La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1899 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1899
Assessment and disposition of costs in criminal cases; costs in juvenile matters for specified courts
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, in all criminal matters, including traffic violation cases, in addition to the fine or other penalty which may be legally imposed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, the judge may assess costs of court in an amount not to exceed thirty dollars.

B.(1) 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 used for the operational expenses of the court or for the payment of clerical fees or other similar expenditures as may be approved by the judge.

(2) In lieu of the requirement to use the costs assessed in criminal matters for the operational expenses of the court pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, all fines, fees, including probation fees, or costs of court assessed and collected by the City Court of Alexandria pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be deposited in the general fund of the city of Alexandria.

C. In all criminal matters, when the office of the marshal has derived one hundred thousand dollars or more in revenues for the year 2004 from costs assessed pursuant to this Subsection, the city judge shall assess, in addition to the costs assessed in Subsection A of this Section, the sum of fifteen dollars as additional costs of court. In all criminal matters, when the office of the marshal has derived less than one hundred thousand dollars in revenues for the year 2004 from costs assessed pursuant to this Subsection, the city judge shall assess, in addition to the costs assessed in Subsection A of this Section, the sum of thirty dollars as additional costs of court. The proceeds shall be deposited in a special account, separate and distinct from the account provided for in Subsection B of this Section, which account shall be in the name of and under the control of the marshal or constable of the court, shall be subject to audit, and shall be used to defray operational expenses of the office of marshal or constable of the court, all as may be useful and necessary for the proper conduct of the marshal's or constable's office, or for purchase of law enforcement equipment, and all as may be proved by the marshal or constable. The city judges of any and all parishes and the mayor's court in the town of Many in Sabine Parish shall be authorized to assess such sum in accordance with this Section. Assessments in particular courts are governed by the following:

(1) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Houma.

(2) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Ruston.

(3) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Minden.

(4) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Springhill.

(5) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Hammond.

(6) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Bastrop.

(7) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of West Monroe.

(8)(a) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Monroe.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Subsection, the additional costs collected in the City Court of Monroe shall be allocated as follows:

(i)(aa) For the 1995-1996 Fiscal Year, fifteen dollars to the city marshal's office to be used to defray operational expenses of the office.

(bb) For the 1996-1997 Fiscal Year, ten dollars to the city marshal's office to be used to defray operational expenses of the office.

(cc) For the 1997-1998 Fiscal Year and thereafter, twenty dollars to the city marshal's office to be used to defray operational expenses of the office.

(ii)(aa) For the 1995-1996 Fiscal Year, five dollars to the police department of the city of Monroe to be used to help defray expenses for equipment and maintenance for the city of Monroe jail.

(bb) For the 1996-1997 Fiscal Year and thereafter, ten dollars to the police department of the city of Monroe to be used to help defray expenses for equipment and maintenance for the city of Monroe jail.

(9) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Denham Springs.

(10) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Alexandria and shall also be assessed in traffic violation cases.

(11) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed thirty dollars in the City Court of Lafayette.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Lincoln Parish police jury may by resolution assume sole responsibility for payment, in all cases thereafter occurring in the parish, of autopsy costs as provided in R.S. 33:5713, and thereafter in all criminal cases in the parish of Lincoln entailing the performance of an autopsy, the city or district judge may assess the costs of autopsy, disinterment, and reinterment, if any, in addition to the fine, penalty, or other costs which may be legally imposed against the defendant. The funds derived from such assessment shall be paid into the treasury of the parish or municipality in which the court is situated and deposited in a special account. The police jury or municipal governing body may expend these funds to defray the costs of coroner's investigations and autopsies as provided in R.S. 33:1563.

E. In all criminal matters, including traffic violations, in addition to the costs otherwise provided by this Section or any other law, and in addition to the fine or other penalty which may be legally imposed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, the judge of the City Court of Winnsboro may assess a sum not to exceed five dollars as additional costs of court, the proceeds from which shall be used to defray operational expenses of the City Court of Winnsboro, as may be approved by said judge.

F. The City Court of Houma is hereby authorized to hire a court reporter for civil and criminal cases. Compensation for the court reporter shall be paid from the costs collected in criminal matters.

G. Instead of the fee provided for in Subsection C of this Section, in all criminal matters in the city court of Morgan City, including traffic violation cases, the city judge shall assess, in addition to all other foregoing costs, the sum of twenty dollars as additional costs of court, the proceeds from which shall be deposited in a special account, separate and distinct from the account provided for in Subsection B, which account shall be in the name of and under the control of the marshal of the court, shall be subject to audit, and shall be used to defray operational expenses of the office of marshal of the court, all as may be useful and necessary for the proper conduct of the marshal's offices, for maintenance and improvement of jail facilities, or for purchase of law enforcement equipment, and all as may be approved by the marshal.

H. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law and specifically notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section, the City Court of Bossier City may use the proceeds derived from the costs authorized in Subsection A and deposited in a special account subject to audit in either or both of the following ways:

(1) The proceeds may be used for operational expenses of the court, for the payment of clerical fees, for the payment of salary supplements for personnel other than the judge or city marshal, or other similar expenditures as may be approved by the judge, pursuant to Subsection B.

(2) The proceeds may be used for capital expenditures for the offices of the City Court of Bossier City, such expenditures to include but not be limited to furniture, filing cabinets, furnishings, and similar items as may be approved by the judge.

I.(1) In all criminal matters, including traffic violations, in addition to any costs authorized by this Section or any other provision, the City Court of Ville Platte may assess a witness fee not to exceed nine dollars per witness as additional costs of court, the proceeds from which shall be used to defray the costs of processing subpoenas in criminal proceedings.

(2) In all criminal matters in the City Court of Ville Platte, including traffic violations, when the court suspends the imposition or execution of a sentence and places the defendant on supervised probation, the city judge may assess, in addition to any costs authorized by this Section or any other provision, and in addition to the fine or other penalty which may be legally imposed, a supervision fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month as additional costs of court, the proceeds from which shall be used to defray the costs of supervision.

J. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any fees received by the City Court of East St. Tammany pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.1(C) in excess of the amount needed to defray the costs of supervision in criminal, traffic, and juvenile cases may be used for the operational expenses of the city court.

K. If the additional costs that the city court judge is required to assess in all criminal matters pursuant to any of the provisions of Subsection C of this Section are to be used by a municipal police department to defray expenses for equipment and maintenance for a city jail, in the event of closure of the jail, all of the additional costs required to be assessed, not to exceed ten dollars, shall be used by the police department to defray expenses for housing and maintenance of prisoners and detainees of the municipality.

Acts 1993, No. 643, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 125, §1; Acts 1995, No. 611, §1; Acts 1996, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 17, §1; Acts 1997, No. 324, §1; Acts 1997, No. 326, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1073, §1; Acts 1999, No. 614, §§1, 2; Acts 1999, No. 740, §1; Acts 2001, No. 219, §1; Acts 2001, No. 993, §1, eff. June 27, 2001; Acts 2002, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 158, §1; Acts 2005, No. 269, §1; Acts 2009, No. 88, §1; Acts 2014, No. 730, §1; Acts 2020, No. 205, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2023, No. 121, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024; Acts 2023, No. 121, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026; Acts 2025, No. 74, §2.

NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 88, §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 Subsection L, as enacted by that Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3724 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3724
Notes of testimony; description of document, record or paper
Status: in_force

Whenever such records, documents or papers are offered under R.S. 13:3723 in cases in which the testimony is taken down, the clerk shall enter upon the notes of testimony, a description of the document, record or paper thus offered, with the title and number of the suit or record to which it belongs.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §20.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:847 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 847
Fees in criminal cases; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. In addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerks of the several district courts throughout the state of Louisiana shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees:

(1)(a) In criminal misdemeanor cases involving traffic offenses under Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 when, as a part of the sentence imposed the accused is ordered to pay court costs, in addition to other costs authorized by law or local court rule as of August 15, 2010, the sum of five dollars shall be assessed, collected, and paid over to the clerk of court by the sheriff.

(b) In all other criminal misdemeanor cases when, as a part of the sentence imposed the accused is ordered to pay court costs, the sum of fifty dollars shall be assessed, collected, and paid over to the clerk of court by the sheriff.

(2) In all criminal felony cases when, as a part of the sentence imposed the accused is ordered to pay court costs, the sum of one hundred dollars shall be assessed, collected, and paid over to the clerk of court by the sheriff.

(3) Copies per page, one dollar.

(4) Conformed copies, three dollars.

(5) Certification of copies, five dollars.

(6) Criminal history search, twenty dollars.

(7) Extract of court minutes, ten dollars.

(8) United States Postal Service and common carriers, costs actually incurred.

(9)-(38) Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 733, §4.

B-C. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 733, §4.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of court in St. Landry Parish shall be entitled to demand and receive an additional five dollars for every traffic ticket that is processed by the office of the clerk. Fifty percent of these funds shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the criminal division of the clerk of court's office. The remaining fifty percent of the fee shall be used for the St. Landry Parish Police Jury Juror and Witness Fee Fund.

E.(1) Notwithstanding Subsection A and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of court in Jefferson Parish shall be entitled to demand and receive:

(a) A two-dollar processing fee for every extension of time granted for payment of a fine for a traffic ticket.

(b) A fee of seven dollars and fifty cents for every attachment issued to bring witnesses, summons, subpoenas, and court orders for arrest.

(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 334, §1.

(2) These funds shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the criminal division of the clerk of court's office.

F.(1) Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of a district court in St. John the Baptist Parish shall be entitled to demand and receive:

(a) A filing and processing fee of one hundred dollars for all felony expungement proceedings filed in the district court pursuant to the provisions of Title XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893.

(b) A filing and processing fee of fifty dollars for all misdemeanor expungement proceedings filed in the district court pursuant to the provisions of Title XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.

(2) These funds shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the criminal division of the clerk of court's office.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 358, §1; Acts 1984, No. 438, §1; Acts 1995, No. 779, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 53, §1, eff. April 17, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 344, §1; Acts 2010, No. 733, §§3, 4; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2016, No. 334, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1565.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1565.1
Clerk
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of the First Judicial District Court shall be ex officio clerk of the juvenile court.

B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Caddo Parish shall be responsible for reasonable and necessary expenses of the operation of the office of the clerk of court for the Juvenile Court of Caddo Parish, except for expenses directly related to employees. The clerk of the First Judicial District Court shall be responsible for the cost of employees for the office of the clerk of the Juvenile Court of Caddo Parish, including but not limited to salaries, benefits, retirement, travel, and training. Nothing contained in this Subsection shall preclude the governing authority of Caddo Parish and the clerk of the First Judicial District Court from entering into an intergovernmental agreement to provide for the funding of any of the expenses related to employees as enumerated in this Subsection.

C. In addition to the purchase of an automobile authorized by R.S. 13:783(D)(1) and (3), the clerk of the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish may lease or purchase, out of the clerk's salary fund, an additional automobile for the use of the juvenile court office. The automobile and insurance for the vehicle shall be purchased in accordance with the provisions set forth in R.S. 13:783(D)(1).

Acts 2006, No. 374, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 162, §1, eff. May 22, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.30 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.30
Operational expenses; judicial determination
Status: in_force

A. The operational expenses of the city court shall include but are not limited to all of the following:

(1) The salaries for court reporters, stenographers, clerical assistants, secretaries, the clerk of court, deputy clerks, minute clerks, filing clerks, accountants, bookkeepers, law clerks, and all other court personnel and administrative staff.

(2) The purchase of stationery, books, office supplies, computers, postage, uniforms, furniture, filing cabinets, furnishings, and similar items.

(3) The purchase or lease of any other such equipment as may be useful or necessary for the proper conduct of the court's judicial business.

B. The judge of the city court shall determine and have approval over which expenses are useful or necessary for the proper operation of the court.

C. The definition of "operational expenses" of the city court shall not limit or exclude any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies as otherwise entitled by law.

Acts 2001, No. 218, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 10
Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement
Status: in_force

The supreme court may fix the salary of the judicial administrator by rule.

The judicial administrator shall be entitled to all emoluments and benefits applicable by law to district judges and shall be subject to the same retirement provisions.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 136, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3426 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3426
Request for notice
Status: in_force

A. An interested person desiring to be notified of the filing of an application for appointment as curator of an absent person may petition the district court of the parish where the absent person was domiciled at the time his absence commenced for such notice. If the absent person was not domiciled in this state at the time his absence commenced, the petition for notice may be filed in the venue provided in R.S. 13:342l(B).

B. A petition for notice shall not be effective unless it is signed by the person requesting notice or his attorney, and sets forth:

(1) The name and domicile of the person requesting notice;

(2) A statement of the interest of the person requesting notice;

(3) The name and mailing address of the person to whom the requested notice shall be given; and

(4) A prayer that the requested notice be given.

C. When notice has been requested, the applicant for appointment as curator of the absent person shall mail a copy of his petition for appointment by registered or certified mail to the person designated to receive such notice.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3736 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3736
Safety standards acts violations; cause determined by trier of fact; not prima facie evidence of negligence; contributing negligence
Status: in_force

A. In the trial of any action to recover personal injury or property damage sustained by any party, in which action it appears that any employer acted in violation or failed to act in accordance with any provision of any state or federal occupational safety, health and safety standards act, the question of whether the act or omission of the employer, or his agents, was a cause of the injury or damage is to be determined solely by the trier of fact.

B. The issuance of a citation, the voluntary payment of a civil or criminal penalty by a party charged with a violation, or the judicial assessment of a civil and/or criminal penalty under state occupational safety, health and safety standards act, or any federal occupational safety, health and safety standards act, shall not be prima facie evidence of negligence. The contributory negligence statutes of Louisiana shall apply in these cases as in all other cases of negligence.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 507, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:999 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 999
Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty of a crime or traffic offense, or who forfeits his bond, a sum of fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be collected by the respective sheriffs in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary.

B. Each respective sheriff shall distribute all sums collected or received under this Section to each of their respective parishes to be deposited in a separate judicial account. The accounts shall be designated as the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of Iberia, the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Martin, and the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Mary, respectively.

C. The governing authorities of the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary shall use all sums collected to defray the operational expenses of the district court and its related agencies in each of their respective parishes.

Acts 1995, No. 523, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3418 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3418
Delivery of copies of pleadings and briefs
Status: in_force

Copies of all pleadings and briefs filed or submitted in any proceeding in which a director of personnel is a party, as herein provided, shall be delivered to the director by the party filing or submitting the same. The director of personnel shall deliver to all adverse parties in such proceeding a copy of all pleadings and briefs filed or submitted on his behalf.

Acts 1962, No. 57, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5105
Jury trial prohibited; demand for trial; costs
Status: in_force

A. No suit against a political subdivision of the state shall be tried by jury. Except upon a demand for jury trial timely filed in accordance with law by the state or a state agency or the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state or state agency, no suit against the state or a state agency shall be tried by jury.

B. Whenever a jury trial is demanded by the state, state agency, or the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the state or state agency, the party demanding the jury trial shall pay all costs of the jury trial including the posting of a bond or cash deposit for costs in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1733 through 1734.1, inclusive.

C. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 341, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, a political subdivision, by general ordinance or resolution, may waive the prohibition against a jury trial provided in Subsection A of this Section. Whenever the jury trial prohibition is waived by a political subdivision, and a jury trial is demanded by the political subdivision or the plaintiff in a suit against the political subdivision or against an officer or employee of the political subdivision, the demand for a jury trial shall be timely filed in accordance with law. The rights to and limitations upon a jury trial shall be as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1731 and 1732.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, the state, a state agency, or state employee who is being indemnified and defended under R.S. 13:5108.1 or the Patients Compensation Fund shall not be required to post any bond, cash deposit, or other charge whatsoever to obtain a trial by jury. If the state, state agency, or state employee who is being indemnified and defended under R.S. 13:5108.1 or the Patients Compensation Fund is ordered to pay court costs, the state or the Patients Compensation Fund, as may be applicable, shall pay all jury costs directly associated with that trial within thirty days after mailing of the notice of judgment of the trial court.

Acts 1975, No. 434, §1; Acts 1993, No. 993, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 598, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 63, §1, eff. May 9, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 249, §1; Acts 2016, No. 341, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4945 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4945
Judgment confirming or annulling sale
Status: in_force

At the expiration of the thirty days, the party obtaining the monition may apply to the judge of the court, out of which the monition is issued, to confirm and homologate the sale, and the judge in case no cause is shown against the prayer for the monition, shall homologate and confirm the judicial sale in question; but before he does so confirm it, he shall be fully satisfied that the advertisements have been inserted in the newspapers, as already directed, and that the property has been correctly described, and the price at which it was purchased, truly paid. In case opposition be made to the homologation, and it should appear that the sale was made contrary to law, the judge shall annul it, otherwise to confirm it, as in case no opposition was made.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5367 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5367
Additional veteran indicator documents
Status: in_force

In addition to the documents used to verify veteran status referred to in R.S. 13:5365(A), the following documents may be used to establish veteran status:

(1) DD-2 US Uniformed Services Identification Card.

(2) DD-214 Report of Separation.

(3) DD-217 Discharge Certificate.

(4) DD-256A Honorable Discharge Certificate.

(5) DD-256AF Honorable Discharge Certificate.

(6) DD-256CG Honorable Discharge Certificate.

(7) DD-256MC Honorable Discharge Certificate.

(8) DD-256N Honorable Discharge Certificate.

(9) DD-257A General Discharge Certificate.

(10) DD-257AF General Discharge Certificate.

(11) DD-257CG General Discharge Certificate.

(12) DD-257MC General Discharge Certificate.

(13) DD-257N General Discharge Certificate.

(14) DD-303 Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.

(15) DD-303AF Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.

(16) DD-303CG Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.

(17) DD-303MC Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.

(18) DD-303N Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge.

(19) AGO-525 Discharge Certificate.

(20) AGO-755 Discharge Certificate.

(21) AGO-01252 Discharge Certificate.

(22) AGO-01254 Discharge Certificate.

(23) AGO-01502 Discharge Certificate.

(24) Bureau of Investigation No. 6 Discharge Certificate.

(25) Bureau of Investigation No 53 Discharge Certificate.

(26) Bureau of Investigation No 118 Discharge Certificate.

(27) Bureau of Investigation No 213 Discharge Certificate.

(28) NAVCG-2510 Honorable Discharge, U.S. Coast Guard.

(29) NAVMC-455 U.S. Marine Corps Certificate of Service, In Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge Certificate.

(30) NAVMC-70-PD Honorable Discharge, U.S. Marine Corps.

(31) NAVMC-78-PD U.S. Marine Corps Report of Separation.

(32) NMC-258 A&I Discharge Certificate.

(33) NMC-2571 A&I Honorable Discharge, U.S. Marine Corps.

(34) NAVPERS-563 Navy Discharge-Notice of Separation from U.S. Naval Service.

(35) NAVPERS-566 Standard Statement of Service.

(36) NAVPERS-660 Honorable Discharge from U.S. Navy.

(37) NAVPERS-661 Certificate of Discharge, U.S. Naval Service.

(38) NAVPERS-663B Discharge Certificate.

(39) WD AGO-53-58 Enlisted Record and Report of Separation General Discharge.

(40) WD AGO-53-90 Certificate of Service.

(41) WD AGO-53-98 Military Record and Report of Separation Certificate of Service.

(42) WD AGO-280 Certificate of Service, AVS.

(43) WD AGO-525 Honorable Discharge from the United States Army.

(44) WD AGO-755 Honorable Discharge, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

(45) WD AGO-0729 Honorable Discharge from Army of the United States of America.

(46) WD AGO-01502 Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge Certificate.

(47) WD AGO-01504 Discharge Certificate.

Acts 2014, No. 716, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3662 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3662
Witness fees for law enforcement officers, fire service persons, and representatives of governmental traffic engineering departments
Status: in_force

A. Each law enforcement officer, fire service person, or person testifying as a representative of a governmental traffic engineering department, hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as "witness", or "officer", who, because of his official capacity, is required to be present as a witness in any civil case or in any administrative hearing held pursuant to any law of this state, including but not limited to R.S. 32:668 or 1504 or R.S. 40:1485.6, shall be paid an appearance fee of forty dollars per day per case or per hearing, when the witness's presence in court, at the administrative hearing, or at a deposition is required by subpoena or other circumstance, and for which he is present, regardless of whether he actually testifies. However, no such appearance fee shall be paid to a witness or officer required to be present as a witness on behalf of a law enforcement officer or fire service person in any appeal taken by the law enforcement officer or fire service person in state or city civil service proceedings instituted against him.

B. Each witness as described in R.S. 13:3662(A) shall also be paid the appearance fee for one day if a day is necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance.

C. A witness as described in R.S. 13:3662(A) who travels by common carrier shall be paid for the actual expenses of travel on the basis of the means of transportation reasonably utilized and the distance necessarily traveled to and from the witness's residence by the shortest practical route. The witness shall utilize a common carrier at the most economical rate reasonably available. A receipt or other evidence of actual cost shall be furnished.

D. A mileage allowance at the rate designated by the division of administration shall also be paid to any person described in R.S. 13:3662(A) who travels by privately owned vehicle. This allowance may be claimed by the witness for his department if travel is in a department vehicle.

E. A sustenance allowance shall be paid to a witness as described in R.S. 13:3662(A) when an overnight stay is required at the place of attendance because such place is so far removed from the residence of such witness that return thereto from day to day is impractical. This allowance shall be paid at the rate designated by the division of administration.

F.(1) Each law enforcement officer, fire service personnel, or governmental traffic engineering representative subpoenaed as a witness shall be paid by the party which subpoenaed him, except that, if the matter goes to trial and is decided by the court, the appearance fee and expenses paid to the witness pursuant to this Section shall be taxed as court costs and paid by the party requesting the subpoena to be issued and may be recovered by the prevailing party against the party cast in judgment. The fee shall be first advanced, however, by the party requesting the subpoena to be issued and may be recovered by the prevailing party against the party cast in judgment. The fee shall be paid to the officer or agency responsible for effecting service of process of the subpoena herein referred to as custodian. In those cases where the officer makes an appearance, he shall make his presence known to the custodian and shall indicate whether or not he is being paid by his governmental employer.

(2) If the officer is not being compensated by his governmental employer, the custodian will pay the appearance fee directly to the officer.

(3) If the officer is being compensated by his governmental employer during the period of his appearance, then the custodian shall pay the appearance fee to the officer's governmental employer or fiscal officer who is designated or authorized to receive revenues on behalf of the governmental body. The governmental employer may retain such portion of the appearance fee as is necessary to reimburse it for salary, benefits, and other expenses it expends in making its employee available as a witness; if the appearance fee exceeds the amount the employer is required to pay in salary, benefits, and expenses for such appearance, the employer shall transmit the difference to the witness. In no case, however, shall the witness receive less than he would have been compensated as set forth herein.

(4) In those cases where the officer is present as a witness for a period of time during which he is being compensated partially by his governmental employer and a portion of time during which he is not being compensated by his employer, then the custodian shall prorate the appearance fee in the same proportion as the noncompensated time is to the compensated time and will distribute the portions directly to the witness and to the governmental employer in the appropriate fractions.

(5) In those cases where the officer does not make an appearance, the party who advanced the witness fee may request that the custodian refund the witness fee to the party or attorney who advanced the fee.

(6) The custodians of the witness fees are authorized to adopt procedures in conjunction with the various law enforcement, fire service, and governmental traffic engineering agencies with respect to the verification of attendance and payment of fees.

G. No witness shall be allowed more than twice the appearance fee in any one day, regardless of the number of cases or hearings for which he is required to be present.

H.(1) For purposes of an administrative hearing held for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to any law of this state, including but not limited to, R.S. 32:668, R.S. 32:1504 or R.S. 40:1485.6, each law enforcement officer or fire service personnel who, because of his official capacity, is required to be present as a witness shall be paid an appearance fee at the rate as set forth in Subsection A per day per hearing, when his presence is required by subpoena, and for which he is present, regardless of whether he actually testifies. The appearance fee shall be paid by the party who subpoenas the witness by money order or check drawn on a lawyer's account and made payable, in the alternative, to the witness or his governmental employer. Notice of that payment must be given to the person facing suspension or revocation of license on a form approved by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, pursuant to R.S. 32:667(C), stating that the person has the right to subpoena the witness, but that he must pay the fee whether the hearing officer finds that the suspension was reasonable or not. If the law enforcement officer or fire service personnel does not appear in person at the hearing, such law enforcement officer or fire service personnel shall not be entitled to the fee. However, if the officer is off duty at the time he appears as a witness in an administrative hearing via telephone, video conference or similar communication equipment, he shall receive the witness fee. The hearing officer shall note on the subpoena that payment was received. If the witness appears, he shall sign the subpoena, date it, state the time, whether or not he was on duty or off duty, and whether or not he was being compensated by his governmental employer. If the witness is not being compensated by his governmental employer, the hearing officer shall deliver the appearance fee to the witness who shall indicate receipt in writing on the subpoena if the witness appears in person. If, in accordance with R.S. 49:994(D)(4), the witness appears by telephone, video conference, or similar communication equipment, the hearing officer shall note the information on the subpoena. If the witness is being compensated by his governmental employer, the hearing officer shall forward the fee to the appropriate governmental employer unless the witness fails to appear. In that case, the fee shall be returned to the remitter.

(2)(a) When a law enforcement officer is subpoenaed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the purpose of appearing and giving testimony in any proceeding for judicial review of administrative action of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to any law of this state, including but not limited to such action pursuant to R.S. 32:668, R.S. 32:1504, and R.S. 40:1485.6, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall deposit with the clerk of court for each subpoena so issued the sum of twenty-five dollars. Any law enforcement officer appearing pursuant to such subpoena shall, whether or not he actually testifies, be paid by the clerk of court said sum of twenty-five dollars upon the officer signing a certification on the subpoena that at the time of the appearance he was off duty and not otherwise required to report to work.

(b) When a law enforcement officer is subpoenaed by the Department of Environmental Quality for the purpose of appearing and giving testimony in any proceeding for judicial review of administrative action of the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to any law of this state, including but not limited to such action pursuant to R.S. 30:2024, the Department of Environmental Quality shall deposit with the clerk of court for each subpoena issued, the sum of twenty-five dollars. Any law enforcement officer appearing pursuant to such subpoena shall, whether or not he actually testifies, be paid by the clerk of court said sum of twenty-five dollars upon the officer signing a certification on the subpoena that at the time of the appearance he was off duty and not otherwise required to report to work.

(3) Any sum deposited by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or the Department of Environmental Quality and paid to a law enforcement officer pursuant to Subparagraph (2)(a) or (b) of this Subsection shall be taxed as costs and assessed against the nonprevailing party in the proceeding for judicial review. Any such sum not paid to a law enforcement officer shall be remitted monthly to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or the Department of Environmental Quality, as the case may be, by the clerk of court.

I. For the purposes of this Section only, "fire service personnel" includes all persons employed or engaged full-time, part-time, or on a volunteer basis by municipalities or municipal fire departments, parishes or parish fire departments, or fire protection districts for fire fighting or fire prevention duties and services, including employees of the state fire marshal's office.

J. The provisions of this Section shall not release an officer's employer or agency from its responsibility to pay a witness officer in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and all other applicable law; nor shall any provision of this Section increase the obligation of an officer's governmental employer agency to pay, as salary, any amount in excess of the officer's salary in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and all other applicable law.

K. In any judicial proceeding, administrative hearing, deposition, or other circumstance governed by the provisions of this Section which is instituted or prosecuted by or against the state, or any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision, board, or commission, the provisions of R.S. 13:4521 and R.S. 13:4533 shall control with respect to the responsibilities of such governmental entities for the witness fees provided herein.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 220, §2. Acts 1984, No. 737, §1; Acts 1985, No. 428, §1, eff. July 10, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 417, §1; Acts 1987, No. 795, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 969, §1; Acts 1989, No. 365, §1; Acts 1991, No. 206, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 363, §1; Acts 1993, No. 978, §§1, 2, eff. June 25, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 996, §1; Acts 1995, No. 507, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1208, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2006, No. 646, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1853 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1853
Cooperation and communication among courts
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 13:1810 through 1812 apply to cooperation and communications among courts in proceedings under this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.76 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.76
Courtroom and offices
Status: in_force

The expenses of operation and maintenance of the courtroom and offices shall be paid by the town of Breaux Bridge.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715.6
Records of a nonprofit health care quality improvement corporation; testimony; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A.(1) The provisions of this Section shall only apply to a nonprofit health care quality improvement corporation, hereinafter referred to as "corporation", which complies with all of the following:

(a) Is established with the assistance and participation of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(b) Is incorporated in accordance with the Louisiana Nonprofit Corporation Law (R.S. 12:201 et seq.).

(c) Is exempt from taxation in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(d) Functions as a statewide public-private partnership through which public agencies, health care providers, health plans, consumers, educational institutions, and quality improvement specialists work collaboratively to improve the quality of health care in Louisiana through activities such as research, reporting of health data and statistics, collection and analysis of population health measures, performance measurement, and evaluation and promotion of clinical guidelines and criteria.

(2) All standards, guidelines, or criteria which are created, developed, or promoted by a corporation, and all opinions, findings, conclusions, decisions, or recommendations made by a corporation, shall have the sole purpose of improving the quality of health care in Louisiana. All such standards, guidelines, or criteria shall be strictly voluntary in nature and may not be used or cited in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding to prove a legal standard of care, either to support or negate the liability of a party.

(3) A corporation shall not operate as, or be deemed to be, a peer review committee or entity as provided in R.S. 13:3715.3. No health care provider may delegate, or purport to delegate, any of his legitimate peer review functions to a corporation.

B. As used in this Section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Corporation" means a "corporation" as described in Subsection A of this Section and includes any person or entity who performs any of the functions of such a corporation pursuant to a contract or subcontract.

(2) "Health care provider" means a "health care provider" as defined in R.S. 40:1299.41 or a "state health care provider" as defined in R.S. 40:1299.39.

(3) "Health plan" means a "health plan" as defined in the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1302d et seq.).

(4) "Non-identifiable information" means information presented in a form and manner that prevents the identification of any individual who is a patient or client of a health care provider or who is covered or insured under a health plan. The information shall be de-identified in accordance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1302d et seq.).

(5)(a) "Quality improvement work product" means any records, data, reports, notes, memoranda, e-mails, minutes, studies, analyses, statements, proceedings, deliberations, opinions, findings, conclusions, decisions, or recommendations made, or any actions taken within the scope of the functions of a corporation specifically related to the quality improvement processes which are:

(i) Created or developed by a nonpublic health care provider or health plan solely for the purposes of reporting to the corporation;

(ii) Reported to the corporation for quality improvement processes;

(iii) Requested by the corporation, including the contents of the request;

(iv) Reported to a health care provider or health plan by the corporation;

(v) Created by a nonpublic health care provider to evaluate corrective actions following a report by or to the corporation; or

(vi) Created or developed by the corporation and which are specifically related to the quality improvement process.

(b) "Quality improvement work product" does not include:

(i) Information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources merely because they were collected for or submitted to a corporation;

(ii) Documents, investigations, records, or reports otherwise required by law; or

(iii) Reports and information disclosed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section.

C.(1) Quality improvement work product shall be used by a corporation and its directors, officers, employees, staff, and agents only in the exercise of the proper functions of the corporation.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, quality improvement work product and the proceedings and records of a corporation which are specifically related to the quality improvement process shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be subject to any of the following:

(a) Production pursuant to any subpoena, order, or discovery process, or offered or introduced in evidence, in any civil or administrative proceeding.

(b) Production pursuant to any subpoena, order, or discovery process, or offered or introduced in evidence, in any criminal proceeding, except the corporation or another party or entity upon whom a subpoena duces tecum is served shall respond by delivering the records described in the subpoena to the clerk of court, to be sealed by the court and made available only to the parties to the proceeding after an in camera review by the court and after affording the corporation or the possessor of the records an opportunity to argue against disclosure in such proceeding.

(3) This Subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the discovery or use in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding of information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources merely because they were collected for or submitted to a corporation.

(4) This Subsection shall not apply to any information, documents, or records of a peer review committee or entity which is subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:3715.3. The use, disclosure, and discoverability of information, documents, or records of such a peer review committee or entity shall be governed by R.S. 13:3715.3.

(5) No original record or document, which is otherwise discoverable, prepared by any person, other than a director, officer, employee, staff member, or agent of a corporation, may be held confidential solely because it is the only copy and is in the possession of the corporation.

(6) A person or entity who creates, develops, furnishes, or reports any quality improvement work product to a corporation may, by written authorization, permit the corporation or another person or entity to disclose all or part of the quality improvement work product.

D.(1) No director, officer, employee, staff member, or agent of a corporation shall disclose the actions, decisions, proceedings, discussions, or deliberations of a corporation except to the extent necessary for the exercise of the proper functions of the corporation.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no director, officer, employee, staff member, or agent of a corporation shall be permitted or compelled to testify in any judicial or administrative proceeding, or to respond to any discovery request propounded in the proceeding, regarding the actions, decisions, proceedings, discussions, or deliberations of a corporation.

(3) This Subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a person from disclosing, reporting, or testifying as to information which is obtained independently of the activities of a corporation or which is public information.

E. A corporation may disclose, publish, or release to the public non-identifiable information, including non-identifiable aggregate data, evidence-based information, summary reports, and educational material developed as a result of the quality improvement work product reported to it.

Acts 2007, No. 359, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2072 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2072
Bogalusa; vacation of judge; compensation of judge ad hoc
Status: in_force

The judge of the city court of Bogalusa is entitled to an annual vacation of two 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 Bogalusa and the parish of Washington.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1449 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1449
Venue
Status: in_force

Venue in suits in a parish court shall be determined in the same manner as venue in suits brought in the district court.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5540 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5540
Sheriff's commissions for municipal law enforcement officers; issuance
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff of each parish may issue to a municipal policeman a sheriff's commission permitting such officer to have parishwide law enforcement jurisdiction or jurisdiction within such limited area of the parish as the sheriff shall designate. Application for such commission shall be made only by the chief law enforcement officer of a municipality or other political subdivision. A sheriff's commission may empower a local or municipal law enforcement officer to enforce any state law throughout the parish or may be limited in such manner as the sheriff shall determine. Such power may include the authority to arrest law violators both with and without a warrant or may be for the limited purpose of permitting such officer to enforce certain designated state or local laws or perform only those functions designated by the sheriff, and he may determine whether or not the officer shall be permitted to carry a handgun.

B. Municipal policemen, commissioned as herein provided, shall not be considered a deputy for any other purpose, and shall be treated for all purposes as a municipal policeman when acting pursuant to said commission; and any bond, insurance coverage, or professional liability for any municipal policeman commissioned hereunder shall be paid by the municipality for which he is a municipal policeman.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 398, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1435.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1804
Application to Indian tribes
Status: in_force

A. A child custody proceeding that pertains to an Indian child as defined in the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. §1901 et seq. is not subject to this Act to the extent that it is governed by the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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

C. A child custody determination made by a tribe under factual circumstances in substantial conformity with the jurisdictional standards of this Act shall be recognized and enforced under Subpart C of this Part.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1627 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1627
Place of session; conduct of business; expenses
Status: in_force

The session of the juvenile court shall be held separate and apart from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in quarters provided by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, which shall also make all necessary provisions for the conduct of the business of the juvenile court and provide all the necessary expenses in connection with its operation.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4826
Same; return of report; exceptions
Status: in_force

The special commissioner, as soon as his report is completed, shall file it with the clerk, and the day of the filing shall be entered by the clerk in the appropriate docket book. The parties shall have ten days from the time of the filing of the report to file exceptions thereto. If no exceptions are filed within that period by any interested party, the report shall stand confirmed on the next rule day after the ten days have elapsed. If exceptions are filed, they shall be fixed for hearing on the second rule day after the ten days have elapsed, if the court is then in session; if not, it shall be fixed for hearing on the second rule day of the next sitting of the court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5205
Fees
Status: in_force

A. The plaintiff, upon filing a claim, shall pay as court costs a fee of thirty-five dollars for each party made defendant. No other prejudgment costs, except those required by R.S. 13:10.3, shall be required of the plaintiff so long as the action remains in a small claims division; provided that if the suit is amended or additional service of process is required, the court may require a fee of not more than twenty dollars for each additional service. Additionally, the court may require a fee of not more than twenty dollars for each subpoena issued. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 49:225, no additional cost or fee shall be required when service of process is required to be made upon the secretary of state so long as the action remains in a small claims division.

B. Costs may be waived for an indigent party who complies with the provisions of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

C. The filing fee of thirty-five dollars shall be paid to the judge of the court as a fee in lieu of all other fees in each such case; however, all costs and expenses incurred shall be paid from the filing fee, except as otherwise provided herein.

D. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 256, §2.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 710, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 118, §1. Acts 1983, No. 211, §1; Acts 1985, No. 312, §1; Acts 1987, No 256, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3955 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3955
Fee of attorney-at-law representing absent defendants
Status: in_force

Attorneys-at-law appointed by the judge to represent absent defendants in cases of attachment, are entitled to the sum of ten dollars as a fee, to be taxed as costs, which upon application and proof to the court, may be increased in proportion to the services rendered.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5911 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5911
Power to borrow
Status: in_force

A. Should any sheriff and chief executive officer of any law enforcement district borrow money under the terms and conditions of R.S. 13:5523(D), such borrowing shall constitute the incurrence of a special obligation debt by and of the sheriff and by and of the law enforcement district to which the sheriff's general fund is pledged.

B. In addition to all other powers authorized by the Constitution and laws of Louisiana, each law enforcement district hereinafter in this Section referred to as a "district", is empowered to issue general obligation bonds or certificates of indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this Section and revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of Subsection D of this Section, and sales tax revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of Subpart F of Part III of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

C.(1) Any district may borrow money and issue certificates of indebtedness or bonds, secured by the full faith and credit of the sheriff and/or district, for a term not to exceed thirty years, in order to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, improve, replace, maintain, repair, extend, enlarge, lease, as lessee or lessor, purchase or equip such immovable or movable property which may be of use or benefit to the district or to the applicable sheriff. Such certificates of indebtedness or bonds may only be issued after the issuance thereof is approved by a majority of the taxpayers in the district in accordance with R.S. 39:561.

(2)(a) The certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the district and not the state of Louisiana. The certificates of indebtedness or bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana.

(b) The certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall be authorized and issued by order of the ex officio chief executive officer of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupon, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption and be entitled to such priorities on income, revenues, and receipts of the district as such order may provide.

(c) The certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall be signed by such officer or officers as the district shall determine, such signature or signatures being authorized to be by facsimile, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signature or signatures of such officer or officers as the district shall designate.

(d) Any such certificates of indebtedness or bonds may be issued and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing, by manual or facsimile signature, such certificates of indebtedness or bonds or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall actually have been delivered.

(e) The certificates of indebtedness or bonds shall be issued and sold by the district in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Pending preparation of the definitive certificates of indebtedness or bonds, the district may issue interim bonds or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive certificates of indebtedness or bonds.

(3) In no event shall the certificates of indebtedness or bonds constitute a claim against any property or revenue of the district not specifically pledged for payment of such certificates of indebtedness or bonds.

(4) Any order or orders authorizing any certificates of indebtedness or bonds or any issue of certificates of indebtedness or bonds may additionally contain covenants, agreements, and provisions as are judged advisable or necessary by the district for the security of the holders of the certificates of indebtedness or bonds, including sinking funds and reserves for the payment of principal and interest.

(5) The district shall have the power out of any funds available therefrom to purchase its certificates of indebtedness or bonds. The district may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such certificates of indebtedness or bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

D.(1)(a) Each district is authorized to issue revenue bonds in order to obtain funds to acquire, construct, reconstruct, renovate, improve, replace, maintain, repair, extend, enlarge, lease, as lessee or lessor, purchase, or equip such immovable or movable property, including but not limited to jails, administration or office buildings, maintenance, storage or utility facilities, or any other facility, building, structure, equipment, or furnishings which may be of use or benefit to the district or to the applicable sheriff.

(b) The bonds shall be negotiable instruments and shall be solely the obligations of the district and not the state of Louisiana. The bonds and the income thereof shall be exempt from all taxation in the state of Louisiana. The bonds shall be payable out of the income, revenues, and receipts derived or to be derived from the facilities financed by the district. In addition to the pledge of income, revenues, or receipts to secure the bonds, the district may further secure their payment by a mortgage upon any land and facilities owned, leased, or operated by the district, including all or any part of the existing facilities owned, leased, or operated by the district, and/or any facility acquired by the district with the proceeds of the bonds.

(c) The bonds shall be authorized and issued by order of the ex officio chief executive officer of the district and shall be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not to exceed thirty years from issuance, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or fully registered without coupon, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenues, and receipts of the district as such order may provide.

(d) The bonds shall be signed by such officer or officers as the district shall determine, such signature or signatures being authorized to be by facsimile, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signature or signatures of such officer or officers as the district shall designate. Any such bonds may be issued and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the officers signing such bonds, by manual or facsimile signature, or the officer or officers whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the coupons shall have ceased to be such officer or officers at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

(e) The bonds or notes shall be issued and sold by the district in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the district may issue interim bonds or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive bonds.

(2) The district may in any order authorizing the issuance of bonds enter into such covenants with the future holder or holders of the bonds as to the lease or rental of the facilities, the disposition of such fees and revenues, the issuance of future bonds and the creation of future liens, and encumbrances against such facilities and the revenues therefrom, the carrying of insurance on the facilities, the keeping of books and records, and other pertinent matters, as may be deemed proper by the district to assure the marketability of the bonds, provided such covenants are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section.

(3) As hereinbefore provided, such bonds may in the discretion of the district be additionally secured by a mortgage on all or any part of the land and facilities then owned, leased, or operated by the district or thereafter acquired, owned, leased, or operated by the district and the district shall have full discretion to make such provisions as it may see fit for the making and enforcement of such mortgage and the provisions to be therein contained.

(4) In no event shall the bonds constitute a claim against any property or revenue of the district not specifically pledged or mortgaged for payment of such bonds.

(5) Any order or orders authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may additionally contain covenants, agreements, and provisions as are judged advisable or necessary by the district for the security of the holders of the bonds, including sinking funds and reserves for payment of principal and interest.

(6) The district shall have power out of any funds available therefrom to purchase its bonds. The district may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

E.(1) Bonds issued by the district under this Section are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, trust companies, banks, bankers, banking associations, savings banks and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, pension, profit-sharing, retirement funds, and other persons carrying on a banking business, and all other persons whatsoever, who are now or may hereafter be, authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.

(2) Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal or public officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

F. The district is authorized to provide for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the district then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the district, for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of a project or any portion thereof, all in accordance with Chapters 14, 14-A, or 15 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended.

G. Notwithstanding any provision hereof, any bonds or other obligations authorized to be issued under this Section shall, before the delivery thereof, be approved by the State Bond Commission.

H.(1) All bonds issued shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after thirty days from the date of publication of the order authorizing their issuance; provided, however, it shall not be necessary to publish the exhibits to such orders if the same are available for public inspection and such fact is indicated in the newspaper publication.

(2) For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the order authorizing the issuance of any bonds hereunder, which publication shall be made in a newspaper which is the official journal of the district or the parish in which the district is located, any person or persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the order and the legality of the bond issue for any cause, after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said order or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever.

(3) If no suit, action, or proceedings are begun contesting the validity of the bonds within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, the legality thereof and of all of the provisions of the order authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

(4) Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of this state governing negotiable instruments.

I. Nothing contained in this Section is or shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any powers which any district might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this Section is cumulative of any such powers. This Section does and shall be construed, to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. Neither the making of contracts nor the issuance of bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, refunding bonds, or other obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Section need comply with the requirements of any other state law applicable to the making of the contracts and the issuance of the bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations for the construction and acquisition of any project undertaken pursuant to this Section, except as herein provided. No proceedings, notice, or approval shall be required for the issuance of any bonds, notes, certificates of deposit, or other obligations, or any instrument as security therefor, except as provided in this Section.

J. Notwithstanding R.S. 13:5908, any funds received by the sheriff or district that are pledged to the repayment of any bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations issued in accordance with this Section may be collected and disbursed in accordance with the documents pursuant to which said bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations were issued.

K. All districts shall be subject to the Public Contracts Law, Public Records Law, Public Meetings Law, Code of Ethics, and the Bond Validation Procedures Law.

Acts 1989, No. 277, §1, eff. June 27, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 959, §1, eff. July 25, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9010 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2087 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2087
Springhill; vacation of judge, clerk, and marshal; compensation of officers ad hoc
Status: in_force

A. The judge of the city court of Springhill shall be entitled to an annual vacation of one month with pay, to be taken at such time or times as he chooses. The judge appointed to serve in his place shall be paid an amount equal to the salary of the city judge for the time served, payable in the same manner, from the same sources, in the same proportions as the salary of the judge of the court.

B. The marshal and clerk of the city court of Springhill each shall be entitled to an annual vacation of three weeks with pay. The officers appointed to serve in their places shall be paid an amount equal to the salaries of the officers they replace for the time served, payable in the same manner, from the same sources, and in the same proportions as the salaries of the marshal and clerk.

Acts 1983, Act No. 442, §1, eff. July 2, 1983.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5076 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5076
Penalties; other remedies
Status: in_force

A. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that a stamping agent has violated R.S. 13:5073(C) or any regulation adopted pursuant to this Part, the secretary may revoke or suspend the license of the dealer in the manner provided by R.S. 47:846 and R.S. 26:916. Each stamp affixed and each sale, offer to purchase, or offer to sell cigarettes in violation of R.S. 13:5073(C) shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation hereof, the secretary may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of five hundred percent of the retail value of the cigarettes or five thousand dollars upon a determination of violation of R.S. 13:5073(C) or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Such penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by R.S. 47:843 et seq. and R.S. 26:901 et seq.

B. Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale, in this state, or imported for personal consumption in this state, in violation of R.S. 13:5073(C) shall be deemed contraband under R.S. 47:865 and R.S. 13:5061 et seq., and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in those provisions, and all such cigarettes so seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold.

C. The attorney general, on behalf of the secretary, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of R.S. 13:5073(C) or 5075(A) or (I) by a stamping agent and to compel the stamping agent to comply with such provisions. In any action brought pursuant to this Section, the state shall be entitled to recover the costs of the investigation, action, and reasonable attorney fees.

D. It shall be unlawful for a person to:

(1) Sell or distribute cigarettes; or

(2) Acquire, hold, own, possess, transport, import, or cause to be imported cigarettes that the person knows or should know are intended for distribution or sale in the state in violation of R.S. 13:5073(C). A violation of this Section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor in accordance with R.S. 47:859.

E. A person who violates R.S. 13:5073(C) engages in an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of R.S. 51:1401 et seq.

F. Failure to make annual, quarterly, or monthly payments, when required by the attorney general in accordance with R.S. 13:5075, shall subject the tobacco product manufacturer to the penalties for failure to place funds in escrow contained in R.S. 13:5063(C)(3).

Acts 2004, No. 544, §1, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2013, No. 221, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:756.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 756.4
Jefferson Parish; satellite or suboffice
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson may establish a satellite or suboffice for the purpose of filing documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding in any place other than the parish seat. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of his office.

B. The clerk of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson may establish a satellite or suboffice where mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.

Acts 1985, No. 457, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3485 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3485
Appointment of agent for service of process by nonresident individual or partnership no defense to nonresident attachment unless notice filed with secretary of state
Status: in_force

The appointment of an agent for the service of process by a nonresident individual or partnership is no defense to an attachment of property on the grounds of the nonresidence of the defendant unless a written notice of such appointment, setting forth the name and address of the agent, has been filed with the secretary of state.

The secretary of state shall keep available for public inspection a record of all such appointments, and the dates thereof.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:971 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 971
Sixteenth and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Districts; additional court reporters; fees charged by court reporters; indigent transcript fund
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the court reporters appointed under the provisions of R.S. 13:961(A), the judges of the Sixteenth Judicial District may appoint one additional court reporter, and each of the judges of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District may appoint one additional court reporter. Each court reporter shall be assigned by the judges of his respective district to assist the other court reporters in their duties.

B.(1)(a) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of three dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page for copies reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein.

(b) In all civil cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees provided in this Subsection for originals shall be charged by and be paid to the reporter.

(c) In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in in forma pauperis cases, but the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2) In all criminal cases, except those involving indigent defendants, a fee of three dollars and fifty cents per page for the original, and fifty cents for each copy thereafter reported and transcribed shall be paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein. The payment of fees in criminal cases involving indigent defendants shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 13:4529.

(3) The fees provided by this Subsection, to the extent herein provided, shall be retained by the reporter as compensation in addition to the salary provided for herein.

(4) The court of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court shall establish an indigent transcript fund for the deposit of all monies that may be received under the provisions of this Subsection relative to the payment of court reporter fees for transcripts prepared for indigents, except as provided in this Subsection.

(5) All funds received and deposited therein shall be used and paid out:

(a) To compensate criminal court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts for indigent defendants, including trials, motions, hearings on writs, and all court proceedings.

(b) To compensate juvenile court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts arising from juvenile proceedings when the juvenile's parent or legal custodian or the adult, over whom the court is exercising juvenile jurisdiction, is found to be indigent in accordance with Children's Code Articles 320 and 321.

(6) If funds are available at the end of the fiscal year, the court may retain three thousand dollars from the fund as compensation for administration of the fund.

(7) Court reporters shall be paid three dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page for such work, and twenty-five cents per page for each copy, as funds become available, all such payments to be made from the criminal indigent transcript fund by the court.

(8)(a) In all criminal cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, including traffic violations, except parking, there shall be assessed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, the sum of five dollars, which shall be transmitted to the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.

(b) In all civil cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, there shall be collected the sum of three dollars for every civil filing, which shall be transmitted to the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.

(9) The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:513. The cost of the audit shall be paid from monies in the fund.

C.(1)(a) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page each for the first and second copies for cases reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein.

(b) In all civil cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees provided in this Subsection for originals shall be charged by and be paid to the reporter.

(c) In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in in forma pauperis cases, but the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(2) In all criminal cases, except those involving indigent defendants, a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page each for the first and second copies reported and transcribed shall be paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein. The payment of fees in criminal cases involving indigent defendants shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 13:4529.

(3) The fees provided by this Subsection, to the extent herein provided, shall be retained by the reporter as compensation in addition to the salary provided for herein.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 570, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 105, §1; Acts 1970, No. 75, §1; Acts 1977, No. 227, §1; Acts 1977, No. 307, §1; Acts 1978, No. 529, §1; Acts 1983, No. 249, §1; Acts 1983, No. 45, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1128, §1; Acts 1999, No. 451, §1; Acts 1999, No. 846, §2; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1; Acts 2015, No. 194, §1; Acts 2017, No. 129, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2017, No. 129, §1, regarding contingency eff. date.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.4
Judge ad hoc; compensation
Status: in_force

A. In case of absence, incapacity or recusation of the city judge, a judge ad hoc shall be appointed under the applicable provisions of Articles 4841-4847 of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure.

B. The compensation of the judge ad hoc so appointed, which shall be proportionately equal to that of the city judge, shall be payable in the same manner and from the same source as the compensation of the city judge and, except in cases of illness or of recusation, shall be deducted from the compensation of the city judge.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.25
Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by special laws, the clerk of court of the city court or the marshal, as designated by the city judge, shall collect all fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs, and all funds so collected by them, excluding costs, shall be paid into the city treasury for the city of Slidell when the prosecution is on behalf of the city, and into the parish treasury when the prosecution is on behalf of the state or parish.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §25.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:963 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 963
Court reporters for Thirteenth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. There shall be appointed one court reporter for the district judge in the Thirteenth Judicial District, and the qualifications, mode of appointment, duties and compensation of the reporter shall be as provided in this section.

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

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

D. The court reporter shall report in shorthand, stenograph, voice recording with equipment approved by the presiding judge, or in any recognized manner approved by the presiding judge, and transcribe into longhand by typing all the testimony taken in all civil appealable cases tried in open court, and furnish, for the purpose of appeal, the necessary carbon copies of the testimony required by law. In criminal cases, the making of objections to the admissibility of any portion of the evidence adduced therein, or any matter incident to the trial of which a bill of exception is desired to be taken, shall have the right to have a court reporter called into court and have that portion of the evidence taken down in any recognized manner, as hereinabove provided, together with the ruling of the court thereon and the reservation of bill of exception thereto, which portion of evidence shall be transcribed by the reporter and filed with the clerk of court in the parish where the case is being tried, to be annexed to and form the basis of the bill of exception so taken.

E. The reporter shall have the power to administer oaths in all matters pertaining to depositions taken outside of court to be used in the thirteenth judicial district court or in other courts. Certificates issued by the said reporter and signed by him, within the scope of his authority, shall be received in the courts of this state as are the certificates now issued by notaries public.

F. In addition to the duties set out in Subsection (D), the court reporter shall serve as secretary to the district judge in such district.

G. The court reporter shall work under the direction and supervision of the judge making the appointment according to the needs and requirements in the various parishes comprising the district in the interest of expediting the business before the court.

H. Each court reporter shall receive a monthly salary of not more than one thousand three hundred dollars to be fixed and determined by the police jury of Evangeline Parish, which constitutes the district, which sum is to be paid monthly throughout the year. The police jury of Evangeline Parish shall budget the salary of each court reporter in its budget of annual expenses.

I.(1)(a) In all civil cases, a fee of two dollars and twenty-five cents per page and twenty-five cents per copy of each page reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to each court reporter for reports and for transcribing the testimony.

(b) In criminal cases, a fee not to exceed two dollars per page and twenty-five cents per copy of each page reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to such court reporter for performing such duties.

(2) These fees shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein and shall be taxed as cost of the suit in which the testimony is taken.

(3) Except in pauper cases, payment of the fees shall be made primarily by the plaintiff immediately upon the transcription of the evidence, and each court reporter shall not be required to file the transcript with the clerk before payment. Should the plaintiff fail or refuse to make such payment, the defendant or any other party to the suit may make the same and have it assessed as a cost.

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

(5) All copies required to perfect appeals shall be furnished at no additional cost.

J. The police jury of Evangeline Parish may furnish and provide the court reporter with an office or a suitable place of accommodations equipped with the necessary office furniture, including typewriters, a telephone, a desk, a chair, a table, supply cabinet, and files. The court reporter shall furnish all other supplies and equipment such as adding machines, paper, carbon paper, stenograph machines, shorthand pads and all other supplies and equipment necessary for the taking and transcribing of said testimony. In addition, the court reporter shall be responsible for all traveling expenses and other expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.

K. The court reporter will file and retain his notes for a period of one year after judgment is rendered.

L. The court reporter shall make out an itemized statement of the fees charged for reporting and transcribing the notes of evidence. He shall deliver the original of the statement to the clerk of court of the parish where the suit is pending and retain a copy in his files. The party litigant, except one entitled to the benefits of R.S. 13:4525 through 13:4529, immediately shall pay to the court reporter the fee charged. The fee shall be paid by a litigant entitled to the benefits of R.S. 13:4525 through 13:4529 when the litigant recovers judgment for costs and realizes a sufficient amount therefrom to pay his fee. No compromise shall be valid which does not provide for the payment of all reporting fees due and owing as provided herein for regular litigation.

M. In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in forma pauperis cases, but the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of R.S. 13:4525 through 13:4529.

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

Added by Acts 1968, No. 459, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 106, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1595.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1595.2
Judicial expense fund for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; established; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. In all delinquency and children in need of supervision cases over which the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent, admits to allegations contained in the petition, or enters into an informal adjudication the sum of fifty dollars, which shall be transmitted to the judicial administrator of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The judicial administrator shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the judicial expense fund for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. The judges of the court 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 judicial expense fund may be used for any operating expense of the court, including salaries for court reporters, bailiffs, minute clerks, and other court personnel and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are provided, authorized, or established by law.

D. No salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund to any judges of the court.

Acts 1992, No. 736, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5554.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5554.3
Plaquemines Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the Plaquemines Parish Retired Employees' Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "PREIF", to fund the payment by the sheriff's office of Plaquemines Parish of the premium costs for eligible retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs as provided in R.S. 13:5554(N).

B. The sheriff of Plaquemines Parish may contribute to the PREIF at his discretion.

C. Upon recommendation of the board established in Subsection F of this Section, the sheriff of Plaquemines Parish shall invest the monies in the PREIF as follows:

(1) Not more than fifty percent in equities.

(2) At least fifty percent in fixed income investments, provided that not more than one-half of the investment in fixed income may be invested in corporate bonds.

D. The monies deposited pursuant to Subsection B of this Section and the monies invested pursuant to Subsection C of this Section and the accumulated earnings shall be available for the sheriff to withdraw for the purpose of paying the insurance costs, claims or premiums for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs of Plaquemines Parish.

E. Any financial audit conducted of the sheriff's office of Plaquemines Parish shall specifically address compliance with the provisions of this Section.

F. To provide recommendations concerning the investment of funds as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the sheriff shall establish an investment advisory board consisting of three members as follows:

(1) The sheriff.

(2) Two active deputy sheriffs of the department elected by the other active deputy sheriffs of the department. If more than two people qualify for the election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be elected to the board.

(3) The sheriff shall use and provide all means necessary and proper to conduct the initial and subsequent elections. All expenses, including the printing of the ballots for the initial and subsequent elections, shall be borne by the sheriff and paid out of the sheriff's general fund.

(4) The members of the board shall elect a chairperson at its first board meeting which shall be held within thirty days after the election of board members. The board shall adopt rules governing the election of the members of the board. The election of board members shall be called and supervised by the board with the assistance of the sheriff.

(5) If a vacancy occurs on the board, within sixty days of the date the vacancy occurs, the board shall appoint a member to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term who is qualified to serve on the board as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. If a board member who is an active deputy sheriff elected pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection retires, he may continue to serve for the remainder of the term for which he was elected, if less than two years remain on his term; however, if more than two years remain on his term, the board shall appoint an active deputy sheriff to fill the remainder of that term.

(6) The members of the board shall be paid a per diem for each day of attendance at meetings of the board or on authorized business of the board. The board shall establish the per diem rates.

(7) The members of the board shall retain a financial advisor and legal counsel to provide recommendations and legal consultation concerning the investment of the funds. The board shall adopt rules governing their selection and compensation. The board may retain the sheriff's office in-house legal counsel.

(8) Members of the board shall serve terms concurrent with that of the sheriff.

(9) If the monies deposited pursuant to Subsection B of this Section and the monies invested pursuant to Subsection C of this Section fall below ten thousand dollars, the requirement for an investment advisory board, as provided in Subsection F of this Section, and a financial advisor and legal counsel, as provided in Paragraph (7) of this Subsection, will be extinguished.

G. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 27, §2.

Acts 2010, No. 499, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1448.3 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2017, No. 27, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5366 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5366
The Veterans Court program
Status: in_force

A. Each district court by rule may designate as a Veterans Court program one or more divisions of the district court to which veterans are assigned and may establish a probation program to be administered by the presiding judge or judges thereof or by an employee designated by the court.

B. Participation in probation programs shall be subject to the following provisions:

(1) The district attorney may propose to the court that an individual defendant be screened for eligibility as a participant in the Veterans Court program if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(a) The individual is charged with a violation of a statute of this state, either a felony or misdemeanor, and is determined to be a veteran as defined in R.S. 13:5364.

(b) The district attorney has reason to believe that the individual who is charged could benefit by the Veterans Court program.

(c) The district attorney has reason to believe that it is in the best interest of the community and in the interest of justice to provide the defendant with treatment as opposed to incarceration or other sanctions.

(2) Upon receipt of the proposal provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the court shall advise the defendant that he may be eligible for enrollment in a court-authorized treatment program through the Veterans Court program.

(3)(a) If the defendant requests to undergo treatment and is accepted into the Veterans Court program, the defendant will be placed under the supervision of the Veterans Court program for the period of not less than twelve months.

(b) During the treatment the defendant may be confined in a treatment facility or, at the discretion of the court, the defendant may be released on a probationary basis for treatment or supervised aftercare in the community.

(c) The court may impose any conditions reasonably related to the complete rehabilitation of the defendant.

(d) The defendant shall be required to participate in any court-ordered alcohol and drug testing program at his own expense, unless the court determines that he is indigent.

(e) If the defendant completes the Veterans Court program, and has successfully completed all other requirements of his court-ordered probation, the conviction may be set aside and the prosecution dismissed in accordance with the provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894. A defendant's successful completion of the Veterans Court program and the other requirements of probation may result in his discharge from supervision. If the defendant does not successfully complete the Veterans Court program, the judge may revoke the probation and impose sentence, or the judge may revoke the probation and order the defendant to serve the sentence previously imposed and suspended, or the judge may revoke the probation and order the defendant to be committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and be required to serve a sentence of not more than six months without diminution of sentence in the intensive incarceration program pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.4 and 574.5, then to be returned to the regular Veterans Court docket, or the court may impose any sanction provided by Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900, and extend probation and order that the defendant continue treatment for an additional period, or both.

(4) The defendant has the right to be represented by counsel at all stages of a criminal prosecution and in any court hearing relating to the Veterans Court program. The defendant shall be represented by counsel during the negotiations to determine eligibility to participate in the Veterans Court program and shall be represented by counsel at the time of the execution of the probation agreement, and at any hearing to revoke the defendant's probation and discharge him from the program, unless the court finds and the record shows that the defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.

(5) The defendant must agree to the Veterans Court program. If the defendant elects to undergo treatment and participate in the Veterans Court program, the court shall order an examination of the defendant by one of the court's designated licensed treatment programs. Treatment programs shall possess sufficient experience in working with criminal justice participants with alcohol or drug addictions, mental health problems, or all of these matters, and shall be certified and approved by the state of Louisiana or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The designated treatment program shall utilize standardized testing and evaluation procedures to determine whether or not the defendant is an appropriate candidate for a treatment program and shall report such findings to the court and the district attorney.

(6) The treatment program examiner or district attorney may request that the defendant provide the following information to the court:

(a) Information regarding prior criminal charges.

(b) Education, work experience, and training.

(c) Family history, including residence in the community.

(d) Medical and mental history, including any psychiatric or psychological treatment or counseling.

(e) Any other information reasonably related to the success of the treatment program.

(7) The designated program shall recommend to the court a preliminary length of stay and level of care for the defendant.

(8) In addition to the report submitted by the examiner, the judge and district attorney shall consider the following factors in determining whether the Veterans Court program would be in the interest of justice and of benefit to the defendant and the community:

(a) The nature of the crime charged and the circumstances surrounding the crime.

(b) Any special characteristics or circumstances of the defendant.

(c) Whether the defendant is a first-time offender, and, if the defendant has previously participated in this or a similar program, the degree of success attained.

(d) Whether there is a probability that the defendant will cooperate with and benefit from probation and treatment through the Veterans Court program.

(e) Whether the available Veterans Court program is appropriate to meet the needs of the defendant.

(f) The impact of the defendant's probation and treatment upon the community.

(g) Recommendations, if any, of the involved law enforcement agency.

(h) Recommendations, if any, of the victim.

(i) Provisions for and the likelihood of obtaining restitution from the defendant over the course of his probation.

(j) Any mitigating circumstances.

(k) Any other circumstances reasonably related to the individual defendant's case.

(9) In order to be eligible for the Veterans Court program, the defendant must satisfy each of the following criteria:

(a) The defendant cannot have a prior felony conviction for an offense defined as a homicide in R.S. 14:29 or as a sex offense in R.S. 15:541, or any pending criminal proceeding alleging commission of an offense defined as a homicide in R.S. 14:29 or as a sex offense in R.S. 15:541.

(b) The crime before the court cannot be a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs that resulted in the death of a person.

(c) If the crime before the court is domestic abuse battery as defined in R.S. 14:35.3 or domestic abuse aggravated assault as defined in R.S. 14:37.7, the defendant shall comply with the following additional requirements as conditions of eligibility in the Veterans Court program:

(i) Completion of a court-monitored domestic abuse intervention program as defined by R.S. 14:35.3.

(ii) No ownership or possession of a firearm while under the supervision of the Veterans Court program or court-ordered probation.

(10) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the defendant may be considered for participation in the Veterans Court program even if the defendant is not otherwise eligible for probation due to the defendant's criminal history.

(11)(a) The judge shall make the final determination of eligibility. If, based on the examiner's report and the recommendations of the district attorney and the defense counsel, the judge determines that the defendant should be enrolled in the Veterans Court program, the court shall accept the defendant's guilty plea, suspend or defer the imposition of sentence, and place the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of the Veterans Court program. The court also may impose sentence and suspend the execution thereof, placing the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of the Veterans Court program.

(b) If the judge determines that the defendant is not qualified for enrollment, the judge may state for the record the reasons for that determination.

(c) A Veterans Court program team or staff may petition the court to reject a referral to the Veterans Court program if the Veterans Court program team or staff deems the defendant to be inappropriate for admission to the Veterans Court program. Additionally, a Veterans Court program team or staff may petition the court for immediate discharge of any individual who fails to comply with Veterans Court program rules and treatment expectations or who refuses to constructively engage in the treatment process.

C.(1) In offering a defendant the opportunity to request treatment, the court shall advise the defendant of the following at the time of the guilty plea:

(a) If the defendant is accepted into the Veterans Court program, then the defendant must waive the right to a trial. The defendant must enter a plea of guilty to the charge, with the stipulation that sentencing be deferred or that sentence be imposed, but suspended, and the defendant placed on supervised probation under the usual conditions of probation and under certain special conditions of probation related to the completion of such treatment programs as are ordered by the court. During participation in the program, the defendant will be subject to nonadversarially determined sanctions. All adversarial hearings will occur during probation violation hearings.

(b) The terms of each probation agreement shall be decided by the judge. The defendant must agree to enter the program and sign a probation agreement stating the terms and conditions of his program. The defendant must plead guilty to the charge in order to be eligible for the Veterans Court program.

(2) Any probation agreement entered into pursuant to this Section shall include the following:

(a) The terms of the agreement, which shall provide that if the defendant fulfills the obligations of the agreement, as determined by the court, then the criminal charges may be dismissed and the prosecution set aside in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894, or, if the defendant has been sentenced following the plea of guilty, then the successful completion of the Veterans Court program may result in the discharge of the defendant from continued supervision.

(b) A waiver by the defendant of the right to trial by jury under the laws and constitutions of Louisiana and the United States.

(c) The defendant's full name.

(d) The defendant's full name at the time the complaint was filed, if different from the defendant's current name.

(e) The defendant's sex and date of birth.

(f) The crime before the court.

(g) The date the complaint was filed.

(h) The court in which the agreement was filed.

(i) A stipulation of the facts upon which the charge was based, as agreed to by the defendant and the district attorney.

(j) A provision that the defendant may be required to pay a probation supervision fee if ordered by the court.

(k) A provision, in cases where applicable, that the defendant may be required to pay restitution to the victim.

(l) A provision, that once the defendant is receiving treatment as an outpatient or living in a halfway house, he will participate in appropriate job training or schooling or seek gainful employment if ordered by the court.

(m) A copy of the plea agreement.

(3) To the extent of his financial resources, a defendant who is placed under the supervision of the Veterans Court program may be required to pay a portion of or the entire cost of the treatment program to which he is assigned and the cost of any additional supervision that may be required, as determined by the Veterans Court program.

(4) If the probationer does not have the financial resources to pay all the related costs of the probation program:

(a) The court, to the extent practicable, shall arrange for the probationer to be assigned to a treatment program funded by the state or federal government.

(b) The court, with the recommendation of the treatment program, may order the probationer to perform supervised work for the benefit of the community in lieu of paying all or a part of the costs relating to his treatment and supervision. The work must be performed for and under the supervising authority of a parish, municipality, or other political subdivision or agency of the state of Louisiana or a charitable organization that renders service to the community or its residents.

(c) Any and all fees may be waived at the discretion of the court.

D.(1) When appropriate, the imposition or execution of sentence shall be postponed while the defendant is enrolled in the treatment program. As long as the probationer follows the conditions of his agreement, he shall remain on probation. At the conclusion of the period of probation, the district attorney, on advice of the person providing the probationer's treatment and the probation officer, may recommend that the court take one of the following courses of action:

(a) Revoke the probationer's probation and sentence the probationer because he has not successfully completed the treatment and has violated one or more conditions of probation; or, if the probationer has already been sentenced, revoke the probation and remand the probationer to the appropriate custodian for service of that sentence.

(b) Extend the period of probation so that the probationer may continue the program.

(c) Set aside the probationer's conviction and dismiss the prosecution because the probationer has successfully completed all the conditions of his probation and treatment agreement.

(2) The district attorney shall make the final determination on whether to request revocation, extension, or dismissal.

(3)(a) If an individual who has enrolled in a program violates any of the conditions of his probation or his treatment agreement or appears to be performing unsatisfactorily in the assigned program, or if it appears that the probationer is not benefitting from education, treatment, or rehabilitation, the treatment supervisor, probation officer, or the district attorney may move the court for a hearing to determine if the probationer should remain in the program or whether the probation should be revoked and the probationer removed from the program and sentenced or ordered to serve any sentence previously imposed. If at the hearing the moving party can show sufficient proof that the probationer has violated his probation or his treatment agreement and has not shown a willingness to submit to rehabilitation, the probationer may be removed from the program or his treatment agreement may be changed to meet the probationer's specific needs.

(b) If the court finds that the probationer has violated a condition of his probation or a provision of his probation agreement and that the probationer should be removed from the probation program, then the court may revoke the probation and sentence the individual in accordance with his guilty plea or, if the individual has been sentenced and the sentence suspended, order the individual to begin serving the sentence.

(c) If a defendant who has been admitted to the probation program fails to complete the program and is thereafter sentenced to jail time for the offense, he shall be entitled to credit for the time served in any correctional facility in connection with the charge before the court.

(d) At any time and for any appropriate reason, the probationer, his probation officer, the district attorney, or his treatment provider may petition the court to reconsider, suspend, or modify its order for rehabilitation or treatment concerning that probationer.

(e) The burden of proof at all such hearings shall be the burden of proof required to revoke probation as provided by law.

E. The appropriate treatment program shall report the following changes or conditions to the district attorney at any periodic reporting period specified by the court:

(1) The probationer is changed from an inpatient to an outpatient.

(2) The probationer is transferred to another treatment center or program.

(3) The probationer fails to comply with program rules and treatment expectations.

(4) The probationer refuses to engage constructively in the treatment process.

(5) The probationer terminates his participation in the treatment program.

(6) The probationer is rehabilitated or has obtained the maximum benefits of rehabilitation or treatment.

F. Upon successful completion of the Veterans Court program and its terms and conditions, the judge, after receiving the recommendation from the district attorney, may vacate the judgment of conviction and dismiss the criminal proceedings against the probationer or may discharge the defendant from probation in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 or 894.

G. Discharge and dismissal under this Chapter, as provided in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893 and 894, shall have the same effect as an acquittal, except that the conviction may be considered in order to provide the basis for subsequent prosecution of the party as a multiple offender and shall be considered as an offense for the purposes of any other law or laws relating to cumulation of offenses. Dismissal under this Chapter shall occur only once with respect to any person. Nothing herein shall be construed as a basis for the destruction of records of the arrest and prosecution of the person.

H. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall confer a right or an expectation of a right to treatment for a defendant or offender within the criminal justice system.

I. Each defendant shall contribute to the cost of any treatment received in the Veterans Court program based upon guidelines developed by the Veterans Court program. Any and all fees may be waived at the discretion of the court.

J. Each judicial district that establishes a Veterans Court probation program shall adopt written policies and guidelines for the implementation of a probation program in accordance with this Chapter. The policies and guidelines shall include provisions concerning the following:

(1) How to examine the defendant initially to determine if he is qualified for enrollment.

(2) How to advise the defendant of the program if the court has reason to believe the defendant may suffer from alcohol or drug addiction or mental health problems or illnesses.

(3) What licensed treatment programs are certified by the court.

K. Each Veterans Court program shall develop a method of evaluation so that its effectiveness can be measured. These evaluations shall be compiled annually and transmitted to the judicial administrator of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

L.(1) Except as otherwise provided for by law, the registration and other records of a treatment facility are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person not connected with the treatment facility or the Veterans Court program and district attorney without the consent of the patient.

(2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not restrict the use of patients' records for the purpose of research into the cause and treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction and mental health illnesses, provided that such information shall not be published in a way that discloses the patient's name and identifying information.

M. No statement, or any information procured therefrom, with respect to the specific offenses with which the defendant is charged, which is made to any probation officer or program treatment worker subsequent to the granting of probation, shall be admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding, except a Veterans Court program probation revocation proceeding.

N. A record of the fact that an individual has participated in a Veterans Court program shall be sent to the office of the attorney general and shall be made available upon request to any district attorney for the purpose of determining if an individual has previously participated in a Veterans Court program.

O.(1) The provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893(A) and (D) which prohibit the court from suspending or deferring the imposition of sentences for violations of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law or for violations of R.S. 40:966(A), 967(A), 968(A), 969(A), or 970(A) shall not apply to prosecutions in Veterans Court programs as authorized by this Chapter.

(2) The minimum mandatory sentence provided for in R.S. 14:98(D)(1) and (E)(1), which shall otherwise be imposed without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, may be suspended if the offender is prosecuted in a Veterans Court program pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2014, No. 716, §1; Acts 2016, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5218 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5218
Fees
Status: in_force

A. The plaintiff, upon filing an affidavit of claim, shall pay as court costs a fee of thirty-five dollars for each party made defendant. No other prejudgment costs, except those required by R.S. 13:10.3, shall be required of the plaintiff so long as the action remains in the program; provided that if the suit is amended or additional service of process is required, the court may require a fee of not more than twenty dollars for each additional service. Additionally, the court may require a fee of not more than twenty dollars for each subpoena issued. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 49:225, no additional cost or fee shall be required when service of process is required to be made upon the secretary of state so long as the action remains in the program.

B. Costs may be waived for an indigent party who complies with the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Articles 5181 through 5188.

C. The filing fee of thirty-five dollars shall be paid to the judge of the court as a fee in lieu of all other fees in each such case; however, all costs and expenses incurred shall be paid from the filing fee, except as otherwise provided.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:992 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 992
Judicial expense fund; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. The judges, en banc, of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court 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, en banc, may further appoint such secretarial, clerical, research, administrative or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business and function of the court and fix and pay all or any part of the salaries of such personnel out of the monies in the judicial expense fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing and/or maintaining a law library for the court, 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 said court or the offices of the individual judges and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are not or hereafter provided, authorized or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

Added by Acts 1969, No. 135, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1407
Place of session; conduct of business; expenses
Status: in_force

The session of the family court shall be held in quarters which the governing authorities of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge shall provide. The governing authorities of the city and of the parish of East Baton Rouge also shall make all necessary provisions for the conduct of the business of the family court and provide all the necessary expenses in connection with its operation. These expenses shall be borne proportionately by the parish and city, as determined by the respective governing authorities.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3104
Office supplies for jury commission
Status: in_force

The city of New Orleans may pay the jury commissioners for the parish of Orleans, the sum of one hundred dollars per month semi-monthly, to be used by them for the purchase of stationery, stamps and other necessary office supplies.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.13
Qualifications of clerk; bond
Status: in_force

The clerk shall have been a qualified elector of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for two years. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the clerk shall give bond in favor of the city judge in an amount to be fixed by the judge at not less than $1,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for the discharge of all claims incurred against him in his official capacity. The bond may be sued upon by any person damaged in any way by the fault of the clerk in the discharge of his official duties.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §13.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1000.1
Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs
Status: in_force

A. In Rapides Parish, in all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the 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 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 expended on order of the judges of the district, en banc, for the support of court-appointed special advocate (CASA) programs in the district. The court 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.

Acts 1997, No. 854, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2113 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2113
Winnfield; surplus in civil fee account
Status: in_force

In the instance in which a surplus of filing fees and costs has accumulated in the City Court of Winnfield city's civil fee 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 general operational fund 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 general operational 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.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 117, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.14
Fourteenth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Three judges shall be elected from each of the election sections created pursuant to R.S. 13:477(14) as follows:

(1) Divisions F, H, and J shall be elected from election section one.

(2) Divisions C, D, and G shall be elected from election section two.

(3) Divisions A, B, and E shall be elected from election section three.

B.(1) There is hereby created a new judgeship effective January 1, 2021, to be elected at the congressional election in 2020. This judge and his successors shall preside over Division J, which is hereby created for purposes of nomination, election, and subject matter. The subject matter jurisdiction of Division J is limited, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family and juvenile matters as provided by law.

(2) For purposes of this Subsection, "family and juvenile matters" shall include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book III of the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, adoptions arising under the Civil Code and the Children's Code, actions involving protection from family violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., actions for enforcement, collection of support, and paternity pursuant to R.S. 46:236.5, and all actions arising under or incidental to the Children's Code; together with all related incidental actions, including but not limited to contempt, civil warrants, writs of habeas corpus, change of name, prenuptial or separate property agreements, interspousal donations, lesion, and challenges to consent judgments.

(3) The judgeship comprising Division I shall be abolished effective midnight, December 31, 2020. All cases assigned to Division I shall be assigned to the newly created Division J. No election to fill Division I shall be held to fill such judgeship at the 2020 congressional election or at any election held after June 9, 2020.

C. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:587, the judges elected to serve in the judgeships designated as Divisions A and C shall continue to exercise jurisdiction over family and juvenile matters, subject to the provisions of that Section.

Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 3, §1; Acts 1967, No. 40, §1; Acts 1975, No. 332, §1; Acts 1980, No. 322, §3, eff. July 15, 1980; Acts 1999, No. 403, §1; Acts 2020, No. 126, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1000.9
Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Twenty-third Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax
Status: in_force

A. The Drug Rehabilitation Services District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall be a political subdivision. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the Twenty-third Judicial District which district includes the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James.

B. The district is established for the primary object and purpose of providing a funding source for drug rehabilitation services and prevention programs to residents of the district who are determined to be in need of such services.

C. To provide for the orderly provision of the services to be furnished by the district and to provide for representation in the affairs of the district of those persons and interests immediately concerned with and affected by the purposes of the district, a board of commissioners for the district is hereby created as the governing authority of the district, hereinafter referred to as the "board".

D.(1) The board shall be composed of seven members selected as provided in this Paragraph.

(a) The seven members of the board shall be appointed as follows:

(i) The sheriffs of the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James shall appoint one member each domiciled in the respective parish.

(ii) The parish governing authorities of the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, and St. James shall appoint one member each domiciled in the respective parishes.

(iii) The judges of the Twenty-third Judicial District court shall appoint one member to the board.

(b) As provided in this Paragraph, two members of the board shall be domiciled in each parish included in the district. However, the member appointed by the district judges shall be selected from the district at large.

(2)(a) The members of the board shall serve four-year terms of office.

(b) The members of the board shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified.

(c) Any vacancy which occurs prior to the expiration of the term for which a member of the board has been appointed shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.

E.(1) As soon as practical after appointment of the members, the board shall meet and elect from among the members a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary-treasurer, and such other officers as it may deem appropriate. The secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in an amount and in accordance with terms and conditions fixed by the board.

(2) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required to transact business and all plans, actions, and resolutions of the board must be approved by a majority of the quorum present.

(3) The board shall fix a time and place for the holding of its regular meetings and shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month. Additional regular or special meetings may be held in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the board.

(4) The board shall adopt such rules and regulations as it considers necessary or advisable for conducting its business and affairs.

(5) The members of the board shall receive per diem, in an amount set by the board, not to exceed a total of one hundred dollars per month, for attendance at meetings of the board and conducting the business of the district.

(6) The board shall have the authority to contract, in accordance with applicable state law, for the provision of drug rehabilitation services and prevention programs in accordance with the plan developed by the board pursuant to Subsection F of this Section.

(7) The powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the board shall include but not be limited to:

(a) Monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing the development and quality of drug rehabilitation and prevention programs funded through the district.

(b) Advising and supplying information, as far as available, to civic groups and private persons and organizations who may request such information or advice, and who study or otherwise concern themselves with the district's problems.

(c) Providing information to officials of departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state and local government and to the public at large, in order to foster public awareness and understanding of the objectives of the district in order to stimulate public interest and participation in the objectives of the district.

(d) Accepting and receiving, in furtherance of its functions, funds, grants, and services from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of state, parish, municipal, or local government, or from private or civic sources.

(e) Soliciting the assistance and active cooperation of industry and private civic organizations which are active in anti-drug and drug rehabilitation efforts.

(f) Holding public hearings and sponsoring public forums whenever it deems necessary or useful in the execution of its functions.

(g) Exercising all other powers necessary and proper for the discharge of its duties.

F.(1) Prior to the levy of any tax herein authorized, the board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, a plan specifying the types of services and programs proposed to be funded through the district. The board shall conduct such public hearings, publish such notices with respect thereto, and disseminate such information as it may consider to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) Any plan shall include the following:

(a) An estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of providing the services and programs set forth therein.

(b) An estimate of the aggregate number of mills required to be levied in each year on the taxable real property within the district in order to provide the funds required for the implementation or effectuation of the plan for furnishing the services specified.

(c) Requirements and criteria for a determination of eligibility for the funded services and programs.

(3) The plan shall become final and the tax specified in the plan shall be levied as provided in this Section only upon approval of the plan by a majority vote of the membership of the board and after at least one public hearing on the plan has been held in the district.

G. For implementation of the plan that has been approved pursuant to this Section, the board with the approval of the parish governing authorities may levy and collect, in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the parishes included within the district are levied and collected, a special ad valorem tax, not to exceed twenty mills, upon all taxable real property situated within the boundaries of the district. The tax, when levied, shall be from year to year or for such period of years as may be designated in the plan and in the resolution by which the election is called on the question of the imposition of the tax.

H. An ordinance imposing the tax herein authorized shall be adopted by the board and approved by the parish governing authorities only after the question of the imposition of the tax, including its purpose, rate, and duration, has been submitted by the board to the qualified electors of the district at an election conducted in accordance with law and a majority of those voting in the election have voted in favor of the proposition.

I. The proceeds of any tax authorized by and levied in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be used exclusively to fund drug rehabilitation activities as provided for in the plan. The district may contract with tax collectors of the parishes of the district to collect the taxes authorized by this Section.

Acts 1990, No. 925, §1, eff. July 25, 1990; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2740.22 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1443 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1443
Civil jurisdiction; amount in controversy; eviction suits; injunctive actions
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the civil jurisdiction of a parish court is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved does not exceed the jurisdictional amount provided in Code of Civil Procedure Article 4842(A).

B. A parish court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court, over suits by owners and landlords for the possession of leased premises within its territorial jurisdiction, in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844.

C. When a parish court has subject matter jurisdiction over the principal demand, it may exercise subject matter jurisdiction over any incidental demand properly instituted in connection with the principal demand, regardless of the amount in dispute in the incidental demand.

D. The civil jurisdiction of a parish court is concurrent with the district court in cases or proceedings instituted by the state, a parish, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state for injunctive relief or other civil relief for the cessation or abatement of any acts or practices committed within the parish 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.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1986, No. 152, §1, eff. June 28, 1986; Acts 1986, No. 1038, §2; Acts 1987, No. 448, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 2024, No. 129, §2.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 152, §3.}}

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1987, NO. 448, §3.}}
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3733 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3733
Business records; reproduction by electronic imaging, photographic, photostatic, or miniature photographic process; certification
Status: in_force

A. Any business may cause any or all records kept by such business in regular course of its operation to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any electronic imaging, photographic, photostatic or miniature photographic process which correctly, accurately, and permanently copies, reproduces or forms a medium for copying or reproducing the original record on a film or other durable material, and such business may thereafter dispose of the original record, provided that every original record pertaining to any claim, tax, or report due the state of Louisiana or any of its agencies shall be preserved for five years from the thirty-first day of December of the year in which such claim arose, or such tax or report was due.

B. Any such electronically imaged, photographic, photostatic or miniature photographic copy or reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes and shall be treated as an original record in all courts or administrative agencies for the purpose of its admissibility in evidence. An enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under the direction of the court.

C. For purposes of this Section "business" means and includes each business, industry, profession, occupation and calling of every kind.

D. Whenever any such electronically imaged, photographic, photostatic, or miniature photographic copy or reproduction shall be certified with a certificate reading substantially as follows, it shall be deemed an original or authentic copy of the original record or document for purposes of its admissibility under Louisiana law, and specifically as authentic evidence for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure Article 2636, and shall be received in evidence as prima facie proof of its contents with the same force and effect as though the original document were produced, and shall be deemed authentic evidence for all purposes, satisfying the requirements of Code of Evidence Articles 901 and 902:

"STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF____________

_____________, Louisiana

______________________

(DATE)

I, ______________________ do hereby certify that this document is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, consisting of _____ page(s), being a reproduction thereof from the records on file with the undersigned, in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 13, Section 3733.

_______________________

NAME:

TITLE:

ADDRESS:"

Acts 1952, No. 337, §§1 to 3; Acts 1987, No. 478, §1; Acts 2001, No. 941, §2; Acts 2012, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4522 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4522
Defendant may demand security for costs
Status: in_force

The defendant before pleading in all cases may by motion demand and require the plaintiff or intervenor to give security for the cost in such case, and on failure to do so within the time fixed by the court such suit or intervention, as the case may be, shall be dismissed without prejudice. This section shall not apply to the Parish of Orleans and to cases brought in forma pauperis, nor to the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2618 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2618
Territorial jurisdiction; LaSalle Parish justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

A. The territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts in LaSalle Parish shall be as follows:

(1) The first justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 4-1, 4-2, and 4-4.

(2) The second justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, and 4-3.

(3) The third justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 7-1, 7-2, 8-2, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6, and 8-7.

(4) The fourth justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, and 10-1.

(5) The fifth justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, and 9-5.

B. The districts provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be effective for election purposes with the opening of the qualifying period for the regularly scheduled 2014 primary election for justices of the peace and constables, and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts in LaSalle Parish at the next regularly scheduled election and their successors shall be elected from the districts provided in Subsection A of this Section. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be effective for all other purposes beginning January 1, 2015.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 78, §1, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2012, No. 253, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3046 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3046
Selecting a new general venire; revising and supplementing a general venire
Status: in_force

The selection of a new general venire, the revising and supplementing of a general venire, and the functions of the jury commission and of the clerk of court in connection therewith, are governed by the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 313, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5544 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5544
Trailing dogs for pursuing criminals and other purposes
Status: in_force

A sheriff of any parish may keep dogs on hand for the purpose of tracing and pursuing criminals and fugitives from justice and in pursuance of the duties of his office.

Acts 1995, No. 147, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1438 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:964.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 964.1
Fourteenth Judicial District; indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The court administrator for the Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall establish an indigent transcript fund for the deposit of all monies that may be received under the provisions of this Section relative to the payment of court reporter fees for transcripts prepared for indigents, except as provided in this Subsection.

(2) All funds received and deposited therein shall be used and paid out:

(a) To compensate criminal court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts for indigent defendants, including trials, motions, felony guilty pleas, hearings on writs, and all court proceedings.

(b) To compensate juvenile court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts arising from juvenile proceedings when the juvenile's parent or legal custodian or the adult, over whom the court is exercising juvenile jurisdiction, is found to be indigent in accordance with Children's Code Articles 320 and 321.

(3) If funds are available at the end of the fiscal year, the court administrator may retain three thousand dollars from the fund as compensation for administration of the fund.

B. Court reporters shall be paid three dollars and twenty-five cents per thirty- two-line page for such work, and seventy-five cents per page for each copy, as funds become available, all such payments to be made from the criminal indigent transcript fund by the court administrator.

C.(1) In all criminal cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, including traffic violations, except parking, there shall be assessed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum not to exceed ten dollars, which shall be transmitted to the court administrator for further disposition in accordance herewith.

(2) In all civil cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, there shall be collected a sum not to exceed twenty dollars for every civil filing, which shall be transmitted to the court administrator for further disposition in accordance herewith.

D. The court administrator shall tender to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury on a quarterly basis, to be placed in the criminal court fund, all monies required to compensate a criminal or civil court reporter for the preparation of such transcripts to be included in the full rate of compensation of such court reporter and to pay any employee fringe benefits related to such pay, such payment to be made from the indigent transcript fund or the civil indigent fund, whichever is applicable.

E. The court administrator shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:513. The cost of the audit shall be paid from monies in the fund.

Acts 1992, No. 891, §1; Acts 1993, No. 642, §1; Acts 1995, No. 398, §1; Acts 1997, No. 571, §1; Acts 1999, No. 846, §1; Acts 2004, No. 634, §1; Acts 2017, No. 158, §1; Acts 2018, No. 187, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2563.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2563.11
Clerk; seal
Status: in_force

The clerk of the district court for the parish of Ascension 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 Twenty-Third 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 Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension", 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.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.5
Housing violations; additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of Central
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Central, the term "housing violation" as used in this Chapter shall also encompass violations of building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in the city of Central, the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter may also be utilized in matters involving licensing and permits and any other ordinance violations that may be determined by the municipal governing authority.

Acts 2011, No. 271, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:715 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 715
Commissioner; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; quarters; supplies; equipment and employees
Status: in_force

A. The commissioner shall possess the same qualifications for office as the qualifications of a district judge. However, there shall be no requirement of prior residency within the state or district as a prerequisite to office.

B. The salary of the commissioner, in addition to any supplements or emoluments provided by law, shall be ninety percent of the state-funded portion of the salary paid to a district judge per annum, such salary and related benefits to be payable in the same manner and from the same sources as the salary and benefits of a district judge. The commissioner shall be a member of the State Employees' Retirement System.

C. The commissioner shall not engage in the practice of law and may not engage in any other business, occupation, or employment inconsistent with the expeditious, proper, and impartial performance of his duties as a judicial officer. Any question regarding the propriety of other business, occupation, or employment by the commissioner shall be determined by a majority of the elected judges of the district court.

D. Quarters necessary for the conduct of the office of commissioner shall be provided by the governing authorities of the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion, or otherwise provided from funds available to the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court.

E. Equipment, supplies, the salaries and related benefits of employees of the office of commissioner, and the commissioner's expenses as provided for district judges by R.S. 13:694 through 699 inclusive shall be payable by the state or out of funds available to the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court. Funds for such purpose shall be appropriated to the judicial administrator for the Supreme Court of Louisiana. All employees of the office of commissioner shall be hired only upon the prior approval of employment by the elected judges of the court pursuant to adopted rules or the specific order of the court, shall be in the unclassified service of the state, and shall be members of the State Employees' Retirement System.

Acts 1984, No. 713, §1; Acts 1985, No. 278, §1; Acts 1990, No. 271, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 442, §1; Acts 2001, No. 428, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3474 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3474
Operation of motor vehicle by non-resident as appointment of secretary of state as agent for service of process
Status: in_force

The acceptance by non-residents of the rights and privileges conferred by existing laws to operate motor vehicles on the public highways of the state of Louisiana, or the operation by a non-resident or his authorized agent, employee or person for whom he is legally responsible of a motor vehicle within the state of Louisiana, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such non-resident of the secretary of state of Louisiana or his successor in office, to be his true and lawful attorney for service of process, as well as the attorney for service of process of the public liability and property damage insurer of the vehicle, if such insurer be a non-resident not authorized to do business in the state, upon whom or such insurer, may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding against the non-resident, or such insurer, growing out of any accident or collision in which the non-resident may be involved while operating a motor vehicle in this state, or while same is operated by his authorized agent or employee. In the event of the death of such non-resident before service of process upon him, any action or proceeding growing out of such accident or collision may be instituted against the executors or administrators of such deceased non-resident, if there be such, and if not, then against his heirs or legatees, and service may be made upon them as provided in R.S. 13:3475. Process against the defendant or defendants, the non-resident, his executors or administrators, if there be such, and if not, then against his heirs or legatees, or the liability insurer of such vehicle, as the case may be, shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon such defendant personally.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 136, §1; Acts 1956, No. 138, §1; Acts 1958, No. 345, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.36
Thirty-Sixth judicial district
Status: in_force

The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Court shall have two judges.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 164, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 56, §1, eff. May 8, 1996.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:762 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 762
Authority of clerks to lease computer equipment
Status: in_force

Clerks of court may lease computer equipment or computer time to private persons for a reasonable fee.

Acts 1987, No. 756, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3859 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3859
Cancellation of inscription of notice on release of property from seizure
Status: in_force

If the property is released from seizure, the sheriff shall issue to the recorder of mortgages written authorization for the cancellation of the inscription in the mortgage records of the notice described in R.S. 13:3852; and the recorder of mortgages shall cancel such inscription in the records of his office.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.1
Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

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

B. In the parish of Jefferson, the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter may also be utilized in matters involving licensing and permits and any other ordinance violations that may be determined by the Jefferson Parish Council.

C. In the parish of Jefferson, any party aggrieved by any administrative adjudication procedure pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter may appeal to the appropriate district court a determination of a hearing officer made pursuant to this Chapter.

Acts 2001, No. 251, §1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2013, No. 279, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1826 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1826
Temporary visitation
Status: in_force

A. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing:

(1) A visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or

(2) The visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.

B. If a court of this state makes an order under Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this Section, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in Subpart B. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2081.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2081.1
Monroe; deputy marshals
Status: in_force

The marshal of the city court of Monroe may appoint one or more deputies, on the approval of the city judge. The deputies shall have the same powers and authority as the marshal; provided, that he shall at all times be responsible for their actions. The deputies shall receive a minimum annual salary of seven thousand two hundred dollars, payable by the city of Monroe, and such sum as may be fixed from time to time by the parish of Ouachita. The city of Monroe or the parish of Ouachita may increase the monthly salary of any deputy marshal payable by them.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 372, §1; Acts 1987, No. 772, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5983 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5983
Meetings; hearings; committees; report; sunset
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall meet every other month, with two such meetings to be held in the city of New Orleans annually.

B. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with R.S. 44:1 et seq., each officer, board, commission, council, department, or agency of state government, and each political subdivision of the state shall make available all facts, records, information, and data requested by the commission and in all ways cooperate with the commission in carrying out the functions and duties imposed by this Chapter.

C. The commission may establish committees as it deems advisable and feasible, whose membership shall include at least one member of the commission, but only the commission itself may take official action.

D. The commission shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the chairmen of the House Committee on Judiciary and Senate Committee on Judiciary B no later than March 1, 2016.

E. The commission may adopt rules of procedure for its operation.

F. The commission shall terminate operations on March 31, 2016.

Acts 2013, No. 268, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1147 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1147
Rules; sitting en banc
Status: in_force

The judges of the civil district court may adopt rules regulating the allotment, assignment and disposition of cases, and the proceedings in such trials, and may sit en banc for the purpose of testing the bonds and sureties of the clerk of the court, the recorder of mortgages, the register of conveyances, and the civil sheriff; for the trial and removal of the clerk and civil sheriff, or either of them, for the selection of jurors, and in other cases when the action of the court as a whole is required. When sitting en banc the judge who has been longest in continuous service in the court, and in his absence the judge longest in service of those present, shall preside; and when a certificate or authentication from the court is required such judge shall be authorized to sign the same as presiding judge. The court may, by its rules, grant the presiding judge further authority not in conflict with these provisions. In rendering judgments en banc, the court shall conform, as far as practicable to the rules and practice of the supreme court.

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. § 13:3887 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3887
Request for notice of assessment on specific property
Status: in_force

A. Any mortgagee desiring to be notified in the event specific immovable property is assessed by a local governmental entity shall file a request for notice of assessment in the mortgage records of the parish where the immovable property is located. The request for notice of assessment shall state the legal description of the immovable property, the owner of the property, and the name and address of the person desiring notice of assessment. The mortgagee desiring notice of an assessment shall pay the sum of ten dollars to the clerk of court, or the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, for deposit in the office general fund, to defray the cost of providing the notice of assessment as hereinafter provided.

B. In the event of assessment of immovable property for improvements, the clerk of court or the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans shall notify, within thirty days of the filing of the assessment, those mortgagees requesting notice of the assessment. The notice of assessment shall be by certified mail or actual delivery.

C. Neither the clerk of court nor the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, nor any of their officers, agents, or employees shall be held liable if a reasonable attempt has been made to mail or deliver the notice to the address provided in the request.

Acts 1988, No. 847, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3272 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3272
Fees due clerk of transferring court; notices to party requesting transfer
Status: in_force

The clerk of the transferring court shall charge the party requesting the transfer all unpaid costs which have accrued, the fees to which such clerk is entitled for making the certified copies to be transmitted, and a fee of three dollars to cover such clerk's services and costs in giving the notices required hereinafter, and in mailing the certified copies to the clerk of the court to which the action is transferred.

Upon receipt of the order transferring the action, the clerk of the transferring court shall mail or deliver a written notice to the party requesting the transfer, or to his counsel of record, of the total amount of the fees due and to be due such clerk, as provided hereinabove in this section.

When such fees have been paid and the certified copies to be transmitted have been mailed to the clerk of the court to which the action is transferred, the clerk of the transferring court shall mail or deliver a written notice of such mailing to the party requesting the transfer, or to his counsel of record.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.29 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.29
Twenty-Ninth Judicial District
Status: in_force

The Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court shall have three judges.

Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 34, §1; Acts 1970, No. 94, §1; Acts 1978, No. 39, §19, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 568, §5(a), eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(b), eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5035 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5035
Suits for trespass, damages or possession of real property; summary trial; special jury panel
Status: in_force

All suits for trespass, for damages, or for possession of real property, filed by the state against any person, firm or corporation, and all matters incidental thereto shall be heard and determined by the court in a summary manner, in term time, or vacation. Should a trial by jury be demanded, a special panel shall be drawn for such purpose in accordance with the presently existing law. All judgments rendered in any of these causes shall also be tried summarily by the appellate court having jurisdiction.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1621
Juvenile court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; establishment; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a separate juvenile court for the parish of East Baton Rouge which shall be a court of record and shall be known as the "Juvenile Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge". There shall be two judges of the juvenile court, who shall preside over that court. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the following proceedings:

(1) All proceedings in the interest of children under eighteen years of age alleged to be delinquent, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code; and all proceedings in the interest of children under eighteen years of age alleged to be in need of supervision or in need of care.

(2) All proceedings to decree minors abandoned, for the adoption of minors, and for the relinquishment or termination of parental rights.

(3) All such additional jurisdiction, power, and authority now or hereafter provided by law for juvenile courts.

B-C. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 754, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 221, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 228, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 2010, No. 238, §2; Acts 2010, No. 754, §§2, 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2019, No. 104, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5201
Small claims divisions
Status: in_force

A. Each city court, now in existence or hereafter created, is authorized to establish by court rule one or more small claims divisions.

B. Such small claims divisions may be established in such areas of the territorial jurisdiction of the court as the judge or judges thereof deem appropriate to best serve the small claims litigants within the jurisdiction. Evening and Saturday hours of operations of a small claims division may also be established.

C. A small claims division so authorized is provided for the filing of matters within its subject matter jurisdiction as provided in R.S. 13:5202(A). A plaintiff filing suit on a claim within the jurisdiction of the division is authorized to file such suit in the division instead of on the regular civil docket of the court.

D. The clerk of court shall maintain a docket for the record of cases filed in the small claims division. At his option, small claims so identified may be entered in docket books maintained for the ordinary civil docket.

E. In the City Court of East St. Tammany, parties shall participate in the Online Dispute Resolution Pilot Project Program process pursuant to R.S. 13:5213 et seq.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 710, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 46, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1987, No. 256, §1; Acts 2021, No 281, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5802.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5802.3
Maximum salary for the marshal in the city of Ruston
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the marshal of the City Court of Ruston shall not receive an annual salary greater than the annual salary of the sheriff of Lincoln Parish.

Acts 2004, No. 489, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1702.3 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4451
Judgment against surety on appeal bond
Status: in_force

In all cases of appeal to any of the appellate courts, if the judgment appealed from be affirmed, the party in whose favor it is rendered on return of execution in the lower court that no property has been found, or not enough to satisfy the judgment and execution, after due demand on both parties, or their attorneys or legal representatives, may obtain a decree against the surety on the appeal bond, or his legal representative, for the amount of the judgment or any unsatisfied balance thereof, on motion, after ten days' notice. This motion shall be tried summarily and without the intervention of a jury, unless the surety or his legal representative shall allege, under oath, that the signature to the bond, purporting to be that of the surety, is not genuine, or that judgment has been satisfied.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:721 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 721
Commissioners for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court
Status: in_force

A. There are hereby created two offices of commissioner for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court.

B. The commissioners shall be selected by a majority of the judges of the Twenty-Second Judicial District and may be removed from office by a majority of those judges. There shall be no term of such office. Each commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the court. Additionally, the commissioners may be subject to removal from office for any reason for which a district judge may be removed.

C. The commissioners shall have jurisdiction over criminal, civil, and domestic violence matters.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not affect or limit the jurisdiction of a district judge as provided by law.

E.(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection, the commissioners shall have all of the powers as are enumerated below. The powers of the commissioners shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, the constitution and laws of the United States, or the rules of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court. The commissioners shall perform such duties as are assigned by the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, in accordance with the rules which shall be prescribed by the elected judges of the court.

(2) The powers of the commissioners when hearing criminal matters may include but shall not be limited to the power to:

(a) Administer oaths and affirmations.

(b) Take acknowledgments, affidavits, and depositions.

(c) Act on misdemeanor and felony charges through arraignment; however, the commissioners shall not accept guilty pleas.

(d) Fix bail.

(e) Review probable cause affidavits within forty-eight hours of warrantless arrests.

(f) Conduct seventy-two hour hearings.

(g) Sign waivers of extradition only upon the written consent of the defendant and the expressed waiver of the defendant's right to have his extradition heard by a district court.

(h) Supervise defendants sentenced under the provisions of the specialty courts in accordance with the policies set down by the judges of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court.

(i) Supervise all conditions of bail bonds.

(j) Supervise special conditions of protective orders, domestic violence, and any other probation conditions.

(k) Review and act on petitions for protective orders and matters of domestic violence, including the issuance of temporary orders of protection and temporary restraining orders, until such time as hearings may be conducted on the matters.

(l) Conduct hearings regarding protective orders and make recommendations to the appropriate district judge for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction.

(3) The powers of the commissioners when hearing civil matters may include but shall not be limited to the power to:

(a) Administer oaths and affirmations.

(b) Take acknowledgments, affidavits, and depositions.

(c) Review and act on petitions for protective orders and matters of domestic violence, including the issuance of temporary orders of protection and temporary restraining orders, until such time as hearings may be conducted on the matters.

(d) Conduct hearings regarding protective orders and make recommendations to the appropriate district judge for the issuance of a preliminary or permanent injunction.

(e) Accept and review emergency cases and grant temporary ex parte orders pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 3945, until such time as a hearing on a rule to show cause can be conducted.

F. The commissioners shall have the same authority as hearing officers, including but not limited to presiding over cases of domestic violence, child custody, and child support matters, as provided in R.S. 46:236.5.

G.(1) A litigant may object to a judgment or ruling of a commissioner and request a hearing before a district judge according to the procedure established by the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court Appendices to the Louisiana District Court Rules.

(2) A timely filed objection shall be heard by the district judge to whom the matter was originally allotted.

(3) The judge may decide the objection based on the record of the proceedings before the commissioner, receive further evidence and rule based on that evidence, or recommit the matter to the commissioner with instructions.

(4) If no objection is made within the time and manner established by court rules, the order shall become a final judgment of the court and shall be signed by the district judge assigned to the case.

Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §1, eff. Aug. 16, 2002; Acts 2022, No. 291, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2701 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2701
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Interim Judicial Succession Act."

Acts 1963, No. 112, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5071 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5071
Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana finds that violations of R.S. 13:5061 et seq., threaten the integrity of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the state, and the public health. The legislature finds that enacting procedural enhancements will help prevent violations and aid the enforcement of R.S. 13:5061 et seq., and thereby safeguard the Master Settlement Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the state, and the public health.

Acts 2004, No. 544, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2705
Formalities of taking office
Status: in_force

At the time of their designation, special emergency judges shall take oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers of discharge of the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office.

Acts 1963, No. 112, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2155 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2155
Minute clerks of first city court
Status: in_force

Three deputy clerks of the first city court may be assigned to act as minute clerks and shall perform such other clerical duties as the respective judges shall direct.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:991 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 991
Judicial expense fund for Nineteenth Judicial District
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 type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs a sum of sixty dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Nineteenth 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, 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 with this Section.

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 Nineteenth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Nineteenth 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 1969, No. 135, §1; Acts 2024, No. 233, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1381.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1381.4
Judicial expense fund for Criminal District Court
Status: in_force

A. The judicial expense 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 office of the judges thereof.

B. No salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund to any judges of the court.

C. The judges of the court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

Acts 1987, No. 204, §1, eff. June 30, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 300, §1; Acts 1989, No. 711, §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); Acts 2013, No. 350, §1, eff. June 17, 2013; Acts 2020, No. 110, §1; Acts 2022, No. 654, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3436 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3436
Undercurator
Status: in_force

A. At the time judgment is rendered appointing a curator for an absent person, the court shall also appoint a responsible person as undercurator. Before entering upon the performance of his official duties, the undercurator must take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office.

B. The undercurator shall express his concurrence or nonconcurrence in action suggested by the curator to the court, as set forth in R.S. 13:3440, and shall act for the absent person whenever the absent person's interest is opposed to that of the curator.

C. The undercurator shall apply to the court for an order compelling the curator to file an account whenever the curator has failed to file his annual account or at any other time when the circumstances indicate that an account should be filed.

D. The curatorship does not devolve upon the undercurator when it is vacant. If a vacancy occurs, the undercurator shall apply to the court for the appointment of a new curator. The undercurator may apply to be appointed as the new curator.

E. The undercurator is relieved of further duty and authority as undercurator when the curatorship terminates; however, his liability for acts prior thereto shall not be affected.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.22 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.22
Twenty-Second Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. The Twenty-Second Judicial District Court shall have twelve judges, including the two additional judgeships created in Subsection B of this Section.

B. There are hereby created two additional district judgeships for the Twenty-Second Judicial District for the parishes of St. Tammany and Washington.

(1) The first additional judge provided for in this Subsection and his successors shall preside over Division K, which is hereby created for purposes of nomination, election, and subject matter only. The subject matter jurisdiction of Division K is limited, under the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family and juvenile matters as provided by law.

(2) The second additional judge provided for in this Subsection and his successors shall preside over Division L, which is hereby created for purposes of nomination, election, and subject matter only. The subject matter jurisdiction of Division L is limited, under the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family and juvenile matters as provided by law.

(3) For purposes of this Subsection, "family and juvenile matters" shall include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book III of the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, all actions arising under the Children's Code, adoptions arising under the Civil Code, actions involving protection from family violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., and actions for enforcement, collection of support, and paternity pursuant to R.S. 46:236.1.1 et seq.

(4) For purposes of this Subsection "juvenile matters" shall include but not be limited to all actions arising under or incidental to the Children's Code.

(5) For purposes of this Subsection, the subject matter jurisdiction shall also include all actions incidental to all matters listed in Paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Subsection, including but not limited to contempt, civil warrants, writs of habeas corpus, curatorship, change of name, prenuptial or separate property agreements, interspousal donations, lesions, and challenge to consent judgment.

C. The judges and their successors created by this Section shall be elected as provided by Article V, Section 22 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and each shall serve a term which shall begin on January 1, 2009, which shall expire at the same time as is provided by law for the other judges of the court. Thereafter, each successor to the judges provided for in this Section shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner, and shall serve the same terms as now or may be provided hereafter for other judges of the court.

D. The judges and their successors created by this Section shall have jurisdiction throughout the district and receive the same compensation and expense allowances, payable from the same sources and in the same manner, as are provided for other judges of the Twenty-Second Judicial District.

E. The jurisdiction or term of office of any other judge of the district shall not be affected or reduced by the creation of the judgeships.

Acts 1990, No. 8, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 41, §1, eff. June 1, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 325, §1(A), eff. June 20, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 779, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2008, No. 344, §1, eff. June 23, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 821, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 821, §§2, 3, relative to applicability and the 2008 R.S.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:312 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 312
Courts of appeal; circuits and districts
Status: in_force

There shall be five court of appeal circuits, which shall be subdivided into districts as follows:

1.(a) First circuit. The parishes of Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Lafourche, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana shall compose the first circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, First Circuit, State of Louisiana".

(b) Districts of first circuit. The parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Baton Rouge shall compose the first district of the first circuit. The first district shall be further divided into two election sections. Election section one shall be composed of Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, Iberville Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, and West Baton Rouge Parish. Election section two shall be composed of Lafourche Parish, St. Mary Parish, and Terrebonne Parish. The parish of East Baton Rouge shall compose the second district of the first circuit. The parishes of East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana shall compose the third district of the first circuit.

2.(a) Second circuit. The parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn shall compose the second circuit, and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana".

(b) Districts of second circuit. (i) The parishes of East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, and West Carroll shall compose the first district of the second circuit. The first district shall be further divided into two election sections.

(aa) Election section one shall consist of East Carroll Parish, Madison Parish, Precincts 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 of Morehouse Parish, Precincts 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11, 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 10-7, 10-8, 10-12, 10-13, 10-17, and 10-22 of Ouachita Parish, Tensas Parish, and Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, and 6 of West Carroll Parish.

(bb) Election section two shall consist of Franklin Parish, Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Morehouse Parish, Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-4A, 1-5, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 4-1, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 5-19, 5-20, 5-21, 6-1, 6-2, 7-1, 8-1, 8-2, 9-1, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-14, 10-15, 10-16, 10-18, 10-19, 10-20, and 10-21 of Ouachita Parish, Richland Parish, and Precincts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 14, 14A, 15, 16, and 17 of West Carroll Parish.

(ii) The parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, Webster, and Winn shall compose the second district of the second circuit. The second district shall be further divided into two election sections.

(aa) Election section one shall consist of the parishes of Bienville, Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union, and Winn.

(bb) Election section two shall consist of the parishes of Bossier and Webster.

(iii) The parishes of Caddo, DeSoto, and Red River shall compose the third district of the second circuit. The third district shall be further divided into two election sections.

(aa) Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1, 3, 5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 67, 71, 73A, 73B, 80, 81, 84, 86, 96, 130, and 131 of Caddo Parish.

(bb) Election section two shall consist of Precincts 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 47, 48, 49, 56A, 56B, 57, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76A, 76B, 77, 78, 79, 82A, 82B, 83A, 83B, 85A, 85B, 87, 88, 89A, 89B, 89C, 90A, 90B, 91A, 91B, 92, 93, 94, 95A, 95B, 97A, 97B, 98, 99, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132A, 132B, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137A, 137B, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159 of Caddo Parish, DeSoto Parish, and Red River Parish.

3.(a) Third circuit. The parishes of Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Martin, St. Landry, Vermilion, and Vernon shall compose the third circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, State of Louisiana".

(b) Districts of third circuit.

(i) The parishes of Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, and Sabine shall compose the first district of the third circuit.

(ii) The parishes of Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vernon shall compose the second district of the third circuit. The second district shall be further divided into two election sections.

(aa) Election section one shall consist of Precincts 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309E, 309W, 310, 311, 312, 313E, 313W, 315E, 320E, 320W, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 330, 361, 364, 371N, 800, 801, 861E, and 861W of Calcasieu Parish and Precincts 5, 6, 8, 8A, 20, 21, and 23 of Jefferson Davis Parish.

(bb) Election section two shall consist of Beauregard Parish; Precincts 160E, 160W, 161, 162E, 162W, 163, 164, 165, 166E, 166W, 167, 260, 261, 262, 306, 314, 315W, 316E, 316W, 317, 318, 319N, 319S, 325, 326, 327, 331, 332N, 332S, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 360, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371S, 372, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 440, 441, 460E, 460W, 461, 463, 464, 465, 466E, 466W, 467, 468, 469, 560, 561, 562, 600, 601, 602, 603, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 700, 701, 702, 703, 760, 761, 762, 860N, and 860S of Calcasieu Parish; Cameron Parish; Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9A, 9B, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Jefferson Davis Parish; and Vernon Parish.

(cc) The election sections used in this Item shall be evaluated by the end of the year following the year of official release of the decennial federal census to determine if there exists any substantial variation in population in a district, or if they are as equal as practicable.

(iii) The parishes of Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Landry, and Vermilion shall compose the third district of the third circuit. The third district shall be further divided into five election sections.

(aa) Election section 1 shall consist of precincts 2-3, 2-4, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3A, 3-3B, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-6A, 3-6B, 3-7, 4-1, 4-2, 4-6, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4 of Acadia Parish; Allen Parish; Evangeline Parish; precincts 1, 3A, 4, 5, 3B of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-8, 1-10, 1-12, 1-17, 1-17A, 1-19, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-9, 2-10, 5-2, 5-4, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-16 of St. Landry Parish.

(bb) Election section 2 shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 1-4, 2-1, 2-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 2-5, 14-2, 3-4 of Iberia Parish; precincts 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24A, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 24B of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 2-1, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 3-2, 3-4, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-4, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-14, 4-15, 5-1, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-3A, 6-1, 6-10, 6-11, 6-15, 6-17 of St. Landry Parish; precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1 & 2-3, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 9-1, 9-3, 3-7, 3-3, 1-6, 2-4, 3-8, 3-5, 3-9, 3-6, 9-5 of St. Martin Parish.

(cc) Election section 3 shall consist of precincts 1-3, 5-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 1-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 4-5, 7-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 11-6, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 6-5, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4, 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-6, 12-5, 3-5, 5-8, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 14-1, 14-3, 14-4, 13-2, 14-6, 14-5, 5-5, 2-4, 4-6, 7-7, 8-6, 11-7, 5-7, 6-4, 12-7, 12-4, 12-8, 10-1, 13-3, 13-1 of Iberia Parish; precincts 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106 of Lafayette Parish; precincts 1-6, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 4-3, 4-5, 4-6, 4-12, 4-13, 4-16 of St. Landry Parish; precincts 1-2, 1-5, 2-2, 3-2, 4-6, 3-4, 4-2, 4-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 & 5-4, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 8-1, 9-4, 8-3, 8-4, 9-2, 1-7, 8-2 of St. Martin Parish.

(dd) Election section 4 shall consist of precincts 1-1, 1-2A, 1-2B, 1-3A, 1-3B, 1-4A, 1-4B, 1-5A, 1-5B, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-1A, 5-1B, 5-2A, 5-2B, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3A, 6-3B, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, 6-12, 6-13, 6-14, 6-15, 6-16 of Acadia Parish; precincts 7, 8, 9, 27, 28, 36, 37, 86, 34B of Lafayette Parish; Vermilion Parish.

(ee) Election section 5 shall consist of precincts 2, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34A, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 105 of Lafayette Parish.

4.(a) Fourth Circuit. The parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard shall compose the fourth circuit, and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, State of Louisiana".

(b) Districts of the fourth circuit. The parish of Orleans shall compose the first district of the fourth circuit; the parish of Plaquemines shall compose the second district of the fourth circuit; and the parish of St. Bernard shall compose the third district of the fourth circuit.

5.(a) Fifth Circuit. The parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist shall compose the fifth circuit and the court of appeal for that circuit shall be known as "Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, State of Louisiana".

(b) Districts of the fifth circuit.

(i) The parish of Jefferson shall compose the first district of the fifth circuit. The first district shall be further divided into two election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 152, 155, 157A, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179-A, 182, 183, 184, 185A, 185B, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197A, 197B, 197C, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 210, 211, 212A, 212B, 213A, 213B, 213C, 214A, 214B, 215, 216, 217, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 246, 247, 248, 249, 1-G, 2-G, 3-G, 4-G, 5-G, 6-G, 7-G, 8-G, 9-G, 10-G, 11-G, 1-GI, 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H, 13-KA, 1-K, 2-K, 3-K, 4-K, 5-K, 6-K, 7-K, 8-K, 9-K, 10-K, 11-K, 12-K, 14-K, 15-K, 16-K, 17-K,18-K, 19-K, 20-K, 25-K, 27-K, 28-K, 29-K, 30-K, 34-K, 35-K, 1-L, 1-W, 3-W, 4-W, 5-W, 6-W, and 7-W of Jefferson Parish. Election section two shall consist of Precincts 104, 108, 115, 150, 151, 153, 154,156, 157B, 179B, 180, 181, 187, 188, 200, 201, 13-KB, 21-K, 22-K, 23-K, 24-K, 26-K, 31-K, 33-K, 173 and 2-W.

(ii) The parish of St. James and that portion of St. John the Baptist Parish east of the Mississippi River shall compose the second district of the fifth circuit.

(iii) The parish of St. Charles and that portion of St. John the Baptist Parish west of the Mississippi River shall compose the third district of the fifth circuit.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 52, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 661, §1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1980, No. 661, §7, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 3, §1, eff. May 1, 1982; Acts 1992, No. 513, §1, eff. June 25, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 1069, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 2007, No. 261, §1, eff. Oct. 31, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 369, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 133, §1, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2020, No. 338, §1, eff. June 13, 2020.

NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 261, §3, relative to the effectiveness of the amendment to Paragraph (5). The consent judgment referred to in the Act was entered on Oct. 31, 2007.

NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 338, §§2, 3, regarding judgeships created by that Act being assigned election sections for election purposes.