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La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4463 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4463
Tutor without bond; undertutor
Status: in_force

A. The court may dispense with the furnishing of security by a legal tutor appointed in a proceeding under this Chapter.

B. If the court is satisfied that no one will accept the dative tutorship of a minor in a proceeding under this Chapter and furnish the usual security, if required, it shall appoint a dative tutor, who shall comply with all requirements except that of furnishing security.

C. The court may dispense with the appointment of an undertutor in a proceeding under this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 45, §1; Acts 2013, No. 118, §1, eff. June 5, 2013.
La. Civ. Code art. 2843 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2843
Restrictions on the partner in commendam with regard to management or administration of the partnership
Status: in_force

A partner in commendam does not have the authority of a general partner to bind the partnership, to participate in the management or administration of the partnership, or to conduct any business with third persons on behalf of the partnership.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1914 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1914
Interlocutory judgments; notice; delay for further action
Status: in_force

A. Except as provided in Paragraphs B and C of this Article, the rendition of an interlocutory judgment in open court constitutes notice to all parties.

B. The interlocutory judgment shall be reduced to writing if the court so orders, if a party requests within ten days of rendition in open court that it be reduced to writing, if a judgment is granted or an exception is sustained in accordance with Article 1915(C), or if the court takes the interlocutory matter under advisement. The clerk shall mail or deliver in open court notice of the judgment to each party. Delivery of the signed judgment in open court shall constitute notice of judgment and shall be documented in the record of the proceeding.

C. If the interlocutory judgment is one refusing to grant a new trial or a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the clerk shall mail notice to each party regardless of whether the motion is taken under advisement. The delay for appealing the final judgment commences to run only from the date of the mailing of the notice, as provided in Articles 2087 and 2123.

D. Except as provided in Paragraph C of this Article, each party shall have ten days either from notice of the interlocutory judgment or from the mailing of notice when required to take any action or file any pleadings in the trial court. This provision does not suspend or otherwise affect the time for applying for supervisory writs, nor does it affect the time for appealing an interlocutory judgment in accordance with Article 2083.

E. The provisions of this Article do not apply to an interlocutory injunctive order or judgment.

Acts 1983, No. 61, §1; Acts 1995, No. 657, §1; Acts 2003, No. 545, §1; Acts 2025, No. 250, §3.
La. Code Evid. art. 604.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 604.1
Qualifications of interpreters; interpretations
Status: in_force

A. If a party objects to the qualifications of any court-appointed interpreter, the party or the party's attorney shall have the right to conduct a voir dire examination of the interpreter.

B. If a qualified interpreter is not available for a court proceeding, upon the consent of all parties, the court may appoint a person who the court and parties agree will be able to accurately interpret the proceeding in a fair and impartial manner. Before giving consent, the party or the party's attorney shall have the right to conduct a voir dire examination of the interpreter.

C. Any party may object to the interpretation or translation of an interpreter.

D. In all court proceedings in a court of record, interpreted communications with the court shall be recorded in an audio or audiovisual format. The recordings shall be retained by the court.

E. Nothing in this Article prevents any party from having its own interpreter at any proceeding for the party's own purposes.

Acts 2024, No. 32, §3.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 878 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 878
Cruel or unusual punishment
Status: in_force

A sentence shall not be set aside on the ground that it inflicts cruel or unusual punishment unless the statute under which it is imposed is found unconstitutional.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3396
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this Chapter:

(1) "Independent administration" means the administration of an estate in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

(2) "Independent administrator" means the succession representative authorized by the court to administer a succession in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The term "independent administrator" means and includes "independent executor".

(3) "Independent executor" means and includes an independent administrator.

(4) "Letters of independent administration" means letters testamentary or letters of administration that signify that the administration of a succession by the designated succession representative is authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. The term "letters of independent administration" includes "letters of independent executorship", and the term "letters of independent executorship" includes "letters of independent administration". Such letters have the same force and effect as letters of administration or letters testamentary in a succession that is administered in accordance with the other provisions of this Book.

Acts 2001, No. 974, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 418 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 418
Drawing petit jury venire in Orleans parish; number chosen; term of service; petit jury venire list
Status: in_force

A. In Orleans Parish upon order of the court the jury commission shall draw a petit jury venire.

B. The jury commission shall draw indiscriminately and by lot as many name slips from the general venire box as a court may direct, not less than seventy-five, for service as petit jurors during the next monthly session of that judge's section of court.

C. The commission shall prepare a list of the persons drawn which shall constitute the petit jury venire list. This list, together with the name slips drawn, shall be delivered to the judge ordering the drawing.

D. The commission shall prepare subpoenas directed to the persons on the petit jury venire and cause them to be served in accordance with the provisions of Article 404.1(B) or R.S. 15:112, as directed by the court.

Acts 1987, No. 281, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 73 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 73
Action against joint or solidary obligors
Status: in_force

A. An action against joint or solidary obligors may be brought in a parish of proper venue, under Article 42 only, as to any obligor who is made a defendant provided that an action for the recovery of damages for an offense or quasi-offense against joint or solidary obligors may be brought in the parish where the plaintiff is domiciled if the parish of plaintiff's domicile would be a parish of proper venue against any defendant under either Article 76 or R.S. 13:3203.

B. If the action against this defendant is compromised prior to judgment, or dismissed after a trial on the merits, the venue shall remain proper as to the other defendants, unless the joinder was made for the sole purpose of establishing venue as to the other defendants.

Acts 1989, No. 117, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1005 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1005
Persons subject to proceedings
Status: in_force

Any parent may be subject to proceedings under this Title and shall have juridical capacity for such proceedings regardless of age or matrimonial status.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 367 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 367
Rearrest after discharge
Status: in_force

A person discharged from custody in a habeas corpus proceeding may be rearrested if a legal ground exists therefor.
La. Civ. Code art. 2905 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2905
Ownership and risk of loss of the thing lent
Status: in_force

The borrower in a loan for consumption becomes owner of the thing lent and bears the risk of loss of the thing.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 1831 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1831
Party must prove obligation
Status: in_force

A party who demands performance of an obligation must prove the existence of the obligation.

A party who asserts that an obligation is null, or that it has been modified or extinguished, must prove the facts or acts giving rise to the nullity, modification, or extinction.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 3099 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3099
Submission to arbitrate.
Status: in_force

A submission is a covenant by which persons who have a lawsuit or difference with one another, name arbitrators to decide the matter and bind themselves reciprocally to perform what shall be arbitrated.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 698 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 698
Assignor and assignee
Status: in_force

An incorporeal right which has been assigned, whether unconditionally or conditionally for purposes of collection or security, shall be enforced judicially by:

(1) The assignor and the assignee, when the assignment is partial; or

(2) The assignee, when the entire right is assigned.
La. Ch. Code art. 1307.3 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1307.3
Relationship of the Department of Children and Family Services to United States central authority
Status: in_force

The Department of Children and Family Services of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.

Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Ch. Code art. 1609 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1609
Compact definitions
Status: in_force

NOTE: Art. 1609 repealed by Acts 2010, No. 893, §2, eff. when the 35th state enacts the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.

As used in this compact:

(1) "Child" means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship, or similar control.

(2) "Placement" means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective, or epileptic, or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility.

(3) "Receiving state" means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons.

(4) "Sending agency" means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency, or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §16, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2010, No. 893, §2.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1458 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1458
Interrogatories to parties; procedures for use
Status: in_force

A. Each interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath, unless it is objected to, in which event the reasons for objection shall be stated in lieu of an answer. The written answer or reasons for objection to each interrogatory shall immediately follow a restatement of the interrogatory to which the answer or objection is responding. The answers are to be signed by the person making them. When interrogatories are served on a specific party, that party shall verify he has read and confirmed the answers and objections. The party upon whom the interrogatories have been served shall serve a copy of the answers, and objections if any, within thirty days after the service of the interrogatories, except as set forth in Paragraph B of this Article. The court may allow a shorter or longer time. The party submitting the interrogatories may move for an order under Article 1469 with respect to any objection to or other failure to answer an interrogatory.

B. The delay for serving a copy of the answers to interrogatories in family law cases, including divorce, custody, spousal and child support, community property, and matters incidental to family law proceedings, shall be fifteen days after service of the discovery, unless the interrogatories are served with an original petition, in which case the party who has been served shall have thirty days from the date of service to serve a copy of the answers to interrogatories.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1; Acts 1993, No. 416, §1; Acts 2010, No. 682, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2016, No. 132, §1; Acts 2018, No. 135, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 227 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 227
Parental control
Status: in_force

A child owes assistance to his parents and may not quit a family residence without the consent of both parents, except as otherwise provided by law.

Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1461 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1461
Production of documents and things; entry upon land; scope
Status: in_force

Any party may serve on any other party a request (1) to produce and permit the party making the request, or someone acting on his behalf, to inspect, copy, test, and sample any designated documents or electronically stored information, including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, phono-records, sound recordings, images, and other data or data compilations in any medium from which information can be obtained, translated, if necessary, by the respondent through detection and other devices into reasonably usable form, or except as provided in Article 1462(E), to inspect and copy, test, or sample any tangible things which constitute or contain matters within the scope of Articles 1422 through 1425 and which are in the possession, custody, or control of the party upon whom the request is served; or (2) except as provided in Article 1462(E), to permit entry upon designated land or other property in the possession or control of the party upon whom the request is served for the purpose of inspection and measuring, surveying, photographing, testing, or sampling the property or any designated object or operation thereon, within the scope of Articles 1422 through 1425.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1; Acts 2007, No. 140, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 666 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 666
River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable.
Status: in_force

He who from his title as owner is bound to give a public road on the border of a river or stream, must furnish another without any compensation, if the first be destroyed or carried away.*

And if the road be so injured or inundated by the water, without being carried away, that it becomes impassable, the owner is obliged to give the public a passage on his lands, as near as possible to the public road, without recompense therefor.

* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "by the stream."
La. Civ. Code art. 672 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 672
Other legal servitudes.
Status: in_force

Other legal servitudes relate to common enclosures, such as common walls, fences and ditches, and to the right of passage for the benefit of enclosed estates.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Code Evid. art. 412.2 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 412.2
Evidence of similar crimes, wrongs, or acts in sex offense cases
Status: in_force

A. When an accused is charged with a crime involving sexually assaultive behavior, or with acts that constitute a sex offense involving a victim who was under the age of seventeen at the time of the offense, evidence of the accused's commission of another crime, wrong, or act involving sexually assaultive behavior or acts which indicate a lustful disposition toward children may be admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant subject to the balancing test provided in Article 403.

B. In a case in which the state intends to offer evidence under the provisions of this Article, the prosecution shall, upon request of the accused, provide reasonable notice in advance of trial of the nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial for such purposes.

C. This Article shall not be construed to limit the admission or consideration of evidence under any other rule.

Acts 2001, No. 1130, §1; Acts 2004, No. 465, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 507 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 507
Accession as between movables.
Status: in_force

In the absence of other provisions of law or contract, the consequences of accession as between movables are determined according to the following rules.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1365 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1365
Equality in formation of lots.
Status: in_force

In the formation and composition of the lots, care must be taken to avoid as much as possible the cantling of tenements, and not to separate what is necessary for the same cultivation. And there ought to be included, if possible, in each lot, the same quantity of movables, immovables, rights and credits of the same nature and * value.

* Note error in English translation of French text; "and" should be "or."
La. Civ. Code art. 3014 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3014
Interest on sums expended by the mandatary
Status: in_force

The principal owes interest from the date of the expenditure on sums expended by the mandatary in performance of the mandate.

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Civ. Code art. 3200 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3200
Chronic sickness.
Status: in_force

But if the sickness with which the deceased was attacked and of which he died, was a chronic disease, the progress of which was slow and which only occasioned death after a long while, then the privilege shall only commence from the time when the malady became so serious as to prevent the deceased from attending to his business and confined him to his bed or chamber.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 421 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 421
Civil action; commencement; amicable demand unnecessary
Status: in_force

A civil action is a demand for the enforcement of a legal right. It is commenced by the filing of a pleading presenting the demand to a court of competent jurisdiction. Amicable demand is not a condition precedent to a civil action, unless specifically required by law.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 615 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 615
Improper venue; pleading
Status: in_force

Improper venue shall be raised in advance of trial by motion to quash, and shall be tried by the judge alone. Venue shall not be considered an essential element to be proven by the state at trial, rather it shall be a jurisdictional matter to be proven by the state by a preponderance of the evidence and decided by the court in advance of trial.

Acts 1988, No. 554, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 74.6 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 74.6
Actions to seek court approval by parents during marriage
Status: in_force

During the marriage of a minor's parents, an action to seek court approval to alienate, encumber, or lease the property of the minor, incur an obligation of the minor, or compromise a claim of the minor may be brought in the domicile of the minor, or if the parents seek to compromise a claim of the minor in a pending action, in that action.

Acts 2015, No. 260, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Civ. Code art. 476 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 476
Rights in things.
Status: in_force

One may have various rights in things:

1. Ownership;

2. Personal and predial servitudes; and

3. Such other real rights as the law allows.

Acts 1978, No. 728, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 944 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 944
Emergency sessions of court; criteria
Status: in_force

A. When the supreme court makes the determination that an appellate, district, parish, city, municipal, juvenile, traffic, justice of the peace, or family court having jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions and proceedings shall conduct proceedings outside its parish or territorial jurisdiction, the supreme court may order emergency sessions of court at a location or locations which are both feasible and practicable outside the parish or territorial jurisdiction of that court. This determination shall be based upon emergency or disaster circumstances, including but not limited to the lack of a readily available alternative location to conduct court within the parish, terrorist events, enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural or manmade causes resulting in the displacement of thousands of residents and the destruction of or severe damage to courthouses and other facilities supporting the criminal justice system. In making this determination, the supreme court shall make a reasonable effort to consult with the chief judge, the district attorney, the district public defender, and the clerk of the affected court.

B. The supreme court order requiring emergency sessions of court shall name the affected court, the location or locations in which the emergency sessions of that court shall be conducted, and the date on which emergency sessions shall commence.

Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 307, §10.
La. Civ. Code art. 221 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 221
Authority of married parents
Status: in_force

The father and mother who are married to each other have parental authority over their minor child during the marriage.

Amended by Acts 1916, No. 41; Acts 1920, No. 252; Acts 1924, No. 197; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 582 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 582
Time limitations; effect of new trial
Status: in_force

A. When a defendant obtains a new trial through a motion for new trial, appeal, post conviction relief, or any other mechanism provided in state or federal law, or when there is a mistrial, the state shall commence the second trial within one year from the date that the new trial is granted, or the mistrial is ordered, or within the period established by Article 578, whichever is longer.

B. If the state seeks review of the granting of the new trial, the period of limitations in this Article shall not commence to run until the judgment granting the new trial has become final by the state exhausting all avenues of review in the appropriate appellate courts, including the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Acts 2024, N0. 207, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Ch. Code art. 709 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 709
Evidence
Status: in_force

The court shall consider all relevant evidence offered by the parties and may limit the admissibility or weight of any evidence which it deems unreliable, cumulative, or unduly dilatory. The court or administrative review body may consider evidence which would not be admissible at the adjudication hearing.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3902 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3902
Judgment
Status: in_force

When the court finds that a person is holding or claiming office without authority, the judgment shall forbid him to do so. It may declare who is entitled to the office and may direct an election when necessary.

When the court finds that a corporation or limited liability company is exceeding its powers, the judgment shall prohibit it from doing so.

Acts 2017, No. 419, §1.