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La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 673 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 673
Judge may act until recused
Status: in_force

A judge has full power and authority to act, even though a ground for recusal exists, until he is recused, or a motion for his recusal is filed. The judge to whom the motion to recuse is assigned shall have full power and authority to act in the cause pending the disposition of the motion to recuse.

Acts 2010, No. 262, §2; Acts 2022, No. 42, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1036 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1036
Jurisdiction; mode of procedure
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Article 4845, a court shall have jurisdiction over an incidental demand only if it would have had jurisdiction over the demand had it been instituted in a separate suit. The only exceptions to this rule are those provided in the state constitution.

B. The mode of procedure employed in the incidental action shall be the same as that used in the principal action, except as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 1995, No. 202, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 5186 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 5186
Account and payment of costs
Status: in_force

A. An account shall be kept of all costs incurred by a party who has been permitted to litigate without the payment of costs, by the public officers to whom these costs would be payable.

B. If a party has been permitted to proceed without the payment of costs in a succession proceeding, the court shall order the payment from succession assets of all costs due to any public officer.

C. If judgment is rendered in favor of the indigent party, the party against whom the judgment is rendered shall be condemned to pay all costs due to a public officer, who shall have a privilege on the judgment superior to the rights of the indigent party or his attorney. If judgment is rendered condemning the indigent party to pay court costs, an affidavit of the account by an officer to whom costs are due shall be recorded in the mortgage records and shall have the effect of a judgment for the payment due.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 545, §1; Acts 1993, No. 852, §1; Acts 1997, No. 408, §1; Acts 2025, No. 34, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 633 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 633
Persons residing in the house.
Status: in_force

A person having the right of habitation may reside in the house with his family, although not married at the time the right was granted to him.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1736 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1736
Condition
Status: in_force

The donation shall be made subject to the suspensive condition that the prospective marriage shall take place.

Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 2785 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2785
Annuity contract in favor of several recipients of payments
Status: in_force

An annuity contract may be established in favor of several natural persons, whether in divided shares or in indivision. When an annuity contract is established for the lifetimes of several recipients of payments in indivision, the termination of the interest of a recipient inures to the benefit of those remaining unless the annuity contract expressly provides otherwise.

Acts 2012, No. 258, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
La. Ch. Code art. 1462 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1462
Objection to admission by the minor who has been admitted
Status: in_force

A. Objection may be made by the minor who has been admitted if the minor is sixteen years of age or older.

B. If the minor informs any staff person of his desire to object to the admission, a staff person shall assist him in preparing and submitting his objection.

C. Upon receipt of an objection, the director of the treatment facility shall release such minor within seventy-two hours unless proceedings are begun pursuant to Chapter 7 or 9 of this Title.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1610 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1610
Other modifications
Status: in_force

Any other modification of a testament must be in one of the forms prescribed for testaments.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Civ. Code art. 2609 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2609
Purchase of substitute things by the buyer
Status: in_force

When the seller fails to render the performance required by a contract of sale of movable things, the buyer may purchase substitute things within a reasonable time and in good faith. In such a case the buyer is entitled to recover the difference between the contract price and the price of the substitute things. The buyer may recover other damages also, less the expenses saved as a result of the failure of the seller to perform.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 1557 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1557
Revocation for ingratitude
Status: in_force

Revocation on account of ingratitude may take place only in the following cases:

(1) If the donee has attempted to take the life of the donor; or

(2) If he has been guilty towards him of cruel treatment, crimes, or grievous injuries.

Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Civ. Code art. 1423 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1423
Decedent's debts charged ratably
Status: in_force

Debts of the decedent are charged ratably to property that is the object of general or universal legacies and to property that devolves by intestacy, valued as of the date of death. When such property does not suffice, the debts remaining are charged in the following order:

(1) Ratably to the fruits and products of property that is the object of general or universal legacies and of property that devolves by intestacy; and

(2) Ratably to the fruits and products of property that is the object of particular legacies, and then ratably to such property.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 385 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 385
Affidavit
Status: in_force

An affidavit is a written accusation of crime made under oath and signed by the affiant. It must be filed in open court in a court having jurisdiction to try the offense, or in the office of the clerk thereof.
La. Civ. Code art. 1472 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1472
Capacity to receive, time for existence
Status: in_force

Capacity to receive a donation inter vivos must exist at the time the donee accepts the donation. Capacity to receive a donation mortis causa must exist at the time of death of the testator.

Acts 1991, No. 363, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1176 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1176
Application for court approval of adoptive placement; contents; filing
Status: in_force

A. An application for court approval of adoptive placement shall be verified and shall contain the following:

(1) The name, address, age, occupation, and marital status of the prospective adoptive parents.

(2) The expected date of the child's placement.

(3) The relationship between the child and the prospective adoptive parents, if any.

(4) The name of the child whose placement is requested, if known.

B. An application for court approval of adoptive placement shall be filed with the clerk of a court of appropriate venue as authorized by Article 1180.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1747 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1747
Form
Status: in_force

The donation shall be made by a single instrument in authentic form. The instrument, which shall expressly state that the donor makes the donation in contemplation of his prospective marriage or in consideration of his present marriage, as the case may be, shall be signed at the same time and at the same place by the donor and by the donee.

The donation need not be accepted in express terms.

Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 477 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 477
Meaning of words and phrases
Status: in_force

The words and phrases used in an indictment or bill of particulars are to be construed according to their usual meaning and acceptation. Words and phrases which have been defined by law or which have otherwise acquired a legal meaning are to be construed according to their legal meaning.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 956 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 956
Appeals; application for supervisory writs
Status: in_force

An application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court ordered to conduct emergency sessions shall be taken to the appropriate appellate court which exercised proper appellate or supervisory jurisdiction over the affected court prior to the issuance of the supreme court order. If the appropriate appellate court is also an affected court, an application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court shall be taken to the host jurisdiction which has been established by supreme court order for the affected appellate court.

Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 1300 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1300
Limited or conditional prohibition against partition by donor.
Status: in_force

But a donor or testator can order that the effects given or bequeathed by him, be not divided for a certain time, or until the happening of a certain condition.

But if the time fixed exceed five years, or if the condition do not happen within that term, from the day of the donation or of the opening of the succession, the judge, at the expiration of this term of five years, may order the partition, if it is proved to him that the coheirs can not agree among themselves, or * differ as to the administration of the common effects.

* Note error in English translation of French text; "that the coheirs can not agree among themselves, or" should be "that the indivision is a cause of disagreement between the coheirs, or that they."
La. Ch. Code art. 1130 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1130
Time limitations
Status: in_force

A. No Act of Surrender for private adoption by a mother shall be executed earlier than five days following the birth of the child.

B. A father may execute an Act of Surrender prior to the birth of the child or at any time after the birth. However, any surrender executed by a father for private adoption earlier than the fifth day following the birth of the child shall not be irrevocable until the fifth day following the birth of the child.

C. In making these time calculations, the date of birth shall not be included, and the days shall be consecutive calendar days, including weekends and holidays.

D. An alleged or adjudicated father may execute an act of surrender prior to the birth of the child or at any time after the birth. His surrender shall be irrevocable upon execution.

E. No Act of Surrender by a birth mother or father as defined in Children's Code Article 1193 for agency adoption shall be executed earlier than three days following the birth of the child.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 634, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2008, No. 584, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3113 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3113
Inventory taken or descriptive list filed when appointment made
Status: in_force

When the court appoints a provisional administrator, it shall order the taking of an inventory of the property of the succession as provided in Article 3131 or the filing of a descriptive list of the succession property as provided in Article 3136, unless either has been ordered taken before.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 665, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 797 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 797
Challenge for cause
Status: in_force

The state or the defendant may challenge a juror for cause on the ground that:

(1) The juror lacks a qualification required by law;

(2) The juror is not impartial, whatever the cause of his partiality. An opinion or impression as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant shall not of itself be sufficient ground of challenge to a juror, if he declares, and the court is satisfied, that he can render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence;

(3) The relationship, whether by blood, marriage, employment, friendship, or enmity between the juror and the defendant, the person injured by the offense, the district attorney, or defense counsel, is such that it is reasonable to conclude that it would influence the juror in arriving at a verdict;

(4) The juror will not accept the law as given to him by the court; or

(5) The juror served on the grand jury that found the indictment, or on a petit jury that once tried the defendant for the same or any other offense.
La. Civ. Code art. 664 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 664
Rain drip from roof.
Status: in_force

A landowner is bound to fix his roof so that rainwater does not fall on the ground of his neighbor.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1517 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1517
Notice; service; curator; reservation of rights
Status: in_force

A. Notice of the proceedings, including, if applicable, the parents' right to an attorney in accordance with Paragraph E of this Article, shall be served on any parent or legal custodian who has not joined in the petition.

B. Notice may be served by personal or domiciliary service or by certified mail, proof of which shall be filed in the record.

C. If a parent or legal custodian cannot be served, the court may appoint an attorney at law as curator for him and service shall be made upon the curator.

D. If a parent or legal custodian cannot be served and a curator is not appointed for him, the court shall specifically reserve the absentee's rights in any order transferring custody pursuant to this Chapter.

E. If the Department of Children and Family Services has recommended that the petition for voluntary transfer of custody be filed:

(1) It shall also be served with notice of the proceedings.

(2) The court may also order a report by the department concerning the safety and well-being of the child and of the circumstances leading the department to recommend that the custody of the child be transferred by the parent to some other individual.

(3) The court shall advise the parents and may advise the child, insofar as practicable, of the right to be represented by counsel and the right to have counsel appointed as provided in Chapter 4 of Title VI.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2010, No. 266, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1600 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1600
Particular legacies; preference of payment
Status: in_force

A particular legacy must be discharged in preference to all others.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 363 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 363
Effect of appeal
Status: in_force

The writ of habeas corpus shall not be granted to a convicted person for a cause under Article 362, if he may appeal, or has done so and the appeal is pending.
La. Civ. Code art. 2841 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2841
Contract form; registry
Status: in_force

A contract of partnership in commendam shall be in writing and filed for registry with the secretary of state as provided by law. Until the contract is filed for registry, partners in commendam are liable to third persons in the same manner as general partners.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2898 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2898
Valuation of the thing
Status: in_force

When the contract of loan for use states a value for the thing lent, the borrower bears the risk of loss of the thing, including loss by fortuitous event.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 944 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 944
Prescription
Status: in_force

An action to declare a successor unworthy is subject to a liberative prescription of five years from the death of the decedent as to intestate successors and five years from the probate of the will as to testate successors.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Ch. Code art. 101 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 101
Preamble
Status: in_force

The people of Louisiana recognize the family as the most fundamental unit of human society; that preserving families is essential to a free society; that the relationship between parent and child is preeminent in establishing and maintaining the well-being of the child; that parents have the responsibility for providing the basic necessities of life as well as love and affection to their children; that parents have the paramount right to raise their children in accordance with their own values and traditions; that parents should make the decisions regarding where and with whom the child shall reside, the educational, moral, ethical, and religious training of the child, the medical, psychiatric, surgical, and preventive health care of the child, and the discipline of the child; that children owe to their parents respect, obedience, and affection; that the role of the state in the family is limited and should only be asserted when there is a serious threat to the family, the parents, or the child; and that extraordinary procedures established by law are meant to be used only when required by necessity, and then with due respect for the rights of the parents, the children, and the institution of the family, and only to the extent that such procedures are not prohibited by the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2015, No. 124, §1, eff. June 19, 2015.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2253 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2253
Writ from clerk to sheriff
Status: in_force

At the request of a judgment creditor, the clerk shall issue a writ bearing his signature, the seal of the court, and the date, and directing the sheriff of the parish where the judgment is to be executed to enforce it in the manner set forth in the writ. Concurrent writs may be directed to sheriffs of several parishes.
La. Civ. Code art. 884 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 884
Representation in collateral line
Status: in_force

In the collateral line, representation is permitted in favor of the children and descendants of the brothers and sisters of the deceased, whether they succeed in concurrence with their uncles and aunts, or whether, the brothers and sisters of the deceased having died, their descendants succeed in equal or unequal degrees.

Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
La. Civ. Code art. 1903 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1903
Union of qualities of obligee and obligor
Status: in_force

When the qualities of obligee and obligor are united in the same person, the obligation is extinguished by confusion.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1734.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1734.1
Cash deposit; procedure
Status: in_force

A. When the case has been set for trial, the court may order, in lieu of the bond required in Article 1734, a deposit for costs, which shall be a specific amount estimated by the court, and the court shall fix the time for making the deposit, which shall be no later than thirty days prior to trial. The deposit shall include sufficient funds for payment of all costs associated with a jury trial, including juror fees and expenses and charges of the jury commission, clerk of court, and sheriff. The required deposit shall not exceed five thousand dollars for the first day, and one thousand dollars per day for each additional day the court estimates the trial will last. Notice of the fixing of the deposit shall be served on all parties. If the deposit is not timely made, any other party shall have an additional ten days to make the required deposit. Failure to post the deposit shall constitute a waiver of a trial by jury. However, no deposit shall be required of an applicant for a jury trial under the provisions of this Article if waived or an order is rendered, pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title I of Book IX of this Code, permitting the applicant to litigate or continue to litigate without payment of costs in advance or furnishing security therefor.

B. When the deposit has been filed, the clerk of court shall order the jury commission to draw a sufficient number of jurors to try and determine the cause, such drawing to be made in accordance with R.S. 13:3044.

C. The clerk of court may disburse funds from the cash deposit for payment of all or a part of the jury costs as such costs accrue. The clerk shall keep a record of funds disbursed from the deposit.

D. The court may require an additional deposit to be filed during the trial if the original amount of the deposit is insufficient to pay jury costs.

E. The funds disbursed from the cash deposit for payment of jury costs shall be assessed as costs of court.

F. After payment of all jury costs, any unexpended amounts remaining on deposit shall be refunded by the clerk of court to the party or attorney filing the deposit.

Acts 1987, No. 937, §2; Acts 1989, No. 307, §1; Acts 1995, No. 148, §1; Acts 2004, No. 840, §2; Acts 2021, No. 382, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 702 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 702
Setting cases for trial
Status: in_force

Cases shall be set for trial by the court on motion of the state, and may be set for trial on motion of the defendant.

Courts shall adopt rules governing the procedure for setting cases for trial and giving notice thereof. The defendant shall be given notice of trial sufficiently in advance thereof so that he may summon his witnesses.
La. Civ. Code art. 1784 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1784
Term for performance not fixed
Status: in_force

When the term for performance of an obligation is not marked by a specific date but is rather a period of time, the term begins to run on the day after the contract is made, or on the day after the occurrence of the event that marks the beginning of the term, and it includes the last day of the period.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 925 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 925
Objections raised by declinatory exception; waiver
Status: in_force

A. The objections that may be raised through the declinatory exception include but are not limited to the following:

(1) Insufficiency of citation.

(2) Insufficiency of service of process, including failure to request service of citation on the defendant within the time prescribed by Article 1201(C), or failure to request service of petition within the time prescribed by Article 3955.

(3) Lis pendens under Article 531.

(4) Improper venue.

(5) The court's lack of jurisdiction over the person of the defendant.

(6) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 5, §3.

B. When two or more of these objections are pleaded in the declinatory exception, they need not be pleaded in the alternative or in any particular order.

C. All objections that may be raised through the declinatory exception are waived unless pleaded therein.

Acts 1990, No. 521, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 578, §1; Acts 2006, No. 750, §1; Acts 2010, No. 407, §1; Acts 2017, No. 419, §1; Acts 2023, No. 5, §§1, 3.
La. Civ. Code art. 3143 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3143
Pledge of property susceptible of encumbrance by security interest
Status: in_force

A contract by which a person purports to pledge a thing that is susceptible of encumbrance by security interest does not create a pledge under this Title but may be effective to create a security interest in the thing.

Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.