FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
La. Civ. Code art. 471 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 471
Corporeal movables.
Status: in_force

Corporeal movables are things, whether animate or inanimate, that normally move or can be moved from one place to another.

Acts 1978, No. 728, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 424.8 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 424.8
CASA; request for hearing
Status: in_force

The CASA volunteer may request a hearing before the court for any of the following reasons:

(1) The case plan on behalf of the child is not being implemented or adhered to by any party.

(2) The plan is not meeting the child's needs.

(3) Other reasons in the best interests of the child.

Acts 1999, No. 275, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4610 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4610
Opposition to homologation
Status: in_force

An opposition may be filed at any time prior to the homologation of the partition. If no opposition has been filed, the partition may be homologated at any time after ten days from the service of the rule to show cause.
La. Civ. Code art. 238 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 238
Amount of support
Status: in_force

The amount of support shall be determined in accordance with the needs of the obligee, as limited under the preceding Article, and the means of the obligor.

Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Civ. Code art. 1761 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1761
Effects of a natural obligation
Status: in_force

A natural obligation is not enforceable by judicial action. Nevertheless, whatever has been freely performed in compliance with a natural obligation may not be reclaimed.

A contract made for the performance of a natural obligation is onerous.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1453 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1453
Objection to irregularities in notice; waiver
Status: in_force

All errors and irregularities in the notice for taking a deposition are waived unless written objection is promptly served upon the party giving the notice.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1623 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1623
Interstate compact for the placement of children; purpose
Status: in_force

NOTE: Art. 1623 enacted by Acts 2010, No. 893, §1, eff. when the 35th state enacts the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children

The provisions of this Chapter shall constitute the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. The purpose of the compact is to:

A. Provide a process through which children subject to the compact are placed in safe and suitable homes in a timely manner.

B. Facilitate ongoing supervision of a placement, the delivery of services, and communication between the states.

C. Provide operating procedures that will ensure that children are placed in safe and suitable homes in a timely manner.

D. Provide for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of the compact and regulating the covered activities of the member states.

E. Provide for uniform data collection and information sharing between member states under the compact.

F. Promote coordination between the compact, the Interstate Compact for Juveniles, the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, and other compacts affecting the placement of and which provide services to children otherwise subject to the compact.

G. Provide for a state's continuing legal jurisdiction and responsibility for placement and care of a child that it would have had if the placement were intrastate.

H. Provide for the promulgation of guidelines, in collaboration with Indian tribes, for interstate cases involving Indian children as is or may be permitted by federal law.

Acts 2010, No. 893, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1237 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1237
Revocation of interlocutory decree
Status: in_force

A. At any time before the entry of the final decree of private adoption, the court for good cause may revoke its interlocutory decree either on its own motion or on the motion of the department or on the motion of the petitioner or any person interested in the child.

B. All parties upon whom service was originally made shall be notified at least ten days prior to the signing of the order of revocation and shall be given an opportunity to be heard upon their written request.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 3521 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3521
Divorce or separation
Status: in_force

A court of this state may grant a divorce or separation only for grounds provided by the law of this state.

Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1484 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1484
Interpretation of revocation or modification
Status: in_force

The rules contained in the foregoing articles also apply to the revocation of a legacy or testament, to the modification of a testamentary provision, and to any other modification of succession rights.

Acts 2001, No. 560, §1, eff. June 22, 2001.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1873 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1873
Construction of contract
Status: in_force

A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.
La. Civ. Code art. 1357 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1357
Deductions from active mass.
Status: in_force

The active mass of the succession being thus formed, if there be no collation, or if the collations are made in kind, the officer proceeds to the deductions to be made from the mass, in order to ascertain the balance to be divided.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 221 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 221
Kinds of contempt
Status: in_force

A contempt of court is any act or omission tending to obstruct or interfere with the orderly administration of justice, or to impair the dignity of the court or respect for its authority.

Contempts of court are of two kinds, direct and constructive.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 77 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 77
Action against person doing business in another parish
Status: in_force

An action against a person having a business office or establishment in a parish other than that where he may be sued under Article 42 only, on a matter over which this office or establishment had supervision, may be brought in the parish where this office or establishment is located.

Acts 1989, No. 117, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 725.3 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 725.3
Statewide protocol; applicability of child in need of care procedure
Status: in_force

A. The department shall develop a statewide protocol for helping to coordinate the delivery of services to sexually exploited children and shall work with court intake officers to ensure that all state, federal, and community-based resources for sexually exploited children are known to children who have been granted diversion under Article 839.

B. A child who is a victim of human trafficking is a child in need of care, and unless otherwise specified in this Chapter, the provisions of Title VI of this Code shall govern, when applicable.

Acts 2013, No. 429, §3, eff. June 24, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 376, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 76.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 76.1
Action on contract
Status: in_force

An action on a contract may be brought in the parish where the contract was executed or the parish where any work or service was performed or was to be performed under the terms of the contract.

Acts 1991, No. 217, §2.
La. Ch. Code art. 1116 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1116
Agency adoption; acceptance by agency
Status: in_force

In order for a surrender to an agency to be effective, the surrender shall be accepted in writing by the agency in the form of an authentic act.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1965 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1965
Lesion
Status: in_force

A contract may be annulled on grounds of lesion only in those cases provided by law.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 163 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 163
Officer to whom directed; time for execution; electronic devices
Status: in_force

A. A search warrant shall be directed to any peace officer, who shall execute it and bring any property seized into the court issuing the warrant.

B. A search or seizure shall not be made during the nighttime or on Sunday, unless the warrant expressly so directs.

C. Except as authorized by Article 163.1 or 163.2, or as otherwise provided in this Article, or as otherwise provided by law, a search warrant cannot be lawfully executed after the expiration of the tenth day after its issuance.

D.(1) Any examination or testing of any property seized pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be at the direction of the attorney general, the district attorney, or the investigating agency.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any examination or testing of the seized property may be conducted at any time before or during the pendency of any criminal proceeding in which the property may be used as evidence.

E.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a warrant is issued to search for and seize data or information contained in or on a computer, disk drive, flash drive, cellular telephone, or other electronic communication, or data storage device, the warrant is considered to have been executed within the time allowed in Paragraph C of this Article if the device was seized before the expiration of the time allowed, or if the device was in law enforcement custody at the time of the issuance of the warrant.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a device described in Subparagraph (1) of this Paragraph was seized before the expiration of the time allowed in Paragraph C of this Article, or if the device was in law enforcement custody at the time of the issuance of the warrant, any data or information contained in or on the device may be recovered or extracted pursuant to the warrant at any time, and such recovery or extraction shall not be subject to the time limitation in Paragraph C of this Article.

Acts 2005, No. 38, §1; Acts 2012, No. 44, §1; Acts 2019, No. 341, §1; Acts 2022, No. 384, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2793 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2793
Confirmation of registered support order for enforcement
Status: in_force

A. If the obligor files a timely objection and, after a hearing, the court finds:

(1) There exists a legitimate basis for objecting to the registration, other than the amount of arrearages alleged to be owed, the court shall issue an order vacating the registration of the support order for enforcement.

(2) There exists no legitimate basis for objecting to the registration, other than the amount of arrearages alleged to be owed, the court shall issue an order confirming the registration of the support order for enforcement.

(3) There exists no legitimate basis for objecting to the registration and there is no dispute as to the amount of arrearages owed as stated in the verified statement of support, the court shall issue an order confirming the registration of the support order for enforcement and render a judgment making the arrearages executory.

B. If the obligor fails to file a timely objection, the registered support order is confirmed by operation of law and the amount of arrearages alleged to be owed in the verified statement of support becomes executory in all respects.

Added by Acts 1997, No. 603, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 3125 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3125
Award made prior to time specified for examination.
Status: in_force

If the submission specifies a certain time for the examination of the cause which the arbitrators are to decide,* they can not give their award till that time is expired.

Amended by Acts 1871, No. 87.

*English translation of French text incomplete; should include "or for the return of documents."
La. Civ. Code art. 1989 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1989
Damages for delay
Status: in_force

Damages for delay in the performance of an obligation are owed from the time the obligor is put in default.

Other damages are owed from the time the obligor has failed to perform.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3221 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3221
Preservation of succession property
Status: in_force

A succession representative shall preserve, repair, maintain, and protect the property of the succession.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 229 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 229
Duties of officer in charge
Status: in_force

The officer in charge of the jail or police station shall immediately inform the prisoner booked:

(1) Of the charge against him;

(2) Of his rights to communicate with and procure counsel; and

(3) Of his right to request a preliminary examination when he is charged with a felony.

The officer in charge shall, within forty-eight hours from the time of the booking, notify the district attorney in writing of all persons booked for violation of state statutes, and shall furnish without cost a certified copy of any booking entry to any person requesting it.
La. Civ. Code art. 2534 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2534
Prescription
Status: in_force

A. The action for redhibition against a seller who did not know of the existence of a defect in the thing sold and the action asserting that a thing is not fit for its ordinary or intended use prescribe in two years from the day of delivery of the thing to the buyer or one year from the day the defect or unfitness was discovered by the buyer, whichever occurs first.

B. The action for redhibition against a seller who knew, or is presumed to have known, of the existence of a defect in the thing sold prescribes in one year from the day the defect was discovered by the buyer or ten years from the perfection of the contract of sale, whichever occurs first.

C. In any case prescription on an action for redhibition is interrupted when the seller accepts the thing for repairs and commences anew from the day he tenders it back to the buyer or notifies the buyer of his refusal or inability to make the required repairs.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 172, §1; Acts 1997, No. 266, §1; Acts 2021, No. 414, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 643 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 643
Service; absentee or unidentified parent; curator ad hoc
Status: in_force

A. If the parent against whom a proceeding is instituted cannot be served in accordance with Article 640 or 641, the court shall appoint an attorney at law as curator ad hoc for the parent and service shall be made upon the curator ad hoc.

B. Upon appointment of the curator ad hoc, a copy of the letter of appointment shall be forwarded to the department and the district attorney.

C. If the father is unidentified, it is not necessary to appoint a curator ad hoc for that parent. The father shall be considered unidentified if the biological father's name is not provided on the birth certificate, there is no presumed father, and no party to the proceedings or the mother, if not a party, is able to provide a first and last name of a putative father or alias sufficient to provide a reasonable possibility of identification and location.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2017, No. 239, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1641 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1641
Rulemaking authority; effect of rules
Status: in_force

NOTE: Art. 1641 enacted by Acts 2010, No. 893, §1, eff. when the 35th state enacts the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.

A. The Department of Children and Family Services shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, rules adopted by the Interstate Commission shall not supersede state law, and shall not be binding unless also promulgated by this state in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The provisions of this Subsection shall control to the extent of conflict with any other provision of law.

Acts 2010, No. 893, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 408.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 408.1
Initial selection of general venire; source
Status: in_force

A. In developing a list of all persons who may be called for grand or petit jury duty:

(1) It shall be determined by each judicial district whether the names of prospective jurors shall be drawn exclusively from voter registration lists or also drawn from other sources or lists.

(2) If the district judges of the judicial district, in their discretion, authorize the use of sources other than voter registration lists in developing grand and petit jury lists, a jury commission shall not draw the names of prospective jurors exclusively from voter registration lists, but shall use other sources or lists of prospective jurors as may be legally available.

B. If the district judges authorize the use of a list of persons issued drivers' licenses as a source from which to choose prospective jurors, such list of drivers shall be provided annually at no cost by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to the respective clerks of court or jury commissions responsible for preparing the list of prospective jurors. However, such a list shall only be provided to parishes that make written request through the parish clerk of court or jury commission.

Acts 1995, No. 933, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1102, §1; Acts 1997, No. 886, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 124, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1767 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1767
Suspensive and resolutory condition
Status: in_force

A conditional obligation is one dependent on an uncertain event.

If the obligation may not be enforced until the uncertain event occurs, the condition is suspensive.

If the obligation may be immediately enforced but will come to an end when the uncertain event occurs, the condition is resolutory.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2685 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2685
Discrepancy between agreed and delivered quantity
Status: in_force

If the leased thing is an immovable and its extent differs from that which was agreed upon, the rights of the parties with regard to such discrepancy are governed by the provisions of the Title "Sale".

Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 3042 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3042
Commercial suretyship
Status: in_force

A commercial suretyship is one in which:

(1) The surety is engaged in a surety business;

(2) The principal obligor or the surety is a business corporation, partnership, or other business entity;

(3) The principal obligation arises out of a commercial transaction of the principal obligor; or

(4) The suretyship arises out of a commercial transaction of the surety.

Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
La. Civ. Code art. 505 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 505
Islands and sandbars in navigable rivers.
Status: in_force

Islands, and sandbars that are not attached to a bank, formed in the beds of navigable rivers or streams, belong to the state.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 10 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 10
Jurisdiction over status
Status: in_force

A. A court which is otherwise competent under the laws of this state has jurisdiction of the following actions or proceedings only under the following conditions:

(1) An adoption proceeding in accordance with Title XII of the Children's Code, if the surrendering parent of the child, a prospective adoptive parent, the adoptive parent or parents, or any parent of the child has been domiciled in this state for at least eight months, or if the child is in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services; and an adoption proceeding in accordance with Civil Code Article 212, if either party to the adoption of an adult is domiciled in this state.

(2) An emancipation proceeding if the minor is domiciled in this state.

(3) An interdiction proceeding brought pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.

(4) A tutorship or curatorship proceeding if the minor or absentee, as the case may be, is domiciled in this state or has property herein.

(5) A proceeding to obtain the legal custody of a minor if he is domiciled in, or is in, this state.

(6) An action to annul a marriage if one or both of the parties are domiciled in this state.

(7) An action of divorce, if, at the time of filing, one or both of the spouses are domiciled in this state.

(8) Unless otherwise provided by law, an action to establish parentage and support or to disavow parentage if the child is domiciled in or is in this state, and was either born in this state, born out of state while its mother was domiciled in this state, or acknowledged in this state. However, regardless of the location of the child or its place of birth, an action to disavow may be brought if the person seeking to disavow was domiciled in this state at the time of conception and birth and is presumed to be its parent under the laws of this state.

(9) A proceeding for support of an adult child with a disability, as provided in R.S. 9:315.22.1, if he is domiciled in, or is in, this state.

B. For purposes of Subparagraphs (6) and (7) of Paragraph A of this Article, if a spouse has established and maintained a residence in a parish of this state for a period of six months, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that he has a domicile in this state in the parish of such residence.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 172, §1; Acts 1980, No. 764, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1009, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 1243, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 1999, No. 1263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 567, §2; Acts 2001, No. 1064, §1; Acts 2008, No. 351, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 379, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 333, §2; Acts 2024, No. 448, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.
La. Civ. Code art. 2336 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2336
Ownership of community property
Status: in_force

Each spouse owns a present undivided one-half interest in the community property. Nevertheless, neither the community nor things of the community may be judicially partitioned prior to the termination of the regime.

During the existence of the community property regime, the spouses may, without court approval, voluntarily partition the community property in whole or in part. In such a case, the things that each spouse acquires are separate property. The partition is effective toward third persons when filed for registry in the manner provided by Article 2332.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 921, §1; Acts 1982, No. 282, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1780 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1780
Renunciation of a term
Status: in_force

The party for whose exclusive benefit a term has been established may renounce it.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1312 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1312
Service of pleadings subsequent to petition; exceptions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the second paragraph hereof, every pleading subsequent to the original petition shall be served on the adverse party as provided by Article 1313 or 1314, whichever is applicable.

No service on the adverse party need be made of a motion or petition for an appeal, of a petition for the examination of a judgment debtor, of a petition for the issuance of garnishment interrogatories in the execution of a final judgment, or of any pleading not required by law to be in writing.