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La. Civ. Code art. 1799 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1799
Interruption of prescription
Status: in_force

The interruption of prescription against one solidary obligor is effective against all solidary obligors and their heirs.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Ch. Code art. 1146 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1146
Permanency planning; review hearings; counsel for child
Status: in_force

A. If no permanent placement has been made by the department within ninety days after a voluntary surrender to a child care agency, review hearings shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 15 and 16 of Title VI of this Code.

B. When the department is not the legal custodian of the child review hearings shall be held as follows:

(1) A review hearing shall be held within ninety days after the filing of a surrender if a petition for adoption has not been filed. The court may waive the hearing if it has received and is satisfied with the placement report required by Article 1144.

(2) If the hearing is waived, a review hearing shall be held within ninety days of the initial waiver, unless an updated placement report is accepted by the court, or a petition for adoption has been filed.

(3) In any case, a review hearing shall be held within nine months of the filing of the surrender and at least once every six months thereafter until a petition for adoption has been filed or until the court determines that the child is in a permanent placement.

(4) The court may schedule such other review hearings as it deems necessary to ensure the permanency of the child's placement.

C. Any attorney previously appointed to represent the child shall continue to represent the child in all subsequent review hearings until the child is permanently placed. If no attorney was previously appointed, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the child for the purpose of facilitating permanent placement by the department. When the department is not the legal custodian of the child, the court may appoint an attorney to represent the child if necessary for the best interest of the child.

D. The attorney appointed to represent the child shall also be responsible for reviewing and submitting a recommendation to the court regarding any agreement for post-adoption continuing contact that is filed for approval in accordance with Chapter 14-A of Title XII.

E. The court, at a permanency review hearing, shall inform the child of the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title X of this Code.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 1062, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 567, §1; Acts 2001, No. 568, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2008, No. 436, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1888 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1888
Express or tacit remission
Status: in_force

A remission of debt by an obligee extinguishes the obligation. That remission may be express or tacit.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 1281 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1281
Alienation of immovable by donee by onerous title; creation of real right in immovable by donee or operation of law
Status: in_force

A. If the donee who owes the collation has alienated by onerous title the immovable given to him, the coheirs shall not have the right to claim the immovable in the hands of the transferee.

B. If the donee who owes the collation has created a real right by onerous title in the immovable given to him or such right has been created by operation of law since the donee received the immovable, the coheirs may claim the immovable in the hands of the donee but subject to such real right as has been created. In such a case, the donee and his successors by gratuitous title are accountable for the resulting diminution of the value of the property.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 739, §1. Acts 1984, No. 869, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 927 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 927
Objections raised by peremptory exception
Status: in_force

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

(1) Prescription.

(2) Peremption.

(3) Res judicata.

(4) Nonjoinder of a party under Articles 641 and 642.

(5) No cause of action, including an objection of no cause of action in part, as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims, demands, issues, or theories against a party, whether in an original demand, reconventional demand, cross-claim, third-party claim, or intervention.

(6) No right of action, or no interest in the plaintiff to institute the suit.

(7) Discharge in bankruptcy.

(8) The court's lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action.

B. Except as otherwise provided by Articles 1702(D), 4904(D), and 4921(C), the court shall not supply the objection of prescription, which shall be specially pleaded. The nonjoinder of a party, peremption, res judicata, discharge in bankruptcy, the failure to disclose a cause of action or a right or interest in the plaintiff to institute the suit, or the court's lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action may be noticed by either the trial or appellate court on its own motion. Once the objection of the lack of subject matter jurisdiction is raised by the parties or noticed by the court on its own motion, the court shall address the objection before ruling on any other matter. If an exception is noticed by the appellate court on its own motion, the exception shall not be adjudicated without assigning the matter for briefing and permitting the parties an opportunity to request oral argument.

Acts 1995, No. 662, §1; Acts 2008, No. 824, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2; Acts 2023, No. 5, §1; Acts 2025, No. 250, §3.
La. Civ. Code art. 529 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 529
Right of retention.
Status: in_force

The possessor, whether in good or in bad faith, may retain possession of the thing until he is reimbursed for expenses and improvements which he is entitled to claim.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3054 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3054
Failure to provide security
Status: in_force

If, within ten days after the delivery of a written demand for the security, the principal obligor fails to provide the required security or fails to secure the discharge of the surety, the surety has an action to require the principal obligor to deposit into the registry of the court funds sufficient to satisfy the surety's obligation to the creditor as a pledge for the principal obligor's duty to reimburse the surety.

Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396.4 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3396.4
Failure to designate an executor
Status: in_force

When the decedent dies testate but his testament fails to designate an executor, or the person designated is unwilling or unable to serve, all of the general or universal legatees of the decedent may agree on the advisability of having an independent administration and collectively designate a qualified person to serve as dative independent executor. In such case, the court shall enter an order granting independent administration and appointing the person designated in the application as dative independent executor.

Acts 2001, No. 974, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2693 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2693
Lessor's right to make repairs
Status: in_force

If during the lease the thing requires a repair that cannot be postponed until the end of the lease, the lessor has the right to make that repair even if this causes the lessee to suffer inconvenience or loss of use of the thing.

In such a case, the lessee may obtain a reduction or abatement of the rent, or a dissolution of the lease, depending on all of the circumstances, including each party's fault or responsibility for the repair, the length of the repair period, and the extent of the loss of use.

Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 1380 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1380
Subsequent discovery of property, amendment of partition.
Status: in_force

If, after the partition, a discovery should be made of some property not included in it, the partition must be amended or made over again, either in totality, or of the discovered property alone.
La. Civ. Code art. 1832 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1832
Written form required by law
Status: in_force

When the law requires a contract to be in written form, the contract may not be proved by testimony or by presumption, unless the written instrument has been destroyed, lost, or stolen.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 1801 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1801
Defenses that solidary obligor may raise
Status: in_force

A solidary obligor may raise against the obligee defenses that arise from the nature of the obligation, or that are personal to him, or that are common to all the solidary obligors. He may not raise a defense that is personal to another solidary obligor.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2467 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2467
Transfer of risk
Status: in_force

The risk of loss of the thing sold owing to a fortuitous event is transferred from the seller to the buyer at the time of delivery.

That risk is so transferred even when the seller has delivered a nonconforming thing, unless the buyer acts in the manner required to dissolve the contract.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 1269 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1269
Collation by taking less; valuation of immovable.
Status: in_force

When the donee has elected to collate the immovable property given him by taking less on the part which comes to him from the succession, the collation must be made according to the value which the immovable property had at the opening of the succession, a deduction being made for the expenses incurred thereon, in conformity with what has been heretofore prescribed.
La. Civ. Code art. 2711 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2711
Transfer of thing does not terminate lease
Status: in_force

The transfer of the leased thing does not terminate the lease, unless the contrary had been agreed between the lessor and the lessee.

Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 715 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 715
Continuance to definite date or indefinitely
Status: in_force

In granting the continuance, the judge shall fix the date upon which the trial or hearing shall proceed, if then practicable, except when both parties ask that no date be set.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 692 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 692
Corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in receivership or liquidation
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the receiver or liquidator appointed for a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, or partnership by a court of this state is the proper plaintiff to sue to enforce a right of the corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, or of its receiver or liquidator. These rules apply whether, under the law of its domicile, the existence of the corporation, limited liability company, or partnership continues or is terminated.

B. The receiver or liquidator may institute and prosecute any action without special authorization from the court which appointed him.

Acts 1999, No. 145, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 963 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 963
Requirement of formality
Status: in_force

Renunciation must be express and in writing.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Civ. Code art. 2026 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2026
Absolute simulation
Status: in_force

A simulation is absolute when the parties intend that their contract shall produce no effects between them. That simulation, therefore, can have no effects between the parties.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 299 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 299
Time to present excuse.
Status: in_force

The tutor, who has excuses to offer against his appointment, must propose them to the judge who has appointed him, within ten days after he has been acquainted with his appointment, or after the same shall have been notified to him, which period shall be increased one day for every ten miles distance from his residence to the place where his appointment was made, and after this delay he shall no longer be admitted to offer any excuse, unless he has sufficient reason to account for such delay.
La. Ch. Code art. 812 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 812
Taking child into custody
Status: in_force

A. A child may be taken into custody pursuant to an order of the court under this Title or pursuant to the laws governing arrest.

B. The taking of a child into custody is not an arrest, except for the purpose of determining its validity under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 3055 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3055
Liability among co-sureties
Status: in_force

Co-sureties are those who are sureties for the same obligation of the same obligor. They are presumed to share the burden of the principal obligation in proportion to their number unless the parties agreed otherwise or contemplated that he who bound himself first would bear the entire burden of the obligation regardless of others who thereafter bind themselves independently of and in reliance upon the obligation of the former.

Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3096 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3096
Appointment when no opposition; appointment after trial of opposition
Status: in_force

At the hearing on the application for appointment as administrator, if no opposition thereto has been filed, the court shall appoint the applicant, unless he is disqualified under Article 3097.

If an opposition to the application for appointment has been filed prior to the hearing thereon, the court shall assign the opposition for trial. After this trial, the court shall appoint as administrator the qualified claimant having the highest priority of appointment.

If all of the claimants are disqualified under Article 3097, the court shall appoint a qualified person who is willing to accept the administration of the succession.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 192.2 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 192.2
Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking persons
Status: in_force

A. If a non-English-speaking person who is a party or a witness in a proceeding before the court has requested that the court appoint an interpreter for the proceeding, a judge shall appoint an interpreter in accordance with the Code of Evidence and the Rules of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the court shall order payment to the court-appointed interpreter for his services at a fixed reasonable amount, and that amount shall be paid out of the appropriate court fund.

C. In a proceeding alleging abuse in accordance with R.S. 46:2134 et seq., an interpreter, if necessary, shall be appointed prior to a rule to show cause hearing.

Acts 2008, No. 882, §1; Acts 2019, No. 406, §1, eff. June 20, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 207, §1, eff. June 11, 2021; Acts 2024, No. 32, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 5003 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 5003
Procedure for appealing
Status: in_force

The appellate procedure provided by Book III for appeals from the district court shall be applicable.

Acts 1986, No. 156, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 874 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 874
Testate succession
Status: in_force

Testate succession results from the will of the deceased, contained in a testament executed in a form prescribed by law. This kind of succession is covered under the Title: Of donations inter vivos and mortis causa .

Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4832 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4832
Trial courts of limited jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Trial courts of limited jurisdiction are parish courts, city courts, and justice of the peace courts.

Acts 1979, No. 46, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Civ. Code art. 3251 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3251
Successive sales, preference among vendors
Status: in_force

If there are several successive sales, on which the price is due wholly or in part, the first vendor is preferred to the second, the second to the third, and so throughout and as provided by Article 3186, and assuming timely recordation as provided in Article 3274, each such vendor is preferred to the previously recorded mortgages of his vendees and their successors.

Acts 1989, No. 538, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2765 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2765
Cancellation of contract by owner.
Status: in_force

The proprietor has a right to cancel at pleasure the bargain he has made, even in case the work has already been commenced, by paying the undertaker for the expense and labor already incurred, and such damages as the nature of the case may require.
La. Civ. Code art. 1496 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1496
Permissible burdens on legitime
Status: in_force

No charges, conditions, or burdens may be imposed on the legitime except those expressly authorized by law, such as a usufruct in favor of a surviving spouse or the placing of the legitime in trust.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1989, No. 788, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 682 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 682
Appointment of substitute for a recused district attorney
Status: in_force

When a district attorney is recused, or recuses himself, the trial judge shall either appoint an attorney at law, who has the qualifications of a district attorney and is not an assistant to the recused district attorney, to act in the place of the district attorney in the case, or shall notify the attorney general in writing of the recusation. In the latter instance, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to appoint a member of his staff or a district attorney of another district to act in the place of the recused district attorney. The substitute appointed for the recused district attorney shall have all powers of the recused district attorney with reference to the case.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 652, §1; Acts 2009, No. 271, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1249 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1249
Wages for services to ascendant.
Status: in_force

The obligation of collation does not exclude the child or descendant coming to the succession of his father, mother or other ascendant, from claiming wages which may be due to him for having administered the property of the ascendant, or for other services.
La. Code Evid. art. 306.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 306.1
Presumption of causation of injuries
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a claim for personal injury damages that is not raised pursuant to the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Law, the lack of a prior history of an illness, injury, or condition shall not create a presumption that an illness, injury, or condition was caused by the act that is the subject of the claim.

Acts 2025, No. 18, §1, eff. May 28, 2025.
La. Civ. Code art. 114 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 114
Modification or termination of award of support
Status: in_force

An award of interim spousal support or final periodic support may be modified if the circumstances of either party materially change and shall be terminated if it has become unnecessary. The subsequent remarriage of the obligor spouse shall not constitute a change of circumstance.

Acts 1997, No. 1078, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 1049, §1; Acts 2018, No. 265, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3163 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3163
Clause prohibiting pledge
Status: in_force

A clause in a contract restricting the pledge of the rights of a party to payments that are or will become due under the contract, making the pledge or its enforcement a default under the contract, or providing that the other party is excused from performance or may terminate the contract on account of the pledge, is without effect.

Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
La. Civ. Code art. 3114 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3114
Attendance of parties and witnesses.
Status: in_force

The parties must attend the arbitrators either in person, or by their attorney, with their witnesses and documents. If one or both of them should not appear, the arbitrators may proceed and inquire into the affair in their absence.
La. Ch. Code art. 543 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 543
Interagency information sharing; interagency agreements
Status: in_force

A. Through the Children's Cabinet, the agencies specified in Article 543(F) shall develop policies to facilitate interagency information sharing in the most effective and expeditious manner. However, the adoption of formal policies shall not be prerequisite to the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter.

B. The Children's Cabinet shall facilitate the development of interagency agreements and cooperation regarding the sharing of data concerning children and families involved in the juvenile justice system.

C. Interagency agreements shall include provisions regarding the specific data to be shared among agencies, the person or persons allowed by each party to have access to the other party's data, and the security arrangements between parties to ensure the protection of the data from unauthorized access that may threaten the privacy of persons and the confidentiality of the data.

D. Interagency agreements shall be in writing and a copy shall be furnished to the court exercising juvenile jurisdiction, the Children's Cabinet, and to each agency involved in the treatment, care, and rehabilitation of the child.

E. The Children's Cabinet shall provide procedures, which may include a forum, for the presentation of interagency recommendations and the resolution of disagreements relating to the contents of interagency agreements or the performance by the parties of their respective obligations under such agreements.

F. Agencies involved in facilitating agreements regarding the sharing of information regarding children and families shall include:

(1) The Department of Children and Family Services.

(2) The Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) The Department of Education.

(4) Youth services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(5) Louisiana Works.

(6) Courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction.

(7) Offices of district attorneys.

(8) Law enforcement agencies.

(9) City, parish, and other local public school boards.

(10) Truancy assessment service centers.

(11) Families in Need of Services offices.

Acts 2005, No. 119, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2023, No. 387, §2, eff. June 14, 2023.
La. Civ. Code art. 1805 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1805
Enforcement of contribution
Status: in_force

A party sued on an obligation that would be solidary if it exists may seek to enforce contribution against any solidary co-obligor by making him a third-party defendant according to the rules of procedure, whether or not that third-party defendant has been initially sued, and whether the party seeking to enforce contribution admits or denies liability on the obligation alleged by plaintiff.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.