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La. Ch. Code art. 113 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 113
Pleading a statute or ordinance
Status: in_force

In the course of any proceeding under this Code, when pleading a statute of Louisiana or an ordinance of a political subdivision thereof, a statute of another state of the United States, or a federal statute, or a right derived therefrom, it is sufficient to refer to the statute or ordinance by an official method of citation, by its title, or in any other manner which identifies the statute or ordinance. A copy of any ordinance pleaded shall be furnished to the court and filed with the record of the proceeding.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 2926 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2926
Deposit; definition
Status: in_force

A deposit is a contract by which a person, the depositor, delivers a movable thing to another person, the depositary, for safekeeping under the obligation of returning it to the depositor upon demand.

Acts 2003, No. 491, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 383 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 383
Indictment
Status: in_force

An indictment is a written accusation of crime made by a grand jury. It must be concurred in by not less than nine of the grand jurors, indorsed "a true bill," and the indorsement must be signed by the foreman. Indictments shall be returned into the district court in open court; but when an indictment has been returned for an offense which is within the trial jurisdiction of another court in the parish, the indictment may be transferred to that court.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3574 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3574
Plaintiff's security
Status: in_force

An applicant for a writ of sequestration shall furnish security for an amount determined by the court to be sufficient to protect the defendant against any damage resulting from a wrongful issuance, unless security is dispensed with by law.
La. Civ. Code art. 1773 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1773
Time for fulfillment of condition that an event shall occur
Status: in_force

If the condition is that an event shall occur within a fixed time and that time elapses without the occurrence of the event, the condition is considered to have failed.

If no time has been fixed for the occurrence of the event, the condition may be fulfilled within a reasonable time.

Whether or not a time has been fixed, the condition is considered to have failed once it is certain that the event will not occur.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 3028 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3028
Rights of third persons without notice of revocation
Status: in_force

The principal must notify third persons with whom the mandatary was authorized to contract of the revocation of the mandate or of the mandatary's authority. If the principal fails to do so, he is bound to perform the obligations that the mandatary has undertaken.

Amended by Acts 1882, No. 19; Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Ch. Code art. 1023 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1023
Service; absentee parent; unidentified father
Status: in_force

A. If the parent against whom a proceeding is instituted cannot be served in accordance with either Article 1021 or 1022, the court shall appoint an attorney at law as curator ad hoc for the parent and service of citation shall be made upon the curator ad hoc.

B. Upon appointment of the curator ad hoc, a copy of the order of appointment shall be forwarded to the department.

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, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 634, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 407, §3, eff. June 5, 2016; Acts 2017, No. 239, §1.
La. Code Evid. art. 905 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 905
Self-authentication of other public records
Status: in_force

A. Self-authentication. Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to a document purporting to be a document authorized by law to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed in a public office, including data compilations in any form, when it is certified as being true or correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with Article 902(1), (2), or (3) and when, by statute, it is made to be presumptively or prima facie genuine or authentic.

B. Copy of original document described in Paragraph A. A document which purports to be a copy of an original document described in Paragraph A shall be deemed as authentic as the original when certified as true or correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with Article 902(1), (2), or (3).

C. Copy of other public records. A document which purports to be a copy of an original document, other than a document described in Paragraph A, which is recorded or filed in a public office, including a data compilation in any form, shall be prima facie evidence that the copy accurately reflects the contents of the document which is filed or recorded when the copy is certified as true or correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with Article 902(1), (2), or (3).

Acts 1988, No. 515, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
La. Ch. Code art. 618 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 618
Protective orders; content; modification; service
Status: in_force

A. The court may grant any protective order or approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of abuse or neglect of a party, any children, or any person alleged to be incompetent, and the relief may include but is not limited to:

(1) Granting the relief enumerated in Article 617.

(2) When there is a duty to support a party, any children, or any person alleged to be incompetent living in the residence or household, ordering payment of temporary support or provision of suitable housing for them.

(3) Awarding temporary custody of or establishing temporary visitation rights and conditions with regard to any children or person alleged to be incompetent.

(4) Ordering counseling or professional medical treatment for either the defendant or the abused or neglected person, or both.

B. A protective order may be rendered pursuant to this Chapter if the court has jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter and either of the following occurs:

(1) The parties enter into a consent agreement.

(2) Reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard are given to the person against whom the order is sought sufficient to protect that person's right to due process.

C. Any protective order issued within this state or outside this state that is consistent with Paragraph B of this Article shall be accorded full faith and credit by the courts of this state and enforced as if it were the order of the enforcing court.

D. On the motion of any party, the court, after notice to the other parties and a hearing, may modify a prior order to exclude any item included in the prior order or to include any item that could have been included in the prior order.

E. A protective order made under this Article shall be served on the person to whom the order applies in open court at the close of the hearing, or in the same manner as a writ of injunction. The clerk of the issuing court shall send a copy of the order or any modification thereof to the chief law enforcement official of the parish where the person or persons protected by the order reside. A copy of the protective order shall be retained on file in the office of the chief law enforcement officer as provided herein until otherwise directed by the court.

F. Any final protective order or approved consent agreement shall be for a fixed period of time, not to exceed six months, and may be extended by the court, after a contradictory hearing, in its discretion. Such protective order or extension thereof shall be subject to a devolutive appeal only.

G, H. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 567, §3.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 1095, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1156, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1356, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 567, §3; Acts 2024, No. 92, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 708 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 708
Establishment of predial servitude.
Status: in_force

The establishment of a predial servitude by title is an alienation of a part of the property to which the laws governing alienation of immovables apply.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 664 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 664
Adjudication by the court
Status: in_force

The adjudication hearing shall be held before the court without a jury.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 811 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 811
Partition by licitation or by private sale
Status: in_force

A. When the thing held in indivision is not susceptible to partition in kind, the court shall decree a partition by licitation or, as provided in Paragraph B of this Article, by private sale and the proceeds shall be distributed to the co-owners in proportion to their shares.

B. In the event that one or more of the co-owners are absentees or have not consented to a partition by private sale, the court shall order a partition by private sale and shall give first priority to the private sale between the existing co-owners, over the sale by partition by licitation or private sale to third persons. The court shall order the partition by private sale between the existing co-owners as identified in the conveyance records as of the date of filing for the petition for partition by private sale. The petition for partition by private sale shall be granted first priority, and the sale shall be executed under Title IX of Book VII of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2020, No. 281, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 27, §1, eff. June 1, 2021; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 916 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 916
Divesting of jurisdiction of trial court
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the trial court is divested and that of the appellate court attaches upon the entering of the order of appeal. Thereafter, the trial court has no jurisdiction to take any action except as otherwise provided by law and to:

(1) Extend the return day of the appeal, the time for filing assignments of error, or the time for filing per curiam comments in accordance with Articles 844 and 919.

(2) Correct an error or deficiency in the record.

(3) Correct an illegal sentence or take other appropriate action pursuant to a properly made or filed motion to reconsider sentence.

(4) Take all action concerning bail permitted by Title VIII.

(5) Furnish per curiam comments.

(6) Render an interlocutory order or a definitive judgment concerning a ministerial matter not in controversy on appeal.

(7) Impose the penalty provided by Article 844.

(8) Sentence the defendant pursuant to a conviction under the Habitual Offender Law as set forth in R.S. 15:529.1.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 147, §1; Acts 1974, No. 207, §1; Acts 1984, No. 527, §1; Acts 1986, No. 851, §1; Acts 1991, No. 38, §2; Acts 1997, No. 642, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1991, NO. 38, §3, FOR SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PARAGRAPH (3).}}