La. Rev. Stat. § 16:121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 121
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth assistant district attorneys for the Fourth Judicial District are created.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §1; Acts 1956, No. 77, §1; Acts 1965, No. 147, §1; Acts 1970, No. 336, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:459 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 459
Third assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of third assistant district attorney is hereby created in and for the Twenty-First Judicial District, under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1966, No. 236, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 109
Additional salary of second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Second Judicial District as follows:

By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;

By the parish of Bienville, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;

By the parish of Jackson, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 152, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:263 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 263
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

Sabine Parish, composing the Eleventh Judicial District shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:262.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:511 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 511
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Third Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of four thousand five hundred dollars, payable on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Third Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Assumption, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Ascension, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of St. James, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 125, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:124 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 124
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of eleven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes comprising the fourth judicial district and apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Morehouse, the sum of four thousand two hundred fifty dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Ouachita, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 223
Additional salary of the second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The second assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than five thousand two hundred fifty dollars, as established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides, the amount so established to be payable monthly on his warrant by the said parish. Any salary increase made as permitted herein by the governing authorities of the parish of Rapides which shall remain in effect six months as to any particular assistant shall not be reduced thereafter.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 65, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 47, §1; Acts 1965, No. 84, §1; Acts 1969, No. 170, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:641 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 641
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of this state shall, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state of Louisiana, be paid an additional salary of not less than four thousand eight hundred dollars by the parish of St. Charles.

B. The salary shall be paid monthly to the district attorney of said Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of Louisiana on his own warrant and drawn on the secretary or treasurer of St. Charles Parish.

C. The police jury of St. Charles Parish shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salary herein provided.

Acts 1952, No. 69, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 279, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §8; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(e), eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:482 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 482
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-Second Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:481.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:892 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 892
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Cameron shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:891.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 14, §4, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:642 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 642
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Acts 1952, No. 68, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 211, §1. Acts 1984, No. 111, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985. Acts 1984, No. 84, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 231
Fourth assistant district attorney; budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of Rapides Parish shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the fourth assistant district attorney herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 9
Appointment of substitute by district judge; by attorney general
Status: in_force

The district judges shall appoint a competent attorney to represent the state in civil matters pending before their courts, when, from any cause, the district attorney is recused, necessarily absent, or sick. The compensation for services rendered shall not exceed the fees now allowed by law to district attorneys for similar services and the compensation shall come out of fees which would otherwise go to the district attorney for these services.

If a district judge is not able, for any cause, to appoint a competent attorney as above provided he shall certify this fact in writing to the attorney-general who shall designate and appoint a district attorney of another district to prosecute all cases, matters, and proceedings for the state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:404 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 404
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand fifty dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Eighteenth Judicial District apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Iberville, the sum of one thousand three hundred fifty dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Pointe Coupee, the sum of one thousand three hundred fifty dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of West Baton Rouge, the sum of one thousand three hundred fifty dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 91, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:303 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 303
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:302.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 14, §3, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:481 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 481
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, in lieu of all other fees, an annual salary of seven thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Washington, the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §14; Acts 1963, No. 125, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:543 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 543
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of assistant district attorneys of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District of this state, comprising the parish of Jefferson, are hereby created. The minimum number of assistant district attorneys shall be as set out in R.S. 16:51 and any additional assistant district attorneys that shall be appointed by the district attorney. Each assistant district attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.

Amended by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1954, No. 453, §1; Acts 1956, No. 471, §1; Acts 1979, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:384 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 384
Additional salary of the assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of eight thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, provided that this Act shall not become effective until such time as funds are made available by the legislature to pay the salary of the district attorney of the Thirty-Second Judicial District. 1

B. The second assistant district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary of each of the assistant district attorneys shall be payable solely by the parish of Lafourche.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 549, §1; Acts 1961, No. 56, §1; Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1965, No. 150, §1; Acts 1967, No. 63, §1; Acts 1968, No. 309, §1.

1 As it appears in the enrolled bill.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:264 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 264
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of two thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by Sabine Parish.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §6; Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:584 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 584
Residence requirement of district attorney and assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

At least one of the assistant district attorneys provided for in R.S. 16:581 shall be a resident of the parish other than the parish in which the district attorney resides.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:406 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 406
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of second assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article 7, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1964, No. 251, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:466 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 466
Additional salary of fifth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The fifth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. Such additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing said judicial district, as follows: the parish of Tangipahoa shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars; the parish of St. Helena, the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars; and the parish of Livingston, the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 554, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:272 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 272
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Avoyelles, shall annually and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:271.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 231, §1. Amended by Acts 1957, No. 13, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:514 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 514
Additional salaries of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The assistant district attorney for the Twenty-Third Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Third Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Ascension, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Assumption, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of St. James, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

B. The second assistant district attorney for the Twenty-Third Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of three thousand dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Third Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Ascension, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Assumption, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of St. James, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

C. The third and fourth assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Third Judicial District each may be paid as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, such salary as the parish of Ascension, the municipality of Donaldsonville, the municipality of Gonzales, or the municipality of Sorrento, or any or all of them, in the discretion of the governing authority or governing authorities thereof, may pay. However, the total of any such additional compensation shall not exceed in the aggregate one thousand dollars per annum for each of them.

D. The fifth and all subsequent assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Third Judicial District may be paid as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, such salary as the various political subdivisions in the appropriate parishes may pay.

Amended by Acts 1965, No. 125, §1; Acts 1966, No. 185, §1; Acts 1976, No. 307, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 146, §1; Acts 1981, No. 806, §2; Acts 2001, No. 880, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 143
Budget to include additional salaries
Status: in_force

The police jury of each of the parishes comprising the Fifth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time as they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:142 and 144.

Amended by Acts 1955, No. 133, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:873 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 873
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Beauregard shall annually and at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay for the salaries provided for in this Part.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:839.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 839.1
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an additional annual salary of not less than fifteen thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the governing authority for the Parish of St. Bernard. This additional salary shall not be reduced after it has been in effect for a period of at least six months.

B. The governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary provided herein. Any salary increase as permitted herein by the governing authority for the parish of St. Bernard shall not be reduced once the same has been in effect for six months.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 672, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 453
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Twenty-First Judicial District is created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:381 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 381
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of ten thousand dollars, which shall be payable monthly on his own warrant, one-half of which shall be paid by the parish of Lafourche and one-half of which shall be paid by the parish of Terrebonne.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 468, §1; Acts 1961, No. 56, §1; Acts 1967, No. 28, §1; Acts 1968, No. 308, §1; Acts 1969, No. 132, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:241 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 241
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Tenth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state, an annual salary of six thousand dollars, payable monthly by the governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches.

B. The governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 1979, No. 635, §4, eff. March 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:911 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 911
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Fortieth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand eight hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the governing authority of the parish of St. John the Baptist.

B. The governing authority of the parish of St. John the Baptist shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in Subsection A of this Section.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(f), eff. Jan. 1, 1985, subject to approval of electors.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 452
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-First Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:451.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:925 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 925
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of DeSoto Parish shall annually, and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as set forth in this Part.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:431 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 431
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twentieth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes comprising said district and apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of East Feliciana, the sum of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of West Feliciana, the sum of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:229 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 229
Fourth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of fourth assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District is hereby created.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 56, §1; Acts 1968, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:842 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 842
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Grant shall annually and at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salaries provided for in this Part.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 47, §10, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:901 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 901
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly by the governing authority of the parish of Red River.

B. The governing authority of the parish of Red River shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in Subsection A of this Section.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 635, §5, eff. March 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 304
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Fourteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of nineteen thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Calcasieu.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §7. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 266, §1; Acts 1970, No. 426, §1; Acts 1973, No. 197, §1; Acts 1978, No. 14, §3, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:64 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 64
Powers of district attorney not diminished
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this Chapter to create judicial enforcement districts and subdistricts for the additional financing of the district attorney's office for each such district. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as diminishing any of the authority of the district attorney as delegated to him in the constitution and laws of this state.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:895 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 895
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Cameron shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:894.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 694, §2, eff. July 20, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:422 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 422
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:421.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 142
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The said assistant district attorneys of the Fifth Judicial District shall each receive as compensation for their services as such officers, in addition to the annual salaries paid by the state, an annual salary of five thousand one hundred dollars payable monthly. The additional salaries shall be paid pro rata by the parishes comprising the Fifth Judicial District as follows: The parish of Franklin shall pay each of said assistant district attorneys the sum of one hundred fifty-two dollars and fifty cents monthly; the parish of Richland shall pay each of said assistant district attorneys the sum of one hundred fifty-two dollars and fifty cents monthly; and the parish of West Carroll shall pay each of said assistant district attorneys the sum of one hundred twenty dollars monthly.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 293, §1; Acts 1965, No. 64, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:581 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 581
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second and third assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:15.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 15.1
District attorneys' toll collection fee
Status: in_force

A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a demand for payment or violation notice issued by a public entity which owns and administers a toll bridge or bridge-causeway as authorized by R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2.

B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from the registered owner of any vehicle determined liable under R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2.

C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

D. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event shall the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect.

Acts 1995, No. 720, §2; Acts 2003, No. 727, §2, eff. June 27, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:583 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 583
Budget to include additional salary and expenses
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District shall annually and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses fixed in R.S. 16:582.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:923 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 923
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

DeSoto Parish shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:922.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:385 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 385
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Lafourche shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:384.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 309, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 13
Investigators; appointment; compensation
Status: in_force

A. Each district attorney of this state is hereby authorized to employ one special investigator in addition to any others previously authorized by law, to be known by the title of "District Attorneys' Investigator".

B. The special investigator shall receive an annual salary payable by the state, of six thousand dollars. In addition, the governing authorities of the parish or parishes comprising any judicial district may provide and pay an additional compensation to these investigators.

C. No district attorney shall employ a special investigator as authorized by this section until and unless the funds to pay the state's portion of the salaries of such special investigators are appropriated or otherwise made available therefor.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 586, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 368, §1; Acts 1970, No. 515, §1; Acts 1972, No. 501, §1; Acts 1975, No. 352, §1; Acts 1979, No. 323, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:410 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 410
Fourth assistant district attorney, compensation
Status: in_force

A. The office of fourth assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

B. The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, and annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, which shall be paid monthly on his own warrant in equal shares of one hundred dollars each by the school boards in the parishes of Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee. The school boards in the parishes of Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and Pointe Coupee shall annually, at the time they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget and set aside an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the fourth assistant district attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District as fixed in this Subsection.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 317, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:224 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 224
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Ninth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of eleven thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Rapides.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:161 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 161
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Sixth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by this state, in lieu of all other fees, an annual salary of four thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes comprising the Sixth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of East Carroll, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Madison, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of Tensas, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:843 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 843
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District of Louisiana is created.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 22, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 455
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-First Judicial District shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay its pro rata of the salary fixed in R.S. 16:454.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:205 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 205
Group health insurance; parish of Winn; office of the district attorney; eligible retired employees
Status: in_force

A. If a group health insurer offers a retired employee a health insurance plan, the district attorney's office of the Eighth Judicial District shall pay the retired employee's premium, upon retirement age, per the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. Otherwise, the district attorney's office shall pay up to one hundred percent of the retired employee's health insurance premium comparable to the premium of an active employee's plan of choice.

B. When the retired employee reaches the age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired employee shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan. The district attorney's office shall continue to pay the retired employee's current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is comparable to the present insurance coverage.

C. For purposes of this Section, a retired employee shall have twenty-five years of employment with the district attorney's office at the time of retirement.

Acts 2024, No. 544, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:485 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 485
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of second assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.

B.(1) The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana, apportioned as follows:

(a) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(b) By the parish of Washington, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(2) Provided, in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.

C. The office of second assistant district attorney shall not be filled until such time as there has been appropriated or funds have otherwise been made available to pay that portion of his salary required by law to be paid by the state.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 265, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 2
Duty of district attorney to act as counsel for parish boards and commissions
Status: in_force

A. The district attorneys of the several judicial districts of Louisiana, other than the parish of Orleans, shall ex officio be the regular attorneys and counsel for the police juries, parish school boards, and city school boards within their respective districts and of every state board or commission domiciled therein, including levee boards, hospital and asylum boards, education boards, and all state boards or commissions the members of which, in whole or in part, are elected by the people or appointed by the governor or other prescribed authority, except state boards and commissions domiciled at the city of Baton Rouge, parish of East Baton Rouge, and all boards in charge or in control of state institutions.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or any law to the contrary, nothing shall prevent the governing authorities of the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Ouachita, Morehouse, Calcasieu, Vermilion, and Acadia or any city or parish school board in the state from each employing or retaining its own attorney to represent it generally. The employment of attorneys by the governing authorities shall relieve the district attorneys of the judicial districts serving the parishes of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Ouachita, Morehouse, Calcasieu, Vermilion, and Acadia from any further duty of representing the governing authorities, and the employment of an attorney by any city or parish school board shall relieve the district attorney of the judicial district serving such city or parish school board from any further duty of representing such school board.

C. The district attorneys who shall refuse or wilfully fail to perform the duties required of them by this Section or wilfully fail to render faithful and efficient services in this regard shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance and gross misconduct and be removed from office in the manner prescribed by law.

D.(1) Where a parish has adopted a charter for local self-government or other home rule charter and such charter provides for the employment of a parish attorney or a special attorney or counsel, the district attorney shall not be the regular attorney or counsel for such governing authority.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 42:261(C) and R.S. 42:263, in a parish which has adopted a charter for local self-government or other home rule charter, if the charter so provides, the parish governing authority may retain or employ any attorney or counsel to represent it generally or retain or employ any special attorney or counsel to represent it in any special matter without the approval of the attorney general.

E. In the parish of Lafourche, the district attorney shall ex officio and without extra compensation, general or special, be the regular attorney and counsel for the parish governing authority, the school board, and every state board or commission domiciled therein, including levee boards, hospital and asylum boards, education boards, and all state boards or commissions the members of which, in whole or in part, are elected by the people or appointed by the governor or other prescribed authority.

F. The parish school boards and governing authorities of the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin may each contribute up to one hundred thousand dollars annually to the district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District to help defray the cost of providing legal services to the boards and commissions enumerated in Subsection A of this Section.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 479, §1; Acts 1978, No. 588, §1; Acts 1979, No. 324, §1; Acts 1981, No. 728, §1; Acts 1983, No. 184, §1; Acts 1983, No. 475, §1; SCR No. 86, 1983 R.S.; Acts 1985, No. 1009, §1; Acts 2001, No. 359, §1; Acts 2004, No. 639, §1; Acts 2018, No. 30, §1, eff. May 10, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:164 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 164
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand three hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand three hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

C. The additional salaries shall be paid by the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas in the proportion of one thousand four hundred fifty dollars by each parish for the first assistant district attorney and in the proportion of one thousand four hundred fifty dollars by each parish for the second assistant district attorney.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 230, §1; Acts 1968, No. 153, §1; Acts 1972, No. 630, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 163
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first and second assistant district attorneys for the Sixth Judicial District are created.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 153, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:833 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 833
First assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

A. The office of first assistant district attorney for the Thirty-Third Judicial District is created.

B. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. This additional salary shall be paid by the parish of Allen.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 362, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:242 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 242
Fees to be paid to parish treasurer
Status: in_force

All fees collected by the district attorney shall be paid to the parish treasurer.

Acts 1979, No. 635, §4, eff. March 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 3
Representation of state in city courts; fees
Status: in_force

The district attorneys throughout the state shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions before city courts constituted by law.

They shall receive the same fees now provided by law for convictions for the same offenses in the district courts of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 51
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans shall appoint a first assistant district attorney and such other assistant district attorneys for his respective judicial district or for the parish of Orleans as may be necessary, the total number of assistant district attorneys in each judicial district and in the parish of Orleans to be not less than the following:

(1) In the First Judicial District, thirty-five assistant district attorneys;

(2) In the Second Judicial District, ten assistant district attorneys;

(3) In the Third Judicial District, nine assistant district attorneys;

(4) In the Fourth Judicial District, twenty-six assistant district attorneys;

(5) In the Fifth Judicial District, seven assistant district attorneys;

(6) In the Sixth Judicial District, seven assistant district attorneys;

(7) In the Seventh Judicial District, six assistant district attorneys;

(8) In the Eighth Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys;

(9) In the Ninth Judicial District, fifteen assistant district attorneys;

(10) In the Tenth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;

(11) In the Eleventh Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys;

(12) In the Twelfth Judicial District, eight assistant district attorneys;

(13) In the Thirteenth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;

(14) In the Fourteenth Judicial District, twenty-five assistant district attorneys;

(15) In the Fifteenth Judicial District, twenty-eight assistant district attorneys;

(16) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, twenty-three assistant district attorneys;

(17) In the Seventeenth Judicial District, thirteen assistant district attorneys;

(18) In the Eighteenth Judicial District, thirteen assistant district attorneys;

(19) In the Nineteenth Judicial District, fifty-five assistant district attorneys;

(20) In the Twentieth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;

(21) In the Twenty-First Judicial District, nineteen assistant district attorneys;

(22) In the Twenty-Second Judicial District, thirty assistant district attorneys;

(23) In the Twenty-Third Judicial District, nineteen assistant district attorneys;

(24) In the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, fifty-four assistant district attorneys;

(25) In the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;

(26) In the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, thirteen assistant district attorneys;

(27) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, twelve assistant district attorneys;

(28) In the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District, three assistant district attorneys;

(29) In the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District, ten assistant district attorneys;

(30) In the Thirtieth Judicial District, six assistant district attorneys;

(31) In the Thirty-First Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys;

(32) In the Thirty-Second Judicial District, twenty-one assistant district attorneys;

(33) In the Thirty-Third Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys;

(34) In the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District, nine assistant district attorneys;

(35) In the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys;

(36) In the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, five assistant district attorneys;

(37) In the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District, three assistant district attorneys;

(38) In the parish of Orleans, eighty-three assistant district attorneys;

(39) In the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District, two assistant district attorneys;

(40) In the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District, two assistant district attorneys;

(41) In the Fortieth Judicial District, nine assistant district attorneys;

(42) In the Forty-Second Judicial District, four assistant district attorneys.

B. The first assistant district attorney for each judicial district and for the parish of Orleans shall possess the same qualifications as provided by the constitution for district attorneys. Other assistant district attorneys for each judicial district and for the parish of Orleans shall be admitted to practice law in this state. Assistant district attorneys serve at the pleasure of and may be removed at the discretion of the district attorney.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 640, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 390, §1; Acts 1975, No. 554, §1; Acts 1976, No. 47, §9, eff. Jan. 3, 1977; Acts 1976, No. 282, §1; Acts 1976, No. 307, §5, eff. eff. Jan. 3, 1977; Acts 1977, No. 22, §1; Acts 1977, No. 164, §9, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1977, No. 620, §25, eff. Jan. 3, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 465, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 146, §1, Acts 1979, No. 247, §1; Acts 1979, No. 264, §1; Acts 1979, No. 330, §1; Acts 1979, No. 492, §1; Acts 1979, No. 635, §3, eff. March 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 437, §1; Acts 1981, No. 694 §1, eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 806, §§1, 2; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(d), eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1982, No. 354, §1; Acts 1982, No. 388, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 111, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 293, §1; Acts 1986, No. 947, §1; Acts 1990, No. 399, §1; Acts 1986, No. 947, §1; Acts 1990, No. 399, §1; Acts 1990, No. 406, §1; Acts 1991, No. 20, §1; Acts 1991, No. 415, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1025, §1; Amended by Acts 1993, No. 309, §1; Acts 1993, No. 408, §1; Acts 1993, No. 912, §1; Acts 1993, No. 913, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 121, §1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 838, §1; Acts 1997, No. 522, §1; Acts 1999, No. 691, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1155, §1; Acts 2004, No. 812, §1, eff. July 1, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 311, §1, eff. August 15, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 239, §1; Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 377, §1; Acts 2022, No. 641, §§1, 2, See Act.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:16.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 16.1
Costs for prosecution expenses
Status: in_force

Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases, over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used in defraying expenses of his office.

Acts 1997, No. 1443, §2; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:105 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 105
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of each of said parishes shall annually, and at the same time as they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:326 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 326
Third and fourth assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of the third and fourth assistant district attorneys for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 449, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 256, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:624 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 624
First assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

A. The office of first assistant district attorney for the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District is created.

B. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary to be paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of LaSalle.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 321, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 620, §26, eff. Jan. 3, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:115 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 115
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of each of the parishes comprising the Third Judicial District shall annually and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:274 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 274
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first and second assistant district attorneys for the Twelfth Judicial District are created.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 5, §1; Acts 1967, No. 38, §1. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 118, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 193
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first and second assistant district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District are created and established.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 424, §1. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 118, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:585 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 585
Additional salary and expenses of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of seven thousand two hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes comprising said district and apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Bossier, the sum of three thousand six hundred twenty five dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Webster, the sum of three thousand six hundred twenty five dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §9. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 46, §1; Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:467 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 467
Sixth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of sixth assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Twenty-First Judicial District.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 465, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 571
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The district attorney of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an additional annual salary of not less than fifteen thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines. This additional salary shall not be reduced after it has been in effect for a period of at least six months.

B. The governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary provided herein. Any salary increase as permitted herein by the governing authority for the parish of Plaquemines shall not be reduced once the same has been in effect for six months.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 231, §1; Acts 1986, No. 198, §1; Acts 1986, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 782, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:545 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 545
Expenses
Status: in_force

In addition to the expense allowance provided by R.S. 16:6, the district attorney of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall be entitled to an operating budget, paid by the Jefferson Parish Council from the general fund, and any other funds made available for this purpose, for the expenses for the operation of the district attorney's office, which expenses include, but shall not be limited to, the following: salaries of stenographers, clerks, administrators, secretaries, investigators, and assistant district attorneys as provided in R.S. 16:544 and expenses for the following: stationery, telephones, automobile, office equipment, office supplies, matching federal grants, parochial retirement for employees as provided by law, hospitalization for employees as provided to other employees of the parish, travel expenses where appropriate for operation of the office or for training seminars, registrations for seminars and schools and professional societies, as well as any and all other expenses which may be incurred in the normal operation of the district attorney's office; all to be paid by the parish of Jefferson. The operating budget shall not be reduced without the consent of the district attorney during the year in which it is effective, nor shall the district attorney's annual budget for any year be less than the annual budget for the preceding year without the consent of the district attorney, except in the case of a pro rata reduction in the operating budgets of all other departments in the parish of Jefferson due to reduction in revenues.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 471, §2. Amended by Acts 1959, No. 67, §1; Acts 1979, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 454
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney for the Twenty-First Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing the Twenty-First Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Livingston, the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of St. Helena, the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of Tangipahoa, the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 65, §1; Acts 1967, No. 100, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:463 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 463
Additional salary of fourth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. Such additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing said judicial district, as follows: the parish of Tangipahoa shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars; the parish of St. Helena, the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars; and the parish of Livingston, the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 574, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:275 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 275
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Avoyelles.

B. The second assistant district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Avoyelles.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 5, §1; Acts 1967, No. 38, §1. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 118, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:484 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 484
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The said assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an additional salary of eight thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of four thousand dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Washington, the sum of four thousand dollars per annum.

B. Provided, in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Subsection A of this Section, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from such funds, all according to law.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 164, §1; Acts 1961, No. 53, §1; Acts 1969, No. 87, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:2.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 2.1
Duty of district attorney to act as counsel for recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 16:2 or of any other law to the contrary, the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge may retain, select, and/or employ, on a full or part time basis or on retainer, an attorney or attorneys to serve as its regular or special attorney or attorneys to serve as counsel for the commission as the commission may determine. In such case the commission may fix and pay the salary or compensation of said attorney or attorneys. The employment of an attorney or attorneys under this authorization shall relieve the district attorney of his responsibility to serve as attorney for the commission, only in such instances as the commission employs or retains a special attorney or if the commission exercises this authority in order to employ or retain a regular attorney to handle all legal matters for the commission.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 315, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:13.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 13.1
District attorney's investigator; definition and duties
Status: in_force

The investigators of the district attorneys' offices shall be peace officers with all privileges, immunities, and defenses accorded to peace officers, except that they shall not have the right to make arrests, except as citizens under Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 214. They shall have the same territorial jurisdiction as the district attorney for whom they work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, investigators of a district attorney's office shall not receive state supplemental pay.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 566, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 12
Vacancies
Status: in_force

When a vacancy is caused by death, resignation or removal of a district attorney, the parish of Orleans excepted, and the unexpired term is for a longer period than one year, the attorney general shall forthwith assign the district attorney of another district to act as district attorney of the district wherein such vacancy exists and the district attorney so assigned shall be the lawful successor of such district attorney.

Such assigned district attorney shall have the powers and duties and shall receive, as additional compensation for his services, the same remuneration as is provided by law for the district attorney of the district to which he is assigned, which shall be payable in the manner provided by existing law. If the district to which assignment is made has been provided by law with assistant district attorneys, the assigned district attorney may appoint assistant district attorneys having the qualifications required by law, and the assistant district attorneys so appointed shall receive the remuneration provided by law for such assistants.

The assignment of a district attorney as herein provided and the employment of the assistant district attorneys appointed shall be for a period which shall extend until the vacancy hereinbefore referred to shall be filled by election, appointment or otherwise as provided by law.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 23, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:460 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 460
Additional salary of third assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, as provided in Article VII, Section 62 of the Constitution 1 of Louisiana, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. Such additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing said judicial district as follows: the parish of Tangipahoa shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars; the parish of St. Helena the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars; and the parish of Livingston the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 236, §1. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 100, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:483 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 483
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District is created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:281 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 281
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parish of Evangeline.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 49, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:893 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 893
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of the first assistant district attorney for the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District of Louisiana is created.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 694, §2, eff. July 20, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:327 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 327
Additional salaries of the third and fourth assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The third and fourth assistant district attorneys for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, such additional salary as may be provided by the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District, however, the compensation to be paid to the third assistant district attorney by the parish of Lafayette shall be an annual salary of not less than six thousand six hundred dollars payable monthly on his own warrant, and the compensation to be paid to the fourth assistant district attorney by the parish of Lafayette shall be an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars payable monthly on his own warrant.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 449, §2. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 256, §1; Acts 1967, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:461 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 461
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of said parishes shall annually, at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:460.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 236, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 103
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Second Judicial District of this state, shall, in addition to the salary now paid him by the State of Louisiana, be paid an additional salary of four thousand three hundred dollars, by the parishes comprising the said judicial district, apportioned as follows:

By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of $1,800.00 per annum;

By the parish of Bienville, the sum of $1,500.00 per annum;

By the parish of Jackson, the sum of $1,000.00 per annum.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 88, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:123 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 123
Fixing of salaries of assistant district attorneys; budget to include additional salaries
Status: in_force

A. The governing authorities of the parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries of assistant district attorneys of the Fourth Judicial District as provided by R.S. 16:122.

B. The first, third, fourth and fifth assistant district attorneys shall receive, in addition to the annual salaries paid to them by the parish of Ouachita as provided in R.S. 16:122, such additional salaries as the police jury of the parish of Ouachita may provide.

C. The second and sixth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid to them by the parish of Morehouse as provided in R.S. 16:122 such additional salary as the police jury of the parish of Morehouse may provide.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §3; Acts 1960, No. 320, §2; Acts 1965, No. 147, §3; Acts 1971, No. 113, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 602
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of St. Landry shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:601.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 15
District attorney's worthless check collection fee
Status: in_force

A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, if the check, draft, or order for payment of money on any bank or depository:

(1) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under R.S. 14:71; or

(2) Has been forged under R.S. 14:72.

B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from any person who is a principal to the offense described in Subsection A of this Section.

C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed:

(1) Fifteen dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money does not exceed fifteen dollars.

(2) Thirty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than fifteen dollars but does not exceed one hundred dollars.

(3) Seventy-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than one hundred dollars but does not exceed three hundred dollars.

(4) One hundred twenty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than three hundred dollars but does not exceed five hundred dollars.

(5) One hundred seventy-five dollars or twenty percent, whichever amount is greater, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than five hundred dollars.

D. If the person from whom the fee is collected was a principal to the offense of forgery, under R.S. 14:72, committed by altering the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money, the face amount as altered governs for the purpose of determining the amount of the fee.

E. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event may the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this Section, in addition to the fees collected as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the district attorney shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars per worthless check which shall be payable to the person or entity that honored the worthless check or checks.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 196, §1; Acts 1986, No. 74, §1; Acts 1991, No. 171, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1443, §1; Acts 2003, No. 440, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:262 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 262
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

Each assistant district attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Sabine.

Amended by Acts 1969, No. 33, §1; Acts 1982, No. 354, §2; Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:912 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 912
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The offices of first, second, third, and fourth assistant district attorneys for the Fortieth Judicial District are created.

B. Each assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars payable monthly by the parish of St. John the Baptist.

C. The governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries provided for in this Section.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(f), eff. Jan. 1, 1985, subject to approval of electors. Acts 1984, No. 111, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1984, No. 84, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 301
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh assistant district attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District are created.

Amended by Acts 1967, No. 32, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §6.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:894 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 894
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The first assistant district attorney of the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary, to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Cameron, of not less than three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the governing authority of the parish of Cameron.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 694, §2, eff. July 20, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 14
Annual salary of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys payable by parishes
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, there shall be no restriction, limitation or ceiling placed on the amount of additional salary that may be paid to a district attorney or an assistant district attorney by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state as provided for in R.S. 16:10 and R.S. 16:11.

B. The amounts of additional salaries paid to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as of August 1, 1973, by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state as additional salary shall be construed as the minimum amounts that shall be paid as additional salaries to the said respective district attorneys and assistant district attorneys by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state.

C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede, or affect any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the district attorneys or the assistant district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state, provided, however, that provisions of this section are to be construed in removing the restriction, limitation, or ceiling which may previously have existed on the amount of additional salary that the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state could pay to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys, and further, as creating a minimum additional salary which shall be paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as additional salary, which minimum shall be that amount paid by the respective governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to the district attorneys and assistant district attorneys in their parishes on August 1, 1973.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:330 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 330
Compensation
Status: in_force

The fifth and sixth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, such additional salary as may be provided by the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District or each of them.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 63, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:458 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 458
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of said parishes shall annually, at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:457.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 13, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 11
Annual salary of assistant district attorneys payable by state
Status: in_force

A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, effective July 1, 2006, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at thirty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2007, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys, throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at forty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2008, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys, throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at forty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2021, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Any increase in salary shall be subject to an appropriation for that purpose.

(2) District attorneys for all judicial districts may reallocate by combining or dividing the total amount fixed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to pay the salaries of any of his other assistant district attorneys in any lawful manner that the district attorney deems appropriate. All district attorneys shall certify to the state treasurer the amount of the annual salary payable upon warrant for each of his assistant district attorneys provided by R.S. 16:51.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede or affect any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the assistant district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state. Any such compensation paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state shall be in addition to the sum which the state treasurer is required to pay under the provisions of this Section.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 393, §§1, 2; Amended by Acts 1954, No. 351, §1; Acts 1965, No. 116, §1; Acts 1969, No. 121, §1; Acts 1970, No. 289, §1; Acts 1975, no. 758, §2, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 208, §1; Acts 1980, No. 169, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1992, No. 1065, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2003, No. 705, §1; Acts 2004, No. 713, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 790, §1; Acts 2007, No. 283, §1; Acts 2014, No. 366, §1; Acts 2015, No. 283, §1; Acts 2019, No. 315, §1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2024, No. 555, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:601 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 601
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of not less than thirty-two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of St. Landry.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 446, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 832
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Allen shall annually and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed by R.S. 16:831.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 550, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:63 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 63
Disbursements
Status: in_force

All funds received by the districts or subdistricts herein created shall be paid into the district attorney's general fund which shall be disbursed by the district attorney in accordance with law. Expenditures from the district attorney's general fund shall be subject to the public bid laws of the state of Louisiana.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:871 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 871
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

Each assistant district attorney of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Beauregard of not less than three thousand two hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Beauregard.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 16
Additional court costs to defray expenses
Status: in_force

A. Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office 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 nonrefundable sum of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

B. The sums collected under Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.

Acts 1986, No. 293, §1; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:572 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 572
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District are hereby created. The minimum number of said assistant district attorneys shall be the number as set out in R.S. 16:51 and all additional assistant district attorneys as shall be appointed by the district attorney of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District, all of which assistants shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.

Acts 1986, No. 198, §1; Acts 1986, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 782, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:144 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 144
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the Fifth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the salary paid him by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of seven thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Fifth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Franklin, the sum of two thousand seven hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Richland, the sum of two thousand seven hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of West Carroll, the sum of two thousand dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1955, No. 133, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 125
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of each of the parishes comprising the Fourth Judicial District shall annually and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as fixed herein.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 244
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of second assistant district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District is created.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive, in addition to the salary payable by the state, an annual salary of not less than twelve hundred dollars, payable monthly by the governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches.

C. The governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in Subsection B of this Section.

Acts 1979, No. 635, §4, eff. March 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 6
Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries
Status: in_force

The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to an expense allowance for salaries of stenographers, clerks and secretaries, and salaries or charges for special officers, investigators and other employees and an expense allowance for stationery forms, telephone, transportation, travel, postage, hotel and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.

The police juries of the various parishes of the state of Louisiana are hereby authorized to pay from their general fund any of the items of expense, as provided for herein, incurred by the several district attorneys of this state when acting in their official capacities.

Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §17; Acts 1973, No. 115, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:273 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 273
Other compensation, representation of parish and other public boards; expenses outside of district
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial District shall receive no fees nor other compensation for official service in the district court. He shall represent the parish in the Twelfth Judicial District and other public boards therein, in all matters of litigation in which the parish or boards may have an interest, and shall be their legal advisor when so requested without extra compensation. In any litigation or business necessitating the attention or assistance of the district attorney outside of his judicial district, by either the parish or school board or other public boards, the district attorney shall be allowed and paid his expenses. Provided further that this Section shall not apply to any fees that are recovered as penalties in a civil suit where attorney's fees are made a part of the damages or penalties by statute, and in the forfeiture of fines.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 231, §1. Amended by Acts 1957, No. 13, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 456
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of second assistant district attorney is hereby created in and for the Twenty-First Judicial District, under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1950, No. 13, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 457
Additional salary of second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, as provided in Article VII, Section 62 of the Constitution 1 of Louisiana, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. Such additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing said judicial district as follows: the parish of Tangipahoa shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars; the parish of St. Helena the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars; and the parish of Livingston the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 13, §2. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 65, §1; Acts 1967, No. 100, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:285 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 285
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Evangeline shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:284.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:114 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 114
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the Third Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the district attorney.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §2. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 42, §1; Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:233 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 233
Fifth and sixth assistant district attorneys; additional salary
Status: in_force

A. The fifth assistant district attorney of the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of at least seven thousand dollars payable monthly on his own warrant.

B. The sixth assistant district attorney of the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of at least five thousand dollars payable monthly on his own warrant. The position of sixth assistant district attorney shall not be filled until July 1, 1974. The additional salary of each of the assistant district attorneys herein created shall be payable solely by the parish of Rapides.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:692 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 692
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirtieth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Vernon, of not less than nine thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Vernon.

Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:408 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 408
Budget to include salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of said parishes shall annually, at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:407.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 251, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 17
Victims assistance program; creation
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created, within each judicial district in the office of the district attorney, a victims assistance program. The purpose of the program shall be to assist victims and their families through the entire criminal justice process and to facilitate the delivery of victims' services and rights as provided by law.

B. There shall be a full-time victims assistance coordinator for each judicial district. In judicial districts exceeding one hundred thousand persons there shall be one full-time victims assistance coordinator for each one hundred thousand persons or portion thereof which exceeds fifty thousand persons.

C. The victims assistance coordinator shall be paid an annual salary not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, including benefits. This salary shall be payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney and may be supplemented by local funds as may become available to the district attorney.

D. The district attorneys' offices shall establish uniform minimum qualifications for the victims assistance coordinators. The district attorneys shall be responsible for the promulgation of the uniform minimum qualifications of the victims assistance coordinators.

E. The district attorney may assess and collect a reasonable fee from participants in pretrial diversion or pretrial intervention programs to support and maintain victims assistance and/or diversionary programs.

Acts 1995, No. 1170, §1; Acts 2008, No. 316, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 4
Fees in certain districts
Status: in_force

The district attorneys throughout the state whose salaries in lieu of fees have not been fixed by law shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their salaries as allowed by the constitution, the following fees: Five dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced only to pay a fine; ten dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in jail; fifteen dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term shorter than life; twenty dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life; and twenty-five dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to death. He shall receive only one fee for each defendant convicted regardless of the number of convictions against the same defendant where the sentences imposed by the court are to run concurrently, and shall not be paid his fee until the sentence has become final on appeal or otherwise. In districts composed of more than one parish, fees herein provided for shall be paid by the parish in which the conviction takes place and the governing authority of each parish shall annually, and at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the fees as herein fixed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:116 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 116
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of second assistant district attorney of the Third Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the second assistant district attorney.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 245, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:360 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 360
Residence of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

At least one assistant district attorney shall be a resident of each separate parish of the district.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 150, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:922 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 922
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

Each assistant district attorney of the Forty-Second Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly by the parish of DeSoto.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 1
District attorneys; election; term; qualifications; assistants; powers and duties
Status: in_force

A. In each judicial district and in the parish of Orleans, there shall be a district attorney. He shall be elected at the congressional election, beginning in 1984 and every six years thereafter, shall serve a term of six years, and shall take office and begin his term on the second Monday of January following election. He shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state for at least five years prior to his election and shall have resided in the judicial district for the two years preceding the election. The district attorney for the parish of Orleans shall have resided therein for two years preceding the election. A district attorney may select assistants as authorized by law, and other personnel.

B. The district attorneys throughout the state of their designated assistants, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall represent the state in all civil actions, and shall have charge of every criminal prosecution by the state in his district, be the representative of the state before the grand juries in his district, and be the legal advisor to the grand juries. He shall perform other duties provided by law.

C. The district attorney for the parish of Orleans or his designated assistant shall have charge of every criminal prosecution by the state in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and represent the state in all matters in the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.

The district attorney or his designated assistant shall be the representative of the state before the grand juries in the parish of Orleans and shall be the legal advisor to the grand juries. He shall perform other duties provided by law.

D. The term of the district attorney for the parish of Orleans in office on the effective date of this Section shall expire on December 31, 1978. His successor shall be elected at the same time as district attorneys throughout the state in 1978, and thereafter the successors to the office shall be elected at the same time as the district attorneys throughout the state.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 686, §1; Acts 1981, No. 122, §2; Acts 1993, No. 374, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 107
Fees collected for convictions
Status: in_force

All fees collected for convictions in said district courts shall be paid into the respective parish treasuries.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 7
Report of taking of appeals; preparation of briefs
Status: in_force

Each district attorney, in all civil cases in which the state is concerned and wherein appeals have been taken, shall immediately report in writing to the attorney general that the appeals have been taken and the time when they are returnable. When the appeals are returnable to an appellate court sitting at places other than the city of New Orleans, the written report shall be sent to the district attorney of the place where the court will hear the appeal.

The district attorney shall prepare a brief for the case which he shall forward to the attorney general or district attorney who shall revise the brief for use in the appellate court.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:222 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 222
Additional salary of the first assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The first assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, as established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides, the amount so established to be payable monthly on his warrant by the said parish. Any salary increase made as permitted herein by the governing authorities of the parish of Rapides which shall remain in effect six months as to any particular assistant shall not be reduced thereafter.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 61, §2; Acts 1961, No. 47, §1; Acts 1965, No. 84, §1; Acts 1969, No. 170, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:542 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 542
Budget to include additional salaries and expenses
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses fixed in R.S. 16:541, 543, 544, 545, 548, 551, 555 and 558, as amended. 1

Amended by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1; 1956, No. 471, §1; Acts 1961, No. 78, §1; Acts 1971, No. 153, §1.

1 R.S. 16:548, 16:551, 16:555 and 16:558 have been repealed; see, now, R.S. 16:543 and 16:544.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:113 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 113
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of each of said parishes shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount to pay the salary herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 148, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:271 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 271
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twelfth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Avoyelles.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 231, §1. Amended by Acts 1957, No. 13, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 405
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Eighteenth Judicial District shall annually, at the same time it prepares its general budget or expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:404.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:276 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 276
Budget to include additional salaries
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Avoyelles shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed by R.S. 16:275.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 5, §1; Acts 1967, No. 38, §1. Amended by Acts 1973, No. 118, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 10
Annual salary of district attorneys payable by state
Status: in_force

A.(1) The annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.

(2) Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney. Effective July 1, 2021, the annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.

B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede or affect any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state. Any such compensation paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state shall be in addition to the sum which the state treasurer is required to pay under the provisions of this section.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 186, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 392, §§1, 2; Acts 1965, No. 48, §1; Acts 1967, No. 12, §1; Acts 1970, No. 209, §1; Acts 1973, No. 115, §1; Acts 1975, No. 758, §1, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 207, §1; Acts 1980, No. 169, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1992, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2019, No. 315, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:227 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 227
Third assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

The third assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand two hundred fifty dollars, as established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides, the amount so established to be payable monthly on his own warrant by said parish. Any salary increase authorized as provided herein by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides which remains in effect for a period of six months as to any particular assistant shall not be reduced thereafter.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 39, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 170, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:464 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 464
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of said parishes shall annually, at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:463.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 574, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:421 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 421
Additional salary of the district attorney for the Nineteenth Judicial District
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Nineteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, in lieu of all other fees, an annual salary of not less than eleven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, nor more than such sum as may be established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the amount so established to be payable monthly by said parish on the warrant of the said district attorney.

Amended by Acts 1957, No. 41, §1; Acts 1959, No. 113, §13; Acts 1967, No. 84, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:921 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 921
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Forty-Second Judicial District is created.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:515 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 515
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-Third Judicial District shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:514.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:225 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 225
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish of Rapides shall annually and at the same time as it prepares the general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:603 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 603
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, and third assistant district attorneys for the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 445, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 421, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 353
First assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of first assistant district attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District of the state of Louisiana is created.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 61
Power to tax
Status: in_force

The districts herein created and the subdistricts which may be created shall have the power to tax but only as provided by this Chapter.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.

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La. Rev. Stat. § 16:839.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 839.4
Budget to include salaries and expenses
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District provided for in R.S. 16:6 and as hereinabove set forth. The amount budgeted shall be paid to the district attorney, ten days after the adoption of the budget by the governing authority, who shall deposit same in a special account called the "district attorney's general fund" and shall be administered by the district attorney to pay the salaries and expenses authorized by law. Said fund shall be annually audited by the governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard and any surplus remaining in the fund on December 31 of each year shall be remitted to the parish general fund. Any supplemental appropriations made by the parish governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard to pay expenses and salaries as provided by R.S. 16:6 shall also be deposited in the district attorney's general fund and administered as provided herein. The operating budget shall not be reduced without the consent of the district attorney during the year in which it is effective, nor shall the district attorney's annual budget for any year be less than the annual budget for the preceding year without the consent of the district attorney, except in the case of a pro rata reduction in the operating budgets of all other departments in the parish of St. Bernard due to reduction in revenues.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 672, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:351 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 351
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Sixteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of nine thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes of St. Martin, St. Mary, and Iberia, comprising the Sixteenth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Iberia, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of St. Martin, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of St. Mary, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 240, §1; Acts 1961, No. 77, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:102 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 102
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state an annual salary of two thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Second Judicial District as follows:

By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;

By the parish of Bienville, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;

By the parish of Jackson, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 129, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 302
Additional salary for assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first, second, third, and fourth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than ten thousand four hundred dollars each, payable monthly on their own warrant.

B. The fifth and sixth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than eight thousand four hundred dollars each, payable monthly on their own warrant.

C. The seventh assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than eight thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

D. The additional salaries provided in this Section shall be paid by the parish of Calcasieu.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 205, §1; Acts 1962, No. 288, §1; Acts 1967, No. 32, §1; Acts 1969, No. 128, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §6; Acts 1978, No. 14, §3, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:409 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 409
Third assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of third assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article V, Section 26 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 162, §1; Acts 1997, No. 110, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:643 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 643
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. Each of the said assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer an annual salary of not less than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parish of St. Charles.

B. The police jury of St. Charles Parish shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salary herein provided.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 68, §§2, 3. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 211, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §8; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(e), eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:831 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 831
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Third Judicial District of the state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state and when funds are made available for the payment of said salary by the state, an annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Allen.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 550, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 232
Fifth and sixth assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of fifth and sixth assistant district attorneys for the Ninth Judicial District are hereby created.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:104 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 104
Warrant
Status: in_force

Said salaries shall be paid monthly to the district attorney of said district on his own warrant, and drawn on the secretary or treasurer of each of said parishes.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:358.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 358.1
Fifth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of fifth assistant district attorney is hereby created in and for the Sixteenth Judicial District of Louisiana under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1970, No. 55, §1.

1 See, now LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:882 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 882
Budget to include salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Caldwell shall annually and at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay for the salaries provided for in this Part.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 620, §27, eff. Jan. 3, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 141
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of the first and second assistant district attorneys are hereby created for the Fifth Judicial District.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 293, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:60 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 60
Judicial enforcement districts and subdistricts; creation and boundaries
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in each judicial district, except for the parish of Orleans, a political subdivision to be known as a judicial enforcement district for the purpose of providing additional financing to the office of the district attorney for that judicial district. The boundaries of each district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish or parishes comprising the judicial district and the duly elected district attorney of the judicial district or his successor shall be ex officio the chief executive officer of the district. In districts comprising more than one parish, the district attorney may create one or more subdistricts which shall each comprise one parish of the judicial district. The district attorney of the judicial district shall be ex officio the chief executive officer of any subdistrict created within the district.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:358.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 358.2
Additional salary of fifth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The fifth assistant district attorney shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an additional salary of five thousand five hundred fifty dollars per year, payable monthly, said sum to be paid by the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin, as set forth in R.S. 16:359.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 403
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District is created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:325 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 325
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

Each of the parishes composing the Fifteenth Judicial District shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:324.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:623 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 623
Other compensation prohibited; expenses outside district
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District shall receive no fees nor other compensation for official service in the district court. He shall represent the parishes of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District and other public boards therein, in all matters of litigation in which the parishes or boards may have an interest, and shall be their legal adviser when so requested without extra compensation. In any litigation or business necessitating the attention or assistance of the district attorney outside of his judicial district, by either the parishes, school boards, or other public boards, the district attorney shall be allowed and paid his expenses. This Section shall not apply to any fees that are recovered as penalties in a civil suit where attorney fees are made a part of the damages or penalties by statute.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:801 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 801
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Second Judicial District of the state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of ten thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Terrebonne.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:622 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 622
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes comprising the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:621.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 402
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Eighteenth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:401.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:65 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 65
Power to borrow
Status: in_force

A. Each district or subdistrict, acting through its duly elected district attorney as its governing authority, is hereby authorized to borrow money and to issue certificates of indebtedness payable from its general revenues, including the avails or residue of the taxes authorized by this Chapter, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, equipping, and furnishing of office, research, and other facilities for the officers, employees, and staff of the district or subdistrict.

B. Each district or subdistrict is also hereby authorized, within two calendar years following a disaster declaration pursuant to the Stafford Act, 42 USC 101 et seq., covering the geographic area in which the district or subdistrict is located, to borrow money only from other governmental entities and not to exceed twenty-five percent of the annual operating budget of the district attorney's office, and to issue certificates of indebtedness payable from its general revenues, including the avails or residue of the taxes authorized by this Chapter, for the purpose of financing the daily operations of the office, including employee, general operating, and all other expenses.

C. Any certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided by R.S. 33:2922 and 2923.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 2006, No. 55, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:573 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 573
Salaries of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The assistant district attorneys of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to any salary paid to them by the state, if any, an annual salary as set out by the district attorney from the annual budgeted funds provided by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines for salaries for assistant district attorneys, said salaries to be set for each assistant district attorney by the district attorney at his discretion. The total amount of the said budgeted salary funds which have been designated by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines to be paid to the assistant district attorneys as directed by the district attorney shall not be reduced once same has been in effect for a period of six months. Said salaries shall be paid monthly in an amount set by the district attorney, payable on warrant of the individual assistants as the case may be.

B. The governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries provided herein.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 244, §1; Acts 1986, No. 198, §1; Acts 1986, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 782, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 55
Guidelines for determination of additional assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The guidelines in this Section shall be followed in determining the authorization for additional assistant district attorneys in any judicial district.

B. The absolute minimum number of assistant district attorneys required to staff a district attorney's office may be ascertained by adding:

(1) One assistant district attorney per division of court (or judge).

(2) In jurisdictions serving a population in excess of fifty thousand citizens, the office would require an additional assistant district attorney to share the administrative duties and additional workload.

C. In both larger and smaller jurisdictions, a need for additional assistant district attorneys over and above the minimum indicated in the above described criteria may be justified by workload generated or complicated by the following factors:

(1) The number of parishes in the judicial district.

(2) The number of civil bodies represented by the district attorney's office.

(3) The volume of civil work as a result of representing civil bodies.

(4) The volume of felony cases.

(5) The volume of misdemeanor cases.

(6) The volume of juvenile cases.

(7) The volume of nonsupport and family cases.

(8) The volume of city court caseload.

(9) The number of judges available.

(10) The amount of judicial time or trial time available.

(11) The number of police agencies within the district.

(12) The number of additional assistant district attorneys, on staff, paid by federal funds.

Acts 1993, No. 309, §2, eff. August 15, 1993.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:243 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 243
First assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of first assistant district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District is created.

B. The first assistant district attorney shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than eighteen hundred dollars, payable monthly by the governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches.

C. The governing authority of the parish of Natchitoches shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in Subsection B of this Section.

Acts 1979, No. 635, §4, eff. March 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:228 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 228
Third assistant district attorney; budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of Rapides Parish shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the third assistant district attorney herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:282 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 282
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Evangeline shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:281.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:839.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 839.2
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of assistant district attorneys of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District are hereby created. The minimum number of said assistant district attorneys shall be the number as set out in R.S. 16:51 and all additional assistant district attorneys as shall be appointed by the district attorney of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District, all of which assistants shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 672, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:359 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 359
Payment of additional salaries to assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The additional annual salaries of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth assistant district attorneys of the Sixteenth Judicial District shall be prorated as follows: The parish of Iberia shall pay ten thousand dollars, the parish of St. Mary shall pay ten thousand dollars, and the parish of St. Martin shall pay seven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 150, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 310, §1; Acts 1970, No. 55, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:401 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 401
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Eighteenth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Iberville, the sum of one thousand nine hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Pointe Coupee, the sum of one thousand nine hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of West Baton Rouge, the sum of nine hundred fifty dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 54
Advisory and Review Commission on Assistant District Attorneys; purposes; membership; appointments; expenses; rules; meetings
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the office of the governor the Governor's Advisory and Review Commission on Assistant District Attorneys, hereafter referred to as the commission, to advise the governor and the legislature with respect to state funded additional assistant district attorney positions in the respective judicial districts and the parish of Orleans. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 16:53, the determination of the commission as to the necessity for each additional district attorney position in each judicial district shall be final, and no position of additional assistant district attorney to be paid by the state shall be enacted without the approval of the commission.

B.(1) The commission shall be composed of the following members:

(a) The judicial administrator of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

(b) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, or his designee.

(c) The president of the Louisiana Senate or his designee.

(d) The chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

(e) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B.

(f) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.

(g) The executive counsel to the governor.

(2) The executive counsel to the governor shall serve as chairman of the commission.

C. Members of the commission shall not receive compensation or per diem for attendance of commission meetings but may be reimbursed reasonable expenses.

D. The commission shall adopt rules necessary for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations.

E. The commission shall meet regularly as determined by the chairman; however, the chairman shall call an extraordinary meeting when requested to do so, in writing, by four or more members of the commission.

Acts 2003, No. 1230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:84 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 84
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the First Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Caddo.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 85
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of the parish of Caddo shall annually, and at the same time as it prepares the general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:805 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 805
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:804.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:891 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 891
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Eighth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary, to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Cameron, of not less than three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Cameron.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 14, §4, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:203 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 203
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of first assistant district attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of Louisiana is created.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 135, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 47, §9, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:693 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 693
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Vernon shall annually and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries provided in this Part.

Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:265 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 265
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police jury of Sabine Parish shall annually, and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §6; Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:872 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 872
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Beauregard, of not less than nine thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Beauregard.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:407 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 407
Compensation
Status: in_force

The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Eighteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, in the following proportions:

(1) By the Parish of Iberville, the sum of eight hundred dollars.

(2) By the Parish of West Baton Rouge, the sum of eight hundred dollars.

(3) By the Parish of Pointe Coupee, the sum of eight hundred dollars.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 251, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:283 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 283
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial District is created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:752 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 752
First assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

A. The office of first assistant district attorney for the Thirty-First Judicial District is created.

B. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of three thousand four hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. This additional salary shall be paid by the parish of Jefferson Davis.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 382, §§1 to 4. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 548, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:487 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 487
Fourth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of fourth assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.

B.(1) The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer a salary of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana, apportioned as follows:

(a) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(b) By the parish of Washington, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(2) Provided in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:691 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 691
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

Each assistant district attorney of the Thirtieth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Vernon of not less than three thousand two hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Vernon.

Acts 1977, No. 164, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:234 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 234
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Rapides shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:233.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:324 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 324
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state an annual salary of not less than seven thousand two hundred dollars, nor more than ten thousand two hundred dollars, as established by the governing authorities of the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District, the amount so established to be payable monthly on the warrant of the said assistant district attorney by the parishes comprising the judicial district apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Acadia, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Lafayette, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars, per annum.

(3) By the parish of Vermilion, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

B. The second assistant district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state an annual salary of not less than seven thousand two hundred dollars, nor more than ten thousand two hundred dollars, as established by the governing authorities of the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District, the amount so established to be payable monthly on the warrant of the said assistant district attorney by the parishes comprising the judicial district apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Acadia, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Lafayette, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars, per annum.

(3) By the parish of Vermilion, the sum of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars, nor more than three thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 246, §1; Acts 1954, No. 352, §1; Acts 1962, No. 348, §2; Acts 1966, No. 257, §2; Acts 1967, No. 67, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 323
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first and second assistant district attorneys for the Fifteenth Judicial District are created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:106 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 106
Other fees or compensation prohibited; representation of parishes and other public boards
Status: in_force

The district attorney of said judicial district shall receive no other fees nor other compensation for official service in said district court, and he shall represent the parishes of said judicial district and other public boards therein, in all matters of litigation in which said parishes or said boards may have an interest, and shall be their legal advisor when so requested, without extra compensation; provided that in any litigation or business necessitating the attention or assistance of said district attorney outside of his judicial district by either the parishes, school boards or other public board therein, said district attorney shall be allowed and paid his expenses and provided, further, that this section shall not apply to any fees that are recovered as penalties in a civil suit where attorney's fees are made a part of the damages or penalties by statute.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §4. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 581, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:433 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 433
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of assistant district attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District is created.

B. The assistant district attorney may be a resident of either the parish of East Feliciana or the parish of West Feliciana.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:329 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 329
Fifth and sixth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The offices of fifth and sixth assistant district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 63, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:432 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 432
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The police juries of each of the parishes comprising the Twentieth Judicial District shall annually and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:881 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 881
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Seventh Judicial District shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the parish of Caldwell, of not less than four thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Caldwell.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 620, §27, eff. Jan. 3, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:328 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 328
Special assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The district attorney may in lieu of appointing a third and fourth assistant district attorney appoint special assistant district attorneys.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 449, §3. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 256, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:230 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 230
Fourth assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

The fourth assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand two hundred fifty dollars, as fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides, payable monthly by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides on the warrant of the fourth assistant district attorney. Any salary increases authorized as provided herein by the governing authority of the parish of Rapides which has remained in effect for a period of six months or more shall not be reduced. In the event the legislature fails to appropriate sufficient funds to pay that portion of the salary of the said fourth assistant district attorney which the state is required to pay, the governing authority of the parish of Rapides may appropriate and pay such amount in addition to that amount required to be paid by the governing authority; provided, however, that whenever the state appropriates or otherwise makes available the funds necessary to pay the state's portion of the salary, the governing authority of the parish of Rapides shall discontinue the payment of such amount.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 56, §1; Acts 1968, No. 574, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 424
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys for Nineteenth Judicial District
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than eight thousand four hundred dollars nor more than such sum as may be established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the amount so established to be payable monthly by said parish on the warrant of the first assistant district attorney.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand eight hundred dollars nor more than such sum as may be established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the amount so established to be payable monthly by said parish on the warrant of the second assistant district attorney.

C. The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand two hundred dollars nor more than such sum as may be established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the amount so established to be payable monthly by said parish on the warrant of the third assistant district attorney.

D. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than six thousand six hundred dollars nor more than such sum as may be established from time to time by the governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the amount so established to be payable monthly by said parish on the warrants of each of said assistant district attorneys.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 468, §1; Acts 1958, No. 151, §1; Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1966, No. 33, §1; Acts 1966, No. 432, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 54, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 604
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than one thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

C. The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than one thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

D. These salaries shall be paid by the parish of St. Landry. The police jury of St. Landry Parish shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 445, §§2, 3. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 432, §1; Acts 1972, No. 421, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:321.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 321.1
Additional compensation; limitation
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion as provided in R.S. 16:321, such additional salary and expenses as each of the said parishes may provide, provided, however, that the additional salary herein authorized shall not exceed in the aggregate a total yearly amount of three thousand dollars.

Added by Acts 1956, No. 155, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:16.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 16.3
Additional court costs to defray expenses; Orleans Parish
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office in Orleans Parish has jurisdiction, there may be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.

B. The sums collected under Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted monthly by the judicial administrator's office of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to the office of the district attorney of Orleans Parish to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.

Acts 2003, No. 706, §1; Acts 2020, No. 110, §3; Acts 2022, No. 654, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:16.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 16.2
Costs for prosecution expenses, Twenty-Second Judicial District
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other statute or provision of law to the contrary, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of five dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other funds, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the sheriff's office of the parishes of Washington and St. Tammany directly to the office of the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District to be used in defraying expenses of his office.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 37, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:434 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 434
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney of the Twentieth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, such additional salary as the police juries of the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana may determine, but such additional compensation shall not be in excess of one thousand dollars per annum from each parish.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 56, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:266 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 266
Group health insurance; parish of Sabine; office of the district attorney; eligible retired employees
Status: in_force

A. If a group health insurer offers a retired employee a health insurance plan, the district attorney's office of the Eleventh Judicial District shall pay the retired employee's premium, upon retirement age, per the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana. Otherwise, the district attorney's office shall pay up to one hundred percent of the retired employee's health insurance premium comparable to the premium of an active employee's plan of choice.

B. When the retired employee reaches the age or condition for Medicare eligibility, the retired employee shall secure Medicare and pursue a supplemental plan. The district attorney's office shall continue to pay the retired employee's current health insurance premium or the premium for the supplemental plan that is comparable to the present insurance coverage.

C. For purposes of this Section, a retired employee shall have twenty-five consecutive years of employment with the district attorney's office at the time of retirement.

Acts 2024, No. 544, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 802
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Terrebonne shall annually and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed by R.S. 16:801.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:468 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 468
Additional salary of sixth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The sixth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of four thousand six hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. Such additional salary shall be paid by the parishes composing said judicial district, as follows: the parish of Tangipahoa shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred dollars; the parish of St. Helena, the sum of nine hundred fifteen dollars; and the parish of Livingston, the sum of one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 465, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:839.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 839.3
Salaries of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The assistant district attorneys of the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District shall receive in addition to any salary paid to them by the state, if any, an annual salary as set out by the district attorney from the annual budgeted funds provided by the governing authority of St. Bernard Parish for salaries for assistant district attorneys, said salaries to be set for each assistant district attorney by the district attorney, at his discretion. The total amount of the said budgeted salary funds which have been designated by the governing authority of St. Bernard Parish to be paid to the assistant district attorneys as directed by the district attorney shall not be reduced once same has been in effect for a period of six months. Said salaries shall be paid monthly in an amount set by the district attorney, payable on warrant of the individual assistants as the case may be.

B. The governing authority of the parish of St. Bernard shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries provided herein.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 672, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:512 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 512
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Twenty-Third Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:511.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:582 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 582
Additional salaries and expenses of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of six thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Webster, the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Bossier, the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars per annum.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of four thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Webster, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Bossier, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum.

C.(1) The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(a) By the parish of Webster, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

(b) By the parish of Bossier, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

(2) The provisions of this Subsection relating to the third assistant district attorney shall not become effective until such time as funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by the legislature for the payment of that portion of the salary of said third assistant district attorney which is payable by the state of Louisiana.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 446, §1; Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 62
Method of taxation; referendum to increase taxes beyond initial authorization; collection
Status: in_force

A. Each district or subdistrict hereby created shall be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax on the assessed valuation of all property appearing on the 1988 and subsequent tax rolls, only with the approval of a majority of the electors voting in an election held for that purpose, in an amount not to exceed five mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district or subdistrict. However, the taxes generated by the millage levied shall be collected free of deductions for retirement systems.

B. In addition to the taxes authorized herein, the district or a subdistrict created by the district attorney may impose additional millages in any district or subdistrict when approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in an election held for that purpose, and any taxes generated by such additional millages shall be levied subject to deductions for retirement systems. This election may be called by the district attorney and ex officio executive officer of the district or subdistrict. The cost of the election shall be borne by the district attorney's general fund unless the election is concurrent with another election, in which event the district or subdistrict shall bear a proportionate share of the cost.

C. In addition to the taxes authorized by this Chapter, each district or subdistrict may levy and receive any other taxes authorized by the constitution of the state of Louisiana to political subdivisions, including a tax upon the sale at retail, the use, lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services as defined by law. The tax herein authorized shall be levied and collected only after the question of its imposition has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district or subdistrict voting in an election conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. This election may be called by the district attorney and ex officio executive officer of the district or subdistrict.

D. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as diminishing any authority of the sheriff for the collection of taxes as delegated to him in the constitution and laws of the state.

Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:166 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 166
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

Each of the parishes composing the Sixth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:164 and the expense allowance fixed in R.S. 16:165.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 153, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 52
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state as provided in R.S. 16:11, an annual salary as fixed by existing statutes and paid by the governing authority of the parish or parishes composing the judicial district.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 640, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:81 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 81
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth assistant district attorneys for the First Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 105, §1; Acts 1967, No. 49, §1; Acts 1970, No. 42, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 321
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of seventeen thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Acadia, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Lafayette, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of Vermilion, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 37, §1; Acts 1952, No. 247, §1; Acts 1962, No. 348, §1; Acts 1966, No. 257, §1; Acts 1967, No. 67, §1; Acts 1970, No. 509, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:358 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 358
Additional salaries of third and fourth assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The third and fourth assistant district attorneys shall receive, in addition to the salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an additional salary of five thousand five hundred fifty dollars per year each, payable monthly, said sum to be paid by the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin as set forth in R.S. 16:359.

Added by Acts 1966, No. 150, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 310, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:194 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 194
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than two thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Seventh Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Concordia, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Catahoula, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

B. The second assistant district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than two thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Seventh Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Concordia, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Catahoula, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 424, §1. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 95, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 53
Additional assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

In addition to the number of assistant district attorneys provided for each judicial district and for the parish of Orleans in R.S. 16:51 the district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans may appoint additional assistant district attorneys. The salary of such additional assistant district attorneys, with the approval of the governing authorities affected, shall be paid by the parish or parishes composing the judicial district or by the parish of Orleans.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 640, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:586 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 586
Budget to include additional salary and expense allowance of district attorney
Status: in_force

The police juries of each of the parishes comprising the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District shall annually and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary and expenses of the district attorney as herein fixed.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §9. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 366, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:204 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 204
Additional compensation of first assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The first assistant district attorney for the Eighth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Winn, of not less than twenty-four hundred dollars, payable monthly by the parish.

Added by Acts 1965, No. 135, §3. Amended by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 43, §1; Acts 1976, No. 47, §9, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:108 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 108
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of second assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Second Judicial District of Louisiana. The second assistant district attorney shall not be a resident of the parish in which the district attorney of said district resides, nor shall he be a resident of the parish in which the first assistant district attorney resides.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 152, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 352
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Sixteenth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:351.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 5
Commission on funds collected
Status: in_force

The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall receive a commission of five per cent on all amounts they may collect in any suit in favor of the state, parish or school boards, and the commissions, as now allowed by law, for collections on forfeited bonds.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:165 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 165
Expense allowance
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Sixth Judicial District, in addition to any other funds provided for the purpose, shall receive an expense allowance of two thousand four hundred dollars for expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties, payable monthly upon his own warrant by the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas in the proportion of eight hundred dollars by each parish.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 153, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 305
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Calcasieu shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:304.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §7. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 14, §3, eff. March 1, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:544 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 544
Salaries of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

Each assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to any salary paid to them by the state, a salary as fixed by the district attorney, in his discretion, from the annual budgeted funds provided by the Jefferson Parish Council for salaries for assistant district attorneys. The total amount of the budgeted salary funds which have been designated by the Jefferson Parish Council to be paid to the assistant district attorneys, as fixed by the district attorney, shall not be reduced once it has been in effect for a period of at least six months. Each salary shall be paid monthly on the warrant of each individual assistant.

Acts 1950, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1; Amended by Acts 1952, No. 159, §1; Acts 1954, No. 453, §2; Acts 1956, No. 471, §1; Acts 1961, No. 78, §1; Acts 1962, No. 490, §1; Acts 1970, No. 665, §1; Acts 1971, No. 151, §1; Acts 1979, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 82
Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than eleven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than ten thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

C. The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than eight thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

D. The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.

E. The fifth, sixth and seventh assistant district attorneys shall each receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, payable monthly on the warrants of the fifth, sixth and seventh assistant district attorneys.

F. The eighth and ninth assistant district attorney shall each receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, payable monthly on the warrants of the eighth and ninth assistant district attorneys.

G. These salaries shall be paid by the parish of Caddo.

H. The assistant district attorneys for the First Judicial District shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salaries paid them by the parish of Caddo, as provided in this section, such additional salaries as the police jury of Caddo Parish may provide.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 13, §§1, 2; Acts 1954, No. 105, §§2, 3; Acts 1967, No. 49, §1; Acts 1970, No. 42, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:516 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 516
Health insurance; retired district attorneys; certain judicial districts
Status: in_force

A. The premium costs of group health insurance may be paid in full from the district attorney's general fund, in and for the Fifth, Seventh, Eighteenth, Twenty-First, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fifth, Twenty-Ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-First, Thirty-Third, Thirty-Sixth, and Fortieth judicial districts as may be applicable, for any district attorney who retired with at least twenty-four years of full-time service regardless of age.

B. The premium costs of group health insurance shall be paid in full from the district attorney's general fund, in and for the Fourth, Sixth, Twenty-Second, and Thirty-Ninth judicial districts as may be applicable, for any district attorney who retired with at least thirty years of full-time service regardless of age or who has served twenty-four years or more as the elected district attorney regardless of age.

C. The premium costs of group health insurance shall be paid in full from the district attorney's general fund in and for the Second Judicial District, for any district attorney who retired with at least twenty-four years of full-time service regardless of age.

D. As used in this Section, "years of full-time service" shall mean the number of years of creditable service that the retiree had in the Louisiana District Attorney's Retirement System.

Acts 2006, No. 840, §1; Acts 2007, No. 300, §1; Acts 2007, No. 355, §1; Acts 2008, No. 554, §1; Acts 2009, No. 389, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2020, No. 168, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 101
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Second Judicial District is created. The assistant district attorney shall not be a resident of the parish in which the district attorney of said district resides.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 129, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 357
Third and fourth assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of third and fourth assistant district attorneys are hereby created in and for the Sixteenth Judicial District of Louisiana under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1966, No. 150, §2.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:486 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 486
Third assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The office of third assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.

B.(1) The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana, apportioned as follows:

(a) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(b) By the parish of Washington, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.

(2) Provided, in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 378, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 354
Additional salary of the first assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of five thousand five hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin as set forth in R.S. 16:359.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 29, §1; Acts 1962, No. 348, §3; Acts 1966, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 451
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-First Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of nine thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Twenty-First Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Tangipahoa, the sum of five thousand three hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Livingston, the sum of three thousand dollars per annum.

(3) By the parish of St. Helena, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 65, §1; Acts 1967, No. 74, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 386
Special investigators
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District is authorized to employ not more than two special investigators. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, the salaries and expense allowances of such investigators shall be fixed by the district attorney with the approval of the governing authority of the parish of Lafourche and shall be payable by the parish of Lafourche, and the duties of these investigators shall be restricted to matters concerned with the parish of Lafourche only.

Added by Acts 1963, No. 129, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:423 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 423
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth assistant district attorneys for the Nineteenth Judicial District are created.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 468, §1; Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1966, No. 33, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 54, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:112 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 112
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The said assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the assistant district attorney.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 148, §2. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 144, §1; Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:145 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 145
Other compensation prohibited; expenses outside district
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the said judicial district shall receive no other fees nor other compensation for official services, and he shall represent the parishes of the said judicial district and all other public bodies therein in all litigation in which said parishes or said boards may be interested, and shall advise these bodies when so requested without extra compensation, provided, that in any litigations outside of his judicial district said district attorney shall be allowed actual expenses incident to such litigation.

Added by Acts 1955, No. 133, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:621 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 621
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by this state, in lieu of all other fees, an additional salary of four thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of LaSalle.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 212, §1; Acts 1959, No. 113, §16; Acts 1977, No. 620, §26, eff. Jan. 3, 1979.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:383 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 383
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first, second, third, and fourth assistant district attorneys for the Seventeenth Judicial District are hereby created.

Amended by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1967, No. 63, §1; Acts 1968, No. 309, §1; Acts 1979, No. 247, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:462 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 462
Fourth assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of fourth assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Twenty-First Judicial District.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 574, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:331 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 331
Special assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The district attorney in lieu of appointing a fifth and sixth assistant district attorney may appoint special assistant district attorneys.

Added by Acts 1971, No. 63, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 804
Additional salaries of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The first assistant district attorney of the Thirty-Second Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of eight thousand dollars, and the second assistant district attorney of the Thirty-Second Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, each payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Terrebonne.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 425
Fixing assistant district attorneys' salaries; budget
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of East Baton Rouge is hereby authorized to fix and establish the annual salaries to be received by and paid to the assistant district attorneys for the Nineteenth Judicial District out of parish funds, within the minimum and maximum salary ranges provided in R.S. 16:424, and when so fixed and established, the said governing authority shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay said salaries.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 151, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:465 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 465
Fifth assistant district attorney; residency and voter registration
Status: in_force

The office of fifth assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Twenty-First Judicial District.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 554, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:322 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 322
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of each of the parishes composing the Fifteenth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries fixed in R.S. 16:321.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 71
Compensation; assistants and office help
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a district attorney for the parish of Orleans.

B. He shall be elected by the voters of the parish at the time and for such term as are provided in R.S. 16:1. He shall receive an annual salary of fifty thousand dollars, payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney, and such amount as the city of New Orleans shall appropriate, to be paid in equal monthly installments.

C. He shall be a licensed attorney and shall perform all duties now prescribed by law or hereafter prescribed by the legislature. He shall appoint the necessary assistants to the district attorney of the parish of Orleans, in accordance with law, who shall be licensed attorneys and the necessary clerks, stenographers and special officers for the district attorney and fix salaries which shall be paid by the city of New Orleans with funds otherwise made available to the district attorney.

D. The city of New Orleans shall provide a sum of not less than one hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars per annum for the payment of the salaries of the assistant attorneys, clerks, stenographers, special officers, and the expenses of the district attorney's office.

E. The assistant district attorneys, clerks, stenographers and special officers may be removed at the discretion of the district attorney.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 114, §1; Acts 1954, No. 112, §1; Acts 1959, No. 44, §1; Acts 1965, No. 48, §2; Acts 1967, No. 12, §2; Acts 1970, No. 209, §1; Acts 1974, No. 470, §1; Acts 1981, No. 122, §2; Acts 1992, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 1, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:122 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 122
Residence and additional salary of assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. The first assistant district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the first assistant district attorney.

B. The second assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Morehouse and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than four thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Morehouse on the warrant of the second assistant district attorney.

C. The third assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the third assistant district attorney.

D. The fourth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the fourth assistant district attorney.

E. The fifth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the fifth assistant district attorney.

F. The sixth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Morehouse and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Morehouse on the warrant of the sixth assistant district attorney.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §2; Acts 1952, No. 197, §1; Acts 1956, No. 77, §2; Acts 1960, No. 320, §1; Acts 1965, No. 147, §2; Acts 1968, No. 325, §1; Acts 1970, No. 336, §2; Acts 1971, No. 113, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:751 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 751
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

A. The police jury of the parish of Jefferson Davis shall pay the district attorney of the Thirty-First Judicial District an additional salary of three thousand six hundred dollars per annum payable monthly on his own warrant when funds are made available for the payment of that portion of the salary of said district attorney which is payable by the state of Louisiana.

B. The governing authority of Jefferson Davis Parish shall annually, and at the time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed herein.

Added by Acts 1952, No. 381, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 548, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:841 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 841
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Grant, of not less than thirty-six hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Grant.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 47, §10, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:221 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 221
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of first assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District is created.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 61, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:803 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 803
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

The offices of first and second assistant district attorneys for the Thirty-Second Judicial District are created.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 306, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 111
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney is hereby created in and for the Third Judicial District of the State of Louisiana composed of the parishes of Lincoln and Union.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 148, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:191 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 191
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of four thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Seventh Judicial District, apportioned as follows:

(1) By the parish of Concordia, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

(2) By the parish of Catahoula, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

Amended by Acts 1967, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 806
Third assistant district attorney; additional salary
Status: in_force

A. The office of third assistant district attorney for the Thirty-Second Judicial District is hereby created.

B. The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Terrebonne.

Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 202
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Winn shall annually and at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salaries provided for in this Part.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 47, §9, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:201 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 201
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Eighth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary to be fixed by the governing authority of the parish of Winn, of not less than forty-eight hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Winn.

Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 47, §9, eff. Jan. 3, 1977.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:924 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 924
Additional salary of district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Forty-Second Judicial District Court shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of two thousand three hundred seventy-five dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by DeSoto Parish.

Acts 2007, No. 416, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:192 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 192
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

Each of the parishes composing the Seventh Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:191.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 261
Assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of assistant district attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District is created.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:574 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 574
Expenses; operating budget
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the expense allowance provided by R.S. 16:6, the district attorney of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District shall be entitled to an operating budget, paid by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines from the general fund, and any other funds made available for this purpose, for the expenses of the operation of the office of the district attorney. Such expenses shall include but shall not be limited to the following:

(1) Salaries of stenographers, clerks, administrators, secretaries, and investigators.

(2) Salaries of assistant district attorneys, as provided by R.S. 16:573, except that there shall be no increase in any one year exceeding the amount budgeted by the parish governing authority for merit and cost-of-living increases for civil service employees without approval of the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines.

(3) Expenses for stationery, telephones, automobiles, office equipment, and office supplies.

(4) Funds for matching federal grants, parochial retirement coverage for employees, as provided by law, and hospitalization insurance coverage for employees, as provided to other employees of the parish.

(5) Travel expenses where appropriate for operation of the office or for training seminars, and registrations for seminars, schools, and professional societies.

(6) Any other expenses which may be incurred in the normal operation of the office of the district attorney.

B. All such expenses shall be paid by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines.

C. The operating budget shall not be reduced without the consent of the district attorney during the year in which it is effective, nor shall the district attorney's annual budget for any year be less than the annual budget for the preceding year without the consent of the district attorney, except in the case of a pro rata reduction in the operating budgets of all other departments in the parish of Plaquemines due to reduction in revenues. This Subsection shall not apply to the capital outlay portion of the annual budget for the office of the district attorney provided that, for purposes of this Subsection, the capital outlay portion of the budget shall not include office equipment, furniture, communication equipment, expenses associated with maintaining a law library, and computer systems.

Acts 1986, No. 198, §1; Acts 1986, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 782, §§1, 2; eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:541 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 541
Additional salary of the district attorney
Status: in_force

The district attorney of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District of this state, comprising the parish of Jefferson, shall receive, in addition to the salary paid him by the state, an additional annual salary of not less than fifteen thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the governing authority for the parish of Jefferson. This additional salary shall not be reduced after it has been in effect for a period of at least six months.

Amended by Acts 1950, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §1; Acts 1956, No. 471, §1; Acts 1959, No. 113, §15; Acts 1971, No. 153, §1; Acts 1979, No. 505, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:356 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 356
Additional salary of second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of five thousand five hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin as set forth in R.S. 16:359.

Added by Acts 1954, No. 560, §§2, 3. Amended by Acts 1955, No. 51, §1; Acts 1962, No. 348, §4; Acts 1966, No. 150, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 162
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

Each of the parishes composing the Sixth Judicial District shall annually, and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:161.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 226
Third assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of third assistant district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District is hereby created.

Added by Acts 1967, No. 39, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:284 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 284
Additional salary of assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The assistant district attorney of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly. The additional salary shall be paid by the parish of Evangeline.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:382 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 382
Budget to include additional salary
Status: in_force

The governing authority of the parish of Lafourche shall annually and at the same time it prepares its general budget of expenses budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary fixed in R.S. 16:381.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 308, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 16:355 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 16 / Section 355
Second assistant district attorney
Status: in_force

The office of second assistant district attorney is hereby created in and for the Sixteenth Judicial District of Louisiana, under the provisions of Article VII, Section 60 of the Constitution of Louisiana. 1

Added by Acts 1954, No. 560, §1.

1 See, now, LSA-Const. Art. 5, §26.