed with other things of the same nature belonging to the purchaser, so that their identity can no longer be established.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 329 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 329
Declaration of residence; waiver of notice
Status: in_force

A. The defendant and personal surety signing a bail undertaking shall write the address at which each can be served and mailing address, if different, under their respective signatures and the last four digits of their social security number. The defendant and his counsel may, with the court's approval, by joint affidavit filed of record in the matter in which the bail undertaking was given, appoint his counsel as his agent to whom notice to appear can be sent. The appointment shall be conclusively presumed to continue until the defendant, with court approval, files of record an affidavit revoking or changing the appointment. The affidavit shall include the address to which notice to appear can be sent. A commercial surety shall place its proper mailing address and electronic address on the face of the power of attorney used to execute the bail undertaking. The agent or bondsman posting the bail undertaking shall place his proper mailing address under his signature. A bond forfeiture judgment shall not be denied or set aside because of the invalidity of the information required by this Article or for the failure to include the information required by the provisions of this Article.

B. When a person who is required to sign his name or to make a declaration in writing under the provisions of this Title swears that he cannot sign or write, the officer authorized to receive the signature or declaration in writing may, at the request of the person, sign for him or make for him the declaration in writing, with the same binding effect as if the person had himself signed or himself made the declaration in writing; provided that the declaration and signature shall be witnessed and signed by at least two competent witnesses.

C. When a person who is required to sign his name or to make a declaration in writing under the provisions of this Title indicates that he cannot speak or write the English language, the officer authorized to receive the signature or declaration in writing may provide either an interpreter or a written form in the person's native language, enabling him to sign his name or make a declaration in writing.

D. Each address provided pursuant to Paragraph A of this Article shall be conclusively presumed to continue for all proceedings until the party providing the address changes it by filing a written declaration in the matter for which the bail undertaking was filed.

E. Except for the notice required by Article 330, by signing the bond undertaking, the defendant and his surety waive any right of notice to appear, including actual notice.

Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 431 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 431
Oath of grand jury
Status: in_force

The grand jurors shall take the following oath when impaneled:

"As members of the grand jury, do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will diligently inquire into and true presentment make of all indictable offenses triable within this parish which shall be given you in charge, or which shall otherwise come to your knowledge; that you will keep secret your own counsel and that of your fellows and of the state, and will not, except when authorized by law, disclose testimony of any witness examined before you, nor disclose anything which any grand juror may have said, or how any grand juror may have voted on any matter before you; that you will not indict any person through malice, hatred, or ill will, nor fail to indict any person through fear, favor, affection, or hope of reward or gain; but in all of your indictments you will present the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding?"

The oath shall be read to the grand jury by the clerk, who shall then ask each juror: "Do you take this oath or affirmation?"

The oath shall be administered to every grand juror appointed to fill a vacancy in the grand jury and to every grand juror who was not present at the taking of the oath by the grand jury.
La. Ch. Code art. 1306.10 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1306.10
Effect of registration for modification
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements of Article 1306.11 or 1306.13 have been met.

Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Civ. Code art. 2474 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2474
Construction of ambiguities respecting obligations of seller
Status: in_force

The seller must clearly express the extent of his obligations arising from the contract, and any obscurity or ambiguity in that expression must be interpreted against the seller.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.