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La. Civ. Code art. 3446 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3446
Acquisitive prescription
Status: in_force

Acquisitive prescription is a mode of acquiring ownership or other real rights by possession for a period of time.

Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Ch. Code art. 522 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 522
Applicability
Status: in_force

A. A child advocacy center is established and becomes subject to the provisions of this Chapter when all of the following have been accomplished:

(1) There is a multidisciplinary investigative team that is operational within the judicial district and in full compliance with the requirements of Part II of Chapter 1 of this Title.

NOTE: Paragraph A(2) eff. until October 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

(2) An agreement to use the services of a child advocacy center has been executed by representatives of the district attorney, the office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services, the coroner, the sheriff, and any other law enforcement agency having responsibility in the district for the investigation of child abuse.

NOTE: Paragraph A(2) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. October 1, 2027.

(2) An agreement to use the services of a child advocacy center has been executed by representatives of the district attorney, the office of child welfare, Department of Children and Family Services, the coroner, the sheriff, and any other law enforcement agency having responsibility in the district for the investigation of child abuse.

(3) A nonprofit corporation certificate of incorporation has been issued or an agreement to create and assume responsibility for a child advocacy center has been executed by an existing nonprofit corporation or governmental unit.

B. A child advocacy center established before August 15, 2003, has six months from that date in which to revise, if necessary, its policies and procedures to comply with the requirements of this Chapter.

C. A child advocacy center may be established to serve the children and families of one or more judicial districts or parts thereof.

Acts 2003, No. 749, §1; Acts 2025, No. 477, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 893.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 893.1
Motion to invoke firearm sentencing provision
Status: in_force

A. If the district attorney intends to move for imposition of sentence under the provisions of Article 893.3, he shall file a motion within a reasonable period of time prior to commencement of trial of the felony or specifically enumerated misdemeanor in which the firearm was used.

B. The motion shall contain a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the basis for the motion and shall specify the provisions of this Chapter under which the district attorney intends to proceed.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 139, §1; Acts 1988, No. 319, §1; Acts 1999, No. 575, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1217.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1217.1
Reporting requirement; statistical availability
Status: in_force

A. For each adopted child, the court shall ensure that the department receives all of the following information:

(1) Whether either of the adopted parents are related to the child.

(2) The age of the child at placement.

(3) The age of the child at the time of finalization.

(4) The gender of the child.

(5) The race of the child.

(6) The location of placement.

(7) Other nonidentifying information the department requests in order to maintain statistical records of adoption finalizations.

B. The department shall release yearly statistics on adoptions and placements of children in Louisiana. These statistics shall be made available to the public.

Acts 2021, No. 6, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1438 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1438
Report of examination
Status: in_force

A. Any report ordered pursuant to Article 1437 shall set forth specifically the objective factors leading to the conclusion that the minor has a mental illness or suffers from substance abuse, the actions or statements by the person leading to the conclusion that the mental illness or substance abuse causes the minor to be dangerous to himself or others or to be gravely disabled and in need of immediate treatment as a result of such illness or abuse, and why involuntary confinement and treatment are indicated.

B. The following criteria should be considered by the physician:

(1) The minor is suffering from serious mental illness which contributes or causes him to be dangerous to himself or others or to be gravely disabled or from substance abuse which contributes or causes him to be dangerous to himself or others or to be gravely disabled.

(2) The minor's condition is likely to deteriorate needlessly unless he is provided appropriate medical treatment.

(3) The minor's condition is likely to improve if he is provided appropriate medical treatment.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2753 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2753
Security not required in certain cases
Status: in_force

A. The original debtor, his surviving spouse in community, heirs, legatees, and legal representative are not required to furnish security for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to arrest a seizure and sale, when the injunctive relief is applied for solely on one or more of the following grounds:

(1) The debt secured by the mortgage, security agreement, or privilege is extinguished or prescribed;

(2) The enforcement of the debt secured by the mortgage, security agreement, or privilege is premature, either because the original term allowed for payment, or any extension thereof granted by the creditor, had not expired at the time of the institution of the executory proceeding;

(3) The act evidencing the mortgage or privilege or the security agreement is forged, or the debtor's signature thereto was procured by fraud, violence, or other unlawful means;

(4) The defendant in the executory proceeding has a liquidated claim to plead in compensation against the debt secured by the mortgage, security agreement, or privilege; or

(5) The order directing the issuance of the writ of seizure and sale was rendered without sufficient authentic evidence having been submitted to the court, or the evidence submitted was not actually authentic.

B. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, a claim or an action in redhibition shall not be grounds for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to arrest a seizure and sale, without security as provided by law.

C. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Chapter to the contrary, a claim that the attorney's fees established in the mortgage, security agreement, or privilege to be enforced are unreasonable shall not be grounds for the issuance of a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to arrest a seizure and sale. Any such claim may only be urged either:

(1) Prior to the sale by means of a rule to show cause filed not later than ten days, exclusive of holidays, prior to the sale, and tried summarily prior to the date of the sale, or

(2) In conjunction with a proceeding seeking a deficiency judgment to satisfy the debt for which the property was sold.

Acts 1983, No. 341, §1; Acts 1987, No. 304, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 469 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 469
Venue and place
Status: in_force

It is not necessary to state any venue in the body of the indictment, but the state, parish, or other jurisdiction where the indictment is filed shall be taken to be the venue for the offense charged in the indictment.

The place of the commission of the offense need not be alleged in the indictment unless the place of commission is essential to the offense. All allegations in the indictment and bill of particulars shall be considered as referring to the same place, unless stated otherwise.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3033 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3033
Same; compensation of executor
Status: in_force

If the testament is dated prior to January 1, 1961, the person named therein as executor shall be entitled to the full compensation allowed by law for an executor's services in administering a testate succession, even though he may not have been confirmed as executor.

If the testament is dated subsequent to December 31, 1960, the person named therein as executor shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for the services which he has rendered, whether he has been confirmed as executor or not.

Except as provided hereinafter, the legatees may be sent into possession only if the person named in the testament as executor joins in the petition thereof.

If the residuary legatee and the person named in the testament as executor cannot agree upon the compensation due him, or for any other reason he refuses to join in the petition for possession, the residuary legatee may rule him into court to show cause why the compensation due should not be determined judicially, and why the legatees should not be sent into possession of their legacies. The court shall not send the legatees into possession until satisfactory proof has been submitted that the compensation determined to be due the person named in the testament as executor has been paid.
La. Civ. Code art. 2343 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2343
Donation by spouse of interest in community.
Status: in_force

The donation by a spouse to the other spouse of his undivided interest in a thing forming part of the community transforms that interest into separate property of the donee. Unless otherwise provided in the act of donation, an equal interest of the donee is also transformed into separate property and the natural and civil fruits of the thing, and minerals produced from or attributed to the property given as well as bonuses, delay rentals, royalties, and shut-in payments arising from mineral leases, form part of the donee's separate property.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1; Amended by Acts 1981, No. 921, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1557 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1557
Making of declaration; notification; illustrative form
Status: in_force

A. At any time, a parent or guardian may make a written declaration directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures for his child in the event the child should have a terminal and irreversible condition.

B. The declaration shall be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of two witnesses.

C. It shall be the responsibility of the parent or guardian to notify the child's attending physician that a declaration has been made.

D. Any attending physician who is so notified shall promptly make the declaration or copy of the declaration a part of the child's medical record.

E. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require the making of a declaration for a terminally ill minor. The legislature intends that the provisions of this Chapter are permissive and voluntary. The legislature further intends that the making of a declaration pursuant to this Chapter merely illustrates a means of documenting the decision relative to withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures by a parent or guardian on behalf of his child.

F. The declaration may but need not be in the following illustrative form and may include other specific directions:

"DECLARATION

Declaration made this _____ day of ______________ (month, year)

I, _______________, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire that the death of my dying child, __________________________________, shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below and do hereby declare:

Because my child has an incurable condition, injury, disease, or illness certified to be terminal and irreversible by two physicians who have personally examined my child, one of whom is his attending physician, and the physicians have determined that my child's death will occur whether or not life-sustaining procedures are utilized and that the application of life-sustaining procedures will serve only to prolong artificially the dying process, I direct that such procedures be withheld or withdrawn and that my child be permitted to die naturally with only the administration of medication or the performance of any medical procedure deemed necessary to provide him with comfort care.

I understand the full import of this declaration, and I am emotionally and mentally competent to make this declaration on behalf of my child.

Signed _________________________

City, Parish, and State of Residence ______________________

The declarant has been personally known to me and I believe him or her to be of sound mind.

___________________________

Witness

___________________________

Witness"

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3821 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3821
Definition
Status: in_force

Habeas corpus is a writ commanding a person who has another in his custody to produce him before the court and to state the authority for the custody.

Custody, as used in this Chapter, includes detention and confinement.

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus may be filed by the person in custody or by any other person in his behalf.
La. Ch. Code art. 1406 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1406
Selection of facilities; judicial commitments
Status: in_force

A. Any treatment facility, except a forensic facility, shall be selected with consideration for the following:

(1) Medical suitability.

(2) Least restriction of the minor's liberty.

(3) Nearness to the minor patient's usual residence.

(4) Financial status of the minor patient.

B. Treatment facilities include but are not limited to the following:

(1) Community mental health centers.

(2) Private clinics.

(3) Public or private halfway houses.

(4) Public or private group homes.

(5) Residential facilities for children.

(6) Public or private general hospitals.

(7) Public or private mental hospitals.

(8) Detoxification centers.

(9) Substance abuse clinics.

(10) Substance abuse inpatient facilities.

(11) Forensic facilities.

C. Judicial commitments may be made to any facility, except forensic facilities, which is listed in Paragraph B of this Article.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1527 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1527
Venue
Status: in_force

Proceedings pursuant to this Chapter shall be commenced in the parish in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. If acts constituting an offense or if the elements of an offense occurred in more than one place, the offense is deemed to have been committed in any parish in which any such act or element occurred.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 5011 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 5011
Procedure
Status: in_force

The rules provided in Articles 4917 through 4923 apply to a suit in a district court, when a justice of the peace would have concurrent jurisdiction thereof.

Acts 1986, No. 156, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 687 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 687
Person doing business under trade name
Status: in_force

A person who does business under a trade name shall sue in his own name to enforce a right created by or arising out of the doing of such business.
La. Civ. Code art. 2907 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2907
Loan of money or commodities
Status: in_force

When the loan is of money, the borrower is bound to repay the same numerical amount in legal tender of the country whose money was lent regardless of fluctuation in the value of the currency.

When commodities are lent, the borrower is bound to return the same quantity and quality regardless of any increase or diminution of value.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 349.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 349.1
Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 613, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Status: repealed

Acts 2010, No. 914, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Civ. Code art. 3273 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3273
Recordation, effect against third persons.
Status: in_force

Privileges are valid against third persons, from the date of the recording of the act or evidence of indebtedness as provided by law.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 261 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 261
Special definitions
Status: in_force

In this Title:

(1) "Crime" means any offense denounced by a state statute and does not include an offense denounced by a local ordinance.

(2) "Governor" includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this state.

(3) "Executive authority" includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this state.

(4) "Indictment" is limited in meaning to the finding of a grand jury.

(5) "Judge" means any judge of a district court with criminal jurisdiction.

(6) "State," when used with reference to a state other than this state, means any state or territory of the United States of America, and includes the District of Columbia.
La. Ch. Code art. 609 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 609
Mandatory and permitted reporting; training requirements
Status: in_force

A. With respect to mandatory reporters:

(1)(a) Notwithstanding any claim of privileged communication, any mandatory reporter who has cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare is endangered as a result of abuse or neglect or that abuse or neglect was a contributing factor in a child's death shall report in accordance with Article 610.

(b) For purposes of this Article, the pregnancy of a child under the age of thirteen years shall constitute cause to consider whether the child has been abused.

(2) Violation of the duties imposed upon a mandatory reporter subjects the offender to criminal prosecution authorized by R.S. 14:403(A)(1).

(3)(a) To familiarize mandatory reporters, as defined by Children's Code Article 603, with their legal mandate for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect, such mandatory reporters shall be offered training on the statutory requirements and responsibility of reporting child abuse and neglect. This training shall be made available by the child welfare division of the Department of Children and Family Services or any other mechanism as approved by the department as long as it includes information on the reporting procedure and the consequences of failing to report.

(b) Each mandatory reporter may obtain mandatory reporting training as each mandatory reporter believes to be necessary in accordance with Subsubparagraph (a) or (d) of this Subparagraph.

(c) The appropriate state regulatory department, board, commission, or agency for each category of mandatory reporter may provide continuing education credit for the completion of the training pursuant to this Paragraph.

(d) Any entity, including but not limited to hospitals, educational and religious institutions, and nonprofits, may provide its employees, volunteers, or educational attendees with equivalent training pursuant to Subsubparagraph (a) of this Subparagraph.

B. With respect to permitted reporters, any other person having cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare is endangered as a result of abuse or neglect, including a judge of any court of this state, may report in accordance with Article 610.

C. The filing of a report, known to be false, may subject the offender to criminal prosecution authorized by R.S. 14:403(A)(3).

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 637, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2013, No. 163, §1; Acts 2020, No. 122, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.
La. Civ. Code art. 3025 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3025
Termination by principal
Status: in_force

The principal may terminate the mandate and the authority of the mandatary at any time. A mandate in the interest of the principal, and also of the mandatary or of a third person, may be irrevocable, if the parties so agree, for as long as the object of the contract may require.

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 532 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 532
Common author.
Status: in_force

When the titles of the parties are traced to a common author, he is presumed to be the previous owner.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 855 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 855
Errors discovered after verdict or judgment of guilty; necessary allegations
Status: in_force

A motion for a new trial based on ground (4) of Article 851 shall contain allegations of fact sworn to by the defendant or his counsel, showing:

(1) The specific nature of the error or defect complained of; and

(2) That, notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defense, the error or defect was not discovered before or during the trial.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 646 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 646
Amendment of petition to join a party
Status: in_force

When the failure to join a party is pleaded successfully in or noticed by a trial court, the latter may permit amendment of the petition so as to make him a party, and may reopen the case if it has been submitted and further evidence is necessary. When such failure is pleaded successfully in or noticed by an appellate court, the latter may remand the case for such amendment and further evidence.

Acts 1995, No. 662, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3493.2 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3493.2
Damage to immovable property; commencement and accrual of prescription
Status: in_force

When damage is caused to immovable property, the two-year prescription commences to run from the day that the owner of the immovable acquired, or should have acquired, knowledge of the damage.

Acts 2024, No. 423, §1, eff. July 1, 2024.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 318 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 318
Juvenile records in fixing bail
Status: in_force

A. For the purpose of fixing bail, a court may make a written request of any juvenile court for an abstract containing only the delinquent acts of a defendant currently before the requesting court. The request shall be promptly complied with; however, not more than forty-eight hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, shall lapse before the requested information is deposited in the mail, addressed to the requesting court.

B. The requesting court shall not copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce such juvenile records, and these shall be deposited in the mail and addressed to the issuing juvenile court within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after bail is determined.

Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2010, No. 914, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Civ. Code art. 2052 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2052
Situation to which the contract applies
Status: in_force

When the parties intend a contract of general scope but, to eliminate doubt, include a provision that describes a specific situation, interpretation must not restrict the scope of the contract to that situation alone.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 428 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 428
No abatement on death of party
Status: in_force

An action does not abate on the death of a party. The only exception to this rule is an action to enforce a right or obligation which is strictly personal.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 923 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 923
Duty of clerk as to final decisions in appellate court
Status: in_force

When a decision of an appellate court becomes final, the clerk of court shall transmit a certified copy of the decree to the court from which the appeal was taken. When the judgment is received by the lower court, it shall be filed and executed.