La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1212 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1212
Salary
Status: in_force

NOTE: Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff.when the clerk of the 41 st JDC takes office.

A. The clerk of the civil district court shall receive a salary as established in R.S. 13:782(A) based on the applicable population of the parish according to the latest United States census which shall be payable out of the judicial expense fund beginning with Fiscal Year 1997-1998 and each fiscal year thereafter. In addition to this amount, the clerk of the civil district court shall receive a salary of ten thousand dollars which shall be payable by the state.

B.(1) The Louisiana Clerks of Court Certification program, as established pursuant to R.S 13:782(I) and (J), shall apply to the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans.

(2) In addition to those persons eligible pursuant to R.S. 13:782(I)(3) and 1371.1(B)(2), the person holding the office of clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be eligible for participation in the clerks of court certification program.

(3) The requisite education and training will be provided as set forth in R.S. 13:782(I)(4).

(4) The clerks of court certification program committee, as created pursuant to R.S. 13:782(J) to govern the certification program, shall also apply to the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans.

(5) Documents showing the successful completion of the certification program shall be submitted to and approved by the certification committee. Upon approval of the application for certification, a person holding the office of clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans shall receive the designation of Certified Clerk of Court (CCC) and notice of the approval shall be forwarded to the legislative auditor by the certification committee.

(6) If, on July 1, 1997, a clerk has completed the educational and experience requirements as provided in R.S. 13:782(I)(4) and the documents showing the successful completion of the program have been submitted to and approved by the certification committee and notice of the approval has been forwarded to the legislative auditor, the clerk shall be granted a seven percent increase in compensation to his annual salary as set forth in Subsection A of this Section, which seven percent increase in compensation to his annual salary shall be payable out of the judicial expense fund.

(7) A clerk shall complete the requirements of R.S. 13:782(I)(4) in order to receive and retain the seven percent compensation enhancement. If a clerk does not complete the certification program as provided in R.S. 13:782(I) and (J), or if after certification a clerk does not receive certification renewal within each four-year period, his salary shall revert back to the salary scale provided for in Subsection A of this Section.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 365, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 360, §1; Acts 1972, No. 633, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1979, No. 211, §1; Acts 1997, No. 470, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1216, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff. when the clerk of the 41 st JDC takes office.

NOTE: Acts 2006, No. 621, which created the 41 st J.D.C., provided for an effective date of Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, extended the effective date to Dec. 31, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:314 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 314
Future construction of references to court of appeal for the parish of Orleans, and to courts of appeal, first and second circuits
Status: in_force

When any code or statutory provision heretofore adopted refers to the court of appeal for the parish of Orleans, it shall be construed hereafter to refer to the court of appeal for the fourth circuit.

When any code or statutory provision heretofore adopted refers to the courts of appeal for the first and second circuits, it shall be construed hereafter to refer to the courts of appeal for the first, second, and third circuits.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 36, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1808 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1808
Notice to persons outside state
Status: in_force

A. Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this state for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice but may be by publication if other means are not effective.

B. Proof of service may be made in the manner prescribed by the law of this state or by the law of the state in which the service is made.

C. Notice is not required for the exercise of jurisdiction with respect to a person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1598 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1598
Absence of juvenile judge
Status: in_force

Whenever a judge of the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Jefferson is on vacation or for any other reason is absent or prevented from performing his duties as judge for any cause, any judge of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court may preside over the juvenile court and discharge the duties of the juvenile judge. In addition, if any judge of the juvenile court is going to be on vacation or is absent or unable to discharge his duties as a juvenile court judge for any other reason, then the judge that is to be absent may appoint an attorney having the requisite qualifications for the office of juvenile court judge to act in his stead and discharge all of the duties incumbent upon a juvenile court judge. If a judge of juvenile court is absent or unable to perform his duties because of an incapacity and this incapacity makes it impossible for that judge to appoint an attorney to serve in his place, then the judge or judges of juvenile court shall appoint an attorney of appropriate qualifications to serve for the incapacitated judge. Any attorney appointed as judge ad hoc of the juvenile court shall serve during the entire absence of the judge he represents and shall be paid the same salary as the judge he is replacing, it being understood that the absent judge will continue to receive his normal salary and economic benefits set forth by law.

Acts 1958, Ex.Sess., No. 10, §6. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 321, §1; Acts 1971, No. 104, §1; Acts 1974, No. 399, §1; Acts 1979, No. 641, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.80 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.80
Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

A. When a surplus of fines, costs, or bonds has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge criminal fund, which is known as the Ward 4 Bond and Escrow Account and/or Criminal Fund Account, and the surplus has remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus to the operating fund, which is known as the General Fund Account, of the court.

B. When a surplus of filing fees and costs or unclaimed fees and costs has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge civil fund and the surplus or unclaimed fees and costs have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus or the amount of the unclaimed fees and costs to the operating fund, known as the General Fund Account, of the court.

C. This Section shall not affect the payment of fees to which the judge is entitled pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 13:1874.

Acts 1999, No. 98, §1, eff. June 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.202
Exclusive basis
Status: in_force

This Part provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this state to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:587 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 587
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division
Status: in_force

A. The judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court may, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, designate and assign to one or more divisions of the court any or all types of juvenile matters of which the court has jurisdiction and any or all types of domestic relations matters of which the court has jurisdiction.

B. The authority conferred by this Section shall not prohibit the assignment by a majority vote of the court en banc of other matters to a designated division to which it assigns juvenile or domestic relations matters, nor the assignment of any juvenile or domestic relation matters to any other division of the court.

Acts 1984, No. 373, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 655, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3480 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3480
Service of citation on secretary of state; sending or delivering notice and copies; filing receipt or affidavit; continuances
Status: in_force

Service of citation in any case provided in R.S. 13:3479 shall be made by serving a copy of the petition and citation on the secretary of state, or his successor in office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon any such non-resident; provided that notice of such service, together with a copy of the petition and citation are forthwith sent by registered mail by the plaintiff to the defendant, or actually delivered to the defendant, and the defendant's return receipt, in case notice is sent by registered mail, or affidavit of the party delivering the petition and citation in case notice is made by actual delivery, is filed in the proceedings before judgment can be rendered against any such non-resident. The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:853 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 853
Criminal matters; additional court costs; Twenty-Second Judicial District Court
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, a sum not to exceed fifty dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

B. The sheriff shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section into the Criminal Court Fund for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court to defray the costs of the court.

Acts 2012, No. 813, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4247 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4247
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be cited as the "Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act".

Acts 1985, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.205
Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:4251.204, a court that has appointed a guardian or issued a protective order consistent with this Chapter has exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court or the appointment or order expires by its own terms.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:901 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 901
Requirements for indexing names
Status: in_force

The recorder of mortgages and of conveyances shall index any act required to be recorded in the names of the natural persons as recited in the act, including the full name, including middle name or middle initial, and family name of such natural person. In addition, if a woman is a party to an act, it shall be indexed in her family name and all other names recited in the act.

Acts 1987, No. 679, §1; Acts 2005, No. 169, §5, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2004 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2004
Minden
Status: in_force

A. Fines, forfeitures, costs, and penalties imposed in criminal prosecutions by the city court of Minden shall be paid into the general fund of the city of Minden in cases where the prosecution is on behalf of the city, and into the general fund of the parish of Webster in cases where the prosecution is on behalf of the state or parish.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city court of Minden may impose a service charge against an individual whenever a prosecution occurs in city 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:

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

(b) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under local ordinance with the same elements, standards, jurisdictional limits, and penalties as R.S. 14:71.

(2) The city court may collect the service charge authorized by this Section from any person who is a principal to the offense described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) The amount of the service charge in city court shall not exceed:

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

(b) Twenty-five 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.

(4) Service charges assessed and collected under this Section shall be placed in the city court general fund and used solely to supplement the operational expenses of the court.

Acts 1990, No. 365, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2075.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2075.1
Jennings; surplus in civil fee account
Status: in_force

When a surplus of filing fees and costs or unclaimed fees and costs have accumulated in the City Court of Jennings' civil fee account and the surplus or unclaimed fees and costs have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus or the amount of the unclaimed fees and costs that remain unclaimed, after notice to the depositors by publication in the legal journal of the parish or by other reasonable means, to the general operational fund of the court. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any claim or right granted to a claimant by the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, R.S. 9:151 et seq. After transfer of the surplus funds from the civil fee account to the general operation fund of the court, the city court shall remain liable for the full amount of any viable claim for unclaimed property in accordance with any other provision of law. This Section shall not affect the payment of civil fees to which the judge is entitled pursuant to R.S. 13:1874(A).

Acts 2008, No. 47, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1871
Scope of provisions
Status: in_force

This Part does not apply to the city, municipal, or traffic courts of the city of New Orleans.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the provisions of this Part apply to all other city courts, whether presently in existence or hereafter created.

For the purposes of this Part, the term "city court" includes "municipal court".

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:756.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 756.5
East Feliciana Parish; branch office
Status: in_force

The clerk of court of the parish of East Feliciana may establish and maintain a branch office in Jackson in the parish of East Feliciana, without cost to the state, to be used to issue marriage licenses, to provide ex officio notary services, to perform microfilm services, to accept passport applications, and to be a depository of certain duplicate records.

Acts 1986, No. 356, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5582 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5582
Salary and expense fund of civil sheriff
Status: in_force

There shall be a salary and expense fund for the office of the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans. The sum of sixty-three thousand dollars shall be allowed for each calendar year toward the payment of compensation for all services required of the civil sheriff and toward the payment of all the expenses of his office, twenty-three thousand dollars of which shall be paid into the salary and expense fund by the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District from millage levied by it. The sums shall be remitted annually in advance or in monthly installments, to the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 566, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 163, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1974, No. 135, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1501 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.4
Limitations on civil jurisdiction
Status: in_force

This court shall not have jurisdiction in civil matters involving successions or probate matters; where a succession is the defendant; in divorce proceedings; in matters concerned with adoption, emancipation, interdiction, or filiation of persons; when the state, parish, or other political subdivision, as defined in R.S. 13:5101 et seq., is a party defendant; where title to real estate is involved; in election contests; where a federal or state law or a parish or municipal ordinance is sought to be invalidated; over any matters which under the laws of this state are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; where the action is against an officer or employee of the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment, or where the suit is otherwise subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:5104.

Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2004, No. 26, §7; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. June 4, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1447 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1447
Powers; contempt; marriage ceremonies
Status: in_force

The parish court possesses inherently all of the power necessary for the exercise of its civil jurisdiction, even though not granted expressly by law. It possesses the powers provided by Article 192 and Articles 194 through 196 of the Code of Civil Procedure and shall have the same power to punish for contempt as a district court. In addition, the judge of the parish court may perform marriage ceremonies.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715
Court order for chart or record of state operated health care facility; certified copy as sufficient compliance
Status: in_force

Whenever a certified copy of a chart or record of any state operated health care facility is offered in evidence or when any court of competent jurisdiction has ordered the production of any chart or record of a state operated health care facility, certified copies of such chart or record, signed by the administrator or the medical records librarian of such hospital and attested by the seal of the hospital, shall be received in evidence with the same force and effect as though the original document were produced, and it shall be a sufficient compliance with any such order of court to furnish copies so certified.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 294, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3427 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3427
Descriptive list
Status: in_force

A. The court shall order the filing of a detailed descriptive list of all the property of the absent person upon the filing of an application for appointment as curator. The list shall be sworn to and subscribed by the person filing it, shall show the location of all items of property of the absent person, and shall set forth the fair market value of each item at the time of the making of the list.

B. The descriptive list shall be accepted as prima facie proof of all matters shown therein, unless amended or traversed successfully.

C. The court may amend the descriptive list at any time to correct errors therein, on ex parte motion of the person filing it. Any interested person may traverse the descriptive list at any time, on contradictory motion served on the person filing it.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2563.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2563.9
Annual vacation
Status: in_force

The judge of this court may take an annual vacation of one month. He may appoint an attorney residing within the territorial boundaries of the court to sit and hold court when the judge is absent from the territorial jurisdiction of the court while on vacation. The attorney shall possess the same qualifications as those required of the judge. Such attorney shall be paid from the judicial expense fund established by R.S. 13:2563.17, a sum equal to the proportionate amount of the judge's salary for the period of time for which the appointee serves as judge of the court, and he shall have the powers and duties of a regular judge while sitting as such.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1032 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1032
Sureties
Status: in_force

The sureties on the clerk's bond shall be residents of the state of Louisiana. Prior to being accepted as surety, they shall make an oath in writing upon the bond before the judge of the court receiving the bond. The oath shall state that after their debts and liabilities have been paid, they are worth the amount of the bond in unencumbered immovable property liable to seizure within the parish of Orleans or the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1999, No. 243, §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. § 13:2563.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2563.14
Court reporter
Status: in_force

The judge shall 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 of the court reporter. Except in pauper cases, the fees of the court reporter in civil cases shall be charged as costs in the litigation, and shall be paid primarily by the party requesting the transcription. However, the reporter is not required to file the transcript before payment.

The governing authority of the parish of Ascension shall fix and pay the salary of the court reporter.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:794 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 794
St. Landry Parish; jury commission fees; per diem and expenses of commissioners
Status: in_force

The clerk of court of St. Landry Parish shall, from fees collected for the jury commission fund, pay to the members of the jury commission their monthly per diem and expenses on their own warrant. The clerk shall deposit any balance remaining from such fees after the payment of per diem and expenses into the jury commission fund at such intervals as he deems proper based upon funds required to make such payments.

Acts 1992, No. 492, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3866 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3866
Same; judgment for seized debtor; satisfaction of claim of seizing creditor
Status: in_force

In the event of judgment being rendered in favor of the seized debtor, the litigant cast shall not pay the amount thereof to the debtor without first satisfying the claim of the seizing creditor, or so much thereof as is covered by the judgment, under penalty of being liable to the creditor for the amount of the judgment.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5215 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5215
Appointment of a facilitator
Status: in_force

A. A program facilitator shall be appointed by the judge of a court participating in the program to assist parties in reaching a settlement.

B. The facilitator shall be assigned to the case not more than ten days after all parties register for an account within the program.

C. The facilitator shall inform the parties of the procedure to be followed, including the type of communication the parties may use.

D. Unless the facilitator determines additional time will likely result in a settlement, these efforts at resolution shall not exceed fourteen days. The facilitator may extend or shorten the timelines at any time during the process.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 711
Nineteenth Judicial District Court; commissioners
Status: in_force

A. The offices of commissioner of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court are hereby created. Four commissioners shall be appointed in the judicial district, such offices to be designated as Section A, Section B, Section C, and Section D, respectively.

B. Each such commissioner shall be selected by a majority of the duly elected judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District. A commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the court and may be removed from office by a majority of the elected judges of the district. Additionally, any commissioner shall be subject to removal from office for any reason for which a district judge may be removed.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 62, §1, eff. June 22, 1979; Acts 2023, No. 229, §1.

NOTE: Subpart heading changes to "SUBPART D. MAGISTRATES AND COMMISSIONERS" on Jan. 1, 2009. See Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2603 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2603
Justice of the peace and constable districts; Jackson Parish
Status: in_force

The justices of the peace and constables districts for Jackson Parish shall encompass the following police jury/school board wards:

District A - Ward 1

District B - Ward 2

District C - Wards 3 and 4

District D - Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8

District E - Wards 9 and 10.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 627, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2095.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2095.2
Pineville; marshal; fees in criminal matters
Status: in_force

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

B. The sum of monies collected under the provisions of Subsection A 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 Pineville.

Added by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 117, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5233.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5233.1
Protection of the freedom of worship in churches and other religious institutions; protection of religious education
Status: in_force

A. If a church or other place of worship has met the requirements for zoning, building code, and fire safety regulation, and has received an occupancy license for the use of the building, the government shall not do any of the following:

(1) Restrict or deny the use of the building for a meeting based upon the day of the week the building is being used.

(2) Restrict or deny the use of the building based upon the content or types of religious instruction, education, or activities conducted in the building.

(3) Restrict or deny the use of the building for a mother's day out program.

(4) Restrict or deny the use of the building for a meeting of two or more parents or children participating in a home study program, pursuant to R.S. 17:236.1, or a nonpublic school not seeking state approval for the purpose of the following:

(a) Increasing their child's academic performance.

(b) Facilitating socialization for student enrichment.

(c) Facilitating student recreational or athletic activities.

(5) Restrict or deny the use of the building for a Vacation Bible School or a Bible Camp.

B. Nothing in this Section shall prevent enforcement of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or any other applicable provisions of criminal law.

Acts 2025, No. 358, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4715 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4715
Order of abatement
Status: in_force

A. If it is established in an action under the provisions of this Subpart that maintenance of a nuisance exists and that the owner knew of its existence, an order of abatement may be entered as part of the judgment rendered in the case. The order of abatement shall direct the effectual closing of the premises for a period of five years, unless sooner released. However, for a nonconforming use of the premises, the order of abatement shall direct the effectual closing of the premises for at least six months and one day.

B. Any person who in any manner uses premises he knows have been so directed to be closed shall be guilty of contempt of court and punished therefor as provided in R.S. 13:4714.

Acts 1977, No. 717, §2, eff. July 20, 1977. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 802, §1; Acts 2008, No. 650, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2604.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2604.1
Territorial jurisdiction; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established in Jefferson Parish, effective on January 1, 1997, a justice of the peace district and court, which shall be comprised of Precincts 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 31-K, 32-K, 33-K, 104, and 115 of Jefferson Parish. The court shall have territorial jurisdiction throughout the district and shall have subject matter jurisdiction as provided by law for justice of the peace courts. The territorial jurisdiction of any justice of the peace district and court, which prior to August 21, 1992, included any of Precincts 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 31-K, 32-K, 33-K, 104, and 115, shall be reduced accordingly and limited to that portion of its territorial jurisdiction lying outside of the district herein created.

B. The offices of justice of the peace and constable for the court established in Subsection A of this Section are hereby created. The first justice of the peace shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 22 of the Constitution of Louisiana. He shall take office on January 1, 1997, for a term which shall expire on December 31, 2002, and his successor shall be elected for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2582. The first constable shall be elected at the congressional election to be held in 1996. He shall take office on January 1, 1997, for a term which shall expire on December 31, 2002, and his successor shall be elected for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2583.

Acts 1992, No. 989, §1; Acts 1993, No. 714, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.34
Judicial expense fund for Twenty-Seventh Judicial District; established; criminal case fees; sheriff's fees; disposition
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a sum determined by the judges of the district sitting en banc but which shall not exceed five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition.

B. The clerk of 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 Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court. The judges of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District sitting en banc shall have control over the fund and all disbursements from the fund. They shall cause to be conducted an annual audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating to the fund and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

C. The judges of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court sitting en banc may, in lieu of all or any part of the fees for reporting and transcribing testimony authorized under the provisions of R.S. 13:961(F), or other applicable laws, and in addition to salaries otherwise provided, authorized, or established by law, fix and pay each of their court reporters a salary from the judicial expense fund. The judges sitting en banc may further appoint any 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 sitting en banc may utilize the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing and/or maintaining a law library for the court, for the renovation, improvement, or purchasing of existing structures or the construction of new structures to be used for any purposes incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the court or the office of the individual judges, or for buying and/or maintaining 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 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. No salary shall be paid from the Judicial Expense Fund for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District to any of the judges of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District except as may be paid for administering the fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

E.(1) In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District shall collect a fee of fifteen dollars from every person who is convicted, after trial, by a guilty plea, or by forfeiture of bond, of a crime or traffic offense. Such fee shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or the law to the contrary the fees required in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be transmitted by the clerk to the parish governing authority of the parish of St. Landry for expenditure by it in meeting the costs of housing, feeding, and maintaining persons in the parish prison and for payment of jury and witness fees associated with criminal cases.

F. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the sheriff of St. Landry Parish shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in all criminal cases against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond. This fee shall be remitted to the sheriff of St. Landry Parish to be used in defraying the expenses of his office and he may use all methods available under the law to enforce and collect same.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 352, §1. Acts 1986, No. 457, §2; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1; Acts 1989, No. 535, §1; Acts 1992, No. 928, §1; Acts 1993, No. 707, §1, eff. June 21, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1568.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1568.3
Special divisions of court
Status: in_force

A. In accordance with the jurisdiction provided for in the Children's Code, in a juvenile court located in Orleans Parish, there shall be special divisions of court with exclusive jurisdiction over child in need of care proceedings, as specifically provided for in Titles VI, X, XI, and XII of the Louisiana Children's Code and generally provided for in other titles or articles of the code, which shall consist of Section "A", Section "B", Section "C", Section "E", and Section "F" of the court.

B. In accordance with the jurisdiction provided for in the Children's Code, the juvenile court located in Orleans Parish, there shall be special divisions of court with exclusive jurisdiction over delinquency proceedings, as specifically provided for in Title VIII of the Louisiana Children's Code and generally provided for in other titles or articles of the code, which shall consist of Section "A", Section "B", Section "C", Section "E", and Section "F".

Acts 2004, No. 402, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2014, No. 466, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 2014, midnight.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5037 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5037
Security for costs not required of defendant
Status: in_force

The defendant shall not be required to give security for costs, or to advance costs in any case in which suit is brought by the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1567 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1567
Juvenile court for parish of Orleans; vacations; inability to serve; appointments
Status: in_force

Each judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be entitled to a vacation of thirty days. Whenever a judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court is unable to serve for any reason other than while the judge is on vacation, the Louisiana Supreme Court shall appoint an attorney possessed of the same qualifications required of a judge of the court, who shall possess the powers of and discharge the duties of judge of the court during the period of inability to serve. In addition, a judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, when he is going to be on vacation, may appoint an attorney possessed of the same qualifications required of a judge of the court, who shall possess the powers of and discharge the duties of judge of the court while the judge is on vacation. Any lawyer appointed to serve as judge under the provisions of this Section shall be paid a salary equal to the proportionate amount of salary of the judge whom he is replacing for the period of time for which the appointee serves as judge of the court. Any vacancy in the office of judge of the court shall be filled in accordance with Article V, Section 22(B) of the Louisiana Constitution.

Acts 1950, No. 82, §2. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 494, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2589 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2589
Compensation of justices of the peace and constables in criminal matters
Status: in_force

A.(1) Justices of the peace and constables shall receive no fees in criminal matters or in peace bond cases, but in lieu thereof they shall receive such salaries as are fixed by the parish governing authority and paid by the parish, which salaries shall be graded, but which in no case shall be less than seventy-five dollars per month. This salary of not less than seventy-five dollars per month shall include and shall not be in addition to the amount of the salary provided for in R.S. 13:5802.

(2) Every justice of the peace and constable shall attend at least one of the Justice of the Peace Training Courses offered by the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 49:251.1 every other year, and a justice of the peace or constable who fails to do so shall not earn or receive the compensation provided in this Section, until he attends a course and receives a certificate of completion from the attorney general.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 30:2531 through 2531.5 and 2532, governing the distribution of fines for littering, and notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the local governing bodies receiving the fines imposed by R.S. 30:2531 through 2531.5 and by any parish ordinance shall reimburse those justice of the peace courts and ward constable offices who handle litter violations for the time spent and expenses incurred by the respective justice of the peace, and constable, deputy constable, or special deputy constable for handling those litter violations.

C. In Caddo Parish, in addition to the reimbursements provided for in Subsection B of this Section, the justice of the peace courts and ward constable offices shall also be reimbursed for handling property standards violations.

D. In St. Tammany Parish, in addition to the reimbursement provided in Subsection B of this Section, the justice of the peace courts and ward constable offices shall also be reimbursed for handling property standards and nuisance violations as defined per local ordinance.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 87, §1. Acts 1986, No. 401, §1; Acts 1989, No. 296, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §§2, 10; Acts 2001, No. 689, §1; Acts 2008, No. 656, §1; Acts 2019, No. 28, §1, eff. May 30, 2019.

NOTE: The Title and Section 10 of Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148 purport to repeal R.S. 13:2589(B). However, Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §2 includes R.S. 13:2589(B) with amendments, though introductory language of §2 does not mention this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5128 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5128
Appeals
Status: in_force

From the final judgment of the court an appeal shall lie to the supreme court where permitted by the constitution of this state, otherwise to the court of appeal. No appeal to the court of appeal or the supreme court shall be allowed unless the petition therefor is filed within ten days from the date on which the judgment of the court is entered and only if the party taking the appeal has the record certified to the proper appellate court and his brief filed therein within twenty days from the date on which the judgment of the court is entered, or such shorter time as may be required by the appellate court. The appellee shall have fourteen days in which to file a reply brief and the case shall be heard no later than seven days thereafter. The court of appeal shall render a decision within the seven day period following the hearing. In the event the court of appeal finds a statute or law unconstitutional, an appeal from a decision of the court of appeal affirming or overturning the final judgment of the district court lies to the supreme court provided such appeal is taken within five days of the date of such decision. The supreme court shall consider such appeal within the time limits and in the manner as prescribed above for direct appeals from the district court. The parties may otherwise apply to the supreme court for writs of review or certiorari in accordance with law.

Acts 1988, No. 771, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.27
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 Fifteenth Judicial District to any of the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial District except as may be paid for administering the said fund, and then only after prior legislative approval.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 108, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1373 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1373
Minute clerks and court reporters
Status: in_force

A. (1) The presiding judge of each section of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans may appoint a minute clerk at an annual salary of forty-eight hundred dollars, and a court reporter at an annual salary of fifty-four hundred dollars; the salaries of the minute clerks and of the court reporters shall be paid by the city of New Orleans.

(2) The minute clerk of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans, longest in continuous service, shall be ex-officio minute clerk to the court en banc of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans. The minute clerk shall act as minute clerk whenever the judges of the criminal district court shall sit en banc, and shall prepare and inscribe the minutes of said court in the same manner as he performs his duties as minute clerk of the criminal district court. He shall receive compensation of twenty-five dollars per month payable by the city of New Orleans; the compensation being in addition to the compensation paid him as minute clerk of the criminal district court and shall be paid by the city of New Orleans in like manner as his other compensation.

B. The court reporters shall:

(1) Report in full the testimony taken in all preliminary examinations.

(2) Report in full all cases appealable to the judges of the criminal district court sitting as a court of appeals.

(3) Prepare, make up, and furnish to the clerk of the criminal district court the transcript of the testimony, including bills of exceptions, motions, writs, and all court proceedings, taken in all cases appealed from judgments of the criminal district court to the judges of this court sitting as a court of appeals, and to an appellate court, as may be required by the clerk of the appropriate appellate court. The clerk of the criminal district court shall prepare, make up, and furnish the transcripts of appeals to the supreme court. The court reporter who prepares such transcripts shall be entitled to be compensated for his services, if funds are available, in all cases at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one line page.

(4) Report the proceedings in the trial of all capital cases, and in felony cases where the punishment may be imprisonment at hard labor for term exceeding five years, but only when a written request is made therefor by the attorney for the defense or the district attorney.

(5) Report the proceedings in cases triable by the judge without a jury wherein an appeal may be had to an appellate court, when a written request is made therefor by the attorney for the defense or the district attorney, and in such other proceedings as in the opinion of the court may be important and necessary.

(6) Report the evidence objected to in cases not otherwise required to be reported, whenever an objection shall be made and a bill of exceptions reserved, and to transcribe it in case of appeal.

(7) In all cases of appeal to an appellate court, furnish to the clerk of the criminal district court three certified copies of the testimony taken and of the bills of exception to which the testimony shall have been annexed.

C. Each reporter shall be a court reporter of the criminal district court, and may be assigned during term time by the presiding judge of his section of the criminal district court to any other section as exigencies may require.

D. The salary of the clerk who acts as minute clerk for the judges sitting as a court of appeals shall be the same salary as provided for the minute clerks.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 225, §1; Acts 1952, No. 451, §1; Acts 1972, No. 638, §1; Acts 1973, No. 151, §1; Acts 1978, No. 776, §1; Acts 1982, No. 665, §1; Acts 1983, No. 76, §1; Acts 2014, No. 364, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2500.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2500.2
Additional court costs to defray expenses
Status: in_force

In all prosecutions in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, including all traffic violations other than parking, there may be assessed as additional costs against every defendant for every offense who is convicted after trial or plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum not to exceed thirty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the consolidated judicial expense fund of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to be used by the court to defray its expenses.

Acts 1987, No. 93, §1; Acts 1989, No. 312, §1; Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2012, No. 337, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1138
Domestic Relations Divisions
Status: in_force

A. The judges of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans who are in office on July 1, 1979, shall create the Domestic Relations Section of that court, by rule of court adopted on or before December 1, 1979, by the judges sitting en banc. The rule shall designate not less than two incumbent judges who shall be assigned to the Domestic Relations Section in accordance with the rules of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. The Domestic Relations Section shall be assigned all cases involving domestic relations problems as defined in this Section.

B.(1) The first two judgeships becoming vacant by death, resignation, retirement, or removal on or after August 15, 2011, shall be abolished and two new judgeships shall be created and limited, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family matters as provided by law, including the domestic relations matters provided for in Subsection C of this Section. In addition to such family and domestic relations matters, the judges provided for in this Subsection may serve as a duty judge and shall have the same authority as other judges of the court serving in the same capacity as a duty judge.

(2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Divisions B and E unless there is a vacancy in one or both of those divisions on or after February 1, 2012.

(3) Upon creation of the judgeships provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, those judgeships shall be designated as Domestic Sections 1 and 2.

C.(1) Domestic relations matters shall include:

(a) Actions for divorce, annulment of marriage, establishment or disavowal of paternity of children, alimony, support of children, custody by habeas corpus or otherwise, visitation rights, and all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings.

(b) The issuance, modification, or dissolution of conservatory writs for the protection of community property.

(c) The issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments for alimony, child support, and attorney fees, partition proceedings following divorce judgments, and suits for separation of property.

(2) For the purposes of this Subsection, family or domestic relations matters shall not include tutorship proceedings.

D. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and shall supersede to the extent of conflict with any other provision of law.

Acts 1979, No. 460, §2, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 976, §2; 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, §1, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2015, No. 180, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1805
International application
Status: in_force

A. A court of this state shall treat a foreign country as if it were a state of the United States for the purpose of applying Subparts A and B of this Part.

B. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this Section, a child custody determination made in a foreign country under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this Act shall be recognized and enforced under Subpart C of this Part.

C. A court of this state need not apply this Act if the child custody law of a foreign country violates fundamental principles of human rights.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:961.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 961.2
Court reporters; transcripts
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in R.S. 13:961(F), official court reporters and deputy court reporters shall prepare transcripts formatted as follows:

(1) Transcripts shall contain no fewer than thirty-two typed lines, exclusive of the page number, on legal paper.

(2) Transcripts shall contain no fewer than nine characters to the typed inch in Pica type.

(3) The left-hand margin of transcripts shall be set at no more than one inch.

(4) The right-hand margin of transcripts shall be set at no more than one inch.

(5) Each question and answer shall begin on a separate line.

(6) Each question and answer shall begin at the left-hand margin, with no more than five spaces from the question and answer to the text.

(7) Carryover question and answer lines shall begin at the left-hand margin.

(8) Colloquy material shall begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin, with carryover lines commencing no more than ten spaces from the left-hand margin.

(9) Quoted material shall begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin, with carryover lines commencing no more than ten spaces from the left-hand margin.

(10) Parenthetical and exhibit markings shall begin no more than fifteen spaces from the left-hand margin.

(11) There shall be at least a one inch bottom margin.

B.(1) When a transcript is requested by a litigant, the court reporter or deputy court reporter shall be paid in advance and shall furnish such transcript within thirty days of payment.

(2) If the court reporter or deputy court reporter is unable to furnish such transcript within thirty days following the request and payment of the same, the court reporter or deputy court reporter may apply for an extension by written request to the trial judge, who may grant the extension for a reasonable period of time for good cause.

(3) When a court reporter or deputy court reporter requests an extension, the court shall send a notice or certificate to the litigant who requested the transcript.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to appellate transcripts governed by specific court rules.

Acts 2010, No. 736, §1; eff. June 29, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.79 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.79
Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the Code of Civil Procedure Art. 5181 et seq., in addition to any other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of the Breaux Bridge City Court shall collect from each person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, except in the small claims division, a nonrefundable fee in an amount determined by the judge, but not to exceed thirty dollars.

B. The clerk shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section in the general fund of the court, special cost account, to be used to supplement the operational expenses of the court. The expenditure of funds shall be at the sole discretion of the judge of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the court'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 authority provided by law for the financing of the Breaux Bridge City Court.

Acts 1991, No. 934, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4753 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4753
Hearing and determination
Status: in_force

The judge to whom the application is made, either in open court or in chambers, may proceed to hear and determine the case and render such judgment as the nature of the relief and the law and the evidence shall justify.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.48 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.48
Judicial clerk's fund for Thirty-Fourth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court in the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed thirty dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Art. 5181, et seq.; and in all criminal cases in St. Bernard Parish, both misdemeanors and felonies, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond a sum likewise determined, but which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted each month to the court by the sheriff for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The clerk of court and the sheriff shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the judicial clerk's fund for the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District shall have control over and administer 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 same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

C. The judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks, 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 or reasonable expenses 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 for the court or for buying, leasing, or maintaining any type of equipment, supplies, or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court, or to pay for actual expenses incurred, including travel, lodging, tuition, and fees, by any judge or clerk in attending any seminar or conference germane to the proper operation of the court.

D. In general, the judicial clerk's fund is established and may be used for any purpose connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the 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 above purposes.

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

Acts 1986, No. 47, §1; Acts 1988, No. 862, §1; Acts 1991, No. 15, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2085 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2085
Shreveport; salary of deputy marshals
Status: in_force

The chief deputy and other deputy marshals of the City Court of Shreveport shall be paid an annual salary in an amount set by and paid by the city of Shreveport, payable monthly on their respective warrants.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 159, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3713 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3713
Federal enactments, regulations, decisions, prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

The official records and other documents, being enactments or regulations or decisions or rulings or proceedings or reports or other official acts, of the congress or any federal executive department or subdivision therein, or of any federal court or commission or board or agency or public institution, may be evidenced by the federal register or by a printed book or pamphlet or periodical purporting to be published by the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington, D.C., by authority, which shall be received in all courts and proceedings of this state and by all officers of this state as prima facie evidence of the records, documents, enactments, regulations, decisions, rulings, proceedings, reports or other official acts of the departments, subdivisions, courts, commissions, boards, agencies or public institutions from which they purport to emanate, and the same may be read and referred to as such in any and all courts of this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.3
Judicial expense fund for the Family Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; established; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any action, suit, or motion and rule to show cause on the docket of the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the court, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed thirty-five dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq.; and in all criminal nonsupport cases over which the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish has jurisdiction, including contempt proceedings provided for by Children's Code Article 1353, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined, but which shall not exceed ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed, and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The clerk of 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 Family Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge. The judges, en banc, of the Family Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge 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 same with the office of the legislative auditor, where it shall be available for public inspection.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 505, §1; Acts 1995, No. 809, §1; Acts 2022, No. 642, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4818 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4818
Concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans; reference to special commissioner
Status: in_force

Immediately upon issue being joined all concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans may be referred by the court to a special commissioner to examine and report thereon as to the law and the facts applicable thereto.

Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5596 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5596
Court's finding relieves sheriff of liability
Status: in_force

If the court finds that the surety is solvent and possessed of the qualifications prescribed by law, the bond shall be made in favor of the parties to the case, and the sheriff shall be relieved of all responsibility.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1517 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 10.4
Court costs; witness protection
Status: in_force

A. In every state district court having criminal jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana, there shall be assessed as an additional cost against every defendant who is convicted after trial, or who pleads guilty, or forfeits bond, a sum not to exceed one dollar. This cost shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be collected by the sheriff or appropriate court official. The sheriff or appropriate court official shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section and remit the sums monthly into an account to be designated as the "Witness Protection Services Program". The monies in this account shall be used by the district attorney's office of each parish solely and exclusively for the witness protection program, as provided for in R.S. 15:262, and as may be further provided by law.

B. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account 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.

Acts 2009, No. 267, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 267, §2, and the La. Register, 8/20/09, Vol. 35, No. 08, pg. 1828. The Judicial Council did not approve the cost provided for in this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2116
Oberlin Municipal Court; traffic matters; additional costs
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, in all traffic violation cases, the municipal judge may assess, in addition to any other fine or other penalty which may be legally imposed, costs of court in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars.

B. Except as otherwise provided by law, the proceeds derived from these costs shall be deposited in a special account which shall be subject to audit, and shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the Oberlin Police Department.

Acts 2014, No. 79, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5704 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5704
Qualifications
Status: in_force

A. The coroner shall be a physician licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana. This requirement shall be waived in any parish in which no licensed physician qualifies to run for the office.

B. The coroner shall be a resident of the parish. However, a licensed physician who is not a resident of the parish but who maintains a full-time medical practice at a principal medical office facility in the parish may qualify for and hold the office.

Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Acts 1999, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1554 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

NOTE: Acts 1999, No. 636, §2 provides that the Act (which added Subsection B) "shall apply to all elections for the office of coroner held on or after the effective date."
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4441 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4441
Transfer of cases appealed to wrong court; retransfer
Status: in_force

When an appeal is taken and perfected to an appellate court having no jurisdiction thereof, the court to which it is taken may transfer it to the court having jurisdiction thereof, instead of dismissing the appeal. The appellate court to which the appeal is transferred shall proceed as if the appeal had been taken to it originally.

If an appeal is transferred erroneously to the supreme court, the latter shall retransfer it to the court having appellate jurisdiction thereof. If an appeal is transferred by a district court erroneously to a court of appeal, the latter shall retransfer it to the district court to which it was taken originally, or to the supreme court if the latter has jurisdiction thereof.

This section applies to appeals in all cases, civil or criminal, to appeals over which a court of appeal has jurisdiction but which has been taken to the wrong court of appeal, and to all courts having appellate jurisdiction.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 38, §1, eff. June 20, 1960.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.27
Judge
Status: in_force

A. The judge of the city court shall be a duly licensed and practicing attorney who has been in the active practice of law before the courts of Louisiana for at least five years immediately preceding the election and who is a duly qualified elector and resident of the city of Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The judge shall be elected for a term of six years by the duly qualified electors of the city of Baker.

B. The judge shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or membership in the reserve defense establishment. The judge shall not be a public officer, official, or employee nor shall he hold any public or political office or be an officer, official, employee or member of any political organization, committee, or factional group. The salary of the judge payable by the city shall be as fixed by the city council until changed by the council, by ordinance. No fee basis compensation shall be established by the council.

C. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 742, §4, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 825, §4, eff. July 1, 1975.

Acts 1970, No. 424, §7. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 437, §1; Acts 1975, No. 716, §1; Acts 1975, No. 742, §4, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 825, §4, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1986, No. 226, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4823 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4823
Same; attendance of witnesses
Status: in_force

Witnesses who live in the parish or within one hundred miles of the place where the court is held, upon due notice to the opposite parties, may be summoned to appear before the special commissioner by subpoena in the usual form issued by the clerk of court requiring the attendance of the witnesses at the time and place specified. If any witness shall refuse to appear or to give evidence, he shall be deemed in contempt of court which, being certified to the clerk's office by the commissioner, an attachment may issue thereupon by order of court, in the same manner as if the contempt were for not attending, or for refusing to give any testimony in court. But nothing herein contained shall prevent the examination of witnesses viva voce when produced in open court, if the court in its discretion deems it advisable.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:587.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 587.4
District courts; specialized divisions or sections; subject matter
Status: in_force

A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge divisions or sections, the judges of any judicial district court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, may designate a certain division or section of the court as a specialized division or section having criminal, civil, drug court, driving while intoxicated court, human trafficking court, mental health court, misdemeanor, traffic, juvenile, violent crimes or homicides, reentry court, or other specialized subject matter jurisdiction.

B.(1) If a special division or section of court is designated as a violent crimes or homicide section, the court may provide the district attorney's office the opportunity to request an expedited docket to facilitate the hearing of cases involving homicides and crimes of violence that are committed with a dangerous weapon to ensure and secure the accuracy of testimony of witnesses and as a deterrence and prevention for crimes of violence and homicides.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or court rule to the contrary, the following components shall be complied with if a court designates a division or section of court as a violent crimes or homicide division or section and grants the district attorney's request for expedited status:

(a) If the district attorney requests an expedited docket, the trial court shall schedule the case for trial no later than ninety days after time has elapsed for discovery.

(b) Continuances should be granted only for good cause and shall be for the shortest time practicable.

C.(1) If a special division or section of court is designated as a human trafficking section, the presiding judge may be trained in issues of human trafficking and the support services available to victims.

(2) All cases where a person is charged or indicted pursuant to R.S. 14:46.2, 46.3, 81.1, 81.2, 81.3, 82, 82.1, 83, 83.1, 83.2, 83.3, 83.4, 84, 85, 86, 89, 89.1, 89.2, 104, 105, 281, or 282 shall be transferred to the human trafficking section of the court.

(3) If it is determined that a case involves a victim in need of services upon evaluation by the judge, and after a contradictory hearing, the following may apply:

(a) The victim may be mandated to attend the appropriate support services for victims of human trafficking if available.

(b) The victim shall, with consent of the district attorney, have the opportunity to be considered for a non-criminal disposition or dismissal of the case upon satisfactory compliance with mandated support services.

D. No rule adopted by the court may designate any division or section, without its consent, as a specialized division or section for a longer period than three years.

Acts 2009, No. 215, §1, eff. June 30, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 270, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 554, §1; Acts 2017, No. 131, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5077
Miscellaneous provisions
Status: in_force

A.(1) The attorney general shall provide a notice of removal to any manufacturer that it determines should be removed or have any of its brand families removed from the state directory. The notice shall state the grounds for the removal and inform the manufacturer that it or its brand families will be removed from the state directory thirty days following the date of the notice.

(2) During the thirty days following the date of the notice, the manufacturer may do either of the following:

(a) Fully cure the failure or violation.

(b) Submit documentation to the attorney general demonstrating that its determination described in the notice was incorrect.

(3) Unless the attorney general determines that the manufacturer has satisfied either Subparagraph (2)(a) or (b) of this Subsection, it or its brand families will be removed from the state directory thirty days following the date of the notice. A determination of the attorney general to not include or to remove from the directory a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer shall be subject to review in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Procedure Act. A manufacturer that unsuccessfully challenges a decision not to include or to remove from the directory a brand family or manufacturer shall pay the state's reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred in contesting the challenge.

B. Each person may provide a name and address to which notices issued pursuant to this Section are to be sent. Notice periods under this Section run from the date of notice sent to such name and address or, in the case of a person that does not provide a name and address, the last known company address.

C. No person shall be issued a license or granted a renewal of a license to act as a stamping agent unless such person has certified in writing, under penalty of perjury, that such person will comply fully with this Section.

D. For the year 2004, because the effective date of this Part is later than April 15, 2004, the first report of stamping agents required by R.S. 13:5075(A) shall be due thirty calendar days after June 25, 2004; the certifications by a tobacco product manufacturer described in R.S. 13:5073(A) shall be due forty-five calendar days after June 25, 2004; and the directory described in R.S. 13:5073(B) shall be published or made available within ninety calendar days after June 25, 2004.

E. The secretary, commissioner, and attorney general shall each designate employees who shall oversee the administration and enforcement of the laws and regulations regarding the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement for its office and who shall confer monthly to establish and monitor practices to promote ongoing compliance under the Master Settlement Agreement. A tri-agency summit shall be held on an annual basis for agency representatives and staff.

F. The secretary or the commissioner in conjunction with the attorney general may promulgate regulations necessary to effect the purpose of this Part.

G. In any action brought by the state to enforce this Part, the attorney general, the commissioner, and secretary shall be entitled to recover the costs of the investigation, expert witness fees, the action, and reasonable attorney fees.

H. If a court determines that a person has violated this Part, the court shall order any profits, gains, gross receipts, or other benefits from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the state treasurer for deposit in the tobacco control special fund, which is hereby created. The tobacco control special fund shall be used by the attorney general for tobacco enforcement and control matters. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this Part are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.

I. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of this Part and of R.S. 13:5061 et seq. conflict and cannot be harmonized, then the provisions in R.S. 13:5061 et seq. shall control. If any Section, Subsection, Paragraph, Subparagraph, Item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Part causes R.S. 13:5061 et seq. to no longer constitute a qualifying or model statute, as those terms are defined in the Master Settlement Agreement, then that portion of this Part shall not be valid. If any Section, Subsection, Paragraph, Subparagraph, Item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Part is for any reason held to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Part.

Acts 2004, No. 544, §1, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2013, No. 221, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5592 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5592
Forfeiture of costs for overcharging any item
Status: in_force

If the sheriff overcharges any item in any bill of costs, he shall forfeit the whole bill containing the item overcharged.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1513 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2071 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2071
Baton Rouge; compensation of city judges, officers, and employees of city court; vacations
Status: in_force

A. The compensation of the city judges, of the city constable and deputy constables, of the clerk and deputy clerks of the court and of all other officers and employees of the city court of the city of Baton Rouge shall be fixed and paid as provided in or in accordance with the applicable provisions of the plan of government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge, as amended from time to time.

B. Each judge may be granted a vacation of thirty days during each year; however, only one may be on vacation at any given time, and during this time the other division of the court shall continue in operation.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1571.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1571.7
Out of state supervision
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of this chapter governing disposition, and to the extent that funds from all sources are available, the court may place a child in the custody of a suitable person in another state. On obtaining the written consent of a juvenile court of another state, the court of this state may order that the child be placed under the supervision of a probation officer or other appropriate person designated by the accepting court. One certified copy of the order shall be sent to the accepting court and another filed in the records of the requesting court of this state.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1341.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1341.2
Office expenses, reimbursement to judges
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 13:698 shall be applicable to judges of the criminal district court and to judges of the civil district court.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 166, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 605, §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. § 13:5207.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5207.1
Request for arbitration
Status: in_force

A. Upon filing an action in small claims court pursuant to R.S. 13:5203 et seq., a plaintiff may request in writing that the proceeding be referred for arbitration. Within ten days after service of a small claims proceeding on any party, that party may request in writing that the proceeding be referred for arbitration.

B. Notice that a request for arbitration has been filed shall be served in accordance with R.S. 13:5204 and shall contain language in substantially the following form:

"ARBITRATION OF THIS MATTER HAS BEEN REQUESTED. YOU MAY PREVENT ARBITRATION AND HAVE THE MATTER TRIED IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT BY FILING A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH THE CLERK OF THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE. COPIES OF THE WRITTEN OBJECTION SHOULD BE SENT TO ALL OTHER PARTIES IN THIS MATTER."

C. The party requesting arbitration shall cause notice of the request to be served on all other parties to the proceeding.

D. When a timely written request for arbitration has been filed, the clerk of court shall transfer the proceedings to arbitration unless a timely written objection to arbitration is filed by a party.

E. Any party may file with the clerk of court a written objection to arbitration within ten days after the date on which the party is served with notice of a request for arbitration. A copy of the written objection shall be served on all other parties to the proceeding. If any timely written objection is filed by any party, the proceeding shall be heard in small claims court.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, a judge in a small claims proceeding retains the authority to refer the proceeding to an arbitrator as provided by R.S. 13:5207.

G. All cost of arbitration shall be borne by the litigants.

Acts 1992, No. 489, §1, eff. June 20, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.10
Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure with reference to city courts, shall be applicable to this court in all civil cases.

Acts 1962, No. 484, §10.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1306 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1306
Interest on unclaimed judicial deposits; use by sheriff
Status: in_force

Where interest, which has accrued on any judicial deposit made by the sheriff of the parish of Orleans with the judicial depository of the parish of Orleans, of funds belonging to a litigant or litigants, shall not be called for or claimed for a period of ten years from date of accrual, the sheriff of the parish of Orleans may withdraw the accrued interest from the judicial depository, and use it for the costs and expenses of his office, in the manner provided by law for the use and disposition of other funds received by him for that purpose.

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. § 13:996.20 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.20
District court 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 district court fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the 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 district court 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 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.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 863, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3443 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3443
Accounting by curator
Status: in_force

A. A curator shall file an account annually, reckoning from the day of his appointment, and at any other time when ordered by the court on its own motion or on the application of any interested person.

B. A curator must file a final account within thirty days of the termination of his curatorship, unless the period is extended by the court for good cause shown.

C. The account of a curator shall contain the same matters required by Code of Civil Procedure Article 3333 for an account of a succession representative.

D. A copy of an annual account or final account filed by the curator shall be mailed by him by certified or registered mail, together with a notice that the account can be homologated after the expiration of fifteen days from the date of mailing and that any opposition must be filed before homologation:

(1) To the undercurator, in the case of an annual or interim account;

(2) To the absent person, if a final account is due because of his return;

(3) To the successor curator, if a final account is due because of the removal, resignation, death, or interdiction of the curator; or

(4) To the succession representative if a final account is due because of the death of the absent person.

E. An opposition to an account may be filed at any time prior to homologation, and shall be tried as a summary proceeding. If no opposition has been filed, the court may homologate the account at any time after the expiration of fifteen days from the date of the mailing required in Subsection (D).

F. A judgment homologating any account other than a final account shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the account. A judgment homologating a final account has the same effect as a final judgment in an ordinary action.

G. If a curator dies, an account of his administration may be filed by his succession representative or heirs. If a curator is interdicted, such an account may be filed by his curator. The court shall order the filing of such an account in either case, on the petition of an interested person.

H. Accounts filed by a curator are at the expense of the absent person, except that an account filed by a curator who has been removed or an account not filed timely is at the expense of the curator.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.9
Judicial expense fund for Fourteenth Judicial District established
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Fourteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of said district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 5181 et seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Fourteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined but which shall not exceed five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The clerk of 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 Fourteenth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Fourteenth Judicial District 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 same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 547, §1; Acts 1986, No. 457, §1; Acts 1986, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5585 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5585
Drawing from allowance
Status: in_force

A. The civil sheriff shall draw his allowance for his salary, deputies, clerical force, and assistants from the salary and expense fund, one-twelfth each month, plus any amount to pay other expenses and claims due. Except as authorized by R.S. 33:1504, the sheriff shall not draw the allowance unless it is on deposit to the credit of the fund. If the salary and allowance for any month is not drawn for the reason that the fund has an insufficient amount, the deficit may be made up and drawn from any subsequent allowance.

B. The City of New Orleans shall budget annually a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars which sum or part thereof shall be payable to the civil sheriff at the end of any calendar year on his requisition for any deficiency that may exist in the operation of his office for that year.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1505 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4733 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4733
Additional to other rights
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in R.S. 13:4731 through 13:4733 shall affect any other rights that parents or their ascendants may have against their children, or other descendants, but shall be in addition thereto.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5635 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5635
Training
Status: in_force

A. Beginning January 1, 2013, each person who has been elected to the position of sheriff shall successfully complete the new sheriff management program not later than one year after his election, or in the event of a special election, during the next regularly scheduled new sheriff management program.

B. Beginning January 1, 2013, each sheriff shall be required to complete twelve hours of continuing education as approved by the board within every twelve-month period.

Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4825 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4825
Same; compensation of special commissioner
Status: in_force

The compensation allowed the special commissioner under R.S. 13:4818 through 13:4827 for his services, shall be fixed by the court in its discretion, having regard to all the circumstances thereof, and the compensation shall be charged to and borne by the party cast or the mass in the discretion of the court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.7
Marshal as executive officer; deputies
Status: in_force

A. The marshal is the executive officer of the court. He shall execute the orders and mandates of the court and, in the execution thereof, and in making arrests and preserving the peace, he has the same powers and authority as a sheriff.

B. The marshal may, with the approval of the judge, appoint one or more deputy marshals, having the same powers and authority as the marshal, but the marshal shall be responsible for their actions.

Acts 1964, No. 104, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715.3
Peer review committee records; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 44:7(D) or any other law to the contrary, all records, notes, data, studies, analyses, exhibits, and proceedings of:

(1) Any public hospital committee, medical organization peer review committee, any nationally recognized improvement agency or commission, including but not limited to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), or any committee or agency thereof, or any healthcare licensure agency of the Louisiana Department of Health, public hospital board while conducting peer reviews, dental association peer review committee, professional nursing association peer review committee, extended care facility committee, nursing home association peer review committee, peer review committee of a group medical practice of twenty or more physicians, peer review committee of a freestanding surgical center licensed pursuant to R.S. 40:2131 et seq., or health maintenance organization peer review committee, including but not limited to the credentials committee, the medical staff executive committee, the risk management committee, or the quality assurance committee, any committee determining a root cause analysis of a sentinel event, established under the bylaws, rules, or regulations of such organization or institution, or

(2) Any hospital committee, the peer review committees of any medical organization, dental association, professional nursing association, nursing home association, social workers association, group medical practice of twenty or more physicians, nursing home, ambulatory surgical center licensed pursuant to R.S. 40:2131 et seq., ambulance service company, health maintenance organization, any nationally recognized improvement agency or commission, including but not limited to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), or any committee or agency thereof, or any healthcare licensure agency of the Louisiana Department of Health, or healthcare provider as defined in R.S. 40:1299.41(A), or extended care facility committee, including but not limited to the credentials committee, the medical staff executive committee, the risk management committee, or the quality assurance committee, any committee determining a root cause analysis of a sentinel event, established by the peer review committees of a medical organization, dental organization, group medical practice of twenty or more physicians, social workers association, ambulatory surgical center licensed pursuant to R.S. 40:2131 et seq., ambulance service company, health maintenance organization, or healthcare provider as defined in R.S. 40:1299.41(A), or private hospital licensed under the provisions of R.S. 40:2100 et seq., shall be confidential wherever located and shall be used by such committee and the members thereof only in the exercise of the proper functions of the committee and shall not be available for discovery or court subpoena regardless of where located, except in any proceedings affecting the hospital staff privileges of a physician, dentist, psychologist, or podiatrist, the records forming the basis of any decision adverse to the physician, dentist, psychologist, or podiatrist may be obtained by the physician, dentist, psychologist, or podiatrist only. However, no original record or document, which is otherwise discoverable, prepared by any person, other than a member of the peer review committee or the staff of the peer review committee, may be held confidential solely because it is the only copy and is in the possession of a peer review committee.

B. No employee, physician, dentist, public or private hospital, organization, or institution furnishing information, data, reports, or records to any such committee with respect to any patient examined or treated by such physician or dentist or confined in such hospital or institution shall be liable in damages to any person by reason of furnishing such information.

C. No member of any such committee designated in Subsection A of this Section or any sponsoring entity, organization, or association on whose behalf the committee is conducting its review shall be liable in damages to any person for any action taken or recommendation made within the scope of the functions of such committee if such committee member acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that such action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to him.

D. Medicaid or Medicare benefits or insurance benefits provided by a private insurer shall not be denied to any person due to inability to secure records or proceedings referred to in this Section.

E. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of such data to appropriate state or federal regulatory agencies which by statute or regulation are otherwise entitled to access to such data.

F. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of a patient's hospital record, as defined by R.S. 40:2144, to the patient or his duly authorized representative.

G.(1) As used in this Subsection, the following terms shall mean:

(a) "Board" means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, Louisiana State Board of Psychologists, Louisiana State Board of Nursing, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, as well as any Louisiana licensing and regulatory board or agency whose licensees, certificate holders, or registrants are subject to any form of peer review identified in Subsection A of this Section.

(b) "Licensee" means an individual who possesses a license, certificate, or registration duly issued by a board, or an individual who has made application for such a license, certificate, or registration.

(2) The boards defined in Subparagraph (1)(a) of this Subsection are hereby designated as appropriate state regulatory agencies as provided by Subsection E of this Section. Any board whose licensees are subject to any form of peer review identified in Subsection A of this Section shall be granted access to such peer review information, data, reports, or records as that board determines is necessary to an investigation or an adjudication of an individual over whom such board has regulatory authority. The board having access to such peer review information, data, reports, or records shall receive and maintain that information, data, reports, or records as confidential and privileged and shall take measures to preserve its confidentiality, including the assertion of all available evidentiary privileges and protection of patient identification as specified in R.S. 13:3715.1(J).

(3) When such disclosure is requested and made in a manner authorized in Paragraph G(4) of this Subsection, the verbal, written or other disclosure of peer review information, data, reports, or records by any person, committee, hospital, or other peer review entity described in Subsection A of this Section to any board conducting investigation or adjudication functions shall not constitute a waiver of any legal or evidentiary privilege, nor form the basis of any claim or suit for damages or injunctive relief of whatsoever kind or nature, including breach of confidentiality or invasion of privacy or otherwise, nor deprive the person, committee, hospital, or other peer review entity making the disclosure of the benefit of the immunities otherwise provided in Subsections B and C of this Section.

(4) Disclosure is deemed to be authorized in any of the following circumstances:

(a) An interview of a witness or potential witness conducted by a duly authorized officer, employee, or attorney on behalf of the Louisiana board, acting in his or her official capacity, and accompanied by a validly issued investigatory subpoena or subpoena duces tecum.

(b) As part of the production of documents in response to a validly issued investigative subpoena duces tecum by a board.

(c) In response to questions or as part of production of documents at a duly noticed deposition or any other form of discovery authorized under R.S. 49:975.1(6) in an adjudication proceeding pending before such board.

(d) In response to questions or information provided pursuant to a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued in connection with an adjudication proceeding conducted by a board, which hearing may be conducted in executive session to preserve confidentiality of peer review privileged materials, including information, data, reports, and records.

(e) In response to duly authorized discovery as contemplated by the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, surveys, statements of deficiencies, and records pertaining to the results of investigations of surveys conducted by or on behalf of any governmental regulatory agency may be discoverable and admissible in a civil action against a healthcare provider if the surveys and related documents are directly related to the type of injury allegedly sustained by the patient at issue in the civil action and the deficiencies have either been admitted by the healthcare provider or have been declared valid through the appellate process established by the administrative agency in charge of reviewing surveys. When a party seeks to admit into evidence surveys, statements of deficiencies, and related documents, any party to a civil action may request and the court, using its discretion, may conduct a voir dire of the witness supporting the surveys and related documents to determine whether the deficiency is based on reliable evidence.

(5) When one or more of the provisions of Paragraph (4) are applicable, no committee or entity listed in Subsection A of this Section and no health care provider or health care institution, including the involved licensee or person over whom such board has regulatory authority, shall refuse to provide verbal, written, or recorded information, data, reports, or records as a witness or otherwise on the basis of the privilege provided in Subsection A of this Section or the healthcare provider - patient privilege provided in Code of Evidence Article 510.

Acts 1983, Act No. 698, §1, eff. July 21, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 689, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 486, §1; Acts 1991, No. 239, §1; Acts 1993, No. 561, §1; Acts 1993, No. 988, §1; Acts 1995, No. 786, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1073, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1163, §1; Acts 1999, No. 764, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1213, §1; Acts 2001, No. 206, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.19 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.19
Service of writs and processes
Status: in_force

Service on all writs and processes in civil and criminal cases issuing from the city court shall be made by the marshal or by any sheriff or deputy sheriff where they respectively exercise their authority, or by any police officer in the city of Slidell or the Parish of St. Tammany, where the service is to be made. It shall be the duty of these officers to execute all such writs and processes which are placed in their hands for service by the direction of the court.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §19.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1831
Service of petition and order
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:1833, the petition and order shall be served, by any method authorized by Louisiana law, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2002 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2002
Baton Rouge
Status: in_force

A. Fines, forfeitures, costs, and penalties imposed in any criminal prosecutions by the city court of Baton Rouge shall be paid into the general fund of the city of Baton Rouge.

B. After deducting or allocating any credits due, costs of court in civil proceedings as established by the Baton Rouge City Court judges sitting en banc shall be paid into the general fund of the city of Baton Rouge.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Acts 1984, No. 57, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.43 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.43
Judicial expense fund for Fifth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, each clerk of court in the Fifth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181, et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Fifth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial, or after he pleads guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined, but which shall not exceed five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed, and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition.

B. The clerk of 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 Fifth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Fifth Judicial District 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 same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

C. The judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks and secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, and 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 a law library for the court, to support the Indigent Defender Board, or for buying or maintaining 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 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 provided, authorized, or established by law for any of these purposes.

Acts 1985, No. 252, §1, eff. July 6, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5542
Equipment of sheriffs and deputies
Status: in_force

A. Police juries may provide the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of their respective parishes with radio patrol cars and other equipment, arms, and ammunition in aid of law enforcement, and may maintain the same.

B. The equipment, arms, and ammunition shall be entrusted to the sheriff. At the expiration of his term of office, he shall account to the president of the police jury for such parish property as was received by him from the police jury.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1437 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1856 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1856
Contents of petition
Status: in_force

A petition under this Part shall be verified and include a copy of any existing child-custody determination, if available. The petition shall specify the risk factors for abduction, including the relevant factors described in R.S. 13:1857. Subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:1821(E), if reasonably ascertainable, the petition shall contain:

(1) The name, date of birth, and gender of the child.

(2) The customary address and current physical location of the child.

(3) The identity, customary address, and current physical location of the respondent.

(4) A statement of whether a prior action to prevent abduction or domestic violence has been filed by a party or other individual or entity having custody of the child, and the date, location, and disposition of the action.

(5) A statement of whether a party to the proceeding has been arrested for a crime related to domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse or neglect, and the date, location, and disposition of the case.

(6) Any other information required to be submitted to the court for a child-custody determination under R.S. 13:1821.

Acts 2007, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4344 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4344
Certificate when mortgage records destroyed; conveyance certificate in Orleans Parish; certificate of motor vehicle commissioner
Status: in_force

When immovable or other property susceptible of being mortgaged is to be sold under a writ of fieri facias or of seizure and sale in a parish the mortgage records of which have been destroyed in whole or in part, after reading the advertisement of the sale the sheriff shall read aloud a certificate from the register of mortgages showing to what extent the mortgage records are incomplete, and what mortgages and privileges appear to exist upon the remaining records affecting the property to be sold.

When immovable property situated in the parish of Orleans is to be sold under a writ of fieri facias or of seizure and sale, after reading the advertisement the sheriff shall read aloud a conveyance certificate describing the property to be sold and showing that the defendant has not alienated the property.

When a vehicle of the type required to be registered under R.S. 47:501 through 47:518 is to be sold under a writ of fieri facias or of seizure and sale, after reading the advertisement the sheriff shall read aloud a written statement from the motor vehicle commissioner, describing the vehicle and stating what the records of his office disclose as to the ownership of and chattel mortgages affecting such vehicle.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5221
Settlement agreement
Status: in_force

A. A program facilitator shall guide the parties through the program and assist them in reaching a settlement. To reach a settlement, the facilitator may provide information to a party regarding procedure and may comment on the merits of the claim or defenses provided.

B. Once the facilitation has begun, if the plaintiff fails to respond to the facilitator within ten days, the facilitator may notify the defendant of the ability to file a request to dismiss the case.

C. If the parties settle the claim, the parties may request the facilitator prepare the online settlement agreement form to be executed by the parties, which shall set forth the terms agreed to by the parties and will state that if the judgment debtor breaches the agreement, the judgment creditor may ask the court to enter judgment in the amount that remains owing under the settlement agreement.

D. Either party may elect to have the court render a judgment at the time the settlement agreement is entered or after the judgment debtor fails to comply with the settlement agreement.

E. Settlement agreements that contain performance-related terms, such as the return of corporeal movable property or performance of a service, will not be enforceable by the court in event of a breach. The agreement shall provide for a monetary recovery in the event of nonperformance.

F. If the parties do not settle the claim, the facilitator shall terminate the program and notify the clerk of court to set the matter for a trial de novo. The facilitator shall provide the court with a concise description of the issues and as much relevant information as possible. The facilitator shall also assist the parties in preparing a form to submit to the court that includes information and documents provided during the program that are relevant to the dispute and agreed upon by both parties. The subsequent proceeding will be governed by R.S. 13:5200 et seq.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2152.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2152.2
Compensation of city court judges; maximum
Status: in_force

A. The salary of a judge of the First or Second City Court of the city of New Orleans shall in no case exceed the salary of a judge of the Civil or Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans.

B. If, on the effective date of this Section, a city court judge is receiving a salary in excess of that permitted by Subsection A of this Section, his salary shall not be reduced during the term of office for which he was elected; provided, however, that upon the expiration of said term of office, or in case a vacancy occurs in said office, the salary for said office shall thereafter conform to the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.

C. The term "salary" as used in this Section means the total annual compensation paid directly or indirectly from all sources for services as judge.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2111
Natchitoches; surplus in civil fee account
Status: in_force

When a surplus of filing fees and costs or unclaimed fees and costs has accumulated in the City Court of Natchitoches' civil fee account and the surplus or unclaimed fees and costs have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus or the amount of the unclaimed fees and costs that remain unclaimed after notice to the depositors by publication in the legal journal of the parish or by other reasonable means to the operating fund known as the judicial expense account of the court. This Section shall not affect the payment of civil fees to which the judge is entitled pursuant to R.S. 13:1874(A). The provisions of this Section shall not affect any claim or right granted to a claimant by the provisions of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, R.S. 9:151 et seq. After transfer of the surplus funds from the civil fee account to the judicial expense account of the court, the city court shall remain liable for the full amount of any viable claim for unclaimed property in accordance with any other provision of law.

Acts 1997, No. 572, §1; Acts 2004, No. 471, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2613 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2613
Territorial jurisdiction; East Feliciana Parish justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

A. Effective January 1, 1997, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts in East Feliciana Parish shall be based on and correspond to the district and precinct system adopted by the police jury of East Feliciana Parish in its reapportionment resolution of May 10, 1991, as follows:

(1) The first justice of the peace district and court, heretofore consisting of Wards 1 and 2, shall consist of District 1, Precincts 1, 2, and 3, and District 2, Precincts 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, and 1F.

(2) The second justice of the peace district and court, heretofore consisting of Wards 3 and 4, shall consist of District 3, Precincts 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, and 2C, and District 4, Precincts 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, and 2B.

(3) The third justice of the peace district and court, heretofore consisting of Wards 5 and 6, shall consist of District 5, Precincts 1A, 1B, 2, and 3, and District 6, Precinct 1.

(4) The fourth justice of the peace district and court, heretofore consisting of Wards 7 and 8, shall consist of District 7, Precinct 1, and District 8, Precinct 1.

B. The persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts at the 1996 congressional election shall be elected from the districts provided in this Section.

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 81, §1, eff. May 10, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2152
Salaries and expenses of judges; payment
Status: in_force

A. The salary of each of the judges of the First City Court of the City of New Orleans shall be the same as provided for district court judges in the state, payable monthly on their own respective warrants, of which the amount payable by the state to city judges of the state shall be paid by the state, and the remainder shall be payable out of the Judicial Expense Fund of the Parish of Orleans; provided that the term of the said court shall be twelve months per year with the judges of the court fixing their own personal vacations of not more than thirty days per annum.

B. The salary of the judge of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans, who is also judge of Section D of the first city court, shall be the same as and payable in the same manner and from the same sources as the judges of the first city court.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall not engage in the practice of law or share in the profits, directly or indirectly, of any law firm or legal corporation, except any judge may serve as the attorney member of a medical review panel pursuant to R.S. 40:1231.8 or 1237.2.

D. In addition to their salaries, each judge of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars per annum for travel and actual expenses incurred while attending meetings, seminars, and other official functions in performing the duties of their office. This allowance shall be payable out of the Judicial Expense Fund of the parish of Orleans upon the warrant of the said judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans, together with an accounting of disbursements.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 343, §1; Acts 1963, No. 29, §1; Acts 1965, No. 81, §1; Acts 1967, No. 56, §1. Acts 1969, No. 163, §2; Acts 1972, No. 617, §1; Acts 1975, No. 742, §3, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 752, §1; Acts 1975, No. 825, §3, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1976, No. 658, §1; Acts 1977, No. 106, §1; Acts 1978, No. 640, §1; Acts 1979, No. 236, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 731, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 169, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 292, §1; Acts 1981, No. 501, §1; Acts 1981, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 639, §1; Acts 2022, No. 162, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2515 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2515
Application for supervisory writs; stay orders
Status: in_force

All applications for supervisory writs of certiorari, prohibition or mandamus to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall be filed with the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and shall be by him allotted to the criminal court of appeals panel then sitting to hear appeals within that court under its rules, in connection with cases not appealable to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. No stay order shall be binding on the lower court unless at least two of such judges shall order such stay. The application for writs shall follow the general form and shall contain all documents and exhibits now required by Rule X of Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, or as may be hereafter required under Rule X.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1889.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1889.2
City Court of Bossier City; expenses
Status: in_force

A. The expenses of operation and maintenance of the courtroom and offices of the City Court of Bossier City shall be borne solely by the city of Bossier City.

B. Any excess in funds derived from costs imposed and collected by the court in civil matters remaining on December 31, 2001, and each year thereafter on December thirty-first may be transferred to the general operational fund of the court, which fund is under the exclusive control and supervision of the judge.

Acts 1986, No. 594, §1; Acts 2001, No. 348, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:760 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 760
Limitations on liability for damages
Status: in_force

No clerk of court and no deputy of such officer who performs any act or issues any order in conformity with the written order or judgment of any judge of a court in this state shall be liable in either his individual or official capacity to any person, firm, or corporation for any damage as the result of such action. This exemption from liability shall extend to any surety or liability insurance carrier of such officer.

Acts 1986, No. 290, §1; Acts 1997, No. 487, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5219 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5219
Answer and reconventional demand
Status: in_force

A. A defendant shall register for an account within the program, link the claim to an existing account within the program, or seek an exemption from participating in the program within ten days of service of the affidavit of claim.

B. A defendant who seeks an exemption and is denied the exemption shall register for an account within the program or link the claim to an existing account within the program within ten days of receiving the denial.

C. If a defendant fails to register or request an exemption within the delays provided in this Section, the plaintiff may file a motion to enter a default judgment in an amount not to exceed the amount requested in the affidavit of claim.

D. While participating in the program, the defendant may raise and present evidence on any reconventional demand or counterclaim without the need to formally file a demand or claim. The program may result in an agreement with the defendant as the judgment creditor. However, if an agreement or settlement of the claim is not reached, the defendant may file a reconventional demand or counterclaim and pay the appropriate filing fee no later than ten days after referral to the clerk to set the matter 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. § 13:784 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 784
Police jury to defray capital outlay expense; clerk's salary fund surplus
Status: in_force

A. Upon the request of the clerk, the police jury shall provide him with all necessary office furniture, equipment, and record books.

B. Out of any surplus in his salary fund, each of the clerks of the district courts may purchase office furniture, equipment, record books, and supplies as may be needed for the proper conduct of his office and may expend funds for renovation of his office, all in accordance with the public bid law of the state.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 723, §1; Acts 1985, No. 324, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.8
Additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of Monroe
Status: in_force

A. As applied in the city of Monroe, 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 Monroe, 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 Monroe.

Acts 2021, No. 256, §1, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4151 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4151
Summary trial of suits in which mineral lands are in controversy; bond to prevent summary trial
Status: in_force

Whenever a suit is filed in which the title to or possession of mineral lands, or oil, gas or mineral leases, is questioned, the defendant may demand a summary trial of the cause. But on such demand being made by the defendant the plaintiff may have the cause retained on the ordinary docket of the court having jurisdiction thereof by giving bond sufficient to indemnify the defendant against any loss resulting from the suit in the event it is decided adversely to plaintiff.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4103
Executory process against mortgaged corporation property; proof of authority to execute mortgage
Status: in_force

A. The following shall be deemed to constitute authentic evidence for purposes of an executory proceeding to enforce a mortgage, chattel mortgage, or other security agreement against a corporate debtor:

(1) The consent of the shareholders evidenced as provided in R.S. 12:76 authorizing or ratifying the granting of such a mortgage, chattel mortgage, or other security agreement.

(2) An extract of the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors or other governing body of the corporation, or a written consent by the shareholders or directors of the corporation, signed and certified by the corporate secretary or any assistant secretary, setting forth the resolution or resolutions authorizing or ratifying the granting of such a mortgage or other security agreement or security interest, whether the specific transaction, mortgage, or security agreement or security interest is described with particularity, or more general authority is granted or ratified.

(3) A photocopy of the extract of minutes provided in Subsection (2) above, certified either by:

(a) A notary before whom the mortgage, chattel mortgage, or other security agreement was passed or acknowledged, or

(b) By the custodian of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans if the mortgage, chattel mortgage, or other security agreement, together with a certified copy of the extract of minutes, has been recorded in Orleans Parish, or by the clerk of the district court of any other parish in which the mortgage, chattel mortgage, or other security agreement, together with a certified copy of the extract of minutes, has been recorded.

B. The right of an interested party to question or attack the authority of the purported officer or agent to execute the mortgage is not affected in any manner by the provisions of this Section.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1974, No. 254, §1; Acts 1982, No. 177, §1; Acts 1986, No. 489, §1; Acts 1991, No. 377, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 948, §4, eff. June 25, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2080 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2080
Lake Charles; vacation of judge; compensation of judge ad hoc
Status: in_force

The judge of the city court of Lake Charles is entitled to an annual vacation of three weeks with pay. The judge ad hoc appointed to serve in his place shall be paid an amount proportionate to the salary of the city judge for the time served, payable in equal proportions by the city of Lake Charles and the parish of Calcasieu.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1310 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1310
Deposit of unclaimed funds in court registry; procedure; use of funds
Status: in_force

The clerk of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall deposit into the treasury of the city of New Orleans all unclaimed funds which have been deposited in the registry of the court for seven years or more and whose owners are unknown, or whose owners' whereabouts are unknown, and have not been heard from for a period of seven years or more.

(1) The said funds shall be withdrawn and deposited as herein provided only after the clerk of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans has filed in the proceeding wherein the funds are being held a rule stating:

(a) That the funds have been deposited in the registry of the court for a period of more than seven years, and

(b) That no claim has been filed for said funds, and

(c) That the owners of said funds are unknown, or the owners' whereabouts are unknown, and have not been heard from for seven years or more, and has obtained an order of the judge of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, seized with jurisdiction in the matter, authorizing the withdrawal and deposit of the funds in the manner provided for by this section.

(2) Upon the deposit of the funds into the treasury of the city of New Orleans in the manner provided by this section, and the filing of a receipt in the court record, the clerk of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall be relieved of all liability therefor and the city of New Orleans shall be responsible therefor.

(3) The clerk of civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall also deposit into the treasury of the city of New Orleans the so-called "interest fund" now being carried in the judicial depository of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans. The said "interest fund" shall be withdrawn and deposited upon a rule brought in separate proceedings before the presiding judge of the civil district court for the parish of Orleans, who shall upon a showing that no claim for said "interest fund" has been made for seven years or more, direct the deposit of the said "interest fund" into the treasury of the city of New Orleans. Upon the deposit of the said "interest fund" into the treasury of the city of New Orleans, and the filing of a receipt in the proceedings, the clerk of the civil district court shall be relieved of all liability therefor, and the city of New Orleans shall be responsible therefor.

(4) The city of New Orleans shall have the use of all funds so deposited and is hereby authorized to invest the same in time certificates of fiscal agent banks, or in short-term United States bonds, treasury notes, or certificates; all interest or income received on such investments shall belong exclusively to the city of New Orleans and may be used by it for general fund purposes, and no person, firm or corporation shall have any claim to any portion of such interest or income received by the city of New Orleans on said investments.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 113, §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. § 13:996.36.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.36.1
Additional fees or costs; Eighteenth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs provided for in R.S. 13:996.36(A), the clerk of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, an additional sum to be determined by a majority of the judges of said district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed ten dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq.

B. In addition to all other fees or costs provided for in R.S. 13:996.36(A), in all criminal cases over which the Eighteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, it shall tax as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined but which shall not exceed ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted each month to the court by the sheriff for further disposition in accordance herewith.

Acts 1999, No. 1187, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3862 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3862
Court may order delivery of money or property to sheriff; punishment for contempt
Status: in_force

On ex parte motion of a party who has caused to be issued a writ directing the seizure of property, the court may order that money or other property on the person of the party against whom the order is directed, or otherwise in his possession or under his control, be delivered to the sheriff immediately upon personal service of the order.

If it is proved that at the time of such service the person ordered to deliver the money or other property had it on his person, or otherwise in his possession or under his control, the failure to comply with the order shall be punished as a contempt of court, unless it is shown that the property is exempt from seizure.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5362 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5362
Purpose
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana recognizes that there is a critical need for criminal justice system programs to assist veterans in order to reduce the incidence of alcohol and drug use, alcohol and drug addiction, and crimes committed by veterans as a result of alcohol and drug use and alcohol and drug addiction. There is also a need for programs to assist veterans with mental health issues, including mental health diagnoses and undiagnosed mental illnesses. Moreover, many veterans suffer from co-occurring disorders of substance abuse and mental illness. These problems can cause veterans to have involvement with the criminal justice system. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature of Louisiana to create specialized court programs in the various districts of this state called "Veterans Court programs" to assist veterans in overcoming these issues, as they impact veterans, the criminal justice system, and society at large. The goal of these programs will be to reduce recidivism among veterans and to provide those who have served this country with the assistance that they need and deserve.

Acts 2014, No. 716, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5593 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5593
Exemption of city from liability for sheriff's costs
Status: in_force

In all suits instituted by the city of New Orleans for the recovery of any tax imposed or other duties levied, in which the city of New Orleans has recovered judgment, the corporation shall be exempt from all liabilities for sheriff's costs, actual expenses incurred by virtue of instructions of the proper city officers excepted.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1514 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4062
Suit against state officer or board involving expenditure of state funds; temporary restraining order; preliminary or permanent injunction prohibited
Status: in_force

No court shall have jurisdiction to issue, or cause to be issued, any temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction against any state department, board or agency, or any officer, administrator or head thereof or any officer of the state of Louisiana in any suit involving the expenditure of public funds under any statute or law of this state to compel the expenditure of state funds when the director of such department, board or agency, or the governor shall certify that the expenditure of such funds would have the effect of creating a deficit in the funds of said agency or be in violation of the requirements placed upon the expenditure of such funds by the legislature.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 34, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5984 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5984
Staff
Status: in_force

The commission may utilize existing staff of the legislature, including but not limited to personnel of the legislative fiscal office. The commission shall submit a written request for approval for specific support and assistance to the presiding officer of the respective house from which the support and assistance is sought. Support or assistance from the staff of the legislative fiscal office shall be submitted to the presiding officers of both houses.

Acts 2013, No. 268, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3663 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3663
Witnesses summoned for deposition or deposed; fees and mileage
Status: in_force

A. Any person not a party to a civil action who is subpoenaed and appears for deposition or whose deposition is taken shall receive the same fees and mileage as if subpoenaed for attendance as a witness at a trial or hearing in a civil action pending in the district court.

B. The expense of such fees and mileage shall be paid by the party subpoenaing the witness for deposition or causing the deposition to be taken and shall be considered as costs of court.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to expert witnesses, whose compensation shall be as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 1988, No. 274, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4209 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4209
Decisions by successor judge
Status: in_force

A. In all cases heard and taken under advisement of the district judge or judges of the city courts, if the judge before whom a case is tried dies, resigns, or is removed from office, or if his term expires before rendering his judgment in the case, his successor in office shall decide the case from the evidence in the record, if all of the testimony is in writing. If it is a case in which the testimony has not been reduced to writing, the succeeding judge shall decide the case from a statement of the facts, if one is found in the record, or if the parties to the suit agree upon a statement of facts. If the testimony is not in the record, and there is no statement of facts, the case shall be tried de novo.

B.(1) In cases which are heard and in which judgment is rendered, but not signed, whether the case was taken under advisement or not, if the judge who rendered the judgment dies, resigns, or is removed from office, or if his term expires before signing judgment in the case, his successor in office shall have the authority to sign a judgment which conforms with the judgment rendered.

(2) If a prior judge has stated an affirmative intent to sign a judgment and failed to do so for whatever reason, the successor judge is empowered to sign the judgment.

Acts 1993, No. 1009, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.208
Notice of proceeding
Status: in_force

If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or issuance of a protective order is brought in this state and this state was not the respondent's home state on the date the petition was filed, in addition to complying with the notice requirements of this state, notice of the petition must be given to those persons who would be entitled to notice of the petition if a proceeding were brought in the respondent's home state. The notice must be given in the same manner as notice is required to be given in this state.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3883 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3883
Sheriff entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff in the performance of official services pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter may demand security for his costs and actual expenses, in an amount as may be fixed by the court, or he may demand a deposit to cover his costs, but in all cases any party requiring the official services to be performed by the sheriff may advance the fees for the services. The order requiring the security for costs shall issue ex parte on the application of the sheriff and the sheriff shall not be required to perform the services until the security has been furnished. The court shall fix the delay within which the security for costs shall be furnished, and the failure to furnish it, within the delay, shall operate to relieve the sheriff of any liability for any damage that may result to the party from the failure to perform the services. If the party interested in having the official services performed contests the amount of the security as fixed by the order, that party may rule the sheriff into court to show cause why the amount of the security should not be reduced. On the trial of this rule, the court shall fix the amount of security, and if reduced, the party bringing the rule shall be entitled to a refund where the previous amount of security has been furnished. If no security has been furnished, the amount shall be due forthwith and the sheriff shall not be required to perform the services until the security has been furnished.

B. Wherever the word "sheriff" appears in this Section, it shall be construed to also mean "marshal".

Added by Acts 1974, No. 613, §1; Acts 2010, No. 528, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.9
Annual vacation
Status: in_force

The judge of this court may take an annual vacation of one month. He may appoint an attorney residing within the territorial boundaries of this Court, which attorney shall possess the same qualifications as that required of the judge, to sit during the month of his vacation. Such attorney shall be paid a sum by the parish of Jefferson equal to one month's salary of the regular judge, and he shall have the powers and duties of a regular judge while sitting as such.

Acts 1962, No. 484, §9. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 85, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:851 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 851
Criminal matters; additional costs for clerk of court's office in the Fortieth Judicial District Court
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Fortieth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of ten dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the clerk of court in St. John the Baptist Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section into an account to be expended by the clerk of court for the support of the clerk of courts branch office on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The clerk of court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account 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 Fortieth Judicial District Court shall not assess the additional costs authorized by this Section until the local governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish enacts an ordinance approving the assessment of these additional costs.

Acts 2003, No. 584, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3382
Waiver
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a plaintiff filing a claim for defamation of character, libel, slander, or damage to reputation referenced in R.S. 13:3381, waives all privileges and protections relating to the civil or criminal investigations, administrative hearings, or any other hearing or legal proceeding regarding the alleged sexual misconduct.

B. Such waiver shall apply but not be limited to all evidence, records, testimony, and findings of an investigation, hearing, or proceeding.

C. Such waiver shall not be construed to waive the attorney-client privilege of any party.

Acts 2018, No. 359, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3232
Suits arising from sale or manufacture of sugar cane or syrup; venue
Status: in_force

In all cases where sugar cane is sold by the ton or otherwise, to another, or is delivered to another person to be manufactured for a portion of the product thereof, and in all cases where cane syrup is sold or delivered to another, to be manufactured for account of the person delivering the same, for a portion of the product thereof or otherwise, all suits brought for the recovery of such cane or syrup or the product, price or value thereof as well as all suits for the recovery of damages arising from or growing out of the manufacture of the cane or syrup, or from any contract or agreement relating to it, or for the inexecution of such contract or agreement, shall be brought, at the option of plaintiff, either at the domicile of defendant, whether such defendant is a corporation, stock company, partnership or individual, or in the parish where is situated the factory at which the cane or syrup is manufactured or delivered for that purpose, whether such parish be the domicile of the defendant or not.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2562.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2562.12
Clerk; seal
Status: in_force

The clerk of court for the Parish of Jefferson shall be ex-officio clerk of court for this court. He, or any deputy appointed by him, may be assigned to act as minute clerk, and shall perform such other clerical duties as the judge shall direct. The clerk of court shall be entitled to fix his fees, but in no event shall those fees exceed the fees chargeable in the 24th Judicial District Court. He shall provide the court with a seal, which shall contain a vignette of the state seal, with the words, "Seal of the Second Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson", which shall be used on all orders, writs and processes issuing from the court. However, the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of such documents.

Acts 1966, No. 5, §12, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1374 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1374
Salaries of messengers; payment
Status: in_force

The salaries of the chief messenger and messengers of the criminal district court shall be as follows:

Chief messenger, one hundred and fifty dollars per month;

All other messengers, one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month.

These salaries shall be paid by the City of New Orleans; should any money be due any employee by the provisions of this Section, no prescriptive period shall begin to run on such claim unless and until the employment of the said employee has been terminated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1901 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1901
Sessions of court
Status: in_force

A 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 it may adopt.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.1
The City Court of Leesville, Louisiana
Status: in_force

The offices of justice of the peace and constable in Ward 1 of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, and the Mayor's Court in the town of Leesville, Louisiana are abolished, and there is hereby established a court to be styled "The City Court of Leesville, Louisiana", the territorial jurisdiction of which shall extend throughout Ward 1 of Vernon Parish, in which the town (or city) of Leesville, Louisiana, is located. This court shall be composed of a city judge, a city marshal, and a city clerk. The offices of city judge and city marshal shall be filled initially at an election to be called by the governor to be held on or before January 15, 1963; provided, that the parish executive committee shall meet and issue its call for the first primary for the nomination of candidates to be held on the same day as the congressional election in 1962 and shall, if necessary, call a second primary to be held on December 11, 1962. The officers elected in such election shall take office as soon thereafter as is permitted by law and shall serve until the congressional election in 1964. Their successors, elected in 1964 and thereafter, shall serve for terms of six years and shall be elected at the congressional election. If for any reason the election herein provided for is not called by the governor, then the initial judge and marshal shall be elected at the general state election to be held in 1964 and shall serve until their successors are elected at the congressional election in 1966, and the judge and marshal shall be elected at the congressional election every six years thereafter.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §1; Acts 1999, No. 259, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5240 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5240
Limitations and procedures
Status: in_force

A. Except as stated in Subsection B of this Section, and except as to objections, protective orders or writs of mandamus or prohibition, the provisions of the Louisiana Governmental Claims Act, R.S. 13:5101 et seq., as applicable, shall apply to an action pursuant to this Part.

B.(1) A person shall bring an action to assert a claim for damages under this Part not later than one year after any of the following:

(a) The date the person knew or should have known of the substantial burden on the person's free exercise of religion.

(b) The date that an action pursuant to this Part was dismissed by an administrative law judge or a court, or there was a finding in favor of the person on the merit which resulted in a claim authorized pursuant to this Part.

(2) Mailing notice under R.S. 13:5238 shall toll the one-year period until the seventy-fifth day after the date on which the notice is mailed.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including R.S. 13:5238 and 5239, the provisions of the Corrections Administrative Remedy Procedure, as provided in R.S. 15:1171 through 1179, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act, as provided in R.S. 15:1181 through 1191, as applicable, shall apply to any action under this Part.

Acts 2010, No. 793, §1; Acts 2025, No. 358, §1, eff. June 20, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4290 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4290
Recovery of damages for excessive seizure in ordinary proceeding
Status: in_force

When, under Article 2296 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the judgment debtor has obtained the release of an excessive seizure directed in bad faith by the seizing creditor, the judgment debtor may recover the damages sustained by him from the seizing creditor by an ordinary proceeding.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1911 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1911
Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters
Status: in_force

A. The judges of the city courts, by court rule, may establish a legal assistance program to provide fiscal support for qualified pro bono projects of local bar associations within the jurisdiction of their courts. For purposes of this Section, a qualified pro bono project means a program or project that is designed to provide free legal services for the poor in civil and family matters and that is qualified as a nonprofit organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A court electing to establish a legal assistance program shall provide by rule the means to assure that persons served by a qualified pro bono project are determined to be financially unable to afford the services of legal counsel, either in advance or as costs of such services might accrue.

B. In cities in which the judges of the city court have elected to establish a legal assistance program, the clerk of court shall add to the initial cost of docketing each civil suit the sum of three dollars. The court by rule shall designate an account for the deposit of such funds.

C. The court shall apportion the funds collected pursuant to Subsection B of this Section among the qualified pro bono projects in the jurisdiction of the city court on an annual basis. The apportionment shall be based upon an application process that assures that each qualified pro bono project receives a percentage of the funds approximating the percentage of legal services provided by that project out of the total legal services provided by all qualified pro bono projects within the jurisdiction of the court. The court shall provide by rule for the submission by officials of each recipient pro bono project of such reports and audits as the court deems necessary.

D. The clerk of each court shall retain five percent of all fees collected pursuant to this Section to be used to offset expenses incurred in collection and administration of these funds.

Acts 2001, No. 1086, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:975 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 975
Court reporters and judges' secretaries for the twenty-third judicial district
Status: in_force

A. Each of the court reporters and judges' secretaries in the twenty-third judicial district shall receive a monthly salary of not less than six hundred dollars per month to be paid in equal shares by each of the parishes comprising the judicial district.

B. In civil cases which are reported and transcribed, a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents per page shall be charged by and paid to the reporter. Provided, however, that no additional fee shall be charged for reporting or transcribing civil cases except when ordered for purposes of appeal of a decision of the court or when ordered by the court of appeal.

C. Except in pauper cases, payment of the fee for reporting and transcribing shall be made primarily by the plaintiff. Should the plaintiff fail or refuse to make such payment, the defendant or any other party to the suit may make such payment and have it assessed as costs.

No fee shall be charged for taking evidence on bills of exception, motions or other pleadings in criminal cases.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 506, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4824 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4824
Same; use of affidavits, depositions and documents
Status: in_force

All affidavits, depositions and documents which have been previously made, heard or used in court upon any proceedings in any case or matter, may be used before the commissioner.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.54
Salary of marshal
Status: in_force

The marshal of the City Court shall receive a minimum annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the town of Marksville and the police jury of Avoyelles Parish. The town of Marksville and the police jury of Avoyelles Parish, or either of them, may pay such additional salary to the marshal as they may deem proper.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4231
Res judicata
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, a valid and final judgment is conclusive between the same parties, except on appeal or other direct review, to the following extent:

(1) If the judgment is in favor of the plaintiff, all causes of action existing at the time of final judgment arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the litigation are extinguished and merged in the judgment.

(2) If the judgment is in favor of the defendant, all causes of action existing at the time of final judgment arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the litigation are extinguished and the judgment bars a subsequent action on those causes of action.

(3) A judgment in favor of either the plaintiff or the defendant is conclusive, in any subsequent action between them, with respect to any issue actually litigated and determined if its determination was essential to that judgment.

Acts 1990, No. 521, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2088 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2088
Sulphur; vacation of judge, marshal, and clerk; compensation of officers ad hoc; compensation of deputy marshal
Status: in_force

A. The judge, the marshal, and the clerk and employees of the city court of Sulphur are entitled to vacations the same as any other employee of the city of Sulphur. The judge of the city court of Sulphur is entitled to one month's vacation. The officers appointed to serve in their places shall be paid an amount proportionate to the salary of the officers they replace for the time served, payable in equal proportions by the city of Sulphur and the parish of Calcasieu.

B. The deputy marshal of the city court of Sulphur shall be paid a minimum annual salary of $1,800.00 payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Calcasieu.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 57, §1; Acts 1981, No. 338, §1; Acts 1986, No. 716, §1, eff. July 8, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2012 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2012
Houma
Status: in_force

A. When the prosecution in the city court of Houma is on behalf of the City of Houma-Urban Services District, all fines and forfeitures shall be paid into the City of Houma-Urban Services District Treasury.

B. When the prosecution is on behalf of the state of Louisiana, half of the fines and forfeitures shall be paid into the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government General Fund and half of the fines and forfeitures shall be paid into the criminal court fund of the Thirty-Second Judicial District Court.

Acts 1985, No. 397, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4245 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4245
Fees
Status: in_force

Fees for filing and enforcing a foreign judgment shall be as provided by law.

Acts 1985, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3475 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3475
Service on secretary of state; sending or delivering notice and copies; filing receipt or affidavit; continuances
Status: in_force

A. The service of the process authorized by R.S. 13:3474 shall be made by serving a copy of the petition and citation on the secretary of state, or his successor in office, and such service shall be sufficient service upon the defendant, the nonresident, the executors or administrators of the deceased nonresident, if there be such, and if not, then against his heirs or legatees, or the nonresident liability insurer of the vehicle, as the case may be; provided that notice of such service, together with a copy of the petition and citation, is forthwith sent by the plaintiff by registered mail or certified mail with receipt requested, or is actually delivered to the defendant and the defendant's returned receipt, in case notice is sent by registered or certified mail, or affidavit of the party delivering the petition and citation in case notice is made by actual delivery, is filed in the proceedings before judgment can be entered against the defendant. The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.

B. For purposes of this Section, the return receipt indicating that the registered or certified mail was actually delivered, refused, or unclaimed, is satisfactory proof of service of process if mailed to the defendant's address as indicated on the defendant's safety responsibility personal accident report, SR10, or if such report was not timely filed with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, if mailed to the defendant's address as indicated on the accident report filed with the department by the law enforcement officer who responded to the accident.

Acts 1990, No. 151, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3860 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3860
R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861 provide an additional mode of seizing immovable property
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861 provide an additional mode of seizing immovable property in all parishes. Nothing contained therein prevents an actual seizure of the immovable property by the sheriff, and his taking possession thereof through the appointment of a keeper therefor, or otherwise.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.22
Criminal prosecution
Status: in_force

A. Criminal prosecution shall be by affidavit, information or indictment, as provided by law, and shall be tried without a jury.

B. The prosecution and the defense are entitled to compulsory process to procure attendance of their respective witnesses, but not more than six witnesses may be summoned for either side, except on leave of court and on proper showing of necessity made to appear by affidavit.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §22.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5112
Suits against the state or political subdivision; court costs; interest
Status: in_force

A. In any suit against the state or any department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision thereof, the trial or appellate court, after taking into account any equitable considerations as it would under Article 1920 or Article 2164 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as applicable, may grant in favor of the successful party and against the state, department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision against which judgment is rendered, an award of such successful party's court costs under R.S. 13:4533 and other applicable law as the court deems proper but, if awarded, shall express such costs in a dollar amount in a judgment of the trial court or decree of the appellate court.

B. In accordance with Section 10 of Article XII of the Constitution of Louisiana, neither the state nor any department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision thereof shall be required to pay any such award of court costs, pursuant to this Section, until the judgment rendered against the state, department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision shall become final and definitive under the provisions of Articles 2166 and 2167 of the Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise nonappealable or nonreviewable beyond the delays set by law for same and the funds have been appropriated therefor in a specific dollar amount. In the parish of Jefferson, the provisions of this Section shall not exempt the state or any department, board, commission, agency, or political subdivision thereof, other than the parish governing authority of Jefferson Parish which shall be so exempt, from paying any conveyance or mortgage recordation fees ordinarily and customarily charged by the clerk of court.

C. Legal interest on any claim for personal injury or wrongful death shall accrue at six percent per annum from the date service is requested following judicial demand until the judgment thereon is signed by the trial judge in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 1911. Legal interest accruing subsequent to the signing of the judgment shall be at the rate fixed by R.S. 9:3500.

D. This law shall not apply to, nor shall the administrator of the Louisiana Employment Security Law be cast for any court costs in, any judicial review proceeding under the provisions of R.S. 23:1634.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 467, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 530, §1; Acts 1985, No. 509, §1; Acts 1993, No. 431, §1, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 958, §1, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 828, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §2, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 743, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

NOTE: See Acts 1985, No. 509, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4202
Rates of judicial interest
Status: in_force

A. The rate of judicial interest resulting from a lawsuit pending or filed during the indicated periods shall be as follows:

(1) Prior to September 12, 1980, the rate shall be seven percent per annum.

(2) On and after September 12, 1980, until September 11, 1981, the rate shall be ten percent per annum.

(3) On and after September 11, 1981, until January 1, 1988, the rate shall be twelve percent per annum.

(4) On January 1, 1988, and for the entire year of 1988, the rate shall be nine and three-quarters percent per annum.

(5) On January 1, 1989, and for the entire year of both 1989 and 1990, the rate shall be eleven and one-half percent per annum.

(6) On January 1, 1991, and for the entire year of 1991, the rate shall be eleven percent per annum.

(7) On January 1, 1992, and for the entire year of 1992, the rate shall be nine percent per annum.

(8) On January 1, 1993, and for the entire year of both 1993 and 1994, the rate shall be seven percent per annum.

(9) On January 1, 1995, and for the entire year of 1995, the rate shall be eight and three-quarters percent per annum.

(10) On January 1, 1996, and for the entire year of 1996, the rate shall be nine and three-quarters percent per annum.

(11) On and after January 1, 1997, until August 1, 1997, the rate shall be nine and one-quarter percent per annum.

(12) On and after August 1, 1997, and for the remainder of 1997, the rate shall be seven and nine-tenths percent per annum.

(13) On January 1, 1998, and for the entire year of 1998, the rate shall be seven and six-tenths percent per annum.

(14) On January 1, 1999, and for the entire year of 1999, the rate shall be six and seventy-three-hundredths percent per annum.

(15) On January 1, 2000, and for the entire year of 2000, the rate shall be seven and two hundred eighty-five-thousandths percent per annum.

(16) On January 1, 2001, and for the entire year of 2001, the rate shall be eight and two hundred forty-one-thousandths percent per annum.

B.(1) On and after January 1, 2002, the rate shall be equal to the rate as published annually, as set forth below, by the commissioner of financial institutions. The commissioner of financial institutions shall ascertain, on the first business day of October of each year, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors approved "discount rate" published daily in the Wall Street Journal. The effective judicial interest rate for the calendar year following the calculation date shall be three and one-quarter percentage points above the discount rate as ascertained by the commissioner.

(2) The judicial interest rate for the calendar year following the calculation date shall be published in the December issue of the Louisiana Bar Journal, the December issue of the Louisiana Register, and in one newspaper of general circulation in each of the cities of Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Monroe, New Orleans, and Shreveport. The notice in such newspapers shall be published on two separate occasions, with at least one week between publications, during the month of December. The publication in the Louisiana Register shall not be considered rulemaking, within the intendment of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., and particularly R.S. 49:961.

Acts 1997, No. 275, §§1, 3, eff. June 17, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 841, §1; Acts 2012, No. 825, §1, eff. June 14, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2499 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2499
Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail
Status: in_force

The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable rooms, furniture, stationery, and other operating expenses for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the city constable, or department of police of the city of New Orleans shall provide one officer who is P.O.S.T. certified for each division of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to keep order and execute orders and decrees of the judges thereof.

Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1445
Juvenile jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The parish court shall be a juvenile court for the parish and shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the district court, over juvenile matters, except where a separate juvenile or family court with exclusive jurisdiction is established by law.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1879 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1879
Marshals and constables; election; term of office; exceptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, for each city court there shall be a marshal or constable, as he may be designated. Except as provided in Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section, each marshal or constable shall be elected at the congressional election, beginning in the year 1960 and every succeeding six years thereafter; shall serve a term of six years; and shall take office and begin his term on the first day of January following election.

(2) Except as provided in Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section, the term of office of marshals of city courts, whether their respective offices are presently in existence or are subsequently created, shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in the year 1960 and every six years thereafter.

B.(1) The city constable of the city of Baton Rouge shall be elected in accordance with and pursuant to the applicable provisions of the charter of the city of Baton Rouge and the applicable provisions of the plan of government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge.

(2) In the city of Lake Charles, the marshal shall be designated as the ward three marshal.

(3) In the city of Sulphur, the marshal shall be designated as the ward four marshal.

C. Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this Part relating to marshals of city courts and their deputies shall apply to constables of city courts and their deputies.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 191, §1; Acts 1981, No. 122, §1; Acts 2023, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5226
Termination
Status: in_force

This Part shall be null and of no effect on and after August 1, 2025.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of this Section, this Part terminates on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715.5
Confidentiality of communication from health care provider
Status: in_force

Any communication, including but not limited to an oral or written statement, gesture, or conduct by a health care provider expressing or conveying apology, regret, grief, sympathy, commiseration, condolence, compassion, or a general sense of benevolence made to a patient, a relative of the patient, or an agent or representative of the patient, shall not constitute an admission as defined in Code of Evidence Article 801(D)(2) or a statement against interest as defined in Code of Evidence Article 804(B)(3), and shall not be admissible in evidence to establish liability or for any other purpose, including impeachment, in a medical review panel proceeding, arbitration proceeding, or civil action brought by or on behalf of the patient or by or on behalf of an heir, survivor, statutory beneficiary, or agent or representative of the patient against the health care provider who made the communication. A statement of fault, however, which is part of, or in addition to, any such communication shall not be made inadmissible pursuant to this Section.

Acts 2005, No. 63, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5560 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5560
Liability insurance
Status: in_force

Sheriffs of the parishes of the state of Louisiana are hereby authorized to contract for insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business under the laws of the state of Louisiana to cover loss or damage from any negligent acts of the sheriff or his deputies, in the performance of the duties of his office, the premiums on said insurance to be paid by the sheriff as an expense of his office out of the sheriff's general fund, except that the cost of insurance premiums for the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans and the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans shall be paid from the fund or funds if provided or appropriated for the payment of all expenses of their offices.

Acts 1965, No. 121, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 591, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1450.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4948 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4948
Sale not validated when party not duly cited; recourse by minors on tutors
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in R.S. 13:4941 through 13:4951 shall be taken or understood so as to render valid any sale made in virtue of a judgment when the party cast was not duly cited to make defense. In every case where minors are interested, they shall have their recourse on their tutors, if they have improperly neglected to make opposition to the confirmation of the sale of their property.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:128 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 128
Retirement benefits for clerks of supreme court and courts of appeal
Status: in_force

Clerks of the supreme court and the courts of appeal may participate in the benefits provided in R.S. 13:931 through 13:940 in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and in doing so, shall receive credit for any time heretofore served in any capacity in any state or parish court.

Any clerk of the supreme court or clerk of the court of appeal shall have a term of sixty days from July 30, 1952, to elect whether or not he wishes to be included in the provisions of R.S. 13:391 through 13:940; all new employees or persons given employment in said offices, whether as deputy or other employee after the enactment of this Section shall automatically participate in the benefits provided in R.S. 13:931 through 13:940 and shall be covered thereby. Deductions from salaries under this section shall begin sixty days after July 30, 1952.

Acts 1952, No. 533, §§2, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2564.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2564.1
Compensation of parish court judges; maximum
Status: in_force

A. The salary of a judge of a parish court shall in no case exceed the salary of a district court judge of the judicial district in which the parish court is located.

B. If, on the effective date of this Section, a parish court judge is receiving a salary in excess of that permitted by Subsection A of this Section, his salary shall not be reduced during the term of office for which he was elected; provided, however, that upon the expiration of said term of office, or in case a vacancy occurs in said office, the salary for said office shall thereafter conform to the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.

C. The term "salary" as used in this Section means the total annual compensation paid directly or indirectly from all sources for services as judge.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 366, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5828 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5828
Liability for costs
Status: in_force

The fees of the constable shall be advanced or paid by the party requiring the service to be performed. The party may recover the same from the other party on the final termination of the cause, if cause should be decreed in his favor, and shall be protected by the bond or security as provided in R.S. 13:1215.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 461, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1738 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.10
Population as determining clerk
Status: in_force

If the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is 10,000 or less, the judge shall be his own clerk. If the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is 10,000 or more, the judge shall appoint a clerk to handle both civil and criminal matters, who shall serve at the pleasure of the judge and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §10.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4365 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4365
Oaths of appraisers; sheriff appoints third appraiser if two cannot agree; minute, written appraisal; delivery
Status: in_force

A. The appraisers shall take an oath to make a true and just appraisal of the property.

B. If the appraisers cannot agree, and (1) the difference in value between the two appraisals does not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and (2) the value assigned by the lower of the two appraisers is at least ninety percent of the value assigned by the higher of the two appraisers, then the sheriff shall average the two figures and use the average as the appraised value for purposes of determining the opening bid. In those cases where the two appraisers do not agree and the values are not within the averaging limits, then the sheriff shall appoint a third appraiser, who shall also be sworn, and whose decision shall be final.

C. The property seized must be appraised with such minuteness that it can be sold together or separately.

D. The appraisers shall reduce their appraisal to writing, sign it, and deliver it to the sheriff.

E. The appraisal of any appraiser appointed by the sheriff shall be made and delivered to the sheriff at a time prior to the sale.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1985, No. 446, §1; Acts 1987, No. 807, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.55
Salaries of clerk and deputies
Status: in_force

A. The salaries of the clerk and of the deputy clerks, if any, shall be paid in equal proportions by the town of Marksville and the parish of Avoyelles.

B. The clerk shall receive a minimum salary of one hundred fifty dollars per month, and the deputy clerk shall receive a minimum salary of one hundred dollars per month. The town of Marksville and the parish of Avoyelles, or either of them, may pay such additional salaries to either or both as they may deem proper.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 16, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4242 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4242
Filing and status of foreign judgments
Status: in_force

A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or the statutes of this state may be annexed to and filed with an ex parte petition complying with Code of Civil Procedure Article 891 and praying that the judgment be made executory in a court of this state. The foreign judgment shall be treated in the same manner as a judgment of a court of this state. It shall have the same effect and be subject to the same procedures, and defenses, for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a court of this state and may be enforced in the same manner.

Acts 1985, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2090 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2090
Alexandria; marshal; fees in criminal matters; deputy marshal
Status: in_force

A. The marshal of the city court of Alexandria shall collect a fee of thirty dollars for taking an appearance bond when required.

B. The sums of monies collected under 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. 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 responsibilities of the city and parish governing authorities provided by law for the financing of the marshal's office of the Alexandria City Court.

D. The marshal of the city court of Alexandria, with the approval of the judge of the city court of Alexandria, is authorized to employ a deputy marshal at an annual minimum salary of three thousand dollars, to be paid monthly on his own warrant in equal proportions by the city of Alexandria and the parish of Rapides.

Acts 1962, No. 350, §1; Acts 2024, No. 465, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.2
Rules for conduct of business
Status: in_force

A. The city court may adopt and from time to time amend its rules for the conduct of the judicial business before it.

B. The city court shall have such term and sessions for the transaction of its judicial business as shall be fixed, from time to time, by the rules adopted by the court.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 16, §2, emerg. eff. July 4, 1968, at 10:05 A.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1951 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1951
Courts created pursuant to general statutory authority
Status: in_force

Municipal and city courts heretofore created and established pursuant to and under the authority of any constitutional or general statutory provision in effect prior to the effective date of this Section, are hereby recognized and continued in existence. Except as otherwise provided by law, their territorial jurisdiction shall extend through the city and ward or wards wherein the city of their domicile is located, as extended from time to time.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2590.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2590.1
Appointment of clerk of court; security for costs; East Baton Rouge Parish; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A.(1) A justice of the peace in Jefferson Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish may appoint a clerk of court whose jurisdiction shall coincide with the jurisdiction of the appointing justice of the peace.

(2) The clerk of court shall have authority to accept, record, and process filings.

B. A justice of the peace in East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish may demand and receive up to the following amounts in addition to or in lieu of the costs provided for in R.S. 13:2590 for filings and services in civil matters:

(1) New suit: thirty dollars, and five dollars per additional defendant.

(2) Eviction proceeding: thirty dollars, and five dollars per additional defendant.

(3) Garnishment, writ of attachment through garnishment: thirty dollars, and five dollars per additional defendant, plus ten dollars for attorney answering any interrogatories.

(4) Service of garnishment pleadings and order on defendant when garnishee is a financial institution: thirty dollars, and five dollars per additional defendant.

(5) Judgment debtor rule: thirty dollars, and five dollars per additional defendant.

C. All amounts received pursuant to Subsection B shall be retained by the justice of the peace in a separate account for compensation and operational expenses of the clerk of court'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 under R.S. 13:4521, a justice of the peace may demand that the plaintiff provide costs in advance.

E. A justice of the peace in East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish may demand and receive an amount not to exceed eighty dollars as a fee for issuing a peace bond. Of this amount, twenty dollars shall go to the clerk of courts and of the remaining amount, fifty percent of the fee shall be retained by the justice of the peace for operational expenses of the office and court and fifty percent of the fee shall go to the constable for operational expenses of the constable's office.

Acts 1999, No. 549, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2011, No. 34, §1, eff. June 14, 2011; Acts 2017, No. 232, §1; Acts 2023, No. 72, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:787 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 787
Supplements
Status: in_force

(A) When the fees and charges collected during any month by the clerk are insufficient to pay his normal compensation, clerical salaries and other necessary expenses, and there is no surplus from fees and charges collected during previous months from which the deficiency can be defrayed, the police jury of the parish may supplement the fees and charges by paying to the clerk's salary fund from the parish treasury the amount of the deficiency. In no case in any one fiscal year shall such supplements by the police jury exceed in the aggregate the sum of five thousand dollars.

(B) Whenever a police jury exercises the discretion vested in it by R.S. 13:786, the total amount received by the clerk shall include the salary of any deputy clerk or other clerks who may be appointed by him, but shall not include the cost of purchasing permanent record books.

(C) Whenever a police jury exercises the discretion vested in it by R.S. 13:786, the clerk shall furnish to the police jury, before the supplement is made, a sworn itemized statement of all fees and charges collected by him each month, in order that the police jury may ascertain the amount to be paid as supplement.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.14
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 1962, No. 484, §14.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:843.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 843.2
Civil court costs; jury costs; bond; immovable property as security
Status: in_force

A personal surety may furnish as security for a bond for civil court costs, including jury costs, immovable property located in the parish in which the proceeding was brought, provided the surety presents to the clerk of court an assessment certificate, a homestead exemption waiver, if applicable, and a mortgage executed in favor of the clerk of court.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 413, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:312.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 312.2
Additional judges for the first circuit; term; election; compensation
Status: in_force

A. There are hereby established three additional offices of judges for the court of appeal of the first circuit, to increase the number of judges for the court of appeal for said circuit from six to nine judges.

B. One additional judge shall be elected from each of the districts of the circuit by the qualified electors of each district, respectively. The initial term of office of each of the additional judges shall begin on March 1, 1976 and shall expire on December 31, 1984.

C. The first judges to be elected to the three additional offices shall be elected at a special election as provided by Article V, Section 22 of the constitution. If the governor calls the special election to coincide with the state general election for state officers to be held in 1976, any candidate for the additional offices of judges shall be nominated at the primary elections held for state officers to be elected at the state general election.

D. The successors to the additional offices of judges herein provided, after the initial term of office, shall be elected for terms of ten years.

E. The additional judges shall receive the same compensation, expenses and emoluments of office as are now or hereafter provided by law for judges of the court of appeal for the first circuit.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 114, §1, operative Aug. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2083 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2083
Shreveport; vacation of judges
Status: in_force

Each judge of the city court of Shreveport is entitled to an annual vacation of thirty days each calendar year, during which time at least one of the divisions of the court must continue in operation.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1985, No. 375, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.14
Judicial clerk's fund; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. The judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks and secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, and 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, leasing, or maintaining 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 now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 511, §1, eff. July 19, 1981; Acts 1985, No. 848, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:917 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 917
Destruction of useless records
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court may upon consent of the judge, or of the majority of judges in districts with several divisions, destroy records of any of the following judicial proceedings when such records have been deemed by the presiding judge or judges to have no further use or value: suits on open accounts, tort suits, workers' compensation suits, suits on unsecured notes, suits on promissory notes, suits on chattel mortgages, and suits for eviction of tenants and occupants. However, such proposed destruction shall be authorized only when ten years have elapsed from the last date of action on said record or records and authorization for such destruction has been obtained from the state archivist in accordance with R.S. 44:411.

B. No cause of action shall exist against any clerk or judge for the destruction of such records in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

C. The clerk of court for a district court may destroy parts of records of any of the following judicial proceedings after the lapse of five years from the date of the final dismissal of the proceeding if authorization has been obtained from the state archivist as provided in R.S. 44:411: suits on open accounts, tort suits, worker's compensation suits, suits on unsecured notes, suits on promissory notes, and suits for the eviction of tenants and occupants. The parts of records to be destroyed under this Subsection shall be limited to depositions, subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, returns on subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, medical records, and X-rays. No cause of action shall exist against any clerk of court or his employee for the destruction of records in accordance with this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 677, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1986, No. 794, §1; Acts 2008, No. 625, §1; Acts 2012, No. 101, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.301
Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state
Status: in_force

A. A guardian or conservator appointed in this state may petition the court to transfer the guardianship or conservatorship to another state.

B. Notice of a petition under Subsection A of this Section must be given to the persons that would be entitled to notice of a petition in this state for the appointment of a guardian or conservator.

C. On the court's own motion or on request of the guardian or conservator, the incapacitated or protected person, or other person required to be notified of the petition, the court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

D. The court shall issue an order provisionally granting a petition to transfer a guardianship and shall direct the guardian to petition for guardianship in the other state if the court is satisfied that the guardianship will be accepted by the court in the other state and the court finds that:

(1) The incapacitated person is physically present in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state.

(2) An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the incapacitated person.

(3) Plans for care and services for the incapacitated person in the other state are reasonable and sufficient.

E. The court shall issue a provisional order granting a petition to transfer a conservatorship and shall direct the conservator to petition for conservatorship in the other state if the court is satisfied that the conservatorship will be accepted by the court of the other state and the court finds that:

(1) The protected person is physically present in or is reasonably expected to move permanently to the other state, or the protected person has a significant connection to the other state considering the factors in R.S. 13:4251.201(B).

(2) An objection to the transfer has not been made or, if an objection has been made, the objector has not established that the transfer would be contrary to the interests of the protected person.

(3) Adequate arrangements will be made for management of the protected person's property.

F. The court shall issue a final order confirming the transfer and terminating the guardianship or conservatorship upon its receipt of:

(1) A provisional order accepting the proceeding from the court to which the proceeding is to be transferred which is issued under provisions similar to R.S. 13:4251.302; and

(2) The documents required to terminate a guardianship or conservatorship in this state.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.37
Court facilities
Status: in_force

The city of Baker, Louisiana, shall furnish a suitable place, together with the necessary books, records, equipment and supplies for holding said court and shall provide suitable furnished offices for the city judge, city marshall, and city clerk; said offices to be equipped with fire-proof vaults or filing systems to insure preservation of city court records.

Acts 1970, No. 424, §17.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2086 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2086
Shreveport; clerks and deputy clerks
Status: in_force

The judges of the city court of Shreveport shall appoint one clerk for the civil section of the court, one clerk for the criminal section of the court, and not less than four deputy clerks. Each clerk shall keep his respective minutes and dockets.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.11
Determination of population
Status: in_force

The population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court shall be determined by the last regular federal census or special census, conducted as otherwise provided by law. In the event of deactivation of Fort Polk or if for any other reason there is a serious or substantial depletion in actual population within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, the governing body of the town or city of Leesville and the police jury of the parish of Vernon, Louisiana, may adopt a proper resolution or ordinance requiring the city court, insofar as the salaries of its officers are concerned, to revert to and be governed by the population as determined by the last regular federal census.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.2
Civil jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the limitations provided in R.S. 13:2561.4, this court has civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, within its territorial boundaries, when the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees, and in suits for possession of leased premises when the amount of the rental does not exceed the jurisdictional amounts provided in Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844(A); and in case of any reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition filed in the court and necessarily connected with or growing out of the main demand, the court shall be divested of jurisdiction over the main demand and all of the incidental demands when the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved in the reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition exceeds twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees, and the case shall be removed to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court.

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

Acts 1962, No. 484, §2. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 298, §1. Acts 1986, No. 1038, §2; Acts 1987, No. 448, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 939, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1262, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1152, §1; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. June 4, 2004.

NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 448, §3.