La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2615 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2615
Territorial jurisdiction; Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

A. Effective January 1, 2003, the territorial limits of the three justice of the peace courts in Natchitoches Parish shall be Wards 2, 3, and 4, respectively, as follows:

(1) Ward 2 is composed of precincts 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, and 2-9 in their entirety. The boundary description for Ward 2 is as follows: Beginning at the junction of the center flow channel of Black Lake Bayou and the Natchitoches/Bienville/Red River Parish line at the northwestern corporate limits of the City of Ashland; thence proceed easterly along the Natchitoches/Bienville Parish line to its junction with the center flow channel of Saline Bayou at the northeastern corner of the Natchitoches/Bienville/Winn Parish line; thence proceed southerly along said bayou and the Natchitoches/Winn Parish line to its junction with the center flow channel of the Red River; thence proceed westerly, northerly, and northwesterly along said river to its junction with the Natchitoches/Red River Parish line; thence proceed northerly and easterly along said parish line to its junction with the center flow channel of Black Lake Bayou; thence proceed northerly along said bayou to its junction with the Natchitoches/Bienville/Red River Parish line at the northwestern corporate limits of the City of Ashland, the point of beginning.

(2) Ward 3 is composed of precincts 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-9, and 3-10 in their entirety. The boundary description for Ward 3 is as follows: Beginning at the junction of the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway 49 and the center flow channel of Wallace Bayou at the Natchitoches/DeSoto Parish line; thence proceed easterly along the parish line to its junction with the Natchitoches/Red River Parish line; thence proceed southerly and easterly along the parish line to its junction with the center flow channel of the Red River; thence proceed southeasterly along said river to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Pierre; thence proceed southwesterly along said bayou to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 1; thence proceed northwesterly along said highway to its junction with the southeastern corporate limits of the Village of Powhatan; thence proceed southerly and westerly along said corporate limits to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 485; thence proceed southwesterly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of Middle Bayou; thence proceed southeasterly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Little River; thence proceed southwesterly along said river to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 547-A (Burket Slough Road); thence proceed southeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 547 (Posey Road); thence proceed southeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 554 (New Road); thence proceed easterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 553 (Old Bethel Church Road); thence proceed southwesterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 556 (Shady Grove Road); thence proceed easterly and southerly along said road to its junction with Louisiana State Highway 6; thence proceed easterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 117; thence proceed southerly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of Dogneck Branch; thence proceed easterly along said branch to its junction with the center flow channel of Young's Bayou; thence proceed northerly along said bayou to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 6; thence proceed easterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 630 (Collins Road); thence proceed southerly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of an unnamed road in Section 10, Township 8 North, Range 8 West; thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway I-49; thence proceed southeasterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 618 (Bayou Blue Road); thence proceed southwesterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 120; thence proceed westerly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Blue; thence proceed southerly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Provencal; thence proceed easterly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Sand Creek; thence proceed northerly along said creek to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 120; thence proceed easterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway I-49; thence proceed southeasterly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of the Kisatchie Bayou; thence proceed westerly along said bayou to its junction with Louisiana State Highway 494; thence proceed southwesterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of an unnamed parish road intersecting Louisiana State Highway 494 in the Northern portion of Section 40, Township 7 North, Range 7 West; thence proceed southerly then easterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of another unnamed parish road in Section 6, Township 6 North, Range 6 West; thence proceed southerly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 830 (Longleaf Vista Road) in Section 13, Township 6 North, Range 7 West; thence proceed southwesterly along said road to its junction with the center flow channel of Steep Hill Creek; thence proceed southwesterly along said creek to its junction with the center flow channel of Kisatchie Bayou; thence proceed westerly along said bayou to its junction with the center right-of-way of an unnamed parish road in Section 31, Township 6 North, Range 8 West; thence proceed southwesterly, northwesterly, southwesterly, then northwesterly along said road to its junction with another unnamed parish road in Section 31, Township 6 North, Range 8 West; thence proceed southerly along said road approximately seven-eighths of a mile to its junction with the western boundary of the Natchitoches/Sabine Parish line; thence proceed northerly, westerly, northerly, westerly, then northerly along said parish line to its junction with the Natchitoches/DeSoto Parish line; thence proceed northerly along said parish line to its junction with the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway 49 and the center flow channel of Wallace Bayou, the point of beginning.

(3) Ward 4 is composed of precincts 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, and 4-9 in their entirety. The boundary description for Ward 4 is as follows: Beginning at the junction of the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway I-49 and the center flow Channel of Bayou Souris; thence proceed easterly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Old River; thence proceed southeasterly along said river to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 617 (Waterwell Road); thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 1; thence proceed northwesterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 517 (Lateral Road); thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center flow channel of Cane River; thence proceed southerly, then southeasterly along said river to its junction with the center flow channel of Poisson Canal; thence proceed northeasterly along said canal to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 494; thence proceed southeasterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 502 (Hampton Road); thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of the Red River Levee Road; thence proceed southeasterly along said road to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Cadoche; thence proceed northeasterly along said bayou to its junction with the Natchitoches/Winn Parish line; thence proceed southerly a short distance along said parish line to its junction with the Natchitoches/Grant Parish line which is also the center flow channel of the Red River; thence proceed southeasterly along said parish line/river to its junction with the Natchitoches/Rapides Parish line; thence proceed southwesterly along said parish line to its junction with the Natchitoches/Vernon Parish line; thence proceed westerly along said parish line to its junction with the Natchitoches/Sabine Parish line; thence proceed northerly along said parish line to its junction with the center right-of-way of an unnamed parish road in Section 31, Township 6 North, Range 8 West; thence proceed northerly along said road approximately seven-eighths of a mile to its junction with the center right-of-way of another unnamed parish road located on the north boundary of Section 31, Township 6 North, Range 8 West; thence proceed southeasterly, northeasterly, southeasterly, northeasterly, then northerly along said road to its junction with the center flow channel of Kisatchie Bayou; thence proceed easterly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Steep Hill Creek; thence proceed northeasterly along said creek to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 830 (Longleaf Vista Road); thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of an unnamed road in Section 13, Township 6 North, Range 7 West; thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of another unnamed parish road in Section 6, Township 6 North, Range 6 West; thence proceed northerly along said road to its junction with another unnamed parish road intersecting Louisiana State Highway 494 in the Northern portion of Section 40, Township 7 North, Range 7 West; thence proceed easterly then northerly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of the Kisatchie Bayou; thence proceed easterly along said bayou to its junction with the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway I-49; thence proceed northwesterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 120; thence proceed westerly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of Sand Creek; thence proceed southerly along said creek to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Provencal; thence proceed westerly along said bayou to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Blue; thence proceed northerly along said bayou to its junction with the center right-of-way of Louisiana State Highway 120; thence proceed easterly along said highway to its junction with the center right-of-way of Parish Road 618 (Blue Bayou Road); thence proceed northeasterly along said road to its junction with the center right-of-way of U.S. Highway I-49; thence proceed northwesterly along said highway to its junction with the center flow channel of Bayou Souris, the point of beginning.

B. The persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts at the 2002 congressional election shall be elected from the districts provided in this Section.

Acts 1997, No. 406, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1000.12
Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee; Domestic Commissioner's Fund
Status: in_force

A. The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court may assess a one-time fee not to exceed fifty dollars in all domestic filings. The collected fees shall be deposited into the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court's Domestic Commissioner's Fund and used solely to defray the costs associated with the Domestic Early Intervention Triage Program. The amount of the fee imposed or any increase in the fee shall be approved by the judges sitting en banc and shall be in addition to all other fines or costs lawfully imposed.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in cases in which the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services.

Acts 2015, No. 91, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1833 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1833
Warrant to take physical custody of child
Status: in_force

A. Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state.

B. If the court, upon the testimony of the petitioner or other witness, finds that the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state, it may issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child. The petition shall be heard on the next judicial day after the warrant is executed unless that date is impossible. In that event, the court shall hold the hearing on the first judicial day possible. The application for the warrant shall include the statements required by R.S. 13:1830(B).

C. A warrant to take physical custody of a child shall:

(1) Recite the facts upon which a conclusion of imminent serious physical harm or removal from the jurisdiction is based.

(2) Direct law enforcement officers to take physical custody of the child immediately.

(3) Provide for the placement of the child pending final relief.

D. The respondent shall be served with the petition, warrant, and order immediately after the child is taken into physical custody.

E. A warrant to take physical custody of a child is enforceable throughout this state. If the court finds on the basis of the testimony of the petitioner or other witness that a less intrusive remedy is not effective, it may authorize law enforcement officers to enter private property to take physical custody of the child. If required by exigent circumstances of the case, the court may authorize law enforcement officers to make a forcible entry at any hour.

F. The court may impose conditions upon placement of a child to ensure the appearance of the child and the child's custodian.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2496 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2496
Court personnel; salaries
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any employee otherwise provided by law, each judge shall appoint four employees as the judge may deem necessary to expedite the business and functions of the court and shall fix their salaries and benefits.

B. The salaries and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the appointing judge.

C. The above appointees of the judge, or judges, of the court shall not be included in the civil service system, and shall be considered, for all intents and purposes, as unclassified personnel of the court and shall be included in the unclassified pay plan of the city of New Orleans.

Acts 1984, No. 811, §1. Acts 1986, No. 731, §1; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.39
Judicial expense fund for Thirty-ninth Judicial District
Status: in_force

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

B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the judicial expense fund for the Thirty-ninth Judicial District Court. The judge of the Thirty-ninth Judicial District shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. He 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 judge of the Thirty-ninth 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 his court reporters a salary from the judicial expense fund. The judge may further appoint such secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as he deems 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 judge may utilize the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing or maintaining a law library for the court, or for buying or maintaining any type of equipment, supplies, or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court. In general, the judicial expense fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the office of the judge thereof, and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

D. No salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund for the Thirty-ninth Judicial District to the judge thereof except as may be paid for administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Acts 1984, No. 52, §3; Acts 1990, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1305
Judicial depository
Status: in_force

A. The judges of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, sitting en banc, a majority of said judges constituting a quorum, shall, by a vote of a majority of those present, designate a solvent bank, or banks, located within the parish of Orleans, as the fiscal agent or agents, as a depository of any and all monies received by the clerk of the said Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans deposited in the "Registry of the Court". The said funds shall be so deposited and held subject to the orders of the court, and in accordance with all laws or parts of laws now or hereafter enacted governing any such funds so held and deposited.

B. The bank or banks so designated as fiscal agent for such funds shall furnish adequate security, satisfactory to the said judges, to secure the return and payment of any such deposited funds.

C. It shall be the duty of the judges to endeavor to receive interest on all monies so deposited, and if, for any reason, the fiscal agent, or agents, so designated are unable or unwilling to pay interest on such deposit, the judges of the said Civil District Court are hereby authorized to purchase certificates of deposit, and/or other forms of certificates of indebtedness bearing interest, or they may purchase short-term United States bonds, treasury notes or certificates.

D. Any and all interest received on all such monies so deposited, or from any certificates of deposit, certificates of indebtedness, or United States bonds, treasury notes or certificates, shall be distributed in the following manner:

(1) One-half of all interest so received, as received, shall be transferred to and shall form part of the Judicial Expense Fund, in reimbursement and payment for the services rendered in administering said "Registry of the Court" fund by the judges, clerk and other employees whose salaries are paid out of said Judicial Expense Fund.

(2) The ultimate recipient of any of said funds so deposited in the registry of the court shall receive interest on such sum received by him, to be calculated on the following basis, to wit:

(a) The rate of interest per annum to be paid such recipient shall be one-half of the average interest rate received from the fiscal agent and/or from certificates of deposit, certificates of indebtedness, United States government bonds, treasury notes or certificates, during the period that the funds being disbursed were on deposit in the registry of the court.

(b) Interest shall be paid such recipient on the same percentage of such sum he receives as the total amount of such registry funds invested with interest bears to the total of such funds held in the registry of the court during the preceding year.

(c) In determining the amount of such registry funds invested with interest, and the total of such funds held in the registry of the court, as provided in the preceding Subparagraph (b), the basis for such determination shall be the average daily balance of the total funds invested and the average daily balances of the total funds held in the registry of the court fund during the period that the funds being disbursed were on deposit in the said registry of the court fund.

E. In the event it becomes necessary to disburse funds which have been deposited in the registry of the court fund, in accordance with a duly rendered court order, in excess of the amount held by the fiscal agent of said fund, in its noninterest bearing account, the clerk of court and/or the presiding judge or the acting presiding judge of the Civil District Court, on an order issued by the majority of the judges of the Civil District Court, sitting en banc, shall have the authority, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such funds so needed for disbursal from the said fiscal agent, or others, at the then prevailing interest rate for loans of this character, using as collateral to secure any such loan an amount of bonds, or certificates of deposit, or certificates of indebtedness in which said funds have been invested, and, if required so to do by any such lending agency, to execute any note or other form of agreement to repay such loan.

Amended by Acts 1969, No. 160, §1; Acts 1970, No. 200, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1587.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1587.2
New Orleans; city authorized to pay additional compensation for bailiffs and stenographers; duties
Status: in_force

The bailiff in each section of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court also shall perform the duties of crier in each section of the court. The stenographer in each section of the court shall be the secretary and receptionist in each such section, and also shall be the court reporter. In addition to the compensation payable to each bailiff and each stenographer from any source whatsoever as now authorized by statute or ordinance, each bailiff and each stenographer shall receive additional compensation of one hundred fifty dollars per month payable by the city of New Orleans when and if funds are made available therefor.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 576, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 228, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5373 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5373
Swift and Certain Probation Pilot Program; Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court; creation
Status: in_force

A. The Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority of the judges sitting en banc, may establish the Swift and Certain Probation Pilot Program to be administered by the presiding judge or judges of a special division of court established by the court or any judge of the district court if the presiding judge or judges are unavailable. The judicial district is authorized to provide funding for any expenses related to the administration and operation of the pilot program.

B. Any funds realized from a reduction in the amount of time a person would have been required to serve in prison if the defendant had not been placed on probation as provided by this Chapter shall be appropriated to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall be used to defray the additional operational expenses of probation and parole and reentry initiatives. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall measure and document cost savings from the implementation of this Chapter and provide information to the legislature regarding the estimated savings annually.

C. The terms of the probation pilot program shall be decided by the presiding judge or judges, which shall be in conformity with the principles of the original Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program. Probationers in the program receive swift, predictable, and immediate sanctions typically resulting in several days in jail for each detected violation, such as drug use or missed appointments with a probation officer. Sanctions imposed pursuant to this Chapter shall be served without diminution of sentence or credit for time served.

D. The court may impose the conditions of the probation pilot program on any defendant placed on probation pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893.

E. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the judge's authority over an offender on probation.

Acts 2016, No. 676, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5354
Authorization
Status: in_force

Each district court by rule may designate one or more divisions to preside over a mental health treatment court program to which alcohol- or drug-related offenses are assigned, and may establish a program to be administered by the presiding judge or judges thereof or by an employee designated by the court. The judicial district is authorized to provide funding for any expenses related to the administration and operation of such a mental health court treatment program.

Acts 2013, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5090 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5090
Decree and evidence admissible in other cases when facts in issue
Status: in_force

Where a decree is entered against a defendant in any proceeding under R.S. 13:5081 through 13:5089, such decree and any and all evidence of facts found by the court in support of the decree shall be admissible in evidence against the same defendant in any state court in any suit which shall be filed when such facts are again in issue.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1221
Destruction of useless records
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court may upon consent of the majority of the judges and with authorization from the state archivist as provided in R.S. 44:411 destroy records of any of the following judicial proceedings when such records have been deemed by the majority of judges to have no further use or value: suits on open accounts, tort suits, worker's compensation suits, suits on unsecured notes, suits on promissory notes, and suits on chattel mortgages.

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

Added by Acts 1975, No. 677, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 2012, No. 101, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3495 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3495
Failure to give notice; validity of judgment not affected
Status: in_force

A failure to give the notice required pursuant to R.S. 13:3494 shall not invalidate a judgment of child support.

Acts 2016, No. 216, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4436.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4436.1
Termination permitted by summary proceedings; jurisdiction of court to order
Status: in_force

A. A judgment debtor who appeals the judgment may obtain an order that terminates a judicial mortgage created by recording the judgment and that directs the recorder to erase the judgment from his records.

B. The proceeding for such termination shall be by summary proceedings brought against the judgment creditor.

C. The court that renders the judgment appealed from shall have jurisdiction of the proceedings to terminate a judicial mortgage whether or not the judicial mortgage results from the recordation of the court's judgment or that of an appellate court following the appeal of the judgment.

Acts 1992, No. 1132, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.78 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.78
Criminal matters; costs
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal matters, including traffic violation cases, the city judge may assess, in addition to the fine or other penalty imposed, costs of court in an amount not to exceed forty dollars.

B. The proceeds derived from these costs shall be deposited in a special account which shall be subject to audit and shall be used for the operational expenses of the court, including but without limitation, the use from time to time for the costs of operating the court and for the employment by the judge of secretaries, accountants, stenographers, filing clerks, bookkeepers, reporters, and other court employees, and for the purchase of stationery, books, office supplies, and such other equipment, all as may be useful or necessary for the proper conduct of the court's judicial business, and all as may be approved by the court. In addition, the proceeds derived from such costs in excess of that necessary for the proper conduct of the court's business may, with approval of the judge, be paid in equal proportions into the treasury of the town of Breaux Bridge and into the parish treasury of the St. Martin Parish police jury general fund.

Acts 1974, No. 647, §1; Acts 1985, No. 959, §1; Acts 1990, No. 156, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:961 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 961
Court reporters; generally
Status: in_force

A. In any judicial district there may be appointed as many official court reporters as there are district judges in said judicial district. Each district judge may appoint one court reporter who shall hold office until it is declared vacated by the judge making the appointment. In judicial districts having more than one district judge, the judges, sitting en banc, with the approval of each police jury, may appoint such additional court reporters as in their discretion are required, who shall serve at the pleasure of the court en banc and may be assigned to the various divisions of the court, or to the grand jury, as the court en banc may direct.

B. Each court reporter appointed under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be required to take an oath of office and to furnish bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars and shall be approved by the judge making the appointment. The bond shall be in favor of the judge making the appointment, and any party litigant, for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetence or neglect of duty on the part of the reporters. It shall be recorded and filed in the clerk's office in each of the parishes comprising the judicial district in and for which such appointment is made. Any party litigant shall have a right to sue on said bond for any damages sustained by said party litigant by any wrongful act or neglect of duty committed or omitted by the official court reporters in the performance of the duties of official court reporters.

C.(1) The duties of the official court reporter shall be to report in shorthand, stenotype, or any other recognized manner, and transcribe into longhand by typewriting all the testimony taken in all civil appealable cases tried in the judicial district served by the court reporters, when ordered so to do by the presiding judge, and to furnish for the purpose of appeal the necessary copies of the testimony required by law for such appeal. In criminal cases tried in the judicial districts, the official court reporter shall record all portions of the proceedings required by law or the court and shall, when required by law or the court, transcribe those portions of the proceedings required, which shall be filed with the clerk of court in the parish where the case is being tried.

(2) The official reporters appointed under Subsection A of this Section shall work concurrently under the direction and supervision of the judges appointing them, according to the needs and requirements in the various parishes comprising the district, in the interest of expediting the business before the judges of the court in said judicial district.

D.(1) Each of the court reporters may appoint as many deputy reporters to assist them in the work of the office consistent with the volume of work to be done, and the reporter making the appointment shall be responsible for all compensation to be paid said deputies and for their work under his oath of office and bond.

(2) Each deputy reporter appointed under the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or appointed under any other provisions of law shall be required to furnish bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The bond shall be in the sum of one thousand dollars and shall be approved by the court reporter making the appointment and the judge who appointed the said court reporter. The bond shall be in favor of the court reporter making the appointment, the judge who appointed the reporter, and any party litigant, for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetence or neglect of duty on the part of the deputy reporter. It shall be recorded and filed in the clerk's office in each of the parishes comprising the judicial district in and for which such appointment is made. Any party litigant shall have a right to sue on the bond for any damages sustained by reason of any wrongful act or neglect of duty committed or omitted by the deputy reporter in the performance of the duties required of him; however, any such litigant shall also have the right to sue on the bond of the court reporter making the appointment.

E. Each of the official court reporters provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed and determined by the judge making the appointment. The salaries shall be paid out of the general fund of the parish or parishes comprising the judicial district for which the appointment is made. In districts which comprise more than one parish, the amount to be paid by each of the parishes comprising the district is to be in the proportion that the assessed value of each parish bears to the total assessed value of all the parishes comprising the district. The police jury of each parish shall budget the salary or the pro rata part of its share of the salary of the official court reporters in its budget of annual expenses.

F.(1)(a) In all civil and criminal cases a fee not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page and twenty-five cents per copy reported and transcribed shall be charged by and be paid to the court reporter who reported and transcribed the testimony. These fees shall be retained by him as compensation, in addition to the salary as provided in Subsection E, and shall be taxed as costs of the case in which such testimony is taken.

(b) In the Ninth Judicial District such fee shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page.

(c) In the Seventeenth Judicial District such fee shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one line page and fifty cents for each copied page.

(d) In the Third Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page and for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases.

(e) In the Second, Fifth, and Eighteenth Judicial Districts, in all cases, except those to be filed in forma pauperis, a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page and each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(f) In the Twenty-Third Judicial District, in all cases, except those to be filed in forma pauperis, a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one line page and each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(g) In the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not be less than one dollar and fifty cents nor exceed two dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page.

(h) In the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not be less than one dollar and fifty cents nor exceed two dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one-line page.

(i) In the Twenty-First Judicial District, in all cases, except those to be filed in forma pauperis, a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one-line page and each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(j) In the Eighth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall be not less than one dollar and fifty cents nor exceed two dollars and fifty cents per thirty-one line page and a fee not to exceed fifty cents per copy per page of transcribed testimony.

(k) In the Fourth Judicial District, in all cases, except those to be filed in forma pauperis, a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one-line page and each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(l) In the Sixth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one line page and a fee not to exceed fifty cents per copy per page of transcribed testimony.

(m) In the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, parish of Bossier, in all cases a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each thirty-one line page and fifty cents for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(n) In the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page and for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases.

NOTE: Subparagraph (F)(1)(o) eff. until if and when the Judicial Council provides a favorable recommendation to the Louisiana Legislature. See Acts 2023, No. 52.

(o) In the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount of the fee which shall be paid to the court reporter for the transcription of each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not be less than one dollar and fifty cents and shall not exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents per thirty-one-line page and the amount of the fee per copy of each page of transcribed testimony, which shall not exceed twenty-five cents.

NOTE: Subparagraph (F)(1)(o) eff. if and when the Judicial Council provides a favorable recommendation to the Louisiana Legislature. See Acts 2023, No. 52.

(o) In the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount of the fee which shall be paid to the court reporter for the transcription of each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases and the amount of the fee per copy of each page of transcribed testimony.

(p) In the Eleventh Judicial District, a majority of the judges en banc shall determine the amount to be paid for each page and for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases in an amount not to exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents per page and in an amount not to exceed twenty-five cents per copy.

(q) In the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents for each thirty-two-line page and a fee not to exceed twenty-five cents per copy per page of transcribed testimony.

(r) In the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District, a majority of the judges en banc shall determine the amount to be paid for each page and for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed as required by law, which fee shall not exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents for each thirty-two-line page and a fee not to exceed twenty-five cents per copy per page of transcribed testimony.

(s) In the Thirty-Third Judicial District Court, in all civil and criminal appeals, a fee not to exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents per thirty-two-line page and twenty-five cents per copy reported and transcribed shall be charged by and be paid to the court reporter who reported and transcribed the testimony. These fees shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to any other salary and shall be taxed as costs of the case in which such testimony is taken.

(t) In the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District, the judge shall determine the amount to be paid for each page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases, which fee shall not exceed two dollars and seventy-five cents for each thirty-two-line page and a fee not to exceed twenty-five cents per copy per page of transcribed testimony.

(u) In the Twentieth Judicial District Court, a majority of the judges shall determine the amount to be paid for each page and for each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed in all cases.

NOTE: Subparagraph (F)(1)(v) eff. upon issuance of a recommendation by the Judicial Council. See Acts 2018, No. 447.

(v) In the Fifteenth Judicial District, in all cases, except those to be filed in forma pauperis, a fee determined by a majority of the judges for each page and each copied page of all testimony reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter.

(2) If the transcript is ordered to be filed prior to judgment, the payment of fees shall be made immediately upon the transcription of such evidence, and the court reporter shall not be required to file the transcript with the clerk before payment. The fees in civil cases shall be paid by the party requesting the matter to be reported and transcribed, except in pauper cases, and in criminal cases the fees shall be paid primarily by the defendant, except in indigent cases. If the party requesting the matter to be reported and transcribed fails or refuses to make such payment in civil cases, any other party in the suit may pay the same and have it assessed as costs.

(3)(a) If the transcript is ordered after judgment for purposes of appeal the following shall apply:

(i) In appeals by a pauper in civil cases and an indigent in criminal cases, the court reporter shall transcribe the testimony after the order of appeal is granted.

(ii) In all other civil appeals and criminal appeals, the court reporter shall transcribe the testimony after the deposit provided by Article 2126 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 914.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is made by the appellant.

(b)(i) Upon completion of the transcription, the court's reporter shall file the transcript with the clerk of court, together with a statement of the fees due in connection therewith.

(ii) Upon receipt of such statement and the transcript, the clerk shall pay the fees of the court reporter or, where the amount of the deposit is insufficient to pay all of the fees of the court reporter, the clerk shall make partial payment to the court reporter and shall serve notice of additional costs due upon the appellant in the manner provided by Article 2126 of the Code of Civil Procedure or Article 914.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(iii) Thereafter, upon receipt of the additional deposit, the clerk shall pay the remaining fee of the court reporter.

(4)(a) In civil pauper cases, the fees shall be assessed as costs and be paid by the party or parties ultimately cast in judgment as provided by Articles 5186, 5187, and 5188 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

(b) In indigent criminal cases, the fees shall be paid primarily from the criminal court fund, the indigent defender fund, or as otherwise provided by law upon approval by the judge and shall be assessed as costs.

G. The police jury of each of the parishes which comprise a judicial district for which court reporters are appointed shall furnish and provide the official court reporters with an office or a suitable place or accommodation equipped with the necessary office furniture and equipment for the reporting and transcription of any notes of evidence taken by the official court reporters. Each court reporter shall furnish all supplies, such as paper, carbon paper, shorthand pads, and all other supplies necessary for taking and transcribing said testimony; provided that additional salary or compensation, recording and transcribing machines, supplies and extra help may be provided to the court reporters for work in criminal court as required and as ordered by the judge, or by the judges en banc in judicial districts with more than one district judge, the cost thereof to be paid from the criminal court fund, or as otherwise provided by law and as ordered by the judges.

H. The official court reporter, reporting and transcribing any evidence taken in any case by the reporter, shall make out an itemized statement of the fees charged for reporting and transcribing the notes of evidence and shall deliver the original of the statement to the clerk of court of the parish where the suit is pending, and a copy to the party litigant requesting the evidence to be reported and transcribed, or to his attorney of record. The party litigant, except the plaintiff in pauper cases, shall immediately pay to the court reporter the fee charged.

I. This Section shall not repeal or supersede any other statute providing for the appointment or payment of official court reporters in any particular judicial district, but in such instances, this Section shall be construed as providing for an additional method of appointing court reporters.

Acts 1991, No. 920, §1; Acts 1992, No. 625, §1; Acts 1995, No. 785, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1161, §1; Acts 1997, No. 617, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 115, §1; Acts 1999, No. 451, §2; Acts 1999, No. 617, §1; Acts 2001, No. 818, §1; Acts 2001, No. 830, §1; Acts 2001, No. 969, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 119, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 158, §1; Acts 2005, No. 201, §1; Acts 2005, No. 211, §1; Acts 2006, No. 576, §1; Acts 2007, No. 2, §1, eff. June 8, 2007; Acts 2008, No. 220, §5, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 713, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2012, No. 189, §1; Acts 2018, No. 447, §1, See Act; Acts 2023, No. 52, §1, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:587.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 587.3
Nineteenth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter
Status: in_force

A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge groupings, the judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, with the consent of the judge of a division, may assign to that division criminal matters or civil matters or drug court matters or domestic violence matters or any or all types of matters of which the court has jurisdiction.

B. Notwithstanding any principal assignments to divisions, all divisions of the court shall retain general jurisdiction to hear all matters.

Acts 2003, No. 1213, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1247, §1; Acts 2022, No. 203, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3715.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3715.1
Medical or hospital records of a patient; subpoena duces tecum and court order to a health care provider; reimbursement for records produced
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto:

(1) Patient "records" shall not be deemed to include x-rays, electrocardiograms, and like graphic matter unless specifically referred to in the subpoena, summons, or court order.

(2) "Health care provider" shall mean a person, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution defined in R.S. 40:1231.1(A).

B. The exclusive method by which medical, hospital, or other records relating to a person's medical treatment, history, or condition may be obtained or disclosed by a health care provider, shall be pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:1165.1 or Code of Evidence Article 510, or a lawful subpoena or court order obtained in the following manner:

(1) A health care provider shall disclose records of a patient who is a party to litigation pursuant to a subpoena issued in that litigation, whether for purposes of deposition or for trial and whether issued in a civil, criminal, workers' compensation, or other proceeding, but only if the health care provider has received an affidavit of the party or the party's attorney at whose request the subpoena has been issued that attests to the fact that such subpoena is for the records of a party to the litigation and that notice of the subpoena has been mailed by registered or certified mail or delivered by commercial courier as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(D) to the patient whose records are sought, or, if represented, to his counsel of record, at least seven days prior to the issuance of the subpoena; and the subpoena is served on the health care provider at least seven days prior to the date on which the records are to be disclosed, and the health care provider has not received a copy of a petition or motion indicating that the patient has taken legal action to restrain the release of the records. If the requesting party is the patient or, if represented, the attorney for the patient, the affidavit shall state that the patient authorizes the release of the records pursuant to the subpoena. No such subpoena shall be issued by any clerk unless the required affidavit is included with the request.

(2) Any attorney requesting medical records of a patient, who is not a party to the litigation in which the records are being sought may obtain the records by written authorization of the patient whose records are being sought or if no such authorization is given, by court order, as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection.

(3) Any attorney requesting medical records of a patient who is deceased may obtain the records by subpoena, as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, by written authorization of the person authorized under Civil Code Article 2315.1 or the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate, or by court order, as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection.

(4) Any subpoena for medical records issued by the office of workers' compensation administration in Louisiana Works, or by a hearing officer or agent employed by such office, shall for all purposes be considered a subpoena within the meaning of this Section.

(5) A court shall issue an order for the production and disclosure of a patient's records, regardless of whether the patient is a party to the litigation, only: after a contradictory hearing with the patient, or, if represented, with his counsel of record, or, if deceased, with those persons identified in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, and after a finding by the court that the release of the requested information is proper; or with consent of the patient.

(6) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient which are maintained in connection with the performance of any program or activity relating to substance or alcohol abuse, education, training, treatment, rehabilitation, or research, which is conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted by any department or agency of the United States shall be confidential and disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized in 42 CFR Part 2. Under this Section, said programs shall include but not be limited to any alcohol or substance abuse clinic or facility operated by the Louisiana Department of Health. No subpoena or court order shall compel disclosure of any record or patient-identifying information of an individual who has applied for or been given diagnosis or treatment for alcohol or drug abuse in a federally assisted program, unless said court order or subpoena meets the criteria set forth in 42 CFR 2.61, 2.64, or 2.65. No health care provider, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for refusing to disclose protected alcohol and substance abuse records or patient-identifying information unless first presented with a valid consent signed by the individual, which complies with 42 CFR 2.31 or a court order and subpoena which complies with 42 CFR Part 2.

C. No health care provider, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for disclosure of the records of a patient pursuant to the procedure set forth in this Section, R.S. 40:1165.1, or Code of Evidence Article 510, provided that the health care provider has not received a copy of the petition or motion indicating that legal action has been taken to restrain the release of the records.

D. Unless the subpoena or court order otherwise specifies, it shall be sufficient compliance therewith if the health care provider delivers by registered or certified mail, at least forty-eight hours prior to the date upon which production is due, or delivers by hand on the date upon which production is due a true and correct copy of all records described in such subpoena. However, no subpoena or court order shall require the production of original, nonreproducible materials and records unless accompanied by a court order or stipulation of the parties and the health care provider which specifies the person who will be responsible for the care of the items to be produced, the date and manner of the return to the provider of the items to be produced, and that the items to be produced are not to be destroyed or subject to destructive testing. Any subpoena duces tecum not timely served shall be quashed by the trial court without the necessity of an appearance by the hospital, health care facility, or medical physician.

E. The records shall be accompanied by the certificate of the health care provider or other qualified witness, stating in substance each of the following:

(1) That the copy is a true copy of all records described in the subpoena.

(2) That the records were prepared by the health care provider in the ordinary course of the business of the health care provider at or near the time of the act, condition, or event.

F. If the health care provider has none of the records described, or only part thereof, the health care provider shall so state in the certificate, and deliver the certificate and such records as are available.

G. The health care provider shall be reimbursed by the person causing the issuance of the subpoena, summons, or court order in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:1165.1.

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no health care provider, as defined in R.S. 40:1165.1, shall be required to grant access to or copying of photographs, or both, of any minor or part of a minor's body who is alleged to be the victim of child sexual abuse unless a court of competent jurisdiction, after a contradictory hearing at which the health care provider may but need not be present, orders the health care provider to grant access to or copying of said photographs to the moving party's counsel of record or experts qualified in the medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse, or to both. The court's order granting the access to or copying of said photographs shall be limited to the movant's counsel of record or the experts qualified in the medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse, or both; shall be limited solely to use of said photographs for the purposes of trial preparation; shall prohibit further copying, reproduction, or dissemination of said photographs; and shall prohibit counsel of record or the experts qualified in the medical diagnosis of child sexual abuse from allowing any other person access to said photographs without court order and for good cause shown.

I. A coroner, deputy coroner, or other assistant, while acting in his official capacity relating to a physical or mental investigation and examination or an investigation into the cause and manner of a death, is exempt from complying with the provisions of this Section.

J. The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, Louisiana State Board of Psychologists, Louisiana State Board of Nursing, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners, Louisiana State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, and the Louisiana State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, while acting in an official capacity relating to an investigation of an individual over whom such board has regulatory authority shall be exempt from complying with the notice provisions of this Section when the subpoena clearly states that no notice or affidavit is required. Notwithstanding any privilege of confidentiality recognized by law, no health care provider or health care institution with which such health care provider is affiliated shall, acting under any such privilege, fail or refuse to respond to a lawfully issued subpoena of such board for any medical information, testimony, records, data, reports or other documents, tangible items, or information relative to any patient treated by such individual under investigation; however, the identity of any patient identified in or by such records or information shall be maintained in confidence by such board and shall be deemed a privilege of confidentiality existing in favor of any such patient. For the purpose of maintaining such confidentiality of patient identity, such board shall cause any such medical records or the transcript of any such testimony to be altered so as to prevent the disclosure of the identity of the patient to whom such records or testimony relates.

K. Any attorney who causes the issuance of a subpoena or court order for medical, hospital, or other records relating to a person's medical treatment, history, or condition and who intentionally fails to provide notice to the patient or to the patient's counsel of record in accordance with the requirements of this Section shall be subject to sanction by the court.

L. No provision of this Section shall preclude a patient from personally receiving a copy or synopsis of his medical records as provided by law.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 75, §1; Acts 1987, No. 802, §1; Acts 1992, No. 660, §1; Acts 1993, No. 988, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1250, §2; Acts 1999, No. 793, §1; Acts 2001, No. 375, §1; Acts 2001, No. 396, §1; Acts 2004, No. 252, §1; Acts 2006, No. 370, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2024, No. 185, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3863 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3863
Seizure of land in two or more parishes; execution of process
Status: in_force

Whenever a sheriff shall seize under process from any court, any tract of land situated in part in two or more parishes, he may execute the process upon the whole tract. In such cases the sheriff shall give the legal notices of the sale in each of the parishes into which it may extend. The sheriff's act of sale shall be recorded in each of the parishes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.72
Rules for conduct of business
Status: in_force

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

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

Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4436.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4436.3
Termination of mortgages resulting from judgments of appellate courts
Status: in_force

The court hearing the rule shall order the mortgage terminated and direct the recorder to erase the judgment from his records, if it finds that the appellate judgment was not executory when the proceedings for termination were filed, that the debtor has filed a bond guaranteeing payment of the judgment with the clerk in proper form and amount, and that the surety on the bond is qualified to act as surety.

Acts 1992, No. 1132, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.15
Salary of clerk
Status: in_force

The salary of the clerk shall be a minimum of $150.00 per month if the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is less than 10,000 and a minimum of $250.00 per month if the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is 10,000 or more. Such salary shall be paid in equal proportions by the town or city of Leesville and the police jury of the parish of Vernon, state of Louisiana, or in such proportions as they may determine.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §15.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5755 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5755
Excess insurance
Status: in_force

The interlocal risk management agency may enter into contracts for excess insurance, with the payment of premiums being made from the contributions of the participating coroners to the group self-insurance fund.

Acts 1999, No. 835, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1645 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1877 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1877
Marriage ceremony; judges' authority to perform
Status: in_force

Judges of city courts, at any place within the parish in which the court is situated, may perform any marriage for which a lawful Louisiana marriage license has been issued, regardless of the parish of issuance of the license.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 662, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 81
Short title; legislative intent
Status: in_force

A. This Part may be cited as the "Judicial Budget and Performance Accountability Act".

B.(1) It is the intent of this Part to encourage the judiciary to develop, implement, and maintain a budget and performance accountability system for those entities under the authority of the Judicial Budgetary Control Board. This system is intended to be based on ongoing strategic planning, the development of a management information system containing standard data elements and indicators, performance budgeting, performance reporting, and performance auditing.

(2) The legislature acknowledges that the development and implementation of the budget and performance accountability system is the responsibility of the judicial system acting under the supervisory and administrative authority of the supreme court. The legislature recognizes that the development of such a system will require the cooperation of elected judges, most of whose operating funding is provided by local governments. The legislature also recognizes that the development of such a system will require the cooperation of other elected officials, such as clerks of court and other judicial branch officers, who are not under the direct supervisory and administrative control of the supreme court and judicial system. Because of these complexities affecting the judicial branch, the legislature acknowledges that the development of the system will require time and good faith on the part of all parties. The legislature pledges its cooperation in assisting the supreme court to develop, implement, and maintain the budget and performance accountability system.

Acts 1999, No. 1176, §1, eff. July 9, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1457
Bailiffs of parish courts
Status: in_force

A. The judge of a parish court except in the parish of Ascension may appoint bailiffs for the parish court and fix their compensation. If the parish court has more than one division, the court may appoint bailiffs for each of the divisions.

B. The bailiff shall attend all sessions of the court and, under the direction of the court, shall open and close court at each session, shall maintain order and decorum in the courtroom, shall perform such other duties as are assigned to him by law or by the court. In addition, when requested to do so, the bailiff shall call all witnesses in the building whose testimony is desired by the court or by a party to a suit or other proceeding. In the performance of his duties, the bailiff shall have the powers of a deputy sheriff.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 778, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3734 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3734
Privileged communication between health care provider and patient
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Part:

(1) "Communication" means the acquiring, recording or transmittal, of any information, in any manner whatsoever, concerning any facts, opinions or statements necessary to enable the health care provider to diagnose, treat, prescribe or to act for the patients; said communications may include, but are not limited to any and all medical records, office records, hospital records, charts, correspondence, memoranda, laboratory tests and results, x-rays, photographs, financial statements, diagnoses and prognoses.

(2) "Health care provider" means a hospital, as defined in this Subsection, and means a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by the state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, hospital, dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse, pharmacist, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, physical therapist, psychologist, social worker, or licensed professional counselor and an officer, employee, or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his employment.

(3) "Hospital" means any hospital as defined in R.S. 40:2102; any "nursing home" or "home" as defined in R.S. 40:2009.2; or any health care provider's offices or clinics containing facilities for the examination, diagnosis, treatment or care of human illness.

(4) "Patient" means a natural person who receives health care from a licensed health care provider.

(5) "Representative" means the spouse, parent, tutor, curator, trustee, attorney or other legal agent of the patient.

B. In noncriminal proceedings, testimonial privileges, exceptions, and waiver with respect to communications between a health care provider and his patient are governed by the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

C. An action or proceeding described in Louisiana Code of Evidence Article 510(B)(2) which constitutes an exception for a health care provider to testify at a trial on the merits also shall be an exception for purposes of any discovery method authorized by Article 1421 et seq. of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

D. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the health care provider from disclosing privileged information by medical report either before or after any legal proceedings are instituted, provided that he is in receipt of a written authorization executed by the patient. If the health care provider knows or reasonably believes that the patient is physically or mentally incapable of authorizing release, the health care provider may disclose privileged information provided he is in receipt of a written authorization executed by a person authorized under R.S. 40:1299.40 to consent to medical treatment for the patient. Furthermore, when a patient is represented by an attorney and that attorney provides the health care provider with written authorization executed by the patient, the health care provider may disclose to the attorney any communication which was necessary to enable him to diagnose, treat, prescribe, or act for the patient and may provide to the attorney, as agent for the patient, any medical reports, X-rays, or any other written information the health care provider has regarding the patient, all without the necessity of complying with formal discovery.

E.(1) In addition to any other provision of law permitting the subpoena of health care provider records, a party may obtain the health care provider records and communications defined by Subsection A of this Section of a patient to the extent permitted by Louisiana Code of Evidence Article 510(B)(2)(i) pursuant to a lawful subpoena, summons, or court order served upon the custodian of records of the health care provider, in accordance with the requirements of R.S. 13:3715.1.

(2) No health care provider, custodian of records, officer, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for the disclosure of a patient's records including any communication defined by Subsection A of this Section to the extent permitted by Louisiana Code of Evidence Article 510(B)(2)(i) when that disclosure is made in accordance with R.S. 13:3715.1.

F. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when conducting any investigation, the coroner or his authorized agents or employees may review any medical or dental records which he deems relevant to the investigation. Such records may be made available to him by the custodian thereof without the necessity of authorization, subpoena, or court order. No health care provider, custodian of records, or officer, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for the disclosure of a patient's records, including any communication defined herein, when that disclosure is made pursuant to a request by the coroner or his authorized agents or employees.

G. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section or any other law to the contrary, an official of another state, whose functions are comparable to those of a coroner in this state and who is conducting an investigation in which Louisiana medical or dental records are material evidence, may request authorization for the release of those records from the coroner of the parish in which the custodian of the records is located. If the coroner determines that the requested records are relevant to the out-of-state investigation and the release of those records is appropriate, then the coroner shall authorize the custodian of those records to release those records to the requesting official. No health care provider, custodian of records, or officer, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for the disclosure of a patient's records, including any communication defined herein, pursuant to a release authorized by the coroner.

H. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when conducting any investigation, the coroner or his authorized agents or employees may obtain any blood, urine, or other biological fluids or samples which he deems relevant to the investigation, the records of which would otherwise be available to the coroner pursuant to Subsection F of this Section. Such blood, urine, or other biological fluids or samples may be made available to him by the custodian thereof without the necessity of authorization, subpoena, or court order. No health care provider, custodian of records, or officer, employee, or agent thereof shall be held civilly or criminally liable for the release of a deceased patient's blood, urine, or other biological fluids or samples, including any communication defined herein, when that disclosure is made pursuant to a request by the coroner or his authorized agents or employees.

Acts 1968, No. 499, §1; Amended by Acts 1977, No. 670, §1; Acts 1978, No. 430, §1; Acts 1985, No. 477, §1; Acts 1986, No. 496, §§1, 2, eff. July 2, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 892, §3, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 1990, No. 46, §1, eff. June 26, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 473, §1, eff. July 15, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 376, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1992, No. 395, §1; Acts 1993, No. 988, §§1 and 3; Acts 1999, No. 520, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1309, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2018, No. 144, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5225
Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part, except as otherwise specifically provided by Book VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall govern and regulate the procedure in proceedings in the program.

Acts 2021, No. 281, §1.

NOTE: See R.S. 13:5226 regarding termination of this Part on Aug. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3481 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3481
Service of any other process on secretary of state
Status: in_force

Service of any process other than citation in any case provided by R.S. 13:3479 shall be made by serving a copy thereof on the secretary of state, and such service shall be sufficient service upon any such non-resident.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3868 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3868
Same; execution on judgment
Status: in_force

Where final judgment is rendered in the litigation in favor of the seized debtor and it is not paid voluntarily by the party cast, then the seizing creditor may execute on the judgment as exists in favor of his debtor, and shall be paid therefrom the amount of his claim or so much as may be realized from the execution.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:475 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 475
Same; record of registry of court
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court shall keep in the clerk's office of each parish, a book substantially bound and known as record of the registry of the court in and for the parish and district concerned. There shall be recorded therein and properly indexed every order or judgment granted by a court of competent jurisdiction, either ordering a deposit into the registry of the court or the withdrawal therefrom of any deposit made, or other order concerning same. Each order shall be filed properly in the records of the clerk of court.

B. For maintaining the record of registry of the court, each clerk for the district court may charge a fee of one percent of the interest earned on all deposits into the registry, which fee shall be deposited into the clerk's fee fund each month. The clerk shall not charge any fee on any deposit of funds into the registry of court when a parish is asserting a claim to the funds on deposit. In the event the parish governing authority does not prevail in the suit, then the clerk of court may deduct from the fund a sum equal to one percent per annum on the interest earned on the deposited funds.

Acts 1991, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4204
United States courts; recorded judgments as judicial mortgages
Status: in_force

All judgments rendered by United States courts of original jurisdiction in Louisiana, or those registered in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §1963, when recorded in the mortgage records of any parish shall rank as judicial mortgages against all of the immovable property of the judgment debtor situated in the parish to the same extent and effect given by Louisiana law to the recorded judgments of the courts of this state.

Acts 1988, No. 986, §1.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4792 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4792
Decision by judge when jury fail to render verdict
Status: in_force

If the jury do not agree, or fail to render a verdict either for the plaintiff or defendant, the jury shall be discharged, and the case shall be immediately submitted to the judge upon the pleadings and evidence already on file, as if the case had been originally tried without the intervention of the jury. The judge shall decide the case at once, without any further proceedings, arguments, continuance or delay.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4261.302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4261.302
Reporting of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation
Status: in_force

If a person who receives a copy of a supported decisionmaking agreement or is aware of the existence of a supported decisionmaking agreement and has cause to believe that the adult is being abused, neglected, or exploited by a supporter, the person shall report the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation to any adult protection agency or any local or state law enforcement agency.

Acts 2020, No. 258, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5082 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5082
Duty to produce books, papers and documents; when facts taken as confessed
Status: in_force

Whenever any defendant against whom suit has been filed in accordance with R.S. 13:5081 is notified properly that any of the books, papers, or documents belonging to the defendant corporation, joint stock association, copartnership or individual are wanted before the court, or special commissioner, as provided in R.S. 13:5081, and of what the state expects to prove thereby, the defendant therein shall produce and present, or shall cause to be produced and presented, as required in the notice, all such books, papers and documents belonging to any such defendant or under his control as may be specified in the notice, in court or before the special commissioner, at the time and place specified. If the defendant fails or refuses to comply with this Section, the court, upon the motion of the prosecuting officer representing the state, shall order that the facts contained in the statement of what the state expects to prove, be taken as confessed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2562.27 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2562.27
Parish courts; Jefferson Parish; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any fines, forfeitures, costs, or penalties, a judge in a parish court within Jefferson Parish, with a specialized alcohol division or a judge in a parish court that has within the judicial district a specialized alcohol division as defined in this Section, may assess the following additional costs to any person convicted of the following offenses:

(1) One hundred dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:98 or 98.1, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

(2) One hundred dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:99, or any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

(3) Fifty dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:92, 93.11, 93.12, or 333, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the purchase or public possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of twenty-one years old.

(4) Twenty-five dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:91.7, 103, or 107, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting public drinking, public possession of alcohol, or appearing in an intoxicated condition in public.

(5) Twenty-five dollars for a violation of R.S. 32:300, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the possession of open alcoholic beverage containers in vehicles.

(6) Twenty-five dollars for all other convictions of a felony, misdemeanor, or any municipal or parochial ordinance, including a traffic felony, misdemeanor, or a local traffic violation where the use of alcohol was a factor in the commission of the crime.

B. For purposes of this Section, a parish court with a specialized alcohol division is defined as a parish court that designates by court rule a division or section of the court which has subject matter jurisdiction for alcohol-related offenses, including but not limited to driving while intoxicated, and is also certified by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the Louisiana Supreme Court.

C. Any parish court with a specialized alcohol division or section shall establish a fund to deposit all costs collected pursuant to this Section. All funds collected shall be used solely for the purposes of funding the designated and approved alcohol or driving while intoxicated division or section and any treatment programs and administrative expenses associated with the program.

Acts 2014, No. 669, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2105
Opelousas; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition
Status: in_force

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

B. The clerk shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section in the general fund of the court, special cost account, to be used to supplement the operational expenses of the court. The expenditure of funds shall be at the sole discretion of the judge of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the court's annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available for public inspection.

C. The assessment and disposition of any funds pursuant to this Section shall not affect the responsibilities of the city and parish governing authority provided by law for the financing of the Opelousas City Court.

Acts 1992, No. 1101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1336 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1336
Criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction; powers; probation officers
Status: in_force

A. The criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the trial and punishment of all crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses committed within the parish of Orleans if the jurisdiction is not vested by law in some other court.

B. The judges of the criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans shall have power to act as committing magistrates in all felony charges and to hold preliminary examinations, with authority to bail, or discharge, or to hold for trial, in all cases before said court. They also may adopt all necessary rules with respect thereto.

C.(1) Pursuant to the authority vested by Sections 16 and 32 of Article V of the Constitution, the criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans is hereby vested with additional jurisdiction of certain cases previously under the jurisdiction of the civil district court for the Parish of Orleans as provided for in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) The criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans shall have exclusive jurisdiction over civil commitment proceedings when the court determines a mentally defective defendant, who is under the jurisdiction of the court on pending criminal charges but is incapable of standing trial, is a danger to himself or others, and is unlikely in the foreseeable future to be capable of standing trial.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 144, §1; Acts 1995, No. 304, §1; Acts 2005, No. 174, §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 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4288 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4288
Property not released or lien discharged by return of writ
Status: in_force

The return of any writ of fieri facias, on the return day thereof, shall in no case operate as a release of the seizure of property made under such writ, or as a discharge of any lien acquired by service of such a writ, unless the property so seized is duly sold, or unless such seizure is released by order of the party in whose favor it was made, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:842.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 842.1
Pilot program; flat filing fees; Ninth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court of Rapides Parish may establish a pilot program to provide for a schedule of flat filing fees in the Ninth Judicial District Court. Pursuant to this program the clerk of court may demand and receive filing fees for the following actions:

(1) Administration, one hundred dollars.

(2) Adoption, eighty-five dollars.

(3) Annulment, eighty-five dollars.

(4) Change of name, eighty-five dollars.

(5) Clerk's docket, eighty-five dollars.

(6) Commitment, eighty-five dollars.

(7) Concursus, two hundred dollars.

(8) Contract, one hundred fifty dollars.

(9) Curatorship, eighty-five dollars.

(10) Damages, two hundred twenty-five dollars.

(11) Divorce, one hundred fifty dollars.

(12) Domestic, one hundred fifty dollars.

(13) Emancipation, eighty-five dollars.

(14) Eviction, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(15) Executory process, two hundred dollars.

(16) Expropriation, three hundred dollars.

(17) Forfeiture, one hundred dollars.

(18) Injunction, two hundred fifty dollars.

(19) Interdiction, one hundred fifty dollars.

(20) Judgment executory, one hundred dollars.

(21) Judicial review, one hundred seventy-five dollars.

(22) Mandamus, one hundred fifty dollars.

(23) Minor's settlement, eighty-five dollars.

(24) Miscellaneous, one hundred fifty dollars.

(25) Monition, eighty-five dollars.

(26) Notice of application of administration, two hundred twenty-five dollars.

(27) Open account, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(28) Partition by licitation, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(29) Paternity, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(30) Personal injury, two hundred fifty dollars.

(31) Petition for appeal-judicial review, eighty-five dollars.

(32) Probate, one hundred fifty dollars.

(33) Recognition and possession, seventy-five dollars.

(34) Reinstatement-driver's license, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(35) Rule to show cause, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(36) Search for will, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(37) Sequestration, two hundred fifty dollars.

(38) Suit on note, one hundred twenty-five dollars.

(39) Tutorship, one hundred dollars.

(40) Writ of habeas corpus, eighty-five dollars.

B.(1) The filing fees provided for in Subsection A shall be only those fees that are due to the clerk's office and no others. The clerk shall not be responsible for the collection of costs due to any entity or person other than his office, sheriff's fees, and fees assessed for the Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund and for the judicial expense fund. All other costs associated with the action shall be paid by the attorney or proper person to the entity or person who is entitled to such costs. When the judgment is prepared the court shall approve an affidavit of expenses and shall tax these expenses as costs, which shall be collected from the party cast.

(2) The fees shall be nonrefundable and there shall be no additional fees. However, if a new suit folder must be opened on the same suit by the clerk of court, the clerk may petition the court to impose another filing fee in the same amount as the original filing fee.

C. The monies collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited in a special fund separate from all other clerk of court funds. The clerk shall keep accurate records and the clerk shall cause to be conducted 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.

D. The pilot program authorized by this Section shall be effective for a period of two years, unless extended by the legislature.

Acts 1991, No. 211, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:786 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 786
Advances
Status: in_force

Whenever the receipts and earnings of the clerk's office are insufficient to provide for the normal salaries and expenses of the office, the police jury of the parish may advance to the clerk's salary fund such funds as may be necessary to pay these expenses.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2500 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2500
Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters
Status: in_force

A. The judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and their clerks and court reporters may administer oaths and the judges may compel witnesses to appear and testify.

B. The court shall possess inherently all powers necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction and the enforcement of its lawful orders including the authority to issue such writs and orders as may become necessary and the court has the power to punish for contempt, as provided in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 20 through 25 as the same may from time to time be amended, which articles define contempt and prescribe the penalties therefor.

C. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 304, §2.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 760, §1, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 268, §1, eff. July 10, 1979; Acts 1992, No. 1070, §1; Acts 2004, No. 834, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, No. 304, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2616 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2616
Territorial jurisdiction; Bienville Parish justice of the peace courts
Status: in_force

A. Effective January 1, 2003, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts in Bienville Parish shall be based on and correspond to the district and precinct system adopted on October 28, 1991, by the police jury of Bienville Parish in its reapportionment resolution Ordinance No. 3 as follows:

(1) The first justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and 6-1C.

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

(3) The third justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 6-1, 6-1A, 6-1B, 6-2, 6-2A, 6-3, 6-4, and 6-5.

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

(5) The fifth justice of the peace district and court shall consist of Precincts 7-1, 7-1A, 7-2, 7-2A, 7-3, 7-4, and 7-4A.

B. The persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts at the 2002 congressional election and their successors to office shall be elected from the districts provided in this Section.

Acts 1999, No. 237, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4987 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4987
Definitions
Status: in_force

The term "co-owner" as used in R.S. 13:4985 through R.S. 13:4990 is defined as the owner of any interest in the real property partitioned or any interest affecting such real property which renders such co-owner a proper party to a partition thereof.

Acts 1952, No. 403, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.11
Eleventh judicial district
Status: in_force

The eleventh judicial district court shall have one judge.

Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2075 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2075
Jennings; employment of marshal as police officer
Status: in_force

The city of Jennings may employ the marshal of the city court of Jennings as a full-time or a part-time police officer for the city, and may pay him additional compensation therefor. This employment, which may be discontinued at any time, shall not interfere with his duties as marshal of the city court.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1872 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1872
City courts and judges; abolition of office of justice of the peace and constable; submission of proposition to electors; election and terms of office; Donaldsonville excepted; Houma City Court territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A.(1) In all wards where city courts exist and in wards containing cities of more than five thousand inhabitants, except in the city of Donaldsonville, the voters thereof shall elect a city judge, upon whose election the jurisdiction of justice of the peace and constable in that portion of the ward or wards in which the city is contained shall cease; however, in the parish of Terrebonne the offices of justice of the peace and constable shall not be abolished in a ward by reason of the election of a city judge in the ward if fifty percent or less of the population of the ward resides within the city limits, and in such case the justice of the peace court and the city court shall each have territorial jurisdiction throughout such ward, and any justice of the peace court heretofore operating in such a ward and the office of constable thereof are retained.

No city judge shall be elected in the city of Donaldsonville until after the question of creating the court shall have been submitted to the electors residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the proposed court for their approval or rejection in a special election. Such a special election shall be called by the board of supervisors of elections of the parish upon request of the governing authority of the city of Donaldsonville, and the governing authority shall request the calling of a special election upon its own motion or within fifteen days of the receipt of a petition requesting said election signed by twenty-five percent of the electors qualified to vote in such an election. Such election shall be called within ninety days of the receipt by the board of such a request, provided that no such proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the city of Donaldsonville more often than once in two years. The proposition upon the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: Shall the city court of Donaldsonville, parish of Ascension, be created having territorial jurisdiction over those portions of Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4 lying within the corporate limits of the city of Donaldsonville.

( ) YES

( ) NO

If a majority of the electors voting thereon shall vote for the proposition then the governor shall call a special election which shall be held within ninety days thereafter, at which there shall be elected a judge and marshal of the city court of Donaldsonville who shall serve for the remainder of the term of office of judges of city courts as provided by Subsection B of this Section, and whose successors shall thereafter be elected and shall serve for terms of office as provided in this Subpart of this Chapter.

(2) No such judge shall be elected in wards of more than 50,000 inhabitants containing cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants until after the question of creating the court shall have been submitted to the electors residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the proposed court for their approval or rejection in a special election. Such a special election shall be called by the board of supervisors of elections of the parish upon request of the governing authority of any city of over 5,000 inhabitants located in such a ward, such election to be called within ninety days of the receipt by the board of such a request, provided that no such proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the ward more often than once in two years. The proposition upon the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the City Court of ____________ be created

having territorial jurisdiction over all of Wards(s)

( ) YES

__________ of the Parish of _______________

( ) NO

If a majority of the electors voting thereon shall vote for the proposition, then at the first congressional election thereafter there shall be elected a judge and marshal of the city court so created, who shall serve for the remainder of the term of office of judges of city courts as provided by Subsection B of this Section, and whose successors shall thereafter be elected and shall serve for terms of office as provided in this Sub-Part of this Chapter.

B. The judges of the city courts, whether these courts are presently in existence or are subsequently created, the judges of the city court of Baton Rouge excepted, shall be elected for terms of six years at the congressional election for representatives beginning with the judges elected at the congressional election for representatives in the year 1960.

C. The terms of office of city court judges, whether their respective offices are presently in existence or are subsequently created, the judges of the city court of Baton Rouge excepted, shall expire on the 31st day of December in the year 1966, and every six years thereafter.

D. The judges of the city court of Baton Rouge shall be elected for terms of four years at such times and in the manner provided in the applicable provisions of the plan of government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge. The first term of the additional judge provided for by Act 252 of 1958 shall commence on January 1, 1961 and shall terminate on December 31, 1964, unless otherwise provided in the applicable provisions of the plan of government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge.

E. The territorial jurisdiction of the city court of Houma shall extend throughout the parish of Terrebonne.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 130, §1; Acts 1970, No. 29, §1, emerg. eff. June 18, 1970, at 11:30 A.M.; Acts 1979, No. 727, §2; Acts 1980, No. 577, §1; Acts 1983, No. 169, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1815 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1815
Jurisdiction to modify determination
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:1816, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under R.S. 13:1813(A)(1) or (2) and:

(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under R.S. 13:1814 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under R.S. 13:1819; or

(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5973 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5973
Disbursements from district funds
Status: in_force

All funds collected by a district from indebtedness shall be paid into a special fund to be established by the clerk of court and applied in accordance with law. Expenditures from the fund shall be subject to the public bid laws of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2006, No. 674, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9603 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.59 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.59
Civil matters; costs
Status: in_force

In all civil matters, in addition to any other costs or fees provided by law, the city judge may assess an additional cost of court in an amount not to exceed ten dollars.

Acts 1986, No. 506, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1137 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1137
Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans has the same civil jurisdiction as the district courts throughout the state, except as otherwise provided by law.

B. The court has appellate jurisdiction over all cases tried in the city courts of New Orleans where the amount in dispute, value of the movable property involved, or fund to be distributed does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. These appeals shall be tried de novo by a single judge, and without a jury; however, the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans may provide by rule that no evidence shall be admitted on the trial de novo which was not offered in the city court unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the party offering it such evidence could not have been produced at the trial in the city court.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 62, §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 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5807
Fees and costs
Status: in_force

A. Constables and marshals, except in Orleans Parish and as provided by R.S. 13:5807.1, 5807.3, 5807.4, and 5807.5, shall be entitled to the following fees of office, and no more, in civil matters:

(1) For making service or attempted service and return of citation with or without petition on each defendant, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(2) For making service or attempted service and return of supplemental or amended petition with or without accompanying citation, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(3) For making service or attempted service of interrogatories and notice of cross interrogatories, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(4) For making service or attempted service and return of garnishment under writ of fieri facias, a minimum of twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(5) For making service or attempted service and return of writ of attachment on each witness, a minimum of nine dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(6) For executing writ of sequestration, provisional seizures, or distringas, in each case, a minimum of twelve dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars. For service of each notice to defendant and return thereon in connection with execution of any of the writs covered by this Paragraph, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(7) For taking bond authorized by law, thirteen dollars and fifty cents.

(8) For making service or attempted service and return of notice of judgment, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(9) For making service or attempted service and return of citation and petition of appeal and order, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(10) For return of fieri facias, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(11) For making service or attempted service and return of citations requiring personal service, a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars, specifically rule nisi, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, judgment debtor.

(12) For keeping property when a keeper or guardian is required, the marshal or constable shall be allowed the actual amount paid the keeper appointed by him, but not to exceed sixty dollars for each eight hours of keeping; and in all cases in which property under seizure is of a nature requiring the constant attention of the marshal or constable, he may appoint one or more additional keepers for which allowance shall be made on the basis set forth above.

(13) For collecting money for execution of order of seizure and sale, six percent, with a minimum of twelve dollars and fifty cents on each execution of order of seizure and sale.

(14) For collecting money for execution of a writ, without either seizure or sale, six percent, with a minimum of twelve dollars and fifty cents on each execution or order of writ.

(15) For any services rendered or duties performed by the marshals or constables not otherwise herein specially provided for, they shall be entitled to a fee or commission to be determined by agreement with the parties in interest or fixed by the court by rule tried in a summary manner in term time or in vacation.

(16) For service and making return of any rule, order of court, or notice on any party to a suit or other proceeding, or after judgment rendered, where return of service is made by the constable or marshal, including service or notice of release of seizure, and other than those herein otherwise provided for, a minimum of ten dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars for each service; for service of a judgment debtor rule, a fee of a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(17) For service of subpoena on each witness and making return thereof, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(18) For service of attachment on a witness or for service on any person for contempt of court to be brought into court and for return thereon, a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(19) For service of citation and petition of appeal for each party on whom service is directed to be made and for making return thereof, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(20) For making seizure under writ of fieri facias, making and serving notice of seizure on one party, and making a copy for recordation in the mortgage records when necessary or required and for returns thereon, for all, fourteen dollars and fifty cents. For service of each notice of seizure and return thereon in connection with execution of writ of fieri facias, ten dollars.

(21) For executing writ of arrest and making return thereon, a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(22) For serving writ of injunction, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, or notice of demand and making return thereon, in each case a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(23) For executing writ of habeas corpus and making return thereon, to be charged in civil cases only, a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(24) For serving notice of seizure and sale on one party and making a copy for recordation in the mortgage records, when necessary or required, and for making return for all, a minimum of fourteen dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars. For service of each additional notice of seizure and return, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(25) For advertising sale under writ of fieri facias, seizure and sale, or other order of court, the rates established by the newspaper.

(26) For preparing advertisement for newspapers, for each one hundred words or part thereof, a minimum of eleven dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(27) For each deed of conveyance of immovable property, thirty-three dollars and fifty cents, in addition to the cost of registering the deed in the conveyance office and of recording it in the office of the clerk of the district court.

(28) For each proces verbal of the sale of movable or immovable property, sixteen dollars and fifty cents.

(29)(a) For executing writ of possession and writ of ejectment, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(b)(i) For service of each notice to vacate on defendant or occupants, a minimum of ten dollars and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(ii) If the defendant or occupants do not vacate the premises named in the writ upon service of notice to vacate and the marshal or constable is required to do anything further to obtain possession, he shall be entitled to an additional fee of a minimum of ten dollars and fifty cents and a maximum of thirty dollars.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to bar the marshals or constables from charging and collecting for cost of labor and other costs and expenses actually paid or incurred by them in order to obtain possession of the premises described in the writ.

(30)(a) In all cases where the marshals or constables have in their possession for execution a writ of fieri facias, a writ of seizure and sale, or any conservatory or other writ, under which property is or may be seized:

(i) When there has been an adjudication that is not completed as a result of instructions given by the plaintiff in writ or for any other reason.

(ii) When the plaintiff in writ receives cash or other consideration, or both, pursuant to judgment rendered in suit in which the writ issued, without the necessity of judicial sale.

(iii) When the suit in which the writ issued is discontinued by the plaintiff in writ.

(iv) When, at the request of the plaintiff in writ, the writ is recalled or dissolved or its further execution discontinued.

(v) When the parties in interest make an amicable settlement or compromise, or enter into any other agreement, under the terms of which the writ is recalled or dissolved or its further execution discontinued, the marshals or constables shall be entitled to receive a fee or commission as in the case of a sale.

(b) The fee or commission provided for in this Paragraph shall be due and payable under the circumstances above set forth even though there has only been a constructive seizure or where property seized under any of the writs enumerated in this Paragraph has been released on bond.

(c) In a case where there has been an amicable settlement by compromise or otherwise but no judgment rendered, the fee or commission shall be due and payable in solido by all parties to the compromise agreement or settlement who may be proceeded against by the marshals or constables by rule to be tried in a summary manner in term time or in vacation.

B. Sixty percent of any funds collected in excess of the minimum fees authorized by Paragraphs (A)(1) through (11) of this Section and Paragraphs (A)(16) through (29) of this Section shall be deposited in the equipment and training fund of this Section. The money designated to be deposited in the equipment and training fund shall be used to assist in the purchasing or updating of necessary equipment and officer training to carry out the efficient performance of all duties imposed by law on constables and marshals. The equipment and training fund shall be subject to and included in the constables' and marshals' annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available to the public.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 161, §1; Acts 1968, No. 245, §1; Acts 1978, No. 142, §1; Acts 1979, No. 608, §1; Acts 1980, No. 566, §1; Acts 1984, No. 506, §1; Acts 1988, No. 833, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 117, §2; Acts 1999, No. 1345, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1704 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2018, No. 457, §1; Acts 2019, No. 166, §1; Acts 2020, No. 63, §1; Acts 2021, No. 374, §3, eff. June 16, 2021.

NOTE: See Acts 1999, No. 1345, §5 concerning severability.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2563.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2563.13
Prosecution of criminal cases
Status: in_force

All criminal cases shall be prosecuted by the district attorney for the Twenty-Third Judicial District, or through an assistant appointed by him.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1338 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1338
Transfer of cases
Status: in_force

A. All pending cases filed in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans over civil commitment proceedings where the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans has determined a mentally defective defendant is incapable of standing trial, is a danger to himself or others, and is unlikely in the foreseeable future to be capable of standing trial are hereby transferred to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans for further proceedings in accordance with law. A judge of the civil district court or the criminal district court on his own motion, or upon motion by the district attorney of Orleans Parish or the attorney of the defendant, may have such case transferred upon the signing of the order to transfer by either a judge of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans or a judge of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Upon the signing of such an order, the clerk of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans or the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans shall effect delivery of the record to the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, who shall receipt the same and properly file it in his office. The Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans shall hear and dispose of the case with the same legal effect as if it had been instituted in that court in the first instance.

B. With respect to cases and jurisdiction transferred according to this Section, the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans is vested with the power and authority to serve all notices, subpoenas, papers, writs, and orders and to make proper return thereto to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans.

Acts 2005, No. 174, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5801
Proper bond not to operate as mortgage
Status: in_force

If the bond of the constable, except in Orleans Parish, is given with three good and solvent sureties, bound in solido, residing within the parish wherein the constable is to exercise the functions of his office, or with an approved surety company, and the bond is then approved by the judge of the district court for the parish, the bond shall not be recorded in the mortgage records and shall not operate as a mortgage on any property of the constable, or on any surety thereon.

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1701 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5834 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5834
Failure of constable to turn over property
Status: in_force

Each constable shall pay over or deliver to the parties entitled to the same, all money, bonds or obligations, which he holds in his official capacity, on the first demand; and in case of neglect or refusal to comply, the party aggrieved may proceed, by motion, against the constable and his sureties, of which reasonable notice shall be given; and if it appears that the constable has neglected or refused to pay over any funds or deliver any obligation in his possession to the party entitled to the same, without any legal cause, the judge shall render judgment in solido against the constable and his sureties.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 461, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1744 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3383
Costs
Status: in_force

A defendant shall not be required to prepay costs to file an answer to a claim for defamation of character, libel, slander, or damage to reputation referenced in R.S. 13:3381.

Acts 2018, No. 359, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2154.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2154.2
Clerk of First City Court of the City of New Orleans; vacancy
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs in the office of clerk of the First City Court of the City of New Orleans, the duties of the office, until it is filled by election as provided by law, shall be assumed by the chief deputy clerk. If there is no chief deputy clerk when the vacancy occurs, the governing authority of the parish of Orleans shall appoint a qualified person to assume the duties of the office until filled by election.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 10, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1571.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1571.8
Supervision under out of state court order
Status: in_force

A. Upon receiving a request of a juvenile court of another state to provide supervision of a child under the jurisdiction of that court, a court of this state may issue its written acceptance to the requesting court and designate its probation or other appropriate officer who is to provide supervision, stating the probable cost per day therefor.

B. Upon the receipt and filing of a certified copy of the order of the requesting court placing the child under the supervision of the officer so designated, the officer shall arrange for the reception of the child from the requesting court, provide supervision pursuant to the order and to this chapter, and report thereon from time to time, and he may make known any recommendations he may have to the requesting court.

C. The court of this state is authorized to terminate supervision at any time by notifying the requesting court. In that event, or if the supervision is terminated at the suggestion of the requesting court, the probation officer supervising the child shall return the child to a representative of the requesting court authorized to receive him.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 140, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2488.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2488.32
Vacancy
Status: in_force

In the event there is a vacancy in the office of the city judge, because of death, resignation or otherwise, the office shall be filled as provided by law.

Acts 1970, No. 424, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5773 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5773
St. Tammany Parish; coroner; ad valorem tax; compensation of coroner and employees
Status: in_force

A.(1) The sheriff of St. Tammany Parish shall collect and transfer to the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish all tax revenues from the ad valorem tax levied by St. Tammany Parish for coroner purposes and approved by a majority of the electors of the parish at an election held for that purpose on November 2, 2004, including any extensions or renewals.

(2) The St. Tammany Parish coroner's office shall transfer all funds on hand received from the ad valorem tax to the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish, less and except amounts needed for operation for the remainder of calendar year 2024, with the amount being determined by the St. Tammany Parish Department of Finance.

B. The revenues transferred to the governing authority pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be deposited into a special account and expended solely for the purposes set forth in the ad valorem tax proposition approved by the voters on November 2, 2004, less and except St. Tammany Parish's administrative fees, costs associated with administration of the ad valorem tax levied, St. Tammany Parish's costs associated with oversight of the St. Tammany Parish coroner's office including expert fees and costs of investigations and audits, and amounts necessary to service bonds or other debt obligations secured by the ad valorem tax. St. Tammany Parish shall be considered to have fully and completely met its obligations to fund the St. Tammany Parish coroner's office as set forth in R.S. 13:5706 and 5710 for the life of the ad valorem tax. Until the expiration of the ad valorem tax, and notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, St. Tammany Parish shall not be obligated to pay any other fee or cost, and all obligations to the coroner are limited as provided for in this Subsection.

C.(1) All salaries or fees associated with the operation of the coroner's office shall be funded and paid from revenues collected pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.

(2) An annual salary shall be established by the governing authority of the parish of St. Tammany to be paid to the coroner in lieu of all fees for his services as parish coroner, ex officio parish physician, or health officer. The salary shall be the average of the salaries of the St. Tammany Parish sheriff, assessor, and clerk.

(3) The coroner shall establish an annual salary for the deputy or assistant coroners, secretaries, stenographers, clerks, technicians, investigators, official photographers, or other employees.

D. The office of the coroner of St. Tammany Parish shall not own or acquire immovable property. Any and all immovable property, including buildings, component parts, and other appurtenances, previously owned by St. Tammany Parish and transferred to the St. Tammany Parish coroner's office shall be transferred to the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish free and clear of all mortgages, liens, or other encumbrances within six months of June 10, 2024.

E. Within six months of June 10, 2024, the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish and the St. Tammany Parish coroner's office shall enter into a restated cooperative endeavor agreement, including but not limited to the following provisions:

(1) Requiring use of all tax revenues in strict conformity with the tax proposition approved by the voters.

(2) Requiring compliance with public bid and procurement laws.

Acts 2024, No. 526, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5763 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5763
Tax proceeds; compensation of coroner and employees
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district and in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(1) An annual salary shall be paid to the coroner for his services as Webster Parish coroner or ex officio parish physician or health officer. The coroner's salary shall be payable on his own warrant.

(2) All salaries or fees of deputy or assistant coroners, secretaries, stenographers, clerks, technicians, investigators, official photographers, or other assistants shall be paid from the proceeds of the tax.

(3) All necessary expenses incidental to and associated with the operation and functions of the coroner's office including maintenance, utilities, equipment, supplies, goods, and services shall be paid in accordance with the budget of the office of the coroner.

(4) The parish governing authority or any local municipality shall not be obligated to pay any fee or cost associated with the operation and administration of the coroner's office.

Acts 2015, No. 346, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:982 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 982
Court reporters for the Fortieth Judicial District Court
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each judge of the Fortieth Judicial District may appoint a court reporter for his division, which reporter shall hold office until it is declared vacated by the judge making such appointment.

(2) The judges of the Fortieth Judicial District, sitting en banc and with approval of the governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish, may appoint additional qualified court reporters as they deem necessary, who shall serve at the pleasure of the court en banc and may be assigned to the various divisions of the court, or to the grand jury, as the court en banc may direct.

B. Each court reporter appointed under the provisions of this Section shall be required to take an oath of office and furnish bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The bond shall be in favor of the judges of the Fortieth Judicial District Court for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetence or neglect of duty by the court reporter. The bond shall be recorded and filed in the office of the clerk of court. Any party litigant shall have the right to sue on said bond for any damages sustained through any wrongful act or neglect of duty by the court reporter in the performance of his duties as official court reporter.

C. The court reporters shall report in shorthand, stenotype, by recording machine, or in any recognized manner, and transcribe into longhand by typing or printing all the testimony taken in all civil appealable cases and shall furnish for the purposes of appeal the necessary copies of the testimony required by law.

D. The court reporters shall work concurrently under the direction and supervision of the judges appointing them, according to the needs of the judicial district, in the interest of expediting the business before the court.

E. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1247, §2.

F. The court reporters shall receive a monthly salary to be fixed and determined by the judges of the Fortieth Judicial District sitting en banc, upon approval of the parish governing authority. The salaries shall be paid out of the general fund of the parish of St. John the Baptist. The parish governing authority shall budget the salaries in its budget of annual expenses. Upon approval by the court, a portion thereof may be paid out of the criminal court cost fund.

G.(1)(a) In all civil cases, a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per original page of transcript and fifty cents per page for copies reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter for reports and for transcribing the testimony which shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein, and shall be taxed as costs of the suit in which the testimony is taken to be collected by the clerk of court, except in pauper cases;

(b) Payment of the fees shall be made primarily by the appellant immediately upon the transcription of the evidence, and the court reporter shall not be required to file the transcript with the clerk of court before payment.

(2) Should the appellant fail or refuse to make such payment, the appellee or any other party to the suit may make the same and have it assessed as costs.

(3) Even though counsel may attempt to procure a transcript of the entire record by alleging that the entire record is necessary to support a motion for a new trial, the trial judge shall not order the entire transcript to be typed unless he deems it indispensable to the record of the motion or proceedings.

H.(1)(a) In all pauper cases under C.C.P. Art. 5181 et seq., the parish governing authority shall pay to the court reporter for the transcribing of testimony, when an appeal is taken or upon order of the judge, one-half of the amount as would otherwise be required to be paid by the party who is proceeding in forma pauperis.

(b) Such amount shall be paid at the time the transcription is filed, but only upon the written approval and order of the judge.

(c) Such payments by the parish shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for any one year.

(2) The parish governing authority upon making payment to any court reporter pursuant to this Section shall be legally subrogated to the rights of the court reporter as to all sums so paid for the transcription of testimony in pauper cases.

(3) All judgments in cases in which the pauper shall be cast for costs, together with the statement of such costs, shall be recorded by the clerk of court in the mortgage records of the parish and such judgments when so recorded shall operate as judicial mortgages in favor of the parish governing authority.

I.(1) The court reporters shall record such criminal proceedings as may be required by law or as ordered by the court.

(2)(a) No fee shall be charged for taking evidence on assignments of error, motions, or other pleadings in criminal cases, unless approved by the presiding judge.

(b) When so approved, any such payment may be made from the St. John Parish Council General Fund and a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per original page of transcript and fifty cents per page for additional copies may be charged in criminal cases.

(c) In such cases, however, only properly designated portions of the record shall be transcribed.

J. The parish governing authority shall furnish and provide the court reporters with any office supplies necessary for the reporting and transcription of any notes of evidence taken by the court reporters. Each court reporter shall be responsible for all traveling expenses and other expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.

K. The court reporters shall file and maintain their notes for a period of one year after judgment has become final.

L. The clerk of court shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of C.C.P. Art. 5181 et seq.

Acts 1984, No. 544, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2003, No. 1247, §§1 and 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5087 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5087
Facts declared to be evidence tending to establish monopoly
Status: in_force

The fact that any corporation doing business in this state and in other states and engaged in this state and in other states in buying the products of such states in any market thereof, is systematically and without serious and substantial reasons therefor, paying a smaller price for the products of Louisiana than for the similar products of such other states, shall be considered as evidence in any proceeding to enforce the anti-trust laws of this state against such corporation, tending to establish the charge of monopoly or restraint of trade or commerce or business. Likewise, proof that such defendant discriminates against the product made or grown in Louisiana in favor of the similar product made or grown in foreign countries and imported into Louisiana, shall have and be entitled to the same effect.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4611 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4611
Punishment for contempt of court; defenses
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided for by law:

(1) The supreme court, the courts of appeal, the district courts, family courts, juvenile courts and the city courts may punish a person adjudged guilty of a contempt of court therein, as follows:

(a) For a direct contempt of court committed by an attorney at law, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than twenty-four hours, or both; and, for any subsequent contempt of the same court by the same offender, by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both;

(b) For disobeying or resisting a lawful restraining order, or preliminary or permanent injunction, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

(c) For a deliberate refusal to perform an act which is yet within the power of the offender to perform, by imprisonment until he performs the act; and

(d)(i) For any other contempt of court, including disobeying an order for the payment of child support or spousal support or an order for the right of custody or visitation, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.

(ii) In addition to or in lieu of the penalties provided by this Paragraph, the court may order that the person perform litter abatement work or community service in a court-approved program for each day he was to be imprisoned, provided that the total days of jail, litter abatement work, and community service do not exceed the maximum sentence provided by this Paragraph.

(iii) It is a defense as provided by R.S. 9:311.1 to a charge of contempt of court for failure to comply with a court order of child support if an obligor can prove that he was incarcerated during the period of noncompliance. This defense applies only to the time period of actual incarceration.

(e) In addition to or in lieu of the above penalties, when a parent has violated a visitation order, the court may order any or all of the following:

(i) Require one or both parents to allow additional visitation days to replace those denied the noncustodial parent.

(ii) Require one or both parents to attend a parent education course.

(iii) Require one or both parents to attend counseling or mediation.

(iv) Require the parent violating the order to pay all court costs and reasonable attorney fees of the other party.

(f) A pattern of willful and intentional violation of this Section, without good cause, may constitute a material change in circumstances warranting a modification of an existing custody or visitation order.

(g) The court may award attorney fees to the prevailing party in a contempt of court proceeding provided for in this Section.

(2) Justices of the peace may punish a person adjudged guilty of a direct contempt of court by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the parish jail for not more than twenty-four hours, or both.

(3) The court or justice of the peace, when applicable, may suspend the imposition or the execution of the whole or any part of the sentence imposed and place the defendant on unsupervised probation or probation supervised by a probation office, agency, or officer designated by the court or justice of the peace, other than the division of probation and parole of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. When the court or justice of the peace places a defendant on probation, the court or the justice of the peace may impose any specific conditions reasonably related to the defendant's rehabilitation, including but not limited to the conditions of probation as set forth in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895. A term of probation shall not exceed the length of time a defendant may be imprisoned for the contempt, except in the case of contempt for disobeying an order for the payment of child support or spousal support or an order for the right of custody or visitation, when the term of probation may extend for a period of up to two years.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 241, §1; Acts 1972, No. 664, §1; Acts 1985, No. 43, §1; Acts 1991, No. 508, §2; Acts 1993, No. 429, §1; Acts 1995, No. 517, §1; Acts 1999, No. 57, §1; Acts 2001, No. 425, §2, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 520, §1; Acts 2006, No. 653, §1; Acts 2014, No. 330, §1; Acts 2016, No. 132, §2; Acts 2017, No. 264, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 2019; Acts 2018, No. 136, §1; Acts 2019, No. 277, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5109
Authority to compromise; judgment; notice of judgment; payments
Status: in_force

A. In any suit filed against the state of Louisiana, a state officer, a state agency, a local public official or a political subdivision, the defendant, or the proper representative thereof, upon the advice and with the concurrence of the attorney general, district attorney, parish attorney, city attorney, or other proper official, as the case may be, may compromise and settle the claims presented in any such suit.

B.(1) If a judgment is rendered by a trial or appellate court or the supreme court against the state or a state agency in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, and the attorney general is not an attorney of record in the suit, the clerk of the court shall also mail a notice of judgment to the attorney general, through the chief of the civil division, in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Articles 1913, 2166, or 2167, as appropriate.

(2) Any judgment rendered in any suit filed against the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision, or any compromise reached in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any such suit shall be exigible, payable, and paid only out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the legislature, if the suit was filed against the state or a state agency, or out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the named political subdivision, if the suit was filed against a political subdivision.

C. The governing authority of a parish or municipality, upon the advice and the concurrence of the district attorney, parish attorney, or city attorney of that parish or municipality or proper official as the case may be, may compromise or settle any claim against that parish or municipality without the necessity for the filing of a suit against the parish or municipality in the matter. Any such compromise settlement shall be exigible, payable, and paid only out of funds appropriated for that purpose by the governing authority of that parish or municipality. No claim in excess of ten thousand dollars may be compromised or settled as provided herein before ten days have elapsed after the publication of such proposed compromise or settlement in the official journal of the appropriate political subdivision.

Acts 1975, No. 434, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 372, §1; Acts 1977, No. 704, §1; Acts 1982, No. 23, §1; Acts 1985, No. 452, §1; Acts 1987, No. 860, §1; Acts 1988, No. 448, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 77, §1, eff. June 5, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4349 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4349
Title of suit to be shown in advertisement of sales under execution
Status: in_force

In all advertisements of sales of property under execution, the sheriff shall insert the title of the suit in which the writ is issued.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3053 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3053
Compensation of jury commissioners
Status: in_force

All jury commissioners are entitled to recover compensation at the rate of seventy-five dollars per day during actual attendance at meetings and an additional fee of twenty-one cents per mile for each mile going to and returning from their place of meeting.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 525, §1; Acts 1971, No. 130, §1; Acts 1974, No. 139, §1; Acts 1974, No. 272, §1; Acts 1975, No. 193, §1; Acts 1981, No. 832, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4208 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4208
Same; judgment and appeal when court not in session
Status: in_force

When the thirty days herein provided in R.S. 13:4207 expires at a time when the judge is not holding court in the parish wherein the case was tried and submitted, or while the judge is on vacation, the judge shall forward his decree to the clerk of the court, who shall enter the decree upon the minutes of the court, and the decree shall have the same effect as if rendered in open court. In all such cases which are appealable, the judges, at the time of rendering their judgments, shall grant an order of appeal, and fix the appeal bonds when not fixed by law. Either party to any such suit, upon filing the required bond, may take an appeal, which shall have the same legal effect as if granted in open court. The clerk of court as aforesaid, shall file same and issue notices of the decree to all the parties to the suit, or to their attorneys of record, unless the notice has been waived by the parties, or by their attorneys of record; and the sheriff shall serve the notices. The time granted parties under existing laws to take appeals, in cases where decrees are rendered under this section, shall begin to run from the time of the service upon the parties or their attorneys, unless the notice has been waived; and if the notice has been waived, the delay for appeals shall begin to run from the date of the clerk's receipt of the decree.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:45 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 45
Domicile; meetings; staff
Status: in_force

The commission shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It shall meet at least biennially. Necessary support staff shall be provided by appropriate committee staff of the legislature.

Acts 1995, No. 1077, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5587 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5587
Liability for costs
Status: in_force

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

Redesignated from R.S. 33:1508 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2074 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2074
Hammond; fees of district attorney
Status: in_force

In all cases in which a defendant has been convicted in the city court of Hammond for an offense against the state or parish, the district attorney who has made an appearance in the case either in person or through an assistant district attorney appointed by him shall receive the fees provided by law in such cases, which shall be paid by the city of Hammond.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4716 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4716
Release of property and discontinuance of action upon giving of bond; violations
Status: in_force

A. If, after an order of abatement has been entered, the owner appears and pays all costs of the proceeding and files a bond with surety or sureties, bond in solido, to be approved by the clerk, in an amount to be ascertained by the court but said bond shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned that he will immediately abate the nuisance for a period of five years thereafter, the court may, if satisfied of his good faith, order the release of the premises so closed under the order of abatement. Such release shall not affect any action against any person whatsoever.

B. If the bond is given and all costs therein are paid before judgment and order of abatement, the action shall be thereby discontinued as to only the premises.

C. In the event such bond is given and the premises released, each day that the owner knowingly permits the premises or any part thereof to be used for such prohibited activity during the term of the bond shall warrant a forfeiture of one hundred dollars under the bond for each day on which the premises are so used. Collection thereof shall be had by rule taken in the original action against the principal and sureties thereon, or either of them, and the release shall be revoked.

No forfeiture under the bond shall relieve the owner from any prosecution for contempt, and the consequences thereof. The penalty under the bond and the penalty for contempt shall be cumulative. The release of the property under the provisions of this Section shall not release it from any judgment, penalty, lien or liability to which it may be subject by law.

Acts 1977, No. 717, §2, eff. July 20, 1977. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 802, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5401
District courts; reentry courts; subject matter
Status: in_force

A. Each district court, by rule, adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, may assign a certain division of the court as a reentry division of court. Prior to the creation of a reentry division of court, each district court shall secure funding to establish and maintain a reentry division of court. However, failure to do so will have no effect upon any judgment, finding, or sentence. The reentry division of court shall establish a workforce development sentencing program, which shall establish guidelines for the issuance of sentences providing inmate rehabilitation and workforce development. The reentry division of court and sentencing program shall work in conjunction with Louisiana Works and all efforts shall be coordinated and consistent with the provisions of R.S. 23:1 et seq.

B. Participation in the workforce development sentencing program as authorized by the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the following provisions:

(1) The court may recommend that a defendant participate in the workforce development sentencing program if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(a) The defendant meets the eligibility requirements for participation in the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program as provided for in R.S. 15:1199.7(A) and (C).

(b) The defendant meets the suitability requirements as defined by best practices developed for the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program as adopted by the Louisiana Supreme Court.

(c) The court determines that it is in the best interest of the community and in the interest of justice that the defendant be sentenced to the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 450, §2.

(e) The defendant shall not have any prior felony convictions for any offenses defined as a sex offense in R.S. 15:541.

(f) The crime before the court shall not be a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), including domestic violence; however, the provisions of this Subparagraph shall not apply to any of the following crimes of violence:

(i) Aggravated battery (R.S. 14:34).

(ii) Second degree battery (R.S. 14:34.1).

(iii) Battery of a police officer (R.S. 14:34.2).

(iv) Disarming of a peace officer (R.S. 14:34.6).

(v) Aggravated assault (R.S. 14:37).

(vi) Aggravated assault with a firearm (R.S. 14:37.4).

(vii) Simple kidnapping (R.S. 14:45).

(viii) False imprisonment; offender armed with dangerous weapon (R.S. 14:46.1).

(ix) Aggravated arson (R.S. 14:51).

(x) Aggravated criminal damage to property (R.S. 14:55).

(xi) Home invasion (R.S. 14:62.8).

(xii) Second degree robbery (R.S. 14:64.4).

(xiii) Simple robbery (R.S. 14:65).

(xiv) Purse snatching (R.S. 14:65.1).

(xv) Aggravated flight from an officer (R.S. 14:108.1).

(g) Other criminal proceedings alleging commission of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), except those listed in, shall not be pending against the defendant.

(h) The crime before the court shall not be a charge of any crime that resulted in the death of a person.

(i) The district attorney or appropriate prosecuting authority of the charge for which a defendant may be considered for re-entry court consents to participation by the defendant in all cases wherein the defendant is convicted of an eligible violent crime pursuant to R.S. 14:2.

(2)(a) Upon a determination that the defendant meets the eligibility and suitability criteria provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the court shall advise the defendant that he may be eligible for enrollment in the workforce development sentencing program.

(b) Prior to sentence, the court shall contact the Department of Public Safety and Corrections Reentry Services to determine if there is adequate capacity for enrollment or if bed space is available.

(3) In offering a defendant the opportunity to request the program, the court shall advise the defendant of the following:

(a) If the defendant is eligible to participate in the workforce development sentencing program, the defendant shall waive the right to a trial. The defendant shall enter a plea of guilty to the charge, with the stipulation that the defendant shall be sentenced to custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to participate in the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program and after successful completion of that program, he may petition the court to suspend the remainder of his sentence and be placed on probation under the intensive supervision of the reentry division of court.

(b) The court may impose any conditions reasonably related to the rehabilitation of the defendant, including ordering the defendant to participate and complete a substance abuse treatment program.

(c) A defendant who is placed under the supervision of the reentry division of court shall pay the cost of any assessments, substance abuse tests, and treatment programs to which he is assigned and the cost of any additional supervision that may be required, to the extent of his financial resources, as determined by the reentry division of court.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any offender sentenced under this Section shall not be eligible for parole pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1), nor earn "good time" pursuant to R.S. 15:571.3, or additional "good time" credits for participation in certified treatment and rehabilitation programs pursuant to R.S. 15:828 while in the program.

(4) The defendant has the right to be represented by counsel at all stages of a criminal prosecution. The defendant shall be represented by counsel during the determination of eligibility to participate in the workforce development sentencing program at the time of the execution of the sentencing agreement and at any subsequent probation revocation hearing to discharge him, unless the court finds and the record shows that the defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.

(5) The defendant shall agree to participation in the workforce development sentencing program.

(6) The judge shall consider the following factors in determining whether workforce development sentencing is 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 there is a probability that the defendant will cooperate with and benefit from the workforce development sentencing program.

(d) Whether the available workforce development sentencing program is appropriate to meet the needs of the defendant.

(e) The impact of the defendant's sentencing upon the community.

(f) Recommendations, if any, of the district attorney.

(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.

(j) Any mitigating circumstances.

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

(7)(a) If the judge determines that the defendant shall be enrolled in the workforce development sentencing program, the court shall accept the defendant's guilty plea and sentence the defendant to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for participation in the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program under the terms and conditions of the workforce development sentencing program.

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

(c) If the defendant successfully completes the Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program and successfully completes all other requirements of the workforce development sentencing program, he may petition the court to suspend the remainder of his sentence and be placed on probation under the intensive supervision of the reentry division of court, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary which provides that any minimum mandatory sentence is to be imposed without the benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence unless the crime before the court is the use or possession of a firearm or other dangerous weapon while committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:95(E).

(d) If the defendant violates any condition of his reentry probation, the court may revoke the probation and order the defendant to serve the sentence previously imposed and suspended, or the court 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 twelve months without diminution of sentence in the intensive incarceration program pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.4, or the court may impose a sentence of not more than ninety days without diminution of sentence or credit for time served prior to the revocation for any technical violation, 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. The term of the revocation for a technical violation shall begin on the date the court orders the revocation. Upon completion of the imposed sentence for the technical revocation, the defendant shall return to active and supervised probation for a period equal to the remainder of the original period of probation subject to any additional conditions imposed by the court.

(e) A "technical violation", as used in this Paragraph, means any violation except it shall not include any of the following:

(i) Being arrested, charged, or convicted of any of the following:

(aa) A felony.

(bb) Any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person, including but not limited to domestic abuse battery.

(ii) Being in possession of a firearm or other prohibited weapon.

(iii) Absconding from the jurisdiction of the court.

C. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 131, §2.

Acts 2010, No. 664, §1; Acts 2012, No. 399, §1; Acts 2013, No. 302, §1; Acts 2014, No. 7, §1; Acts 2014, No. 327, §1; Acts 2014, No. 376, §1; Acts 2014, No. 624, §1; Acts 2015, No. 79, §1; Acts 2016, No. 54, §1; Acts 2016, No. 221, §1; Acts 2016, No. 421, §1; Acts 2017, No. 131, §§1, 2; Acts 2019, No. 369, §1; Acts 2022, No. 450, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5951 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5951
Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District
Status: in_force

A. Creation. There is hereby created within the parish of Orleans, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a special district and a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District, referred to in this Section as the "district". The district shall be a political subdivision of the state as defined in the Constitution of Louisiana.

B. Boundaries. The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish of Orleans.

C. Purpose. (1) The district is created for the purpose of providing funding for juvenile facilities, programs, and services in the parish of Orleans.

(2) The establishment of the district in order to provide a legal mechanism to finance juvenile facilities, programs, and services in Orleans Parish, the adoption of an annual budget by the district's board of commissioners as provided in this Chapter, and the drafting of an annual juvenile services plan by the district's board of commissioners are intended to and shall provide additional funding for and coordinate funding for juvenile facilities, programs, and services in Orleans Parish.

D. Legislative intent. (1) It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this Chapter that the proceeds of the tax authorized by this Chapter shall serve as a supplement to and not in lieu of the funds appropriated by the city of New Orleans for juvenile facilities, programs, and services in the parish of Orleans, including the operation of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

(2) The legislative goal is to change the status quo for juvenile services in the parish of Orleans. Without a source of permanent additional funding for juvenile services, it will be difficult to accomplish that goal. To do otherwise will doom the Orleans Parish juvenile system to a permanent state of poverty, and our youth deserve better.

E. Appropriation of funds. (1) The district may fund any of the following:

(a) Supplemental funding for the Orleans Parish district attorney's juvenile division to provide for up to six full-time assistant district attorneys, assigned on the basis of one per section of court, and six full-time paralegals, assigned on the basis of one paired with each assistant district attorney.

(b) Supplemental funding for the Orleans Parish indigent defender program's juvenile division to provide for up to six full-time public defenders, assigned on the basis of one per section of court, and six full-time paralegals, assigned on the basis of one paired with each public defender.

(c) The establishment and operation of a New Orleans juvenile detention facility.

(d) The establishment and operation of a New Orleans juvenile diagnostic and assessment center.

(e) The establishment and operation of a New Orleans children and youth safe house.

(f) The implementation and execution of the juvenile services plan adopted by the board of commissioners.

(g) Six liaison officer positions. Each such officer shall serve as a liaison with the Orleans Parish School Board.

(h) Any other juvenile facilities, programs, and services as deemed appropriate by the board of commissioners.

(2) The district shall fund the operations of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

F. Governance. (1) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners consisting of eleven members as follows:

(a) The six elected judges of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

(b) A member of the Orleans Parish legislative delegation appointed jointly by the members of the delegation.

(c) A representative of the city of New Orleans appointed by the mayor and approved by the governing authority of the city of New Orleans.

(d) Three persons appointed jointly by the presidents of Dillard University, Loyola University, Southern University at New Orleans, Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, and Xavier University.

(2)(a) The terms of the members serving on the commission pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(a) and (b) of this Subsection shall coincide with the term of office to which each such official was elected.

(b) The members serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(d) of this Subsection shall serve four-year terms. Each such member shall be eligible for reappointment.

(c) The term of the member serving pursuant to Subparagraph (1)(c) of this Subsection, if not an elected official or serving in an ex officio capacity, shall be concurrent with the mayor who appoints the member.

(3) The chief judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall serve as president of the board of commissioners and the deputy chief judge of such court shall serve as the vice president of the board of commissioners. The responsibilities of the officers and members of the board shall be as provided by the bylaws of the board.

(4) Each member of the board of commissioners serving pursuant to Subparagraphs (1)(b) and (c) of this Subsection may appoint a representative to serve on the board in his place. Such representative shall be counted for the purposes of a quorum. Such representative shall be a full voting member and shall participate in the deliberations of the board.

(5) The members of the board of commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall not receive reimbursement for expenses.

G. Powers and duties. The district, acting through its board of commissioners, shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To sue and be sued.

(2) To adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal.

(3) To receive and expend funds collected pursuant to Subsection I of this Section and in accordance with a budget adopted pursuant to Subsection J of this Section.

(4) To manage the taxes collected.

(5) To expend funds from the taxes collected for capital expenditures for the purposes provided in Subsection E of this Section.

(6) To borrow monies for the district under the terms and conditions established by the board.

(7) To incur debt and issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of financing construction of capital projects for the purposes provided in Subsection E of this Section, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission and the approval of a majority of the electors of the district voting on the proposition in a regularly scheduled election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. Such bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of Part III of Chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and shall be sold pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13 of said Title 39.

(8) To enter into contracts with individuals or entities, private or public, for the provision of services to the district.

(9) To purchase items and supplies which the board deems instrumental to achieving the purpose of the district.

(10) To make rules and regulations for its operations and the conduct of its duties and to take any action the board determines is necessary for the proper implementation of the provisions of this Section.

H. Plan. (1) The board of commissioners shall prepare or cause to be prepared a juvenile services plan, specifying the facilities, programs, and services proposed to be furnished, constructed, acquired, or provided for the district for the following year, including that portion of the annual proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section that is necessary to fund the operation of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. The board shall conduct such hearings, publish such notice with respect to such plan, and disseminate such information relative thereto as it, in the exercise of its sound discretion, may deem to be appropriate or advisable and in the public interest.

(2) The board of commissioners shall adopt the juvenile services plan annually at the same time the budget is adopted.

(3) The juvenile services plan shall include an estimate of the annual and aggregate cost of acquiring, constructing, or providing the facilities, programs, and services as set forth therein.

(4) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to grant the New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board any authority or power, notwithstanding any other provision of law, regarding the appropriation or disbursement of district funds by the board of commissioners for the operation of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

I. Method of taxation. (1) The governing authority of the city of New Orleans is hereby authorized to levy and collect a tax of up to ten mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of all property within the district.

(2) The tax shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose at a regularly scheduled primary or general election in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.

(3) The election shall be called by the governing authority of the city of New Orleans upon written request by the board of commissioners.

(4) If approved, the term of the levy of the tax shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing the levy, not to exceed eight years from the date of levy, but the tax may be renewed if approved by a majority of the registered voters of the district voting on the proposition at an election as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. Any election to authorize renewal of the tax shall be held only at the same time as the mayoral primary election for the city of New Orleans. If the tax is renewed, the term of the imposition of the tax shall be as provided in the proposition authorizing such renewal, not to exceed eight years.

(5) The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ad valorem taxes are collected by the city.

(6) Any tax which is unpaid shall be added to the tax rolls of the city and shall be enforced with the same authority and subject to the same penalties and procedures as unpaid ad valorem taxes.

(7) The city of New Orleans shall remit to the district all amounts collected pursuant to this Section not more than sixty days after collection. However, the city may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.

(8) The proceeds of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district as provided in this Section.

J. Budget. (1) The board of commissioners shall adopt an annual budget in accordance with the Local Government Budget Act, R.S. 39:1301 et seq.

(2) In the annual budget, the board of commissioners shall provide for the allocation of the annual proceeds of the tax for those items included in the juvenile services plan, including funds necessary to fund the operation of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

(3) The district shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513.

K. Disbursement of district funds. All funds received from the city by the district as provided in Paragraph (I)(7) of this Section shall be paid by the district into the judicial expense fund of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, which funds shall be disbursed by the judges of the court pursuant to the annual budget adopted by the district and the provisions of this Chapter and in accordance with law.

L. Powers of judges not diminished. It is the purpose of this Chapter to create a special district for the financing of juvenile programs and services in the parish of Orleans, including the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as diminishing any of the authority of the judges of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court as provided by the constitution and laws of this state.

M. Miscellaneous provisions. (1) The district shall have the power to acquire, to lease, to insure, and to sell real property within its boundaries in accordance with its plans.

(2) The district may enter into a contract or cooperative endeavor agreement with any other governmental entity, public or private agency, or service provider that has been approved or certified by the New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board, in order to carry out the board's adopted juvenile services plan.

(3) Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed as a restriction or a limitation upon any powers which the district might otherwise have under any laws of this state. This Chapter provides 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.

(4) No district funds may be used to supplement the salary of the judges of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

N. Applicability of law. The district shall be subject to state laws governing public contracts, public records, public meetings, ethics, and bond validation procedures.

Acts 2005, No. 467, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9017.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2014, No. 653, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1803
Proceedings governed by other law
Status: in_force

This Part does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5235 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5235
Exceptions
Status: in_force

A. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to allow any person to cause physical injury to another person.

B. The standards of a compelling governmental interest, as set forth in R.S. 13:5233, shall be satisfied by any penological regulation or rule which is established by a jail or correctional facility to protect the safety and security of incarcerated persons, or staff of, or visitors to the jail or correctional facility, or to maintain order or discipline in the jail or correctional facility.

C. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to authorize any relationship, marital or otherwise, that would violate Article XII, Section 15 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

D. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to authorize the enforcement of any law, rule, or legal code or system established and used or applied in a jurisdiction outside of the states or territories of the United States.

Acts 2010, No. 793, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1894 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1894
Criminal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. The criminal jurisdiction of city courts is limited to the trial of offenses committed within their respective territorial jurisdictions which are not punishable by imprisonment at hard labor, including the trial of cases involving the violation of those offenses under state law, the violation of those offenses under a municipal or parochial ordinance adopted under the provisions of R.S. 14:143, and the violation of any other municipal or parochial ordinance.

B. In cases involving the violation of a state law or the violation of an ordinance enacted pursuant to R.S. 14:143(B), all procedure shall comply with those parts of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and the Code of Criminal Procedure pertaining to the prosecution of criminal cases not requiring trial by jury.

C. City judges may also require bonds to keep the peace; issue warrants of arrest; examine, commit, and admit to bail and discharge; and hold preliminary examinations in all cases not capital.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 2001, No. 944, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3422
Petitions filed in two or more courts
Status: in_force

If petitions for the appointment of a curator for an absent person are filed in two or more competent courts, the court in which a petition was first filed shall proceed to a determination of the issues and the proceedings in the other courts shall be stayed. However, the first court may adopt as its own any of the proceedings taken in the other courts.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 10.3
Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund; creation; sources of funds
Status: in_force

A. The Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the fund", is hereby created. The proceeds from the fund shall be used solely and exclusively for salary supplements to judges and commissioners, for related costs of state or municipal retirement funds, and for necessary and associated administrative expenses.

B.(1) The Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund Board is hereby created. The members of the commission shall serve two-year terms, unless otherwise specified. A member may not serve more than two successive terms. The board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge. The members shall serve without pay.

(2) The board shall be composed of five members to be selected as follows:

(a) The chief justice of the supreme court or his designee.

(b) One court of appeal judge selected by the Conference of Court of Appeal judges in a manner to be determined by that conference.

(c) Two district court judges selected by the Louisiana District Judges Association in a manner to be determined by that association, one of whom shall serve an initial term expiring December 31, 1986.

(d) One member of the Louisiana City Judges Association selected by that association in a manner to be determined by it.

(3) The judicial administrator of the supreme court shall be responsible for the distribution of the proceeds of the fund. He shall keep detailed and accurate records to be examined by the legislative fiscal office annually.

C. In addition to any other filing fee imposed by law, a nonrefundable fee of ten dollars for every civil filing in the office of each clerk of city, parish, juvenile, family, district, appellate, and supreme court is hereby levied. Each clerk of court shall remit all costs so collected to the state treasurer monthly on or before the tenth day of each calendar month to be credited to the Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund, after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The disbursement of the proceeds from the fund may be authorized only by a majority of the members of the board and shall be made on the warrant of the judicial administrator of the supreme court drawn on the state treasury.

D. After making provisions for necessary and associated administrative expenses, the board shall authorize the judicial administrator to set aside and transmit monthly an amount to provide the additional employer's retirement contribution due by the state on the supplemental compensation to the State Employees' Retirement System on behalf of the judges who are members of the system. The board, through the judicial administrator, shall then distribute the proceeds from the fund monthly, as follows:

(1) Justices of the supreme court, appellate court judges, and district, family, and juvenile court judges, including the magistrate of the criminal district court for Orleans Parish, shall receive equal supplemental compensation.

(2) City, traffic, municipal, and parish court judges and commissioners shall receive supplemental compensation in the proportion that their current state-paid salary bears to the current state-paid salary of a district judge.

E. The additional filing fee of ten dollars shall be considered the base additional fee for purposes of this Subsection. Beginning in July, 1986, the base fee shall be increased an amount equal to the percent of increase in the average consumer price index (all items-city average) as published by the United States Department of Labor, bureau of labor statistics, between the figures for the calendar years 1984 and 1985. The amount of increase so calculated shall be rounded off to the nearest half-dollar. Each succeeding July, a similar adjustment shall be made to the base fee, as adjusted, based upon the percent of change to the nearest half-dollar in the average consumer price index between the two complete calendar years preceding July of the year in which the adjustment is made. Under no circumstances shall the base fee or any escalation thereof, pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph, be reduced.

F. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a filing fee of the state or a state agency.

Acts 1985, No. 63, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2562.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2562.3
Criminal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

This court shall have criminal jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, for the trial of all persons charged with offenses or crimes committed within its territorial boundaries, but shall not include capital crimes or those crimes or offenses which are punishable by imprisonment at hard labor under the laws of this state.

Acts 1966, No, 5, §3, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5807.1
Fees and costs; particular city marshals
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Minden, the marshal of the city of Springhill, the marshal of the city of Franklin, and the marshal of the city of Winnfield shall each be entitled to the following fees of office and no more in civil matters:

(1) For making service and return of citation with or without petition on each defendant, seven dollars.

(2) For making service and return of supplemental or amended petition with or without accompanying citation, seven dollars.

(3) For making service and return of interrogatories and notice of cross interrogatories, six dollars.

(4) For making service and return of garnishment under writ of fieri facias, nine dollars and fifty cents.

(5) For making service and return of writ of attachment on each witness, six dollars.

(6) For making service and return of writ of sequestration, eight dollars.

(7) For taking bond authorized by law, six dollars.

(8) For making service and return of notice of judgment, six dollars and fifty cents.

(9) For making service and return of citation and petition for appeal and order, seven dollars.

(10) For return on writ of fieri facias, seven dollars and fifty cents.

(11) For making service and return of citations requiring personal service, seven dollars, to-wit: rule nisi, subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, judgment debtor.

(12) For keeping property under seizure by any writ or process, fees to be fixed by the court after service of notice to the parties or their attorneys of record in the suit.

(13) For collecting money pursuant to an execution of an order of seizure and sale or a writ, without either seizure or sale, six percent, with a minimum of ten dollars for each execution or order of seizure and sale.

(14)(a) For serving each order of court not otherwise herein specially provided for, six dollars.

(b) For serving each order of court not otherwise herein specially provided for, the marshal of the city of Minden and the marshal of the city of Springhill shall each receive ten dollars.

(15)(a) For each mile or fraction thereof actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the service of any process of court, sixteen cents.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 374, §2, eff. June 16, 2021.

(c) For each mile or fraction thereof actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from service of any process of court, the marshal of the city of Minden and the marshal of the city of Springhill shall each receive twenty-one cents.

B. No constructive mileage shall be allowed. When service of different processes in the same case or processes of court in different cases are served on the same official tour of the constable, the actual mileage traveled shall be prorated.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, but otherwise in accordance therewith, the marshal of the city of Port Allen, the marshal of the city of Plaquemine, the marshal of the city of Franklin, the marshal of Morgan City, the Ward Two marshal of the city court of Denham Springs, the Ward One marshal of the city of Minden, the marshal of the city of Houma, and the Ward Two marshal of the city of Springhill shall each be entitled to a minimum fee of office of ten dollars for each service rendered in civil matters.

D. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 374, §§2, 3, eff. June 16, 2021.

E.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807(A)(16), the marshal of the city of Rayne shall be entitled to be paid a mileage allowance for each mile or fraction thereof actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the service of any process of court equal to the rate established as the standard mileage rate for business travel for purposes of Section 162(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

(2) No constructive mileage shall be allowed. When service of different processes in the same case or processes of court in different cases are served on the same official tour, the actual mileage traveled shall be prorated.

Acts 1983, No. 170, §1; Acts 1985, No. 463, §1; Acts 1985, No. 575, §1; Acts 1985, No. 31, §1; Acts 1986, No. 63, §1; Acts 1987, No. 564, §1; Acts 1988, No. 271, §1; Acts 1988, No. 679, §1; Acts 1991, No. 19, §1; Acts 1992, No. 411, §1; Acts 1992, No. 991, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1100, §1; Acts 1993, No. 573, §1; Acts 1994, 3 rd Ex. Sess., No. 79, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 210, §1; Acts 1999, No. 224, §1; Acts 1999, No. 239, §1; Acts 1999, No. 270, §1; Acts 2003, No. 392, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1704.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2015, No. 206, §1; Acts 2020, No. 63, §§1, 2; Acts 2021, No. 374, §§1, 2, and 3, eff. June 16, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2575.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2575.7
Additional administrative adjudication procedures; certain parishes
Status: in_force

A. In any parish with a population of not less than thirty-five thousand five hundred persons and not more than thirty-six thousand persons, according to the most recent federal decennial census, the term "housing violation" as used in this Chapter shall also encompass violations of building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances.

B. In any parish with a population of not less than thirty-five thousand five hundred persons and not more than thirty-six thousand persons, according to the most recent federal decennial census, 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 parish governing authority.

Acts 2014, No. 828, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5910 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5910
Multiple parish taxing districts
Status: in_force

In the event the provisions of Act 689 of the Regular Session of the Legislature for 1976 1 are held not applicable to multiple parish taxing districts and revenue from such districts is excluded from the revenue produced by the sheriff's commission on ad valorem taxes for the fiscal year 1976-1977 and from the certification made by the legislative auditor, as provided by R.S. 13:5903, the sheriff and tax collector of each parish in a multiple parish taxing district shall deduct a fifteen percent commission on all ad valorem taxes collected in each parish for and on behalf of the multiple parish taxing district.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 338, §1 ; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9009 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

1 Acts 1976, No. 689 enacted R.S. 33:9001 to 33:9008, amended and reenacted R.S. 33:1421 and subsecs. A, B, and D of R.S. 33:1423, and repealed subsec. E of R.S. 33:1423.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1402
Evidence; pleadings; trials; appeals
Status: in_force

The rules of evidence, the pleadings, and other matters in the trial of cases in the family court shall be the same as are provided for the trial of cases in the district courts of the state. Appeals from judgments or orders of the family court shall lie in the same manner as is provided by law governing appeals in similar matters from the district courts of the state.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2095.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2095.1
Pineville; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition
Status: in_force

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

B. The clerk shall place all funds collected pursuant to this Section in the court general fund to supplement the operations expenses of the court. The expenditure of the funds shall be at the sole discretion of the judge of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the court's annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available for public inspection.

C. The assessment and disposition of any funds pursuant to this Section shall not affect the responsibilities of the city and parish governing authorities provided by law for the financing of the City Court of Pineville.

Acts 1991, No. 17, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:756.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 756.11
St. John the Baptist Parish; branch office
Status: in_force

A. The clerk of court of the parish of St. John the Baptist may establish and maintain a branch office on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the parish of St. John the Baptist to be used to receive election returns, to issue marriage licenses, to provide ex officio notary services, to accept passport applications, to issue birth certificates; to be a depository of duplicate records, and to file documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding. 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 the office. Mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.

B. The governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish shall make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of the branch office.

Acts 2001, No. 220, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5206
Reconventional demand beyond jurisdiction; filing in court of competent jurisdiction; transfer of proceedings from small claims division
Status: in_force

A. If a defendant in a small claims action shall have a claim against the plaintiff in such action for an amount over the jurisdiction of the small claims division as set forth in R.S. 13:5202(A), but of a nature which may be asserted by a reconventional demand as authorized by Article 1061 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, the defendant may assert his claim in the manner provided by this Section, in order to secure consolidation for trial of the small claims action with his own claim.

B. At any time prior to trial in the small claims action, the defendant therein may commence an action against the plaintiff in a court of competent jurisdiction to assert a claim of the nature set forth by R.S. 13:5206(A), and file an affidavit that the reconventional demand is in excess of three thousand dollars with the judge of the small claims division in which the plaintiff has commenced the small claims action.

C. The defendant shall attach to the affidavit a true copy of his petition or reconventional demand so filed and shall pay the clerk of the small claims division a transmittal fee of ten dollars, in addition to the prescribed court costs for filing the reconventional demand, furnishing a copy of the affidavit and pleading to the plaintiff.

D. The judge of the small claims division shall order that the small claims division action be transferred to the ordinary docket of the court set forth in said affidavit, and he shall transmit to such court (if it is other than the court of the small claims division) copies of the citation and any pleadings in the small claims action, and the actions shall then be consolidated for trial in such other docket or court.

E. The plaintiff in the small claims action shall not be required to pay to the clerk of the court to which the action is so transferred any transmittal, appearance, or filing fee; although, upon adverse judgment, he may be taxed with costs as in the case of any other defendant.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 710, §1; Acts 1987, No. 256, §1; Acts 1999, No. 312, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:312.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 312.1
Circuit court of appeal; domicile; number of judges; election
Status: in_force

A. The Court of Appeal for the First Circuit, domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge, shall have twelve judges. Four judges shall be elected from each of the three districts composing the circuit by the qualified electors of each district, respectively. However, in the first district, one judge, Division C, shall be elected from election section one by the qualified electors of election section one, and one judge, Division A, shall be elected from election section two by the qualified electors of election section two. The remaining two judges in the first district, Divisions B and D, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the entire first district.

B. The Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, domiciled in the city of Shreveport, shall have nine judges. Three judges shall be elected from each of the three districts composing the circuit by the qualified electors of each district. In the first district, one judge, Division C, shall be elected from election section one by the qualified electors of election section one, and two judges, Divisions A and B, shall be elected from election section two by the qualified electors of election section two. In the second district, one judge shall be elected from election section one by the qualified electors of election section one; one judge shall be elected from election section two by the qualified electors of election section two; and one judge shall be elected from the second district at large. In the third district, one judge, Division A, shall be elected from election section one by the qualified electors of election section one, and two judges, Divisions B and C, shall be elected from election section two by the qualified electors of election section two.

C. The Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit, domiciled in the city of Lake Charles, shall have twelve judges. Three judges shall be elected from the first district at large by the qualified electors thereof; three judges shall be elected from the second district by electing one judge from election section one and by electing two judges from election section two of the second district as provided in R.S. 13:312(3); and six judges shall be elected from the third district by electing one judge from each of the five election sections as provided in R.S. 13:312(3), and by electing one judge from the third district at large.

D. The Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit, domiciled in the city of New Orleans, shall have twelve judges. Eight judges shall be elected from the first district of the fourth circuit by the qualified electors thereof. One judge shall be elected from the second district by the qualified electors thereof. One judge shall be elected from the third district by the qualified electors thereof. Two judges shall be elected from the circuit at large by the qualified electors thereof.

E.(1) The Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit, domiciled in the city of Gretna shall be composed of eight judges.

(2)(a) Six judges shall be elected from the first district of the fifth circuit by the qualified electors thereof.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph:

(i) The first vacancy created by the death, resignation, retirement, or removal of a judge of the first district occurring after August 15, 2007, shall be filled by election from election section two of the first district and such judgeship shall be assigned to election section two of the first district for election purposes thereafter. However, if no election has occurred or is scheduled to occur to fill a vacancy in such a judgeship from election section two prior to the opening of qualifying for the regular statewide elections in 2012, the regular election to fill the judgeship designated as Division G of the first district shall be held in election section two of the first district and such division shall be assigned to election section two for election purposes thereafter.

(ii) At the time a judgeship is assigned to election section two, the remaining five judgeships in the first district shall be assigned to election section one for election purposes thereafter.

(3) One judge shall be elected from the second district of the fifth circuit by the qualified electors thereof.

(4) One judge shall be elected from the third district of the fifth circuit by the qualified voters thereof.

Acts 1975, No. 114, §1, operative Aug. 1, 1975; Acts 1977, No. 620, §1, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 661, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 1981; Acts 1980, No. 661, §7, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 3, §§1, 6(a), 8(a), eff. May 1, 1982; Acts 1987, No. 801, §§1(A) and 2(A), eff. July 20, 1987 and Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 8, §1(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 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.

NOTE: See Acts 1985, No. 47, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 155, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 58, §1.

NOTE: See Acts 2007, No. 261, §3, relative to the effectiveness of the amendment to Subsection E. The consent judgment referred to in the Act was entered on Oct. 31, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:72 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 72
Rules; disposition of business; transcripts of appeal; taking cases under advisement for examination during vacation
Status: in_force

The supreme court for a better administration of justice, may establish and enforce rules necessary to secure the regular and expeditious disposition of its business, and the preparation of proper and correct transcripts of appeal. To prevent the accumulation of cases on the docket, the supreme court, during the latter portion of the annual sessions, may hear and take under advisement such number of cases as the judges of the court may be able to examine during the vacation, and render opinions therein at the opening of the following session, and may require such cases to be submitted on briefs.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1382
Jury terms
Status: in_force

A. There shall be monthly jury terms of the criminal district court, beginning on the first Monday of each calendar month and continuing until the first Monday of the next ensuing calendar month. When any first Monday is a legal holiday, the jury term shall begin on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday. The jury term shall be assigned to the several sections of the court as follows: the January, April, July and October terms to sections "A" and "B"; the February, May, August, and November terms to sections "C" and "D"; the March, June, September, and December terms to sections "E" and "F".

B. Whenever any judge of the criminal district court deems it expedient to hold a special jury term in his section of the court, he shall issue an order to the jury commissioners, not earlier than the 12th and not later than the 17th day of any calendar month, to draw a jury for his section of the court for the next ensuing calendar month. The jury commissioners then shall draw not less than seventy-five names for the special session in the same manner that juries are drawn for the regular monthly terms of the criminal district court.

C. When any jury term of any section of the court occurs during the vacation, absence or disability of the presiding judge of the section, then a judge of the court not on vacation, absent or suffering from disability selected by the remaining judges of the court, shall hold the jury term and preside at the sessions of the section. Should the remaining judges of the court fail to make this selection, then the presiding judge of the court shall assign a judge of the court to act until the absent judge shall have resumed the discharge of his duties.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 382, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3445 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3445
Appointment and qualification of provisional curator; functions, duties, authority
Status: in_force

A. On the application of an interested person or on its own motion, pending the appointment of a curator for an absent person, the court may appoint a qualified person as provisional curator, if such appointment is necessary.

B. A provisional curator is subject to the same requirements as to qualification, oath, security, and detailed descriptive list, and has the same functions, duties, and authority, as a provisional tutor. He shall continue in office until his appointment is terminated by the court or until a curator has been qualified.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2089.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2089.5
West Monroe; 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 West Monroe 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).

Acts 1992, No. 616, §1, eff. July 2, 1992.