La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.32 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.32
Judicial Clerk's Fund for Third Judicial District; established; disbursements
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Third Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of said district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 5181, et seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Third Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined, but which shall not exceed seventeen dollars and fifty cents, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the said clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Clerk's Fund for the Third Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Third Judicial District shall have control over and administer the funds and all disbursements made therefrom. They shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

C. The judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business and function of the court and fix and pay all or any part of the salaries or reasonable expenses of such personnel out of the monies in the Judicial Clerk's Fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize the monies in the Judicial Clerk's Fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing or maintaining a law library, or both, for the court, or for buying or maintaining or both, any type of equipment, supplies or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court, including bookkeeping services or to reimburse other court funds for such services, or to pay for actual expenses incurred, including travel, hotel, tuition, and fees, by any judge or clerk in attending any seminar or conference germane to the proper operation of the court.

D. In general, the Judicial Clerk's Fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the offices of the individual judges and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes.

E. No salary shall be paid from the Judicial Clerk's Fund for the Third Judicial District to any of the judges of the Third Judicial District except as may be paid for administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 2, §1, eff. May 18, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 261, §1; Acts 1988, No. 262, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2079.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2079.1
Lake Charles; Ward Three marshal; civil fees and costs; special account; compensation of deputy marshals
Status: in_force

The Ward Three marshal of the city court of Lake Charles may deposit a portion of his salary derived from fees and costs of office collected in civil matters pursuant to R.S. 13:5807 into a special account, which account shall be in the name of and under the control of the marshal. The marshal is authorized to use funds in this account to supplement the salary a deputy marshal receives as compensation from the local governing authority and community policing and to defray operational expenses of the office and as may otherwise be useful and necessary for the proper conduct of the office of the marshal. Each individual deputy marshal shall be responsible for payment of any additional payroll taxes due on the supplemental salary received by him. In no event shall the salary of any deputy marshal exceed that of the Ward Three marshal of the city court of Lake Charles.

Acts 2005, No. 17, §1; Acts 2025, No. 147, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:86 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 86
Judicial College; education account; sources of funds
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other filing fee or cost imposed or authorized by law, the clerk of the supreme court and each city, parish, juvenile, family, district, and appellate court shall impose and collect from each party liable for court costs the additional sum of two dollars and fifty cents for the initial filing in all civil matters.

B. In addition to the costs provided for in Subsection A of this Section, a person convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor, or violating an ordinance of any local government, including a traffic felony, traffic misdemeanor, or a local traffic violation, shall be assessed an additional two dollars and fifty cents as a special court cost. These costs shall be imposed by all courts, including mayor's courts and magistrate courts.

C. All funds collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited into a special account and transmitted monthly to the Louisiana Supreme Court in the manner and form specified by the supreme court provided that one-third of the total collected shall be used solely to defray the costs associated with the general growth and program improvement strategies of the Judicial College, and the remainder shall be used pursuant to the court's direction to defray the costs associated with coordinated efforts between the Judicial College and the Judiciary Commission for improved education concerning judicial ethics and best practices of the court or for other expenses of the Judiciary Commission related to the education, investigation, or enforcement of judicial ethics. The supreme court shall conduct an annual audit of the books and accounts relating to the funds collected pursuant to this Section and shall file the audit with the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

Acts 2016, No. 131, §1; Acts 2025, No. 299, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2604
Territorial jurisdiction; Jefferson Parish
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established in Jefferson Parish, effective on January 1, 1987, a justice of the peace district and court, which shall be comprised of Ward 5, Precincts 1A, 1C, 2, 3, and 5 of Jefferson Parish. The court shall have territorial jurisdiction throughout the district and shall have subject matter jurisdiction as provided by law for justice of the peace courts. The territorial jurisdiction of any justice of the peace district and court, which prior to June 24, 1986 included any of Ward 5, Precincts 1A, 1C, 2, 3, or 5, shall be reduced accordingly and limited to that portion of its territorial jurisdiction lying outside of the district herein created.

B. The offices of justice of the peace and constable for the court established in Subsection A of this Section are hereby created. The first justice of the peace shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 22, of the Constitution of Louisiana. He shall take office on January 1, 1987, for a term which shall expire on December 31, 1990, and his successor shall be elected for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2581.1. The first constable shall be elected at the congressional election to be held in 1986. He shall take office on January 1, 1987, for a term which shall expire on December 31, 1990, and his successor shall be elected for a term of six years, all in accordance with R.S. 13:2581.2.

Acts 1986, No. 101, §1, eff. June 24, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1897 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1897
Making and filing transcript of appeal in criminal cases in parish, city and municipal courts
Status: in_force

In an appeal from a judgment rendered in a criminal case by a parish, city or municipal court, the clerk shall, within the delays prescribed by law, make or cause to be made a transcript of the proceedings in the case, and shall file the same in the office of the clerk of court for the court to which the appeal is returnable.

The record on appeal shall consist of the affidavit, information, or indictment, as the case may be, and a complete record of all evidence upon which the judgment is based. The testimony of witnesses may be electronically recorded and, except where the review is sought in the supreme court, such recording may be used on appeal in lieu of a transcription of the testimony.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 29, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 195, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5807.5
Fees and costs
Status: in_force

NOTE: §5807.5(intro. para.) eff. until the Judicial Council provides a favorable recommendation to the Louisiana Legislature. Acts 2023, No. 70.

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the City Court of Ruston and the marshal of the city of Houma shall be entitled to the following fees of office and no more in civil matters:

NOTE: §5807.5(intro. para.) eff. if and when the Judicial Council provides a favorable recommendation to the Louisiana Legislature. Acts 2023, No. 70.

Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Houma shall be entitled to the following fees of office and no more in civil matters:

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

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

(3) For making service or attempted service and return of interrogatories and notice of cross interrogatories, fifteen dollars.

(4) For making service or attempted service and return of garnishment under writ of fieri facias, thirty dollars.

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

(6) For executing writ of sequestration, provisional seizures, or distringas and for service of each notice to defendant and return in connection with execution of any of the writs, fifteen dollars for each.

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

(8) For making service or attempted service and return of notice of judgment, fifteen dollars.

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

(10) For return on writ of fieri facias, fifteen dollars.

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

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

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

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

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

(16) For traveling each mile necessary in going to make and returning from service of any process of court, a mileage allowance based upon the mileage rate established by the division of administration for the use of state-owned vehicles and all actual expenses incurred in the service of the process, but mileage shall not be charged for a greater distance than that of the residence or domicile of the party on whom service is made, and if service is made upon different parties in the same case by the same office of the same day or official tour, only one mileage shall be charged. This Paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the officer from charging mileage as provided for in this Paragraph in each separate suit.

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

(18) For service of subpoena on each witness and making return thereof, fifteen dollars.

(19) For service of attachment on a witness or for service on any person for contempt of court to be brought into court and for return thereon, fifteen dollars.

(20) For service of citation and petition of appeal for each party on whom service is directed to be made and for making return thereof, fifteen dollars.

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

(22) For executing writ of arrest and making return thereon, fifteen dollars.

(23) For serving writ of injunction, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, or notice of demand and making return thereon, in each case fifteen dollars.

(24) For executing writ of habeas corpus and making return thereon, to be charged in civil cases only, fifteen dollars.

(25) For serving notice of seizure and sale on one party and making a copy for recordation in the mortgage records, when necessary or required, and for making return for all, fifteen dollars on each fee. For service of each additional notice of seizure and return, fifteen dollars on each fee.

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

(27) For preparing advertisement for newspapers, for each one hundred words or part thereof, fifteen dollars.

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

(29) For each proces verbal of the sale of movable or immovable property, twenty dollars.

(30)(a) For executing writ of possession and writ of ejectment, fifteen dollars.

(b)(i) For service of each notice to vacate on defendant or occupants, fifteen dollars.

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

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

(31)(a) In the following cases where the marshals or constables have in their possession for execution a writ of fieri facias, a writ of seizure and sale, or any conservatory or other writ, under which property is or may be seized, the marshals or constables shall be entitled to receive a fee or commission as in the case of a sale:

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

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

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

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

(v) When the parties in interest make an amicable settlement or compromise, or enter into any other agreement, under the terms of which the writ is recalled or dissolved or its further execution discontinued.

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

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

(d) In the event a defendant in seizure files for bankruptcy before a marshal's sale and a stay order is issued canceling the sale, the plaintiff in the suit shall be liable for all costs, other than commissions, incurred while the property was under seizure.

Acts 2004, No. 488, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1704.5 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3; Acts 2015, No. 206, §1; Acts 2021, No. 311, §1, see Act; Acts 2023, No. 70, §1, eff. June 6, 2023.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5772 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5772
St. Tammany Parish coroner; duties; accountability
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the duties provided for in R.S. 13:5713, the coroner in St. Tammany Parish shall maintain records to account for his time, work product, and expenditures and submit the data to the parish council in a manner and frequency prescribed by the council.

B. If the council finds that, after being elected, it is determined that the coroner is not in compliance with the qualifications set forth in R.S. 13:5771, the council may take any action allowable by law to remove the coroner, including but not limited to an action for malfeasance in office. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to prohibit a recall election pursuant to R.S. 18:1300.1 et seq.

Acts 2024, No. 526, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.24
Transcript on appeal
Status: in_force

In an appeal from a judgment rendered in a criminal case by the city court, the clerk, or the city judge, shall at once make a transcript of the proceedings in the case, and shall file the same in the office of the clerk of court to which the appeal is returnable.

In cases where the appeal is on trial de novo, the transcript shall consist of the affidavit, the information or the indictment, as the case may be.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §24.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1909 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1909
Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the City Court of Lake Charles has jurisdiction there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of five dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.

B. The clerk of the city court shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to the provisions of this Section into an account, to be expended on order of the judges of the court, en banc, for the support of the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) and children's advocacy center (CAC) programs in the territorial jurisdiction of the court. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

Acts 1999, No. 265, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:121 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 121
Number, appointment, and removal
Status: in_force

There shall be one clerk of the Supreme Court, and five deputy clerks, who shall be appointed by the court and removable at its pleasure.

Acts 1999, No. 994, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2610 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2610
St. Landry Parish; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby established, effective January 1, 1997, justice of the peace court territorial jurisdiction and boundaries in St. Landry Parish as follows:

(1) First Justice or City Court Ward (Opelousas):

Beginning at the point where U.S. Highway 167 intersects Bayou Grand Louis (also a line between St. Landry and Evangeline Parishes); thence following the meanders of Bayou Grand Louis in a south and southwesterly direction to the range line between T5S, R2E, and T5S, R3E; thence following the range line south a distance of approximately five (5) miles to the intersection with Parish Road 1-115-3; thence east on Parish Road 1-115-3 to its intersection with Parish Road 1-115-4; thence following Parish Road 1-115-4 in a southerly and easterly direction to its intersection with Parish Road 1-115-5; thence following Parish Road 1-115-5 in a southerly and easterly direction to its intersection with LA. Hwy 104; thence east on LA. Hwy 104 to its intersection with West Fork Bayou; thence following West Fork Bayou in a southerly direction to its intersection with Bayou Plaquemine Brule; thence south on Bayou Plaquemine Brule to its intersection with an unimproved road located in Section 22, T6S, R3E; thence south on unimproved road to its intersection with Parish Road 6-176 (1-226); thence south on Parish Road 6-176 (1-226) to its intersection with Hwy 357; thence southwest on Hwy 357 to its intersection with Parish Road 1-245; thence east on Parish Road 1-245 to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in the middle north part of Section 10, T7S, R3E; thence following said Jeep Trail in a southerly direction to its intersection with Drainage Canal located in Section 15, T7S, R3E; thence west on said Drainage Canal to its intersection with Hwy 357; thence south on Hwy 357 to its intersection with Parish Road 6-175; thence east on Parish Road 6-175 to its intersection with 6-177; thence south on Parish Road 6-177 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 178; thence east on LA. Hwy 178 to its intersection with Bayou Bourbeau; thence northerly and easterly along Bayou Bourbeau to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in Section 119, T7S, R4E; thence northerly along said Jeep Trail, continuation to unimproved road, and continuation of Parish Road 1-317 to intersection with LA. Hwy 31; thence south on LA. Hwy 31 to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in Section 123, T6S, R4E; thence north along said Jeep Trail to intersection with Bayou Teche; thence northerly and easterly along Bayou Teche to its intersection with the western corporate limits of the Town of Port Barre; thence following the western corporate limits of the Town of Port Barre to its intersection with Bayou Courtableau; thence northerly along Bayou Courtableau to its intersection with a private road in Section 33, T5S, R5E; thence following said private road in a southerly direction to its intersection with Bayou Toulouse; thence following Bayou Toulouse in a westerly and northerly direction to its intersection with Parish Road 5-10; thence southwesterly on Parish Road 5-10 to its intersection with the high power line located in Section 37, T6S, R4E; thence northwesterly along said power line to its intersection with LA. Hwy 744 (Kennerson Road); thence westerly along LA. Hwy 744 (Kennerson Road) to its intersection with LA. Hwy 182; thence south on LA. Hwy 182 to its intersection with Parish Road 1-10; thence west on Parish Road 1-10 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 749; thence northwesterly on LA. Hwy 749 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 167 (Hwy 10); thence northwesterly on LA. Hwy 167 (Hwy 10) to point of beginning.

(2) Eunice City Court

Beginning at the intersection of LA. Hwy 358 and LA. Hwy 751; thence north on LA. Hwy 751 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 752; thence northwesterly along LA. Hwy 752 to its intersection with Parish Road 6-90-1; thence following Parish Road 6-90-1 north to its intersection with the parish line common to St. Landry and Evangeline Parishes; thence following said parish line in a westerly and southerly direction to its intersection with the parish line common to St. Landry, Evangeline, and Acadia Parishes; thence following the parish line common to Acadia and St. Landry Parishes in an easterly direction to the point of beginning.

(3) Justice of the Peace District 4

Beginning at the intersection of LA. 178 and Bayou Bourbeau, Section 174, T7S, R4E; thence east on LA 178 to junction with Bayou Bourbeau; thence northeast along Bayou Bourbeau to junction with Jeep Trail located in Section 84, T7S, R4E; thence south along said Jeep Trail to its intersection with the northern corporate limits of the Town of Grand Coteau; thence westerly, southerly and easterly along corporate limits of the Town of Grand Coteau and Town of Sunset to its intersection with LA 182 in Section 105, T7S, R4E; thence south along LA 182 to its intersection with Parish Road 3-42; thence east on Parish Road 3-42 to its intersection with Parish Road 3-42-3; thence south on Parish Road 3-42-3 and the projection thereof to its intersection with the Lafayette-St. Landry boundary line in Section 59, T7S, R4E; thence west along said parish boundary to the intersection of Parish Road 2-125-1 in Section 51, T8S, R4E; thence west along Parish Road 2-125-1 to junction of Parish Road 2-125; thence north along Parish Road 2-125 to junction with LA 93; thence west on LA 93 to junction with LA 356; thence northwest on LA 356 to junction with Parish Road 2-151; thence north on Parish Road 2-151 to junction with Bayou Bourbeau; thence west and north along Bayou Bourbeau to LA 754; thence north on LA 754 to junction with Bayou Bourbeau; thence north on Bayou Bourbeau to point of beginning.

(4) Justice of the Peace District 5

Beginning at the intersection of LA. Hwy 178 and Bayou Bourbeau, Section 174, T7S, R4E; thence south on Bayou Bourbeau to its intersection with LA. Hwy 754; thence westerly and southerly on LA. Hwy 754 to its intersection with Bayou Bourbeau; thence southeast on Bayou Bourbeau to its intersection with Parish Road 2-151; thence south on Parish Road 2-151 to its intersection with Parish Road 2-41; thence southeast on Parish Road 2-41 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 93; thence northeast on LA. Hwy 93 to its intersection with Parish Road 2-125; thence south on Parish Road 2-125 to its intersection with Parish Road 2-125-1; thence east on Parish Road 2-125-1 and the projection thereof to its intersection with the parish line common to St. Landry and Lafayette Parishes; thence southwest along the line common to St. Landry and Lafayette Parishes to its intersection with the line common to Lafayette, Acadia, and St. Landry Parishes; thence northerly and westerly along the parish line common to Acadia and St. Landry Parishes to its intersection with LA. Hwy 178; thence east on LA. Hwy 178 to point of beginning.

(5) Justice of the Peace District 6

Beginning at the intersection of the projection of Parish Road 3-42-3 and Bayou Carencro; thence northerly on the projection of Parish Road 3-42-3 and the continuation of Parish Road 3-42-3 to its intersection with Parish Road 3-42; thence west on Parish Road 3-42 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 182; thence north and west on LA. Hwy 182 to its intersection with the eastern corporate limits of the town of Grand Coteau; thence following said corporate limits in a northerly direction to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in Section 84, T7S, R4E; thence north along said Jeep Trail to its intersection with Bayou Bourbeau and the projection of Parish Road 1-317; thence northerly along the Parish Road 1-317 and the continuation of Parish Road 1-317 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 31; thence southeast on LA. Hwy 31 to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in Section 123, T7S, R4E; thence north along said Jeep Trail to its intersection with Bayou Teche; thence northerly and easterly along Bayou Teche to the projection of a private road located in Section 16, T6S, R5E; thence following projection of said road and road south to Drainage Lateral of Bayou Portage; thence easterly along Bayou Portage Lateral to junction with Bayou Chenevert; thence southeasterly along Bayou Chenevert to Bayou Courtableau outlet channel; thence south along Bayou Courtableau outlet channel to its intersection with Bayou Fordoche; thence southeast along Bayou Fordoche to its intersection with little Fordoche Bayou; thence southeast on little Fordoche Bayou to its intersection with the Parish Line common to St. Landry and St. Martin located in Section 33, T7S, R7E; thence west along said parish line to its intersection with the parish line common to St. Landry, St. Martin, and Lafayette Parishes; thence westerly along the parish line common to Lafayette and St. Landry Parishes to point of beginning.

(6) Justice of the Peace District 7

Beginning at the intersection of the Atchafalaya River and the boundary common to St. Landry, Point Coupee, and St. Martin Parishes; thence west on the parish line common to St. Landry and St. Martin parishes to its intersection with little Fordoche Bayou, Section 33, T7S, R7E; thence northwest along little Fordoche Bayou and Bayou Fordoche to its intersection with Bayou Courtableau; thence northwest on Bayou Courtableau to its junction with the West Atchafalaya Basin floodway protection levee; thence north along said levee to its intersection with LA. Hwy 71; thence southeasterly on LA. Hwy 71 to its intersection with Parish Road 4-55; thence northwest and north on Parish Road 4-55 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 10; thence east on LA. Hwy 10 to its intersection with Bad Bayou; thence north on Bad Bayou to junction with Texas and Pacific Railroad; thence east on Texas and Pacific Railroad to junction with Bayou Ha Ha; thence north on Bayou Ha Ha and State Canal to its intersection with Bayou Rouge; thence westerly and northerly on Bayou Rouge to its intersection with Bayou Current; thence westerly and northerly along Bayou Current to its intersection with Bayou Tawpaw, Section 22, T3S, R6E; thence westerly along Bayou Tawpaw to its intersection with the southern lateral of Bayou Jack located in Section 16, T3S, R6E; thence northwesterly on said lateral to its intersection with Bayou Jack; thence northerly on Bayou Jack to its intersection with Turner's Bayou; thence north along Turner's Bayou to its intersection with Avoyelles-St. Landry Parish boundary line located in Section 28, T2S, R6E; thence east along with the parish line between St. Landry and Avoyelles Parishes to its intersection with the Atchafalaya River and the point common between St. Landry, Avoyelles, and Point Coupee Parishes; thence south along the meanderings of the Atchafalaya River to point of beginning.

(7) Justice of the Peace District 8

Beginning at the junction of Bayou Teche and the projection of a private road located in Section 16, T6S, R5E; thence following projection of said road and road south to junction with drainage lateral of Bayou Portage; thence following drainage lateral of Bayou Portage in an easterly direction to junction with Bayou Chenevert; thence following Bayou Chenevert southeasterly to junction with Bayou Courtableau outlet channel; thence following Bayou Courtableau outlet channel in a southerly direction to junction with Bayou Fordoche; thence northeast along Bayou Fordoche to junction with Bayou Courtableau; thence northwest along Bayou Courtableau to junction with the West Atchafalaya Basin floodway protection levee; thence north along said levee to junction with US 71; thence north on US 71 to junction with Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel; thence south on Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel to junction with Hog Bayou; thence following Hog Bayou and lateral of Hog Bayou northeast to junction with Parish Road 4-40, north Section 10, T5S, R5E; thence west along Parish Road 4-40 and projection thereof to junction with Bayou Wauksha; thence south along Bayou Wauksha to junction with Bayou Courtableau; thence south on Bayou Courtableau to junction with northern corporate limits of the Town of Port Barre; thence following the western corporate limits of the Town of Port Barre to their intersection with Bayou Teche; thence south on Bayou Teche to point of beginning.

(8) Justice of the Peace District 9

Beginning at the junction of LA Hwy 10 and US 71 located in Section 5, T4S, R5E; thence north on US 71 to LA Hwy 361; thence north on LA Hwy 361 to junction with Jeep Trail located in Section 18, T3S, R5E; thence east along said Jeep Trail to junction with Bayou Jack; thence northerly and easterly along Bayou Jack to the Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel in Section 15, T3S, R5E; thence north along Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel to junction with Parish Road 4-165-1 located in Section 10, T3S, R5E; thence easterly on said road to junction with Bayou Jack; thence easterly and southerly along Bayou Jack to junction with lateral of Bayou Jack located in Section 16, T3S, R6E; thence southeast along said lateral to junction with Bayou Tawpaw located in Section 21, T3S, R6E; thence easterly and southerly on Bayou Tawpaw to junction with Bayou Current in Section 22, T3S, R6E; thence southwesterly along Bayou Current to junction with Bayou Rouge located in Section 27, T3S, R6E; thence east on Bayou Rouge to junction with State Canal located in Section 36, T3S, R6E; thence south along State Canal to junction with Bayou Ha Ha located in the northern part of Section 11, T4S, R7E; thence south on Bayou Ha Ha to junction with Texas and Pacific Railroad; thence on Texas and Pacific Railroad to junction with Bad Bayou; thence south on Bad Bayou to junction with LA. Hwy 10; thence west on LA. Hwy 10 to junction with Parish Road 4-55 located in Section 13, T4S, R7E; thence south and southwesterly on Parish Road 4-55 to its intersection with US 71; thence northwest on US 71 to its intersection with the Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel; thence south along the Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel to its intersection with Hog Bayou (Slow Bayou); thence northwesterly along the Hog Bayou and the lateral of Hog Bayou to its intersection with Parish Road 4-40; thence west on Parish Road 4-40 and the projection thereof to its intersection with Bayou Wauksha; thence south on Bayou Wauksha to its intersection with little Bayou Wauksha located in Section 8, T5S, R5E; thence north on little Bayou Wauksha to its intersection with private road located in Thistlewaite State Wildlife Management Area in Section 8, T5S, R5E; thence following said road in a northerly direction to its intersection with Bayou Wauksha; thence following Bayou Wauksha in a northwesterly direction to its intersection with LA. Hwy 10; thence northeast on LA. Hwy 10 to point of beginning.

(9) Justice of the Peace District 10

Beginning at the intersection of LA. Hwy 10 and US Hwy 71 located in Section 5, T4S, R5E; thence north on US Hwy 71 to LA. Hwy 361; thence north on LA. Hwy 361 to junction with Jeep Trail located in Section 18, T3S, R5E; thence east along said Jeep Trail to junction with Bayou Jack; thence northerly and easterly along Bayou Jack to the Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel in Section 15, T3S, R5E; thence north along Bayou Des Glaises Diversion Channel to junction with Parish Road 4-165-1 located in Section 10, T3S, R5E; thence easterly on said road to junction with Bayou Jack; thence easterly and southerly along Bayou Jack to junction with Turner's Bayou, Section 28, T2S, R6E; thence north on Turner's Bayou to junction with the Avoyelles - St. Landry Parish boundary line; thence west along said parish boundary line to its intersection with Red Bayou; thence south along Red Bayou to its intersection with Bayou Wauksha; thence southeast along Bayou Wauksha to its intersection with LA. Hwy 10; thence northeast on LA. Hwy 10 to point of beginning.

(10) Justice of the Peace District 11

Beginning at the intersection of LA. Hwy 10 and Bayou Wauksha; thence north on Bayou Wauksha to junction with Parish Road 5-225; thence south on Parish Road 5-225 to junction with LA. Hwy 182; thence northwest on LA. Hwy 182 to junction with Parish Road 5-230 located in Section 31, T3S, R4E; thence southwest on Parish Road 5-230 to junction with Jeep Trail located in Section 36 and 100, T3S, R3E; thence southwest along said Jeep Trail to junction with a lateral of Bayou Cocodrie located in Section 99, T3S, R3E; thence south along said lateral to junction with Bayou Cocodrie located in Section 12, T4S, R3E; thence southwest on Bayou Cocodrie to junction with Bayou Boeuf-Cocodrie Diversion Channel; thence southeast along said channel to junction with Bayou Cocodrie located in Section 66, T4S, R4E; thence southeast on Bayou Cocodrie to junction with Drainage Lateral located in Section 71, T4S, R4E; thence southwest along said lateral to junction with Parish Road 5-130; thence south on Parish Road 5-130 to its junction with Parish Road 5-70; thence south along Parish Road 5-70 to its junction with US Hwy 167 (LA. Hwy 10); thence southeast on US Hwy 167 (LA. Hwy 10) to its intersection with LA. Hwy 749; thence south on LA. Hwy 749 to its junction with Parish Road 1-10; thence east on Parish Road 1-10 to its junction with LA. Hwy 182; thence north on LA. Hwy 182 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 744 (Parish Road 5-27-2); thence east on LA. Hwy 744 (Parish Road 5-27-2) to its intersection with high power line located in Section 40, T5S, R4E; thence following said power line southeast to its intersection with LA. Hwy 743; thence following LA. Hwy 743 in a northerly direction to its intersection with Parish Road 5-10; thence following Parish Road 5-10 northeast to its intersection with Bayou Toulouse; thence south along Bayou Toulouse to junction with private oil field road located in Section 7, T6S, R5E; thence northeasterly along said private road to Parish Road 5-11 in Section 33, T5S, R5E and the projection thereof to Bayou Courtableau; thence northerly along Bayou Courtableau to its intersection with Bayou Wauksha; thence east on Bayou Wauksha to its intersection with little Bayou Wauksha located in Section 8, T5S, R5E; thence north on little Bayou Wauksha to intersection with private road located in Thistlewaite State Wildlife Management Area in Section 8, T5S, R5E; thence west, north, and east on said road to its intersection with Bayou Wauksha located in Sections 28 and 33, T4S, R5E; thence north along Bayou Wauksha to point of beginning.

(11) Justice of the Peace District 12

Beginning at the intersection of Red Bayou and the Avoyelles - St. Landry Parish boundary line in Section 25, T2S, R3E; thence south along Red Bayou to junction with Bayou Wauksha; thence south along Bayou Wauksha to junction with Parish Road 5-225; thence south on Parish Road 5-225 to junction with LA. Hwy 182; thence north on LA. Hwy 182 to junction with Parish Road 5-230; thence south on Parish Road 5-230 to junction with Jeep Trail located in Sections 36 and 100, T3S, R3E; thence southwest along said Jeep Trail to junction with a lateral of Bayou Cocodrie located in Section 99, T3S, R3E; thence south along said lateral to junction with Bayou Cocodrie, located in Section 12, T4S, R3E; thence southwest along Bayou Cocodrie to junction with Bayou Boeuf-Cocodrie Diversion Channel; thence northwest along said channel to junction with Evangeline - St. Landry Parish boundary line; thence following said parish boundary line in a northwesterly and northerly direction to a point common to the boundaries of the parishes of St. Landry, Evangeline and Avoyelles; thence east on the St. Landry - Avoyelles Parish line to point of beginning.

(12) Justice of the Peace District 13

Beginning at intersection of US Hwy 167 (LA. Hwy 10) and the Evangeline-St. Landry Parish boundary line, Section 64, T6S, R3E; thence north along said boundary line to junction with Bayou Boeuf-Cocodrie Diversion Channel; thence southeast along channel to junction with Bayou Cocodrie; thence south on Bayou Cocodrie to junction with drainage lateral located in Section 71, T4S, R4E; thence southwest along said lateral to junction with Parish Road 5-130; thence south along Parish Road 5-130 to junction with Parish Road 5-70; thence south along Parish Road 5-70 to junction with US Hwy 167 (LA. Hwy 10); thence north along US Hwy 167 (LA. Hwy 10) to point of beginning.

(13) Justice of the Peace District 18

Beginning at intersection of Evangeline-St. Landry Parish boundary line and Parish Road 1-162; thence south on Parish Road 1-162 to junction with LA. Hwy 103; thence south on LA. Hwy. 103 to junction with Parish Road 1-115-3; thence east on Parish Road 1-115-3 to Parish Road 1-115-2; thence south and east on Parish Road 1-115-2 to Parish Road 1-115-4; thence east on Parish Road 1-115-4 to Parish Road 1-115-5; thence east on Parish Road 1-115-5 to junction with LA. Hwy 104; thence east on LA. Hwy 104 to junction with West Fork Bayou; thence southwest along West Fork Bayou to junction with Bayou Plaquemine Brule; thence south on Bayou Plaquemine Brule to its intersection with Parish Road 6-176; thence southwest on Bayou Plaquemine Brule to its junction with a drainage lateral of said bayou; thence north on said lateral to junction with Parish Road 6-80-1; thence in a northerly and westerly direction on Parish Road 6-80-1 to its intersection with Parish Road 6-80; thence north on Parish Road 6-80 to its intersection with LA. Hwy 752; thence west and north on LA. Hwy 752 to its junction with Parish Road 6-90; thence following Parish Road 6-90 in a northeasterly direction to its intersection with Parish Road 6-90-1; thence north along Parish Road 6-90-1 to junction with Evangeline-St. Landry Parish boundary; thence north and east along said boundary to point of beginning.

(14) Justice of the Peace District 19

Beginning at the intersection of Parish Road 6-176 and Bayou Plaquemine Brule, Section 27, T6S, R3E; thence southwest on Bayou Plaquemine Brule to junction with a drainage lateral of said bayou; thence north on said lateral to junction with Parish Road 6-80-1; thence in a north and westerly direction on Parish Road 6-80-1 to junction with Parish Road 6-80; thence north on Parish Road 6-80 to junction with LA. Hwy 752; thence west on LA. Hwy. 752 to its junction with LA. Hwy 751; thence south on LA. Hwy 751 to its junction with the boundary between Acadia and St. Landry Parishes; thence south and east on said boundary to its intersection with LA. Hwy 178; thence east on LA. Hwy 178 to its junction with Parish Road 6-177; thence north on Parish Road 6-177 to its junction with 6-175; thence west on Parish Road 6-175 to its junction with LA. Hwy 357; thence northerly on LA. Hwy 357 to intersection with drainage canal located in Section 15, T7S, R3E; thence following said drainage canal in an easterly and northerly direction to its intersection with Jeep Trail located in the middle north part of Section 10, T7S, R3E; thence following said Jeep Trail in an easterly and northerly direction to its intersection with Parish Road 1-245; thence following Parish Road 1-245 westerly to its intersection with LA. Hwy 357; thence following LA. Hwy 357 in an easterly direction to junction with unimproved road located in Section 3, T7S, R3E; thence north along unimproved road and continuation along Parish Road 6-176 (1-226) to point of beginning.

B. The justices of the peace and constables for the jurisdictions established in Subsection A of this Section shall be elected at the Congressional election to be held in 1996. They shall take office on January 1, 1997, for a term of six years as provided in this Chapter.

Acts 1995, No. 958, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4163
Motion for legislative continuance or extension of time; legislators or employees engaged in legislative or constitutional convention activities
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) A member of the legislature or legislative employee shall be entitled to peremptory grounds for a continuance of any court or administrative proceeding or the extension of any legal delay or deadline, excluding civil prescriptive or peremptive periods, criminal statutes of limitations, and criminal cases where the death penalty is sought, if the presence, participation, or involvement of a member of the legislature or legislative employee, who is a party or an attorney for a party, is required in any criminal or civil case or administrative proceeding, including any pretrial or post-trial proceeding, during any legislative session or constitutional convention.

(b) For purposes of this Section, "legislative employee" means the clerk of the House of Representatives, the secretary of the Senate, and an employee of the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the Legislative Bureau, when such person is employed full-time during the legislative session or during any other time in which the continuance or extension is being sought.

(c) Peremptory grounds are available any time between twenty-one days before the convening of any session of the legislature or constitutional convention and thirty days after the adjournment sine die of any session of the legislature or constitutional convention.

(2)(a) The motion for continuance shall be filed no later than five days prior to the proceeding to be continued, or no later than five days prior to the expiration of the deadline to be extended, at no cost and shall be accompanied by an affidavit, executed by the presiding officer or the clerk or secretary of the respective house, that the legislative employee will be or is in actual attendance of a session of the legislature or constitutional convention and that it is the legislative employee's intention to participate actively in the preparation or presentation of the case.

(b) A member of the legislature shall not be required to submit an affidavit as required by Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

(3)(a) The motion for continuance may be filed by electronic means such as facsimile transmission or electronic mail, or by other electronic means in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 253 if the member of the legislature or legislative employee seeking the continuance provides all enrolled counsel or parties with a copy of the motion prior to or simultaneously with the transmission of the motion to the clerk of court.

(b) Every motion for a legislative continuance or extension shall be served by transmitting a copy by electronic means to counsel of record, or if there is no counsel of record, to the adverse party, at the number or address expressly designated in a pleading or other writing for receipt of electronic service. Service by electronic means is complete upon transmission but is not effective and shall not be certified if the serving party learns the transmission did not reach the party to be served.

B.(1) There shall be a presumption that a motion for continuance filed within the period specified in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section by the member of the legislature or legislative employee is proper and shall be granted within seventy-two hours of the filing of the motion. The motion shall be granted for a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of adjournment sine die of any session of the legislature or constitutional convention.

(2) The presumption may be overcome by clear and convincing evidence under either of the following circumstances:

(a) The motion is being presented for an improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation. A showing that the continuance shall cause a delay or increase the cost of litigation shall not be sufficient grounds to overcome the presumption of granting the continuance.

(b) The objecting party has a substantial existing right or interest that will be defeated or abridged and will suffer substantial and immediate irreparable harm if the requested continuance is granted. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph, the court shall also consider any potential substantial and immediate irreparable harm to the party requesting the continuance which may result from requiring the party requesting the continuance to obtain new counsel with insufficient time to prepare.

C. The court may grant the motion ex parte or grant a hearing on a motion in opposition to the continuance or extension. If the court grants a hearing, it shall be conducted by telephone, or other electronic means, within forty-eight hours of the filing of the motion in opposition or extension.

D. A court denying a properly filed motion for a legislative continuance shall issue contemporaneous written reasons for the denial that shall include an analysis of Subparagraph (B)(2)(a) or (b) of this Section as applied to the specific facts of the case.

E.(1) A member of the legislature or legislative employee who has filed a motion for legislative continuance that has been denied or which has not been granted within seventy-two hours may apply directly to the supreme court for supervisory writs at no cost to review the action or inaction of the court where the motion was filed, or may file an appeal at no cost with the court of appeal with jurisdiction as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) If a motion filed pursuant to this Section is denied or not acted upon within the requisite deadline, then such denial shall be an appealable order filed at no cost. The order of appeal shall be signed within twenty-four hours of being filed, and the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 2088 shall attach.

(3) Upon appeal, the reviewing court shall consider de novo any denial or failure to act on a motion for legislative continuance or extension of proceeding.

(4) If the supreme court affirms the lower court's denial of a motion for a legislative continuance or extension based on the objecting party's overcoming the presumption pursuant to Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section, the supreme court may exercise its jurisdiction of disciplinary proceedings against the member of the legislature or legislative employee whose motion was denied or refer the matter to the office of disciplinary counsel.

F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, if any part of the proceedings occurs on a day that a member of the legislature has been ordered by a majority vote of the elected members of each house of the legislature to attend a session day during which that house is in session, then the provisions of Article III, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be given effect and no legal proceedings may be conducted in the member's absence on such day. If any part of the proceeding occurs in violation of this Subsection, it shall be deemed an absolute nullity.

G.(1) For good cause shown, the court may consider a motion for legislative continuance or extension at any time prior to the hearing or proceeding.

(2) If seeking a continuance of a court proceeding or extension of any type of deadline occurring outside the time frame of a legislative session or constitutional convention, a member of the legislature or legislative employee who is a party or an attorney for a party to an action may obtain a legislative continuance upon a showing of good cause. A showing, accompanied by an affidavit, that the member or employee is required to attend an interim committee hearing or other official legislative function and that the presence of the member or employee in court is necessary and essential to a fair and proper trial or other proceeding in the suit may be considered good cause.

H. If the attorney for a party seeking a continuance under this Section is a member of the legislature, the attorney shall also serve a copy of the motion for a legislative continuance or extension with the judicial administrator for the Louisiana Supreme Court. The copy of the motion shall be sent to the Louisiana Supreme Court contemporaneously when the attorney files the motion for legislative continuance or extension with the court.

I. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to proceedings wherein a temporary restraining order, protective order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction, court-approved consent agreement resulting from an action brought, or order issued pursuant to any of the following:

(1) R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151 et seq., R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S. 9:372, Children's Code Article 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3604 and 3607.1, or peace bonds pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 30(B).

(2) Code of Criminal Procedure, including Article 871.1, regarding the disposition and sentence of a criminal matter.

(3) R.S. 46:1846 to prohibit communications between offenders and victims following a charge or after sentencing for any crime of violence.

(4) R.S. 15:574.4.2(A)(5) as condition of a parole release that requires that the parolee stay away from any specific person.

J. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to child custody proceedings or proceedings pursuant to the Domestic Violence Prevention Firearm Transfer Act, Code of Criminal Procedure Article 1001 et seq.

K. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to proceedings for writs of habeas corpus for the determination and enforcement of rights to the custody of a minor or for the release of a person in custody in which the family court has original jurisdiction.

Acts 1962, No. 78, §1; Acts 1966, No. 186, §2; Acts 1970, No. 681, §1; Acts 1981, No. 332, §1; Acts 1985, No. 276, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1990, No. 71, §1, eff. June 27, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 408, §1; Acts 2004, No. 873, §1; Acts 2006, No. 690, §2, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 865, §1; Acts 2016, No. 101, §1; Acts 2017, No. 363, §1, eff. June 23, 2017; Acts 2018, No. 180, §1; Acts 2024, 3 rd Ex. Sess., No. 19, §1, eff Dec. 12, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 101, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5061
Findings and purpose
Status: in_force

The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds and declares that:

(1) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens of this state. The surgeon general has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the person in question begins smoking.

(2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the state. Under certain health-care programs, the state may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.

(3) Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical assistance for those persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking.

(4) It is the policy of this state that financial burdens imposed on the state by cigarette smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers rather than by the state to the extent that such manufacturers either determine to enter into a settlement with the state or are found culpable by the courts.

(5) On November 23, 1998, leading United States tobacco product manufacturers entered into a settlement agreement, entitled the "Master Settlement Agreement", with the state. The Master Settlement Agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return for a release of past, present, and certain future claims against them as described therein, to pay substantial sums to the state, tied in part to their volume of sales; to fund a national foundation devoted to the interests of public health; and to make substantial changes in their advertising and marketing practices and corporate culture, with the intention of reducing underage smoking.

(6) It would be contrary to the policy of this state if tobacco product manufacturers who determine not to enter into such a settlement could use a resulting cost advantage to derive large, short-term profits in the years before liability may arise without ensuring that the state will have an eventual source of recovery from them if they are proven to have acted culpably. It is thus in the interest of the state to require that such manufacturers establish a reserve fund to guarantee a source of compensation and to prevent such manufacturers from deriving large, short-term profits and then becoming judgment-proof before liability may arise.

Acts 1999, No. 721, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1895 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1895
Procedure in criminal cases; compulsory process for attendance of witnesses
Status: in_force

Criminal prosecutions shall be by affidavit, information, or indictment, as is provided by law, and shall be tried without a jury.

The prosecution and the defense are entitled to compulsory process to procure attendance of their respective witnesses, but not more than six witnesses may be summoned for either side except on leave of court and on proper showing of necessity made to appear by affidavit.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1455
Application; preexisting parish courts
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to all parish courts, whether established before or after the effective date of this Chapter; however, nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to change the territorial jurisdiction of the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson and the Second Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson, which courts were created prior to the effective date of the Constitution of 1974 and thus are exempt from the requirement contained in Article V, Section 15(A) that all trial courts of limited jurisdiction established by the legislature have parishwide territorial jurisdiction; provided, further, that the existing jurisdiction of mayor's or magistrate's courts shall not be affected in those parishes in which parish courts have been established at the effective date of this act.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1
Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish
Status: in_force

The minute clerks of the court of appeals and of the civil and criminal district courts of the parish of Orleans shall attend the sessions of the court for which they are appointed, and shall, under the supervision of the judge or judges of the courts, keep the minutes of the court, issue all notices, copies of rules and orders entered on the minutes, which are required to be issued, and make due entries on the dockets of the causes and of the proceedings therein, and shall perform such other duties as the judges may direct.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.69 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.69
Ascension Parish Courthouse Building Fund; Twenty-Third Judicial District Court and the parish court of Ascension Parish
Status: in_force

A.(1) Subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq., in all cases over which the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court for the parish of Ascension or the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension has jurisdiction, the judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, acting en banc, the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension, and the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court are hereby authorized to impose and collect the following costs of court and additional filing charges:

(a) A filing charge of one hundred fifty dollars per filing which shall be paid to the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court when the initial filing of a civil suit is made.

(b) A filing charge of thirty dollars upon the filing of each additional pleading in a civil matter which shall be paid to the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court when such filing is made. For purposes of this Subparagraph, additional pleadings shall include but are not limited to petitions, motions, orders, affidavits, judgments, witness lists, exhibit lists, memorandums, sheriff returns, notices, interrogatories, stipulations, exhibits, discovery requests, written reasons for judgment, exceptions, rules, correspondence, citations, evidence, dismissals, depositions, writs, appeals, answers, and subpoenas.

(2) The charges provided in this Section shall apply to all civil filings in all Ascension Parish courts and be in addition to other filing charges currently being levied and collected by the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court for civil filings.

(3) All such filing charges shall be imposed by the judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court acting en banc and the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension.

B. The monies generated pursuant to the provisions of this Section which represent additional civil suit filing charges shall be held by the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court on behalf of the parish of Ascension and shall be remitted at least monthly by the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court directly to the Department of Finance for the parish of Ascension, and irrevocably deposited into the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund dedicated exclusively to the design, acquisition, furnishing, construction, renovation, equipping, operation, and maintenance of a new Ascension Parish courthouse, and to renovate or convert any existing courthouse building, located in the parish of Ascension, and for the payment of any bonds or other indebtedness on any such facilities.

C.(1) Subject to the limitations provided in this Section, the Ascension Parish Council, as the governing authority of the parish of Ascension, shall have ownership and control over the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund, and shall have the authority to pledge the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund to bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued by or on behalf of the parish of Ascension. The Ascension Parish Council shall have the authority to pay and disburse from the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund all amounts necessary to pay and discharge any bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued to pay for the construction of the new Ascension Parish courthouse and the renovation or conversion of any existing courthouse building.

(2) Any amounts in the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund in addition to those funds necessary to pay and discharge any bonds or other instruments of indebtedness issued to pay for the construction of the new Ascension Parish courthouse and the renovation or conversion of any existing courthouse building may be expended for purposes of operating, maintaining, equipping, or furnishing the new Ascension Parish courthouse, or for additional new construction or renovations to the new Ascension Parish courthouse and the renovation or conversion of any existing courthouse building, but such additional surplus funds may be expended only by authority of the parish president of Ascension Parish, the chief judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension, the sheriff of Ascension Parish, and the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court, by majority vote.

D. The judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, acting en banc, along with the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension, may, as concurred by ordinance of the Ascension Parish Council, reduce the amount of filing charges provided for in this Section if the balance of sums on deposit in the Ascension Parish Courthouse Fund exceeds the requirements necessary for the new Ascension Parish courthouse and the renovation or conversion of any existing courthouse building, including but not limited to the payment of debt service on bonds or other indebtedness incurred in connection with the Ascension Parish courthouse. Once the bonds have matured or have otherwise been satisfied in full and there is no other indebtedness outstanding to the Ascension Parish courthouse, the judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, acting en banc, along with the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension, shall, as concurred by ordinance of the Ascension Parish Council, reduce the amount of filing charges provided for in this Section to an amount sufficient to provide for the continued operation and maintenance of the Ascension Parish courthouse.

E. For all matters pertaining to the filing charges imposed by the provisions of this Section, and those related to the Ascension Parish courthouse, the Ascension Parish Clerk of Court, the sheriff of Ascension Parish, and the judges of the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, acting en banc, and the judge for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension shall have the authority to enter into any cooperative endeavor agreement with the parish of Ascension in conjunction with the design, construction, renovation, equipping, furnishing, operation, and maintenance of the new Ascension Parish courthouse.

Acts 2017, No. 415, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2157 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2157
Fees chargeable by clerk
Status: in_force

A. The filing or other fees charged by clerks of the city courts of New Orleans shall be as follows:

(1) On all original suits and on all claims in reconvention, intervention, or third party demands, in which the amount claimed does not exceed twenty dollars, exclusive of interest, one dollar;

(2) On all original suits and on all claims in reconvention, intervention, or third party demands, in which the amount claimed exceeds twenty dollars, and does not exceed forty dollars, exclusive of interest, two dollars;

(3) On all original suits and on all claims in reconvention, intervention, or third party demands, in which the amount claimed exceeds forty dollars and does not exceed sixty dollars, exclusive of interest, three dollars;

(4) On all original suits and on all claims in reconvention, intervention, or third party demands, in which the amount claimed exceeds sixty dollars and does not exceed eighty dollars, exclusive of interest, four dollars;

(5) On all original suits and on all claims in reconvention, intervention, or third party demands, in which the amount is more than eighty dollars, exclusive of interest, five dollars;

(6) On all suits in which no certain sum is claimed, two dollars;

(7) In all cases in which a writ of attachment, sequestration, injunction, or a garnishment is required to be issued, an additional charge of one dollar shall be made;

(8) For administering oath by the judge or clerk, affixing jurat and seal, for all, twenty-five cents;

(9) For taking testimony under commission, or writing affidavit, for each one hundred words or part thereof, including seal and certificate, twenty-five cents;

(10) For copying all documents, the original of which is in the custody of the clerk, for each one hundred words or part thereof, twenty-five cents;

(11) For filing a suit for the annulment of judgment, the cost shall be the same as in the case of original suits;

(12) For all confessions of judgment filed after original suit, no charge;

(13) For filing petition, or motion and order for appeal, thirty cents;

(14) Where one or more parties take an appeal, the sum of two dollars shall be charged for the preparation of each record of appeal;

(15) For issuing a notice of trial, twenty-five cents;

(16) For issuing a rule on a judgment debtor, twenty-five cents;

(17) For issuing an order or rule to show cause, twenty-five cents; and

(18) For issuing a writ of fieri facias with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

B. No process shall issue or proceedings be had unless the costs enumerated in Sub-section A of this section have been paid in advance to the clerk.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.4
Fourth judicial district
Status: in_force

A. The Fourth Judicial District court shall have eleven judges.

B. Four judges shall be elected from election section one. These judges shall serve in Divisions G, H, I, and J.

C. Seven judges shall be elected from election section two. These judges shall serve in Divisions A, B, C, D, E, F, and K.

Acts 1984, No. 56, §1(A), eff. June 8, 1984; Acts 1991, No. 8, §1(A), eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 377, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2007, No. 64, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2007, No. 210, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2562.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2562.25
Facsimile transmission; filings in civil actions; fees; equipment and supplies
Status: in_force

A. Any document in a civil action may be filed with the clerk of court for the First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish by facsimile transmission. The clerk of court of the parish of Jefferson as the ex officio clerk of court for the First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish shall make available for his use equipment to accommodate facsimile filing in civil actions. Filing shall be deemed complete at the time that the facsimile transmission is received by the clerk of court. No later than on the first business day after receiving a facsimile filing, the clerk of court shall transmit to the filing party via facsimile a confirmation of receipt and include a statement of the fees for the facsimile filing and filing of the original document. The facsimile filing fee and transmission fee are incurred upon receipt of the facsimile filing by the clerk of court and payable as provided in Subsection B of this Section. The facsimile filing shall have the same force and effect as filing the original document, if the party complies with Subsection B of this Section.

B. Within seven days, exclusive of legal holidays, after the clerk of court receives the facsimile filing, all of the following shall be delivered to the clerk of court:

(1) The original document identical to the facsimile filing in number of pages and in content of each page including any attachments, exhibits, and orders. A document not identical to the facsimile filing or which includes pages not included in the facsimile filing shall not be considered the original document.

(2) The fees for the facsimile filing and filing of the original document stated on the confirmation of receipt, if any.

(3) A transmission fee of five dollars.

C. If the filing party fails to comply with any of the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, the facsimile filing shall have no force or effect. The First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish may provide by court rule for other matters related to filings by facsimile transmission.

D. The clerk of court of the parish of Jefferson as the ex officio clerk for the First and Second Parish Courts of Jefferson Parish may purchase equipment and supplies necessary to accommodate facsimile filings out of the clerk's salary fund.

Acts 2001, No. 1214, §1, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2016, No. 109, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.403
Effect of registration
Status: in_force

A. Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, except as prohibited under the laws of this state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment, subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 4556, including representing the incapacitated or protected person in actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.

B. A court of this state may grant any relief available under this Chapter and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:621.18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 621.18
Eighteenth judicial district
Status: in_force

The eighteenth judicial district court shall have four judges.

Acts 1953, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1968, No. 86, §1; Acts 1982, No. 21, §3(a), eff. July 9, 1982.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5824 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5824
Deputies; oath, compensation
Status: in_force

Each constable may appoint as many deputies as necessary for whose acts he shall be responsible. The deputies before entering upon their duties, shall take the oath required by the constitution and laws. Each constable may fix the compensation of his deputies and clerical forces. He may pay from his salary and expense fund the salaries of all deputies and clerical assistants, the premiums on bonds required by him of any deputy in charge of public funds, insurance premiums, if provided, and any and all other expenses of any nature whatsoever necessary for the performance of all duties required of the deputy. He shall issue monthly to employees and deputies warrants or checks for the amounts due them.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 461, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1734 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4869 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4869
Motion for court order to produce documents; listing of documents; inspection; objections
Status: in_force

Irrespective of the right to apply for subpoena duces tecum, the plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that the defendant or any other party file within the time to be fixed in the order a sworn list of all documents, including books, records, accounts, and papers, which are, or which have been, in his possession or control, as principal, agent or fiduciary, relating to the matter with respect to which the action is pending. The order may be directed to a corporation, domestic or foreign. If such order is made, the documents shall be listed with sufficient description for identification, in two schedules: (1) all those which the party is willing to produce, and the name and address of the party in whose possession or control each such document is; and (2) all those which party is not willing to produce, with a statement of the reasons for his objection to the production thereof, and with the name and address of the party in whose possession or control each such document is. The plaintiff may inspect and obtain copies and photographs of the documents listed in Schedule 1 at any time not inconvenient to the party having possession thereof. The plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that any or all of the documents listed in Schedule 2 be produced for inspection and to be copied and photographed by the plaintiff at a time and place and in the manner to be fixed by the order.

No document required to be listed by a defendant, which is not listed, or which is listed in Schedule 1 and is not produced when reasonable demand is made for it, or which is listed in Schedule 2 and is not produced when an order for its production is made, shall be admissible in evidence at the instance of such defendant in any other action between the plaintiff and him.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5717 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5717
Retention of decedent's personal effects; moving or disturbing the body of a deceased person; prohibitions
Status: in_force

A. The coroner shall take charge of the personal effects and property of the deceased at the scene of death. As soon as practicable all of the effects and property shall be turned over to the lawful owner after use in court when needed.

B. The coroner shall collect any physical property or evidence found on the body which relates to the cause and manner of death or identity of the deceased. The coroner shall request law enforcement officials to collect any physical property or evidence connected with the cause of death or identity of the deceased which is found at the scene but not on the body. If law enforcement officials refuse to gather such evidence when requested by the coroner, the evidence may be collected by the coroner. The evidence or effects shall then be disposed of in accordance with law.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person without specific authorization from the coroner or his designee, other than law enforcement or medical personnel, to touch, move, or disturb the body of a deceased person or remove any personal effects or disturb the immediate area where the body is or has been found, if the deceased person's death occurred under any circumstances which reasonably suggest that the person's death, either directly or indirectly, occurred as a result of a violation of law or a coroner's case as defined by law. However, the body may be moved if it is necessary for the preservation of the body, or if necessary to protect public safety or welfare.

Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Acts 1986, No. 311, §1; Acts 1995, No. 288, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1567 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3484 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3484
Mailing of process to deputy, constable, or marshal for service; mileage and mailing costs; sheriff not responsible for constable or marshal
Status: in_force

When requested to do so by the party at whose instance service is to be made, and when the place where service is to be made is more than ten miles distant from the sheriff's office, the sheriff may mail the process to be served to one of his deputies, a constable of a justice of the peace court, or to a constable or marshal of a city court, living in the vicinity of the place where service is to be made, for such service. If service is made as authorized in this section, the serving deputy, constable, or marshal shall make the return showing the manner in which service was made, and mail it to the sheriff for filing in the issuing court.

When a party has requested service, as authorized in this section, whether the sheriff complies with the request or not, the only mileage for which the sheriff may charge is for the actual distance from the home or office, whichever is lesser, of the deputy, constable, or marshal to the place where service is to be made, and return. The sheriff may also charge the actual cost of mailing the process and return, if service is made as authorized in this section.

The sheriff is not responsible for the performance or nonperformance of duties in making the service and return thereon by the constable or marshal to whom the process is mailed for service.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5991 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5991
Legislative findings; intent
Status: in_force

A. The legislature recognizes that the optimal functioning of the Louisiana criminal justice system is vital to the safety, prosperity, and well-being of Louisiana and its citizens. The legislature also recognizes that a fundamental requirement for the proper functioning of the Louisiana criminal justice system is the ability to view, review, and analyze the various documents, records, and databases evidencing the actions, decisions, and events occurring within the criminal justice system. Louisiana citizens, victims, and defendants should be able to readily find, access, and review these documents, records, and databases for relevant, timely information on matters pertinent to them and their communities. In addition, members of the legislature and other relevant stakeholders must have the ability to access and review the current and past actions, decisions, and events occurring within the criminal justice system in order to make educated, informed decisions regarding the current operation of the system and any necessary improvements or reforms.

B. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to provide for a program designed to promote transparency within the Louisiana criminal justice system by providing readily available and consistent access to minute entries evidencing the actions, decisions, and events occurring within the criminal justice system.

Acts 2024, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 15, §1, eff. March 6, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1852
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Abduction" means the wrongful removal or wrongful retention of a child beyond the territorial limits of the United States.

(2) "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is less than eighteen years of age.

(3) "Child-custody determination" means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child. The term includes a permanent, temporary, initial, and modification order.

(4) "Child-custody proceeding" means a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is at issue. The term includes a proceeding for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, neglect, abuse, dependency, guardianship, paternity, termination of parental rights, or protection from domestic violence.

(5) "Court" means an entity authorized under the law of a state to establish, enforce, or modify a child-custody determination.

(6) "Petition" includes a motion or its equivalent.

(7) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(8) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation.

(9) "Travel document" means records relating to a travel itinerary, including travel tickets, passes, reservations for transportation, or accommodations. The term does not include a passport or visa.

(10) "Wrongful removal" means the taking of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state.

(11) "Wrongful retention" means the keeping or concealing of a child that breaches rights of custody or visitation given or recognized under the law of this state.

Acts 2007, No. 369, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3733.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3733.1
Financial institution records; reproductions; recordkeeping; admissibility into evidence; definitions
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section and R.S. 13:3733.2 and 3733.3, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Financial institution" means any mortgage or loan servicer or any entity organized to engage in the business of banking pursuant to the laws of the United States, the state of Louisiana, any other state, or the District of Columbia, including state banks, national banks, savings and loan associations, and all other entities which lend money or otherwise extend credit and which are supervised by any department, board, agency, or corporation of the United States, the state of Louisiana, any other state, or the District of Columbia.

(2) "Record" means any writing, entry, print, instrument, or document evidencing any transaction or event, including but not limited to books of account, vouchers, documents, agreements, contracts, security agreements, other collateral security documents, checks, and correspondence. The term also includes information that is stored in electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(3) "Reproduce" means to make, generate, produce, or obtain a reproduction.

(4) "Reproduction" means a counterpart, duplicate, or copy, or a durable medium for making a counterpart, duplicate, or copy, produced from the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or produced or obtained by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard or miniature or microphotographic process, or by any mechanical or electronic recording or re-recording, electronic or optical imaging, chemical process or other process or technique which accurately reproduces the original or forms or creates a durable medium for so reproducing the original, including but not limited to computer and other printouts, and counterparts, duplicates, copies, and other output generated or produced by or from an electronic imaging system such as counterparts, duplicates, or copies produced or obtained from optical disks. A reproduction shall also mean a substitute check as defined under the federal Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act and Regulation CC, 12 CFR 229.2(aaa). The term also includes the reproduction of a record containing an electronic signature.

(5) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.

(6) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.

B. Any financial institution may reproduce any of its original records used by such financial institution during the course of its business activities, and any such financial institution may thereafter destroy the original record in the regular course of its business activities; however, if the original record is held by the financial institution in a custodial or fiduciary capacity for or on behalf of another person or entity, the original record shall not be destroyed without the express consent of such other person or entity.

C. Notwithstanding any other statute, rule of law, regulation, ordinance, or other provision to the contrary, except Subsection G of this Section, each reproduction of a record made pursuant to this Section shall be considered to be an original of such record for all purposes and shall be admissible into evidence to the same extent as the original record itself in any judicial, administrative, and other proceedings in all courts, tribunals, and other bodies and in any proceedings before all boards, bureaus, departments, commissions, and agencies of this state, whether the original record is in existence or not, and shall be received in evidence as prima facie proof of its contents with the same force and effect as though the original document were produced, and shall be deemed authentic for all purposes, satisfying the requirements of Code of Evidence Articles 901 and 902. The introduction of a reproduction does not preclude introduction of the original record.

D. No destruction or other disposition of any original record by any financial institution in the regular course of its business activities, whether intentionally or unintentionally, shall be deemed to be bad faith on the part of the financial institution under any statute, rule of law, regulation, ordinance, or other provision.

E. Whenever any counterpart, duplicate, or copy or group of counterparts, duplicates, or copies shall be certified with a certificate reading substantially as follows, each such counterpart, duplicate, or copy shall be a reproduction as defined in this Section and shall be admissible into evidence as the original record. Except as prohibited in Subsection G of this Section, if the original record would be deemed to be authentic evidence, the reproduction, so certified, shall also be deemed authentic evidence for all purposes including but not limited to for purposes of Code of Civil Procedure Articles 2631 et seq.

STATE OF_____________________________

PARISH/COUNTY OF___________________

CITY OF ______________________________

I,__________________________, a representative of _________________________ (the Financial Institution or assignee) do hereby certify the following:

(a) The document(s) attached to this certificate, consisting of ____ page(s) is (are each) a true and correct reproduction of the original thereof, being a reproduction made from the records maintained by the Financial Institution or assignee in the course of its business activities and made in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:3733.1.

(b) If the document(s) attached to this certificate is (are each) an obligation sought to be enforced, including a promissory note, the Financial Institution or assignee does certify that it is a person or entity entitled to enforce the obligation(s) evidenced by the document(s) attached to this certificate.

__________________________________

NAME

__________________________________

TITLE

__________________________________

ADDRESS

F. Except as prohibited in Subsection G of this Section, each reproduction shall be an original as defined in Article 1001 of the Code of Evidence, and under any other similar codes of evidence or other evidentiary law or rule of any other jurisdiction.

G.(1) A reproduction of a letter of credit, certificated security, document of title, or a certificate of title pertaining to a motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be an original of such record for the following purposes:

(a) Transferring the record.

(b) Presenting the record for payment, acceptance, or honor.

(c) Use of the record in a judicial proceeding or action involving a claim based on such record, unless the original has been lost, stolen, or inadvertently destroyed, or unless the reproduction is certified in accordance with the provision of this Section.

(2) A reproduction of a check, as defined in R.S. 10:3-104, that has been destroyed by a financial institution in the regular course of its business activities shall be deemed to be an original of such check in a judicial proceeding or action involving a claim based on or involving such check. A substitute check, as defined in the federal Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act and Regulation CC, 12 CFR 229.2(aaa), shall be deemed to be an original of such check in a judicial proceeding or action involving a claim based on or involving such check.

(3) A reproduction of an original record bearing a signature shall not be admissible into evidence as the original record itself if the signature on the original is omitted from the reproduction.

H. It is further provided that the terms of any record described in Subsection G of this Section, the original of which has been lost, stolen, or inadvertently destroyed, may be enforced and, if applicable, a duplicate original of such record reissued, upon compliance with the provisions of this Section or compliance with any other applicable laws, rules, or regulations.

I. Notwithstanding any statute, rule of law, regulation, ordinance, or other provisions to the contrary, reproductions of records, including those described in Subsection G of this Section, shall satisfy all record retention and recordkeeping requirements, whether or not the original of such record is still in existence.

J. It is further provided that if any record specifically described in Subsection G of this Section contains a signature which is made or created by electronic or digital means, such that it is stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other tangible output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, shall be deemed an original of such record.

K. Except as provided in Subsection H of this Section, the provisions of this Section that authorize the use of a reproduction shall not apply to a collateral mortgage note as defined in R.S. 10:9-102(d)(3).

L. A person that purchases, acquires, or otherwise obtains an interest in a promissory note, instrument, loan, asset, or other evidence of indebtedness previously held by a financial institution has the same rights, authority, and protections that the financial institution had under this Section relative to the use of a reproduction of a record pertaining to the promissory note, instrument, loan, asset, or other evidence of indebtedness.

Acts 1995, No. 1093, §2; Acts 1997, No. 39, §2; Acts 1999, No. 123, §2, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2004, No. 475, §1; Acts 2012, No. 505, §1; Acts 2014, No. 440, §2, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 84, §2; Acts 2020, No. 109, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4246 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4246
Optional procedure
Status: in_force

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce the judgment under Article 2541 of the Code of Civil Procedure is preserved.

Acts 1985, No. 464, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:842.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 842.4
Complex Litigation Section Pilot Program; filing fees; Nineteenth Judicial District Court
Status: in_force

A. As used in this Section, the term "complex litigation" shall mean a type of civil case that involves multifaceted legal and case management issues requiring all-encompassing judicial management to expedite litigation and promote effective decisionmaking by all parties and the court. In order to determine if a case may be referred to the Complex Litigation Section, the court shall consider certain factors including but not limited to the following:

(1) The need for a high degree of case management, including the handling of discovery disputes and motion practice.

(2) The expectation of numerous pretrial or discovery motions raising difficult, novel, inextricably intertwined, or time-consuming legal issues.

(3) The expectation of extensive and intensive document review or in camera inspection by the court.

(4) The presence of a large number of parties represented by separate counsel on the principal action or any cross-claims, reconventional demands, or third-person interventions.

(5) The need to manage a large amount of physical and electronic documents during the pendency of the suit and at a trial.

(6) The need to manage a large number of expert witnesses.

(7) The anticipation of a lengthy trial duration.

(8) The action satisfies the prerequisites of a class action and may be maintained as a class action under Code of Civil Procedure Article 591, including mass tort actions.

(9) The need for an appointment of a special master.

(10) Any other criteria deemed complex by the court.

B. The Nineteenth Judicial District Court may establish the Complex Litigation Section Fund to provide for additional filing fees for complex litigation cases. Pursuant to this program, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the clerk of court may demand and receive a filing fee of two hundred dollars for each case referred to the Complex Litigation Section.

C. The clerk of court shall collect all monies generated pursuant to this Section and forward them to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for placement in a separate account to be designated as the Complex Litigation Section Fund for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. The Complex Litigation Section Fund may be used for any operating expenses of the section, including salaries. The court shall keep accurate records, shall cause to be conducted an annual audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating to the fund, and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

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

Acts 2024, No. 231, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.1
City Court of East St. Tammany
Status: in_force

The offices of justice of the peace and constable in Ward 9 and that part of Ward 8 of St. Tammany Parish within the city of Slidell and the mayor's court in the city of Slidell are abolished, and there is hereby established a court to be styled a City Court of East St. Tammany. The territorial jurisdiction of the court shall extend throughout Ward 8 and Ward 9 of St. Tammany Parish. In that part of Ward 8 outside of the city of Slidell, the subject matter jurisdiction of the Eighth Ward Justice of the Peace Court shall be the same as provided by law for other justice of the peace courts. The jurisdiction of the mayor's court for the town of Pearl River, Louisiana shall remain unchanged and unaffected by the provisions of this Section. The City Court of East St. Tammany shall be composed of a city judge, a marshal, and a clerk of said court. The judge and marshal of the city court shall be elected at the congressional election every six years thereafter.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 421, §1; Acts 2020, No. 205, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2487.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2487.4
Judge ad hoc; compensation
Status: in_force

A. In case of absence, incapacity or recusation of the city judge, a judge ad hoc shall be appointed under the applicable provisions of Articles 4841-4847 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.

B. The compensation of the judge ad hoc so appointed, which shall be proportionately equal to that of the city judge, shall be payable in the same manner and from the same source as the compensation of the city judge and, except in cases of illness or of recusation, shall be deducted from the compensation of the city judge.

C. The city judge shall be entitled to an annual vacation of thirty days with pay. The judge ad hoc appointed to serve in his place shall be paid an amount proportionate to the salary of the city judge for the time served, payable in equal proportions by the city of Slidell and the police jury of St. Tammany Parish.

Acts 1964, No. 102, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5202 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5202
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

A. A small claims division shall be a court not of record and shall have civil subject matter jurisdiction in cases where the amount in dispute does not exceed five thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, court costs, attorney fees, or penalties, whether provided by agreement or by law, provided that not more than ten parties plaintiff shall be joined in the same action pursuant to Article 463 of the Code of Civil Procedure and that there shall be no class certification pursuant to Articles 591 through 597 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

B. A small claims division shall have authority to grant any appropriate relief, including money damages and equitable relief. Injunctions and restraining orders shall not issue from a small claims division, except to arrest the execution of its own writ. Class actions, summary proceedings, and executory proceedings shall be prohibited.

C. The judges and clerks of the respective courts shall serve as the judges and clerks of the small claims divisions, except that an attorney appointed by the judges may serve as arbitrator as hereinafter provided.

D. Each court may by court rule establish mass filing limitations on all parties filing claims in the small claims divisions.

E. In the City Court of East St. Tammany, the small claims division shall have civil subject matter jurisdiction in cases where the amount in dispute is the same as the amount established for civil jurisdiction in a justice of the peace court, exclusive of interest, court costs, attorney fees, or penalties, whether provided by agreement or by law, provided that not more than ten parties plaintiff shall be joined in the same action pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 463, and there shall be no class certification pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Articles 591 through 597.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 710, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 46, §3, eff; Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 286, §1; Acts 1985, No. 298, §1; Acts 1987, No. 256, §1; Acts 1999, No. 312, §1; Acts 2008, No. 195, §1; Acts 2012, No. 209, §1; Acts 2020, No. 205, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2561.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2561.12
Clerk; seal
Status: in_force

The clerk of court for the parish of Jefferson shall be ex-officio clerk of court for this court. He, or any deputy appointed by him, may be assigned to act as minute clerk, and shall perform such other clerical duties as the judge shall direct. He shall be entitled to charge the fees as set forth in Section 1986 of Title 13, Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. He shall provide the court with a seal, which shall contain a vignette of the state seal, with the words, "Seal of the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson", which shall be used on all orders, writs and processes issuing from the court. However, the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of such documents.

Acts 1962, No. 484, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2152.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2152.3
First City Court; Second City Court; qualifications of judges
Status: in_force

Judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for at least eight years prior to their election, and shall have been qualified resident electors of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for at least one year prior to their election.

Acts 2010, No. 428, §1, eff. June 22, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 352
Fees; bond premiums; equipment, supplies, and other expenses; reimbursement of expenses of judges of courts of appeal
Status: in_force

A. The clerks of all of the courts of appeal shall charge the following fees:

(1) For filing the record of appeal, three hundred dollars.

(2) For filing an application for writs where the supervisory jurisdiction of the court of appeal is invoked, one hundred fifty dollars.

(3) For any process issued or copies made in connection with appeals, the same fees as are allowed the clerk of the district court where the court of appeal is domiciled.

(4) For copies of opinions or parts of the record made by the clerk, fifty cents per page.

(5)(a) In all criminal cases, in all proceedings connected with criminal cases relating to a violation of state law except for bond forfeiture proceedings, and in all appeals taken from sentences imposed for the violation of municipal or parochial ordinances, the entire costs of the clerks of the courts of appeal shall be twenty-five dollars which shall be paid by the parish in which the cases or proceedings shall have originated, and in appeals from sentences imposed for the violation of ordinances, shall be paid by the parish or municipality, as the case may be, which shall have adopted the ordinance.

(b) If the inmate is sentenced to the actual physical control and custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the department shall withdraw funds from an inmate's drawing or savings account for the reimbursement of fees which have been paid by the parish to a clerk of the court of appeal, upon presentation to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections of a certified copy of the appeal or writ to a court of appeal of a matter in which the inmate is a party, upon the written request or authorization of the inmate, or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. All funds so collected shall be forwarded to the parish which has paid the fee to the clerk of the court of appeal. The department shall deduct the amount of the fee from the offender's drawing or savings account. Except as otherwise authorized by law, the department shall prohibit withdrawals from the account until the costs have been paid in full to the parish which has paid the cost of appeal.

(6) For any other miscellaneous civil matter, up to one hundred dollars. For filing an application for rehearing from any civil appeal or supervisory writ, one hundred dollars.

B. Each court of appeal by a rule of court, may increase the fees provided in Paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of Subsection A of this Section.

C. From the fees collected by each clerk, he shall pay the premiums on the fidelity bonds required under R.S. 13:351. The balance shall be retained and may be expended for the purchase of stationery, books, furniture, equipment, to defray the expense of employment benefits for court employees, including judges, and for other expenses in the operation of the court and the clerk's office, as directed by the court. Additionally, any balance may be expended to reimburse the judges of the courts of appeal for expenses related to their office which are incurred while on official duty, payable out of the self-generated funds provided for in this Section in an amount established annually by the Conference of the Court of Appeal Judges, subject to final approval by the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

D. Title to all furniture and equipment purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall vest in the purchasing court.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part XI of Chapter 1 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, upon termination of office, each judge having possession of equipment or furniture purchased with the fees provided in this Section may purchase such property with nonpublic funds at a cost of the standard depreciated value of the property. The clerk, or presiding judge, or any judge by direction of the court, is authorized to complete such sales, and the proceeds of the sales are to be retained by the clerk and expended as provided for in this Section.

F. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all furniture and equipment in the possession of the courts of appeal regardless of the date of acquisition.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 600, §1; Acts 1960, No. 36, §1; Acts 1982, No. 573, §2, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1984, No. 208, §1, eff. June 29, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 104, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 98, §1; Acts 1999, No. 699, §1; Acts 2001, No. 750, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 824, §1; Acts 2012, No. 815, §1; Acts 2015, No. 264, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:996.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 996.31
Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund
Status: in_force

No salary shall be paid from the Judicial Expense Fund for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court to any of the judges of the district except as may be paid for administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 617, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3852 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3852
Notices of seizure
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff to whom the writ is directed shall make three notices setting forth the title of the action or proceeding, its docket number, the court that issued the writ, the amount of the judgment or claim specified in the writ, an exact copy of the description of the immovable property furnished to the sheriff in accordance with R.S. 13:3851, the fact that the sheriff is seizing the described property in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Article 2293, information as provided in Subsection B of this Section concerning the property owner's rights and the availability of housing counseling services, and the date of the first scheduled sale of the property. The initial sheriff's sale date shall not be scheduled any earlier than sixty days after the date of the signed court order commanding the issuance of the writ. If the immovable property to be seized is owned by more than one party, the sheriff shall make an additional notice for each additional party. No other notice of seizure shall be required.

B. The following form shall be used for these notices by the sheriff:

"This is formal notice that today, this ________day of________, ________, I am seizing the property of ____________ described as: _______________________________________. This seizure is pursuant to Louisiana law, including R.S. 13:3851 through 3861. This seizure is a result of a writ of ____________, issued on the ________day of________, ________, by the ____________ Court. The writ was issued in ______________ versus___________________, Docket No. _______. This seizure is to satisfy a claim of $___________, plus interest and costs.

This matter is scheduled for sheriff's sale as follows [COMPLETE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES AS APPROPRIATE]:

[ ] A sheriff's sale is scheduled to be conducted on the ________day of________, ________, at_______a.m./p.m. at _______.

[ ] A sheriff's sale is scheduled to be conducted through an online auction on the________day of________, ________, beginning at ____ a.m./p.m., and bids may be entered on the platform having the following electronic address: _________.

Please be aware that the sheriff's sale date or the manner in which the sale will be conducted may change. You may contact the sheriff's office to find out the new date when the property is scheduled to be sold. The new sale date will also be published in the local newspaper in accordance with R.S. 43:203. If the sale is conducted through an online auction, the sheriff will, upon your request made before the day of the online auction, inform you of a location where you may, without charge, have use of a computer terminal or other accommodation to bid at the online auction.

If the seized property is residential property, you may be afforded the opportunity to bring your account in good standing by entering into a loss mitigation agreement with your lender, or by paying all of your past due payments plus permitted costs and expenses within the time permitted by law for reinstatement of your account. You are strongly encouraged to seek legal counsel. If you cannot afford to pay an attorney, you may be able to qualify for free legal services. Foreclosure prevention counseling services through a housing counselor, including loss mitigation, are provided free of charge. To find a local housing counseling agency approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, you may contact the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Louisiana Housing Corporation.

THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH APPLIES ONLY TO PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN SEIZED PURSUANT TO A WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE ISSUED IN AN EXECUTORY PROCEEDING: As provided in Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2642, defenses and procedural objections to an executory proceeding may be asserted either through an injunction proceeding to arrest the seizure and sale as provided in Articles 2751 through 2754, or a suspensive appeal from the order directing the issuance of the writ of seizure and sale, or both. A suspensive appeal from an order directing the issuance of a writ of seizure and sale shall be taken within fifteen days of service of the notice of seizure as provided in Article 2721. The appeal is governed by the provisions of Articles 2081 through 2086, 2088 through 2122, and 2124 through 2167, except that the security therefor shall be for an amount exceeding by one-half the balance due on the debt secured by the mortgage or privilege sought to be enforced, including principal, interest to date of the order of appeal, and attorney fees, but exclusive of court costs.

_______________________

Sheriff

Parish of _________________

By: _____________________"

C. The sheriff shall not be required to serve any further notice of rescheduled sale dates or rescheduled online auction dates provided the sheriff has not returned the writ to the clerk of court.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1991, No. 662, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 533, §1; Acts 2012, No. 504, §1; Acts 2013, No. 339, §1; Acts 2016, No. 132, §2; Acts 2023, No. 390, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3051 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3051
Challenge of venire not permitted except for fraud or irreparable injury
Status: in_force

A general venire or petit jury venire shall not be set aside for any reason unless fraud has been practiced or some great wrong committed that would work irreparable injury. This Section does not affect the right to challenge for cause, a juror who is not qualified to serve.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 313, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4946 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4946
Conclusiveness of judgment
Status: in_force

The judgment of the court, on the monition provided in R.S. 13:4945 shall be in itself conclusive evidence that the monition has been regularly made and duly advertised, nor shall any evidence be received thereafter to contradict the same, or to prove any irregularity in the proceeding.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4873 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4873
Documents; withdrawal from record
Status: in_force

The plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order permitting it to withdraw all or any part of the record in an action for the time to be specified in the order, upon leaving with the clerk a signed list of the documents so withdrawn. Documents other than pleading may be withdrawn permanently for use in evidence in any other action, but original documents produced in court or delivered to the clerk by a party in response to a subpoena duces tecum may not be so withdrawn without the consent of such party. The testimony of any witness in an action may be offered in evidence by the plaintiff in any other action between it and the defendant in the action if it appears that such witness has, at the instance or connivance of or in collusion with such defendant, absented or concealed himself.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2162 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2162
Charges for performance of marriage ceremony and issuance of marriage license
Status: in_force

A. For every marriage performed in the courthouse by any of the judges of the first and second city courts of New Orleans during office hours, there shall be a charge of $5.00. In all other cases the charge shall be fixed by agreement between the judge and the contracting parties.

B. In all cases where the judge issues the marriage license, there shall be an additional charge of two dollars for the license and one dollar for its recordation.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:967 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 967
Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; court reporters; civil filing fees
Status: in_force

A.(1) Each Judge of the twenty-fourth judicial district for the Parish of Jefferson may appoint a court reporter for his division, which reporter shall hold office until it is declared vacated by the judge making such appointment.

(2) The judges of the twenty-fourth judicial district, sitting en banc, and with the approval of the parish council, may appoint additional qualified court reporters as they deem necessary, who shall serve at the pleasure of the court en banc, and may be assigned to the various divisions of the court, or to the grand jury, as the court en banc may direct.

B. The court reporter shall attend the civil and criminal sessions of the district court and shall be subject to the orders of the judges of the court. He shall take down the testimony, objections and rulings thereon, and all other matters which may be directed by the judge of the court.

C.(1) In all cases on appeal, the reporter shall be paid a fee not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents for each original page transcribed and, when a copy is requested by a litigant, shall furnish such copy and be paid a fee not to exceed one dollar for each page thereof, except that in criminal cases on appeal by indigent defendants, no more than a total of two dollars and seventy-five cents for each page transcribed, including all copies necessary for appeal, shall be charged to and paid from any fund established by law for the payment of expenses incurred in the defense of indigent persons in criminal proceedings. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to make the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson responsible for the expenses or costs associated with the preparation of transcripts for an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding, including but not limited to bills of exceptions, trials, motions, hearings on writs, or any other costs associated with an appeal in a criminal proceeding.

(2)(a) At the request of any of the parties to any proceedings, or at the order of a district judge, the court reporter shall transcribe all or part of the testimony or other matter taken down and furnish as many copies thereof as may be required by law for an appeal. For matters not on appeal, a litigant requesting a transcript of testimony or other matter transcribed shall enter into a private civil contract with the court reporter for the payment of fees applicable to those contracts. Such fees shall be in accordance with fees customarily charged in the judicial district for depositions.

(b) The reporter shall not be required to file or furnish any transcribed testimony until the transcription fee is paid.

(c) If both parties or the judge direct the original transcription, each party shall pay the expense of transcribing testimony offered by him.

(3) No fee shall be allowed for transcribing matter other than testimony, objections and rulings thereon, bills, notes of evidence, and such other matters as may be ordered by the judge.

(4) All of such fees shall be paid directly to the court reporter performing the service as additional compensation and shall be taxed as costs.

D. In case the original transcription of the court reporter's notes shall be requested by a litigant, after judgment and for the purpose of an appeal, the whole cost of transcription shall be paid primarily by the requesting party, but ultimately shall be taxed as costs.

E. Should any party refuse or fail to pay his share of the cost of transcription within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the court, the case shall be decided as if the testimony of that party had not been offered.

F. The court reporter shall preserve his notes in each case for a period of two years from the date of submission thereof.

G. The governing authority of the parish shall furnish the court reporters such supplies, materials, equipment and maintenance of all equipment as they may need for reporting and transcription of their notes.

H. In the event of appeal or if the judge orders the transcription of a case filed in forma pauperis, the court reporter shall be paid by the governing authority at the regular page rate.

I. The clerk of court of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court shall collect from any person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, intervention, third-party demand, or reconventional demand the following amounts, which shall be paid over by him to the governing authority of the parish for deposit in the general fund. The clerk of court shall collect in all suits or proceedings a sum to be set by a majority of the judges not to exceed fifty dollars, with the exception of succession proceedings and foreclosure proceedings by executory process in which event the amount to be collected shall not exceed thirty-five dollars; and with the further exception of tutorships, emancipations, mandamus suits to cancel mortgages, and money claims of less than one thousand dollars, in which event the amount to be collected shall not exceed thirty-five dollars; said deposits to be taxed as costs. Nothing in this Subsection shall be construed to affect the rights of any litigant proceeding under Article 5181 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure or the rights of criminal defendants.

J. In all civil cases when a party is proceeding in forma pauperis the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall pay to the court reporters of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District for the transcribing of testimony, when an appeal is taken or upon order of the judge, such amounts as would otherwise be required to be paid by the party who is proceeding in forma pauperis. Such payment shall be made at the time the transcription is filed, but only upon the written approval and order of the judge. Such payments shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for any one year to each of the said court reporters. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall be legally subrogated to the rights of the court reporters of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District as to all sums so paid for the transcription of testimony in pauper cases. All judgments in cases in which the pauper shall be cast for costs, together with a statement of such costs, shall be recorded by the clerk of court in the mortgage records of the parish of Jefferson for the amount of costs paid. The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson, at its expense, may have such judgments and statements of costs, or certified copies thereof, recorded in the mortgage records of any other parish or parishes and, when so recorded, they shall operate as judicial mortgages in favor of the governing authority of the parish of Jefferson for the amount of costs paid.

K. Each of said court reporters shall be paid by the governing authority out of the general fund, a salary to be fixed by the judges, subject to the approval of the governing authority. The governing authority of the parish shall annually, and at the same time as it prepares its general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries of the said court reporters.

L. Each court reporter appointed under the provisions of this Section shall be required to take an oath of office, and to furnish bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. The bond shall be in the sum of two thousand dollars, and shall be approved by the judge making the appointment under Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, and by the senior judge of the court for those appointments made under the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section. Each bond shall be in favor of the judges of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, and any party litigant, for the purpose of protecting litigants against any acts of incompetence or neglect of duties on the part of the reporters. It shall be recorded and filed in the office of the clerk of court for the parish of Jefferson. Any party litigant shall have a right to sue on said bond for any damages sustained by said party litigant by any wrongful act or neglect of duty committed or omitted by the official court reporter in the performance of the duties of official court reporters.

M.(1) The courts of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall establish an indigent transcript fund to provide for the payment of court reporter fees for transcripts as provided in this Subsection.

(2) In every court of original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent criminal jurisdiction in Jefferson Parish, including but not limited to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, First Parish Court, and Second Parish Court, there shall be assessed in all criminal cases, including traffic violations, except parking, an additional cost set by a committee comprised of one representative from each of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, First Parish Court of Jefferson Parish, Second Parish Court of Jefferson Parish, the Public Defender's Office of Jefferson Parish, and Jefferson Parish Administration, not to exceed an amount of two dollars, against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. This additional cost shall be transmitted to the court and deposited in a special account in the parish treasury to be managed and administered by the parish treasurer for and on behalf of the courts for the payment of court reporter fees for transcripts in indigent defense cases.

(3) All monies received and deposited under the provisions of this Subsection shall be used to pay court reporter fees for transcripts to compensate court reporters for the preparation of transcripts for indigent defendants arising from criminal proceedings in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, First Parish Court and Second Parish Court, including but not limited to bills of exceptions, trials, motions, hearings on writs, and all other criminal proceedings.

(4) Nothing in this Subsection shall preclude a court from ordering the costs for the preparation of transcripts for indigent defendants in criminal proceedings be paid from any other fund established by general or specific law for the payment of expenses incurred in the defense of indigent persons in criminal proceedings.

Acts 1950, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 9, §1; Acts 1956, No. 470, §1; Acts 1958, No. 427, §1; Acts 1960, No. 547, §1; Acts 1964, No. 427, §1; Acts 1968, No. 77, §§1 to 3; Acts 1976, No. 634, §1.; Acts 1980, No. 545, §1; Acts 1984, No. 119, §1; Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 1128, §1; Acts 1999, No. 104, §1; Acts 1999, No. 166, §1; Acts 2009, No. 77, §1; Acts 2010, No. 178, §1, eff. June 18, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:966.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 966.1
Twentieth Judicial District; additional court reporter; salary
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the court reporter appointed under the provisions of R.S. 13:961(A), there shall be appointed by each judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, comprising the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, a court reporter whose salary shall be paid solely by the state of Louisiana, but who shall in all other respects be governed by the provisions of R.S. 13:961.

B. Commencing September 1, 2003, the salary of the court reporters provided for in Subsection A shall be thirty-five thousand dollars per annum.

Acts 1967, No. 48, §1; Acts 1967, No. 112, §1; Acts 1971, No. 112, §1; Acts 1977, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 28, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 236, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 169, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1983, No. 200, §1; Acts 1985, No. 915, §1; Acts 1990, No. 294, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 834, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 332, §1; Acts 2003, No. 445, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5532 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5532
Funds for other law enforcement purposes; Vernon Parish
Status: in_force

The sheriff of Vernon Parish may use any available funds of his office or of the law enforcement district to engage in cooperative endeavors with other law enforcement agencies within the parish for law enforcement purposes. In furtherance of such cooperative endeavors, he may provide funding to other law enforcement agencies in the parish.

Acts 2004, No. 168, §1; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1429.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1405
Clerk
Status: in_force

The clerk of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court shall be ex officio the clerk of the family court.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 89, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5934 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5934
Powers of the district
Status: in_force

The commission, through the board, shall have the following powers:

(1) To reduce millages for any year in which the commission determines that the millage in effect for that year will produce more revenue than the commission determines is needed for that year.

(2) To borrow monies for the district under the terms and conditions established by the commission.

(3) To manage the taxes collected.

(4) To disburse the taxes collected to the district judges, the district attorney, and the clerk of court to defray the costs in whole or in part, relative to the criminal justice system in the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District as it relates to those offices.

(5) To expend funds from the taxes collected for capital expenditures.

(6) To disburse funds to the individual offices based on real budgets submitted to it by those offices, or to disburse to the offices collectively, pursuant to an intergovernmental cooperative endeavor agreement adopted pursuant to Article VI, Section 20 of the Constitution of Louisiana. Disbursements pursuant to such an agreement shall also be made only upon the presentation of a reasonable cooperative budget.

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

Acts 1995, No. 511, §1, eff. June 18, 1995; Redesignated from R.S. 33:9015 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5571
Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) "Group self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order to pool public liability risks, or to purchase a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks, or both.

(2) "Interlocal risk management agency" means an association formed by two or more sheriffs by written agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this Part for the development and administration of an interlocal risk management program and a group self-insurance fund.

(3) "Interlocal risk management program" means a written plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss on account of public liability, including loss prevention and control techniques and the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.

(4) "Public liability" means liability to which a sheriff may be subject either directly or by reason of liability rising out of an act of his employee, agent, or officer in the course and scope of employment.

(5) "Sheriff" means the sheriff and tax collector of any parish, including the criminal and civil sheriffs of the parish of Orleans.

Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1481 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3049 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3049
Cash deposit; bond; duty to attend; compensation; procedure; filing fees
Status: in_force

A. Every person selected and summoned shall attend as a juror or talesman punctually and for the time for which he is selected. The district judge may enforce the attendance of any juror by imposing a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the parish jail for not more than three days, or both, in his discretion, for each violation.

B.(1)(a) The jurors in criminal cases who attend may demand and receive from the parish treasury compensation and an allowance for mileage necessarily traveled going to and from the courthouse to be fixed by the district judges of each judicial district, sitting en banc, subject to approval by the parish governing authority.

(b) The compensation shall be twenty-five dollars for each day of attendance in court, and the mileage allowance shall be not less than sixteen cents per mile nor more than the rate in effect for state officials.

(c) Only one charge shall be made for mileage each way.

(d) Notice of any intention to change juror compensation by the court shall be given to the district attorney, the parish treasurer, and the clerk of court. No such change shall be effective unless approved by the parish governing authority.

(e)(i) The compensation of jurors in criminal matters provided for by this Subsection shall be paid from costs of court collected from every criminal defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or no contest, or who forfeits bond in each district or parish court or in any court exercising juvenile jurisdiction, which shall be assessed as a part of the costs of court to be collected in such cases. The judge or judges for the judicial district wherein the parish, or city of New Orleans is situated shall adopt a schedule of costs that shall be applicable in each criminal case before that court to which such costs are applicable. All of such costs shall be placed, as they are collected, in a special fund that shall be maintained and be administered by the governing authority and the governing authority shall pay out of said fund the compensation for jurors in criminal matters herein provided for.

(ii) The judge or judges shall, as the needs of the special fund require, adjust the schedule of costs to insure that the proceeds are adequate to fully pay the juror compensation herein provided.

(iii)(aa) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, each parish governing authority may adopt an ordinance which provides that surplus monies in the juror compensation fund in their respective parish that exceeds fifty thousand dollars at the end of each calendar year may be used to defray the costs of providing courthouse security and all expenses associated with the trial of a capital case.

(bb) As used in this Item, "special fund" means the special fund provided for in this Subparagraph, and "surplus monies" means the amount of money that is in each special fund at the end of each calendar year and that is in excess of the total amount paid from costs of court collected as provided in Item (i) of this Subparagraph in that calendar year. No money obligated to be paid to any juror shall be considered surplus money pursuant to this Item.

(cc) For the purposes of this Item, the balance of fifty thousand dollars required to be maintained in the juror compensation fund shall mean fifty thousand dollars in unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall the balance in the fund be reduced below fifty thousand dollars as a result of an expenditure made under the provisions of this Item.

(iv)(aa) In the First Judicial District, the parish governing authority may adopt an ordinance which provides that surplus monies in the juror compensation fund in the parish that exceeds fifty thousand dollars at the end of each calendar year may be used to defray the costs of providing courthouse security and all expenses associated with the trial of a capital case.

(bb) As used in this Item, "special fund" means the special fund provided for in this Subparagraph, and "surplus monies" means the amount of money that is in the special fund at the end of each calendar year and that is in excess of the total amount paid from costs of court collected as provided in Item (i) of this Subparagraph in that calendar year. No money obligated to be paid to any juror shall be considered surplus money pursuant to this Item.

(cc) For the purposes of this Item, the balance of fifty thousand dollars required to be maintained in the juror compensation fund shall mean fifty thousand dollars in unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall the balance in the fund be reduced below fifty thousand dollars as a result of an expenditure made under the provisions of this Item.

(v)(aa) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, all surplus monies in the special fund of each parish within the Twenty-First Judicial District at the end of each calendar year shall be transmitted by the governing authority of each parish to the Twenty-First Judicial District Court for deposit into the court's criminal court fund.

(bb) As used in this Item, "special fund" means the special fund provided for in this Subparagraph, and "surplus monies" means the amount of money that is in each special fund at the end of each calendar year and that is in excess of the total amount paid for jury fees in that calendar year. No money obligated to be paid to any juror as a fee or cost for attendance for jury duty shall be considered surplus money pursuant to this Item.

(cc) All surplus monies shall be transferred pursuant to this Item no later than January thirty-first of each calendar year. All surplus monies transferred to the Twenty-First Judicial District Court's criminal court fund may be used for the same purposes as the existing funds in the criminal court fund.

(vi)(aa) In the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District, the parish governing authority may adopt an ordinance which provides that surplus monies in the juror compensation fund that exceed fifty thousand dollars at the end of each calendar year may be used to defray the expenses of the criminal court system. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all surplus monies in the special fund at the end of each calendar year shall be transmitted by the governing authority to the Thirty-Ninth Judicial District Court for deposit into the court's criminal court fund no later than January thirty-first of each calendar year.

(bb) As used in this Item, "special fund" means the special fund provided for in this Subparagraph, and "surplus monies" means the amount of money that is in each special fund at the end of each calendar year and that is in excess of the total amount paid from costs of court collected as provided in Item (i) of this Subparagraph in that calendar year. No money obligated to be paid to any juror shall be considered surplus money pursuant to this Item.

(cc) For the purposes of this Item, the balance of fifty thousand dollars required to be maintained in the juror compensation fund shall mean fifty thousand dollars in unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall the balance in the fund be reduced below fifty thousand dollars as a result of an expenditure made under the provisions of this Item.

(vii)(aa) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, surplus monies in the special fund of each parish within the Fourth Judicial District shall upon request, be transmitted by the governing authority of each parish to the Fourth Judicial District Court for deposit into the judicial expense fund.

(bb) As used in this Item, "special fund" means the special fund provided for in this Subparagraph, and "surplus monies" means the amount of money that is in each special fund at the end of each calendar year and that is in excess of the total amount paid for jury fees and costs during that calendar year. No money obligated to be paid to any juror as a fee or cost for attendance for jury duty shall be considered surplus money pursuant to this Item.

(cc) Surplus monies transferred to the Fourth Judicial District Court's judicial expense fund shall be transferred at any time upon request by the court, and may be used for the same purposes as the existing funds in the judicial expense fund.

(viii) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any surplus monies in the special fund of DeSoto Parish within the Forty-Second Judicial District may be transferred to the criminal court fund on an as-needed basis upon the motion of the district attorney and the order of judges sitting en banc.

(2)(a) Except as provided by special law, the jurors in civil cases who attend may demand and receive fifty dollars for each day of attendance in court and an amount equal to the rate in effect for state officials for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the courthouse. Only one charge shall be made for mileage each way. At the time of posting bond, the party praying for the jury shall pay to the clerk of court the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars as jury filing fees. In addition, prior to the commencement of the trial, the party praying for the jury shall post a bond pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 1734 or deposit the amount ordered by the court pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 1734.1. If the trial exceeds the estimated number of days, the party praying for the jury shall post an additional bond or make an additional deposit as ordered by the court. However, no party praying for a jury trial under the provisions of this Subsection shall be required to pay any costs or advance deposit imposed under the provisions of this Subsection if such has been waived or an order is rendered, pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title I of Book IX of the Code of Civil Procedure, permitting the applicant to litigate or continue to litigate without payment of such costs or furnishing security therefor.

(b) The clerk of court shall collect the deposits required herein. This amount shall be expended solely for the expenses of civil juries.

(c) The judge before whom a case is to be tried by a jury shall have the right to waive the depositing of such security for jury costs entirely or in part, upon proper showing to his satisfaction that the party praying for such trial by jury is financially unable to deposit such sum. The judge may also determine whether such deposit for jury costs shall be deposited in whole prior to the commencement of trial or by partial payments at intervals during the progress of the trial should such party be financially able to provide such deposit.

(d) Any deposit made as herein provided shall be returned to the party making such deposit and any bond filed shall be cancelled in the event that the matter in which trial by jury has been requested has been tried, settled, determined, or otherwise disposed of for any reason, without having been tried by a jury.

(e) Any juror who is called and actually reports for jury service shall be paid his compensation, mileage allowance, and other costs, by the clerk of court out of the funds on deposit upon completion of his duty to attend. If the jury costs exceed the amount on deposit, or if the judge has waived the deposit, or if a bond was posted, the deficiency shall be paid out of any judicial expense fund or, in parishes comprising the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Judicial Districts and in parishes where no judicial expense fund exists, the deficiency shall be paid out of the parish treasury. The administrator of the judicial expense fund, the clerk of court or the parish shall have the right to seek recovery of such amount immediately from the party or parties cast in judgment, or from the surety on any bond furnished for jury costs, notwithstanding that the judgment may be suspensively appealed or that the bond was furnished by a party not cast in judgment. With respect to those courts in the parish of Orleans, such recovery shall only be done within one year after the closure date of the case.

C. Grand jurors in criminal cases are entitled to the same mileage and compensation for each day's attendance at sessions of the grand jury as that allowed petit jurors in the same judicial district. The several clerks of the district court, upon demand by each such juror at the close of his term of service, shall issue to him a certificate of attendance, countersigned by the district judge, for the amount to which he is entitled. The district judge may direct the payment of the accrued mileage and per diem of grand jurors at any time during the term of service as grand jurors.

Acts 1950, No. 133, §1; Acts 1956, No. 97, §1; Acts 1960, No. 26, §1; Acts 1979, No. 632, §1; Acts 1984, No. 441, §1; Acts 1987, No. 937, §1; Acts 1988, No. 431, §1; Acts 1989, No. 307, §3; Acts 1990, No. 327, §1; Acts 1991, No. 128, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2004, No. 840, §1; Acts 2005, No. 302, §1; Acts 2012, No. 722, §1; Acts 2014, No. 30, §1; Acts 2016, No. 233, §1; Acts 2018, No. 268, §1; Acts 2020, No. 237, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 19, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3273 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3273
Fees due clerk of court to which action is transferred
Status: in_force

The party requesting the transfer shall pay to the clerk of the court to which the action is transferred all of the fees to which this clerk would have been entitled had the action been instituted initially, and all of the proceedings had, in such court.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2495.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2495.1
Judicial administrator
Status: in_force

A. There shall be one judicial administrator of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, who shall be appointed by the judges thereof and shall be subject to removal by a majority of the judges of the court at will. The court shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the functions, duties, operations, and procedures of the judicial administrator's office as may be necessary. The salary and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the administrative judge. If the city fails to pay the salary and benefits, they may be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court.

B. The judicial administrator shall retain all of the benefits of the office, including but not limited to hospitalization coverage, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, and sick and annual leave benefits, which shall be paid through the payroll system utilized by the city of New Orleans for its other employees.

Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4251.501 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4251.501
Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

Acts 2016, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4101
Mortgaged property in hands of receiver or liquidator
Status: in_force

The appointment of a receiver or liquidator of a corporation shall not affect the right of a creditor to enforce by executory process a mortgage or security agreement importing a confession of judgment and affecting property owned by the corporation. If the receiver or liquidator is appointed prior to the institution of executory proceedings and the notice of appointment is recorded in the mortgage office in the parish in which the property is located and written notice of the appointment is received by the holder of the obligation that is sought to be enforced by executory process, then the receiver or liquidator shall be made defendant in the executory process proceedings. If the receiver or liquidator is not appointed prior to institution of executory proceedings or the notice of appointment is not recorded or if written notice of the appointment is not received by the creditor, then the receiver or liquidator need not be substituted as the defendant, and the seizure and sale of the encumbered property may be made in the same manner as if no receiver or liquidator had been appointed.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1982, No. 179, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4447 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4447
Certified copy of opinion of court of appeals; filing in parish where suit originated
Status: in_force

The clerks of the court of appeals shall furnish a certified copy of the opinion of the court of appeals in each case, to be filed with the original papers in the clerk's office in the parish where the suit originated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2485.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2485.16
Court room and offices
Status: in_force

The town or city of Leesville shall furnish a suitable city court room and suitable offices for the city clerk and marshal. It shall also furnish adequate fireproof vaults or other filing equipment for the preservation of the records of the court.

The expenses of operation and maintenance of the court room and offices shall be borne by the town or city of Leesville and the police jury of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, in equal proportions.

Acts 1962, No. 122, §16.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1448 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1448
Jurisdiction over persons and property
Status: in_force

A. A parish court may exercise jurisdiction over the person to the same extent and in the same manner as a district court.

B. A parish court may exercise jurisdiction quasi in rem over movable or immovable property, or jurisdiction in rem over movable property, in the manner provided by law, if the property is situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the court.

C. A parish court may issue a writ of seizure and sale in an executory proceeding to enforce a privilege or mortgage or other security interest on movable or immovable property.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Acts 1989, No. 137, §8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4289 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4289
Sale under execution of property subject to tax sale, effect of subsequent redemption
Status: in_force

A. Whenever any sale of immovable property is made under execution, whether under a writ of fieri facias, or a writ of seizure and sale, or otherwise, and at the time of such sale there is any unredeemed tax sale of such property which is subsequently redeemed, there shall be vested in the purchaser at such sale under execution a title as valid as if such redemption had been effected prior to the sale under execution.

B. No action by any debtor, his heirs, successors, or assigns to claim any property heretofore sold under execution where the conditions set forth in Subsection A of this Section exist shall be brought after the expiration of six months from July 28, 1954.

Acts 1954, No. 539, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4353 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4353
Recitals of sheriff's act of sale
Status: in_force

The sheriff's act of sale of property sold at judicial sale shall mention:

(1) The writ by virtue of which the property was seized and sold;

(2) The title and docket number of the action or proceeding in which the writ was issued, and the court which issued it;

(3) The names and surnames of the plaintiff, defendant, and purchaser at the sheriff's sale;

(4) A description of the property sold, and the price for which and conditions under which it was adjudicated;

(5) The manner in which the purchaser paid the price of the adjudication, or bound himself to pay it; and

(6) The amount of the privileges and mortgages with which the property sold was encumbered, and which were made known at the time of the sale.

This act shall conclude with the recital of the sale and transfer by the sheriff to the purchaser of all of the rights which the former owner had in the property sold.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4109 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4109
Executory process against property of insolvents; rights of persons holding special mortgages
Status: in_force

Creditors holding special mortgages containing the pact de non alienando shall not lose their rights of executory process upon the property of their debtor, by reason of a cession of property, but in such cases the right shall continue and be exercised against the syndic, and when the cession takes place after the seizure under executory process it shall be continued against the provisional or definitive syndic.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:4108.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 4108.2
Deficiency judgment when obligations based on consumer transaction
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, including but not limited to R.S. 13:4106 and 4107, if a mortgagee or other creditor holds a mortgage, pledge, security interest, or privilege which secures an obligation in a consumer transaction, the mortgagee or other creditor may obtain a deficiency judgment on the secured obligation against the debtor for the amount of the secured obligation less the reasonably equivalent value of property acquired from the debtor without appraisal or any other legal proceeding concerning such property acquired, only if the mortgagee or other creditor has acquired such property from the debtor pursuant to a written agreement with the debtor to waive the debtor's rights to a judicial appraisal and sale and to voluntarily surrender title to the property to the creditor. The debtor must agree to the value to be attributed to the property transferred and must agree that a deficiency judgment for the amount of the secured obligations minus such value may be obtained by the mortgagee or creditor without appraisal of or any other legal proceeding concerning the property transferred. The debtor may obtain an appraisal for the purpose of determining the value of the property and if he does so the value assigned to the property may not be less than three-fourths of the appraised value.

B. For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Consumer transaction" means any transaction entered into for personal, family, or household (noncommercial) purposes and particularly includes transactions that are secured by residential immovable property, but excluding secured transactions for consumer purposes that are subject to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws.

(2) "Reasonably equivalent value" means the value which the owner and the mortgagee or other creditor expressly agree to attribute to the property transferred, as provided in Subsection A of this Section.

C. This Section shall not be construed as prohibiting a debtor from selling his property to a third party purchaser and signing a promissory note to a mortgagee or other creditor for all or part of the balance due on the secured debt.

D. Every agreement for a voluntary surrender of title to property in connection with a consumer transaction as defined above shall contain a statement which notifies the debtor in laymen's terms:

(1)(a) That he has a right to obtain an appraisal, and

(b) That the value of the property assigned has to be three-quarters of the appraised value, and

(2)(a) That by agreeing to the surrender of the property without judicial appraisal and sale, the debtor is waiving any rights he might have under the law to further judicial proceedings governing the judicial sale of his property,

(b) That he is waiving his right to a judicial appraisal and sale, and

(c) That the creditor may obtain a judgment to collect any remaining amount due under the obligation after subtracting the agreed upon value of the property.

Acts 1988, No. 675, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 137, §8, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1832 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1832
Hearing and order
Status: in_force

A. Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to R.S. 13:1816, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to immediate physical custody of the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:

(1) The child custody determination has not been registered and confirmed under R.S. 13:1827 and that:

(a) The issuing court did not have jurisdiction under Subpart B;

(b) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subpart B; or

(c) The respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in accordance with the standards of R.S. 13:1808, in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which enforcement is sought; or

(2) The child custody determination for which enforcement is sought was registered and confirmed under R.S. 13:1827 but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having jurisdiction to do so under Subpart B.

B. The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized under R.S. 13:1834 and may grant additional relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional relief is appropriate.

C. If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

D. A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this Subpart.

Acts 2006, No. 822, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1213 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1213
Fees; enumeration
Status: in_force

For the services of the clerk of the civil district court, the following amounts shall be charged, to be collected as hereinafter provided:

(1) For filing and docketing every original petition with bond, affidavit, note, or account, and all other documents accompanying the petition, or any pleading which is the basis of a suit or proceeding in court, and to cover all necessary orders of court thereon, the entering of final judgment therein, and the recording of the petition, answer, and final judgment, for all, five dollars.

(2) For issuing each citation and one copy, for both, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

(3) For filing any answer, supplemental petition, intervention, exception, motion, rule, or other proceeding or document, other than those accompanying the original petition, for each, thirty cents.

For each order of court thereon, twenty-five cents.

(4) For issuing copy of petition, answer, supplemental petition, rule, motion, or other paper, required to be copied by the clerk in the progress of any case in court, with certificate and seal, for each one hundred words or part thereof, twenty-five cents.

(5) For issuing writ of attachment, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

(6) For issuing writ of attachment against non-resident (four copies), all with certificate and seal, for all, two dollars.

(7) For issuing writ of sequestration, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

(8) For issuing writ of injunction and one copy, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(9) For issuing writ of mandamus and one copy, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(10) For issuing writ of certiorari and one copy, with certificate and seal, seventy-five cents.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(11) For issuing writ of habeas corpus, with certificate and seal, to be charged in civil cases only, one dollar.

(12) For issuing writ of seizure and sale, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

(13) For issuing writ of distringas and one copy, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(14) For issuing writ or warrant of possession and one copy, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

For each additional copy, twenty-five cents.

(15) For issuing subpoena duces tecum and one copy, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(16) For issuing a subpoena for a witness, twenty cents.

(17) For issuing notice of judgment and one copy, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

(18) For issuing notice of appeal and one copy, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

(19) For issuing attachment to bring person into court or for contempt, one dollar.

(20) For issuing venire facias in each case in which a jury may be prayed for and granted, and for swearing the jury, whether the jury be impaneled or not, for both, one dollar.

(21) For issuing writ of fieri facias, with certificate and seal, seventy-five cents.

(22) For issuing notice of demand and one copy, with certificate and seal, seventy-five cents.

For each additional copy, twenty-five cents.

(23) For issuing notice to creditors of insolvents and one copy, with certificate and seal, for each creditor, twenty cents.

(24) For issuing commissions to take testimony of witnesses, or answers to interrogatories, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

(25) For issuing notice of trial, notice to take testimony, notice to cross interrogatories, notice of appointment to attorney at law, syndic, curator, attorney for absent heirs, appraiser, expert, auditor, umpire, arbitrator, liquidator, executor, administrator, tutor, receiver, notary, auctioneer, or other officer appointed by court, when such notice is required or ordered to be issued, for each original and one copy, with certificate and seal, fifty cents.

(26) For filing and docketing each petition for notice of an application for appointment as administrator under Article 3091 of the Code of Civil Procedure, one dollar and fifty cents. If this petition is the first pleading filed in the succession proceeding, the clerk may charge additionally all of the fees allowed him for opening the record of the succession proceeding except the stenographer's fee.

(27) For issuing letters of appointment or confirmation of any tutor, curator, administrator, executor, syndic, liquidator, receiver, or other officer appointed or confirmed by court, for each original and one copy, with certificate and seal, one dollar.

For each additional copy, fifty cents.

(28) For taking and recording every bond of an administrator, executor, curator, tutor, liquidator, syndic, receiver, or other officer, one dollar.

(29) For issuing the oath of every administrator, executor, curator, tutor, undertutor, liquidator, syndic, receiver, auditor, expert, arbitrator, umpire, appraiser, or other officer or person appointed or confirmed by court, fifty cents.

(30) For administering oaths in all cases and for affixing jurat and seal to affidavit, for all, twenty-five cents.

(31) For each certificate prepared by the clerk and signed by the judge, one dollar.

(32) For preparing advertisements for newspapers, fifty cents.

(33) For preparing certificate of proof of publication, with jurat and certificate and seal, and for administering oath thereto, for all, twenty-five cents.

(34) For taking down testimony in court on probate of wills, and writing the necessary order and decrees in such matters, for all, two dollars and fifty cents.

(35) For each declaration of change of domicile, for all costs therein, one dollar and fifty cents.

(36) For all proceedings in connection with a confession of judgment, including a copy of the final judgment therein, two dollars and fifty cents.

(37) For each uncontested emancipation proceeding, including a copy of the final judgment, five dollars.

(38) In all cases of successions where the heirs are recognized and sent into possession, without other proceedings, for all costs, ten dollars.

(39) For each proceeding for nomination uncontested, for all costs therein except advertising, ten dollars.

(40) For entering satisfaction of judgment no charge shall be made, but for each copy thereof, with certificate and seal, seventy-five cents.

(41) For each declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, for all proceedings therein, including necessary copy of certificate with seal, one dollar.

(42) For each proceeding naturalizing a foreigner as a citizen of the United States, including one copy of certificate with seal, for all, one dollar and fifty cents.

(43) For copies of all acts, records, or papers the originals of which are of record in his office, including transcripts of appeal, with certificate and seal, for each one hundred words, twenty-five cents.

(44) For filing and recording all acts of conveyance of real property sold by the sheriff, including certificate and seal, for each hundred words, twenty-five cents.

(45) No charge shall be made for entries on the minutes in any case, nor for calling, fixing, posting, or continuing any case, for swearing witnesses or jurors, or for filing the returns upon process of any kind.

All the costs for taking testimony shall be paid by the party on whose behalf the witness shall have been called; and no judgment shall be rendered in favor of any party whose testimony shall not have been first paid for and filed. In the event of an appeal, no testimony shall be copied into the transcript unless it has been paid for and filed. Any testimony not paid for by the party at whose instance it was taken may be used as evidence in the cause on being properly paid for and filed by anyone having an interest therein, and the amount so paid shall be taxed as costs in the case.

Amended by Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5236 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5236
Applicability
Status: in_force

A. This Part applies to all state laws and local ordinances and the implementation of those laws and ordinances, whether statutory or otherwise and whether enacted or adopted before, on or after August 15, 2010.

B. Nothing in this Part shall create or preclude a right of any religious organization to receive funding or other assistance from a government, or of any person to receive government funding for a religious activity.

Acts 2010, No. 793, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3421 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3421
Curatorship of the property of absent persons; court where proceedings are brought
Status: in_force

A. A petition for the appointment of a curator for an absent person, as provided in Civil Code Article 47, shall be filed in the district court of the parish where the absent person was domiciled at the time his absence commenced.

B. If the absent person was not domiciled in this state at the time his absence commenced, the petition may be filed in the district court of any parish where:

(1) Immovable property of the absent person is situated; or

(2) Movable property of the absent person is situated, if he owned no immovable property in the state at the time of his absence.

C. The venue provided in this Section may not be waived.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3331 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 3331
Foreign administrator or executor may sue to recover damages for wrongful death
Status: in_force

When a right of action to recover damages for the wrongful death of a nonresident vests in the administrator or executor appointed or confirmed by a court of the domicile of the deceased, this administrator or executor may institute and prosecute the action in a court of this state without the necessity of qualifying as ancillary administrator or executor.

Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1141
Domestic Relations Section; nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition
Status: in_force

A. In addition to all other fees and costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq., shall collect from every person filing any suit or proceeding in the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, Domestic Relations Section, a nonrefundable fee of ten dollars per such suit.

NOTE: Subsection B eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

B. The clerk of the civil district court, within thirty days of the close of each fiscal year, shall remit all costs collected pursuant to this Section to be deposited in the state treasurer's account for credit to a special statutorily dedicated fund account after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The monies in this account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the account following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Disbursement of funds shall be made by the office of children and family services in the Department of Children and Family Services, or its successor, in accordance with Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section and only in amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriations bills and shall be available for annual appropriation by the legislature.

NOTE: Subsection B as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

B. The clerk of the civil district court, within thirty days of the close of each fiscal year, shall remit all costs collected pursuant to this Section to be deposited in the state treasurer's account for credit to a special statutorily dedicated fund account after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The monies in this account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the account following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Disbursement of funds shall be made by the Department of Children and Family Services, or its successor, in accordance with Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section and only in amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriations bills and shall be available for annual appropriation by the legislature.

C. The monies appropriated by the legislature and disbursed from the special account shall not displace, replace, or supplant appropriations from the general fund. This Subsection shall mean that no appropriation for any fiscal year from the special account shall be made for any purpose for which a general fund appropriation was made in the previous year unless the total appropriations for the fiscal year from the state general fund for such purpose exceed general fund appropriations for the previous year.

D. All monies in this account shall be used solely for the purpose of providing fiscal support to those non-profit organizations located and operating in the parish of Orleans and providing shelter for battered women and their children. A shelter is defined for purposes of this Section as a temporary residence providing assistance to battered women and their children in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(1)(intro. para.) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

E.(1) Within thirty days of the receipt of such funds, the office of children and family services shall distribute the funds among those qualifying organizations. A qualifying organization must be recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located within the parish of Orleans and shall provide:

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(1)(intro. para.) as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

E.(1) Within thirty days of the receipt of such funds, the department shall distribute the funds among those qualifying organizations. A qualifying organization shall be recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located within the parish of Orleans and shall provide:

(a) A shelter with a minimum of twelve beds.

(b) Two in-house meals per day.

(c) Residencies for no less than fifteen days nor more than six months.

(d) A meaningful program to assist in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

(2) Funds shall be apportioned among the qualifying organizations on the same percentage basis that the qualifying organizations' points bear to the total number of points of all qualifying organizations. Each qualifying organization shall receive five points per available bed, one point for each percentage of bed occupancy during the year, and two points for each person sheltered for at least fifteen days. All figures shall be based on the qualifying organizations' performance during the preceding calendar year.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(3) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

(3) Organizations seeking to be qualified shall apply on an annual basis to the office of community services within the time and in the manner designated by the office of community services and afford such reasonable proof as is required to establish its entitlement to funds.

NOTE: Paragraph (E)(3) as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

(3) Organizations seeking to be qualified shall apply on an annual basis to the department within the time and in the manner designated by the department and afford such reasonable proof as is required to establish its entitlement to funds.

Acts 2006, No. 621, §26, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 409, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 474, §§4(B)(2) and 6; Acts 2019, No. 404, §3, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2025, No. 477, §6, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1453 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1453
Criminal procedure
Status: in_force

The procedure in a criminal proceeding in a parish court shall be as provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1875 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 1875
Compensation of city judges; particular courts
Status: in_force

The judges of the following city courts shall receive the salaries provided in this Section:

(1) The judge of the City Court of Abbeville shall receive an annual salary of forty-eight hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, one half of which shall be paid by the city of Abbeville, and one half by the parish of Vermilion. In addition, he shall receive the same fees as are payable to justices of the peace in all civil cases in which the amount involved does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and the same fees as are payable to clerks of district courts in all other civil cases. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases.

(2) The judges of the city court of Baton Rouge shall each receive an annual salary to be determined by the city council of the city of Baton Rouge from time to time and fixed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the plan of government for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the city of Baton Rouge. Such salaries shall not be decreased during their term of office and shall be fixed at not less than ten thousand dollars per annum payable monthly.

(3) The judge of the City Court of Bunkie shall receive an annual salary of forty-two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, one half to be paid by the city of Bunkie and one half by the parish of Avoyelles. In addition, he shall receive the same fees as are payable to justices of the peace in civil cases in which the amount involved does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and the same fees as are payable to clerks of district courts in all other civil cases. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases.

(4) In addition to the compensation and fees payable to the judge of the City Court of Lafayette under the provisions of R.S. 13:1874, he shall receive as a part of the emoluments of his office for attending sessions of the city court the same fees as are allowed to a clerk of a district court under the provisions of R.S. 13:846, to be paid on his own warrant in the proportions of two-thirds by the city of Lafayette and one-third by the parish of Lafayette; and, in addition, as juvenile judge of the city of Lafayette, he shall receive an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the city of Lafayette.

(5)(a) The judge who presides over Division "A" of the City Court of Lake Charles shall receive a minimum annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars payable monthly on his own warrant, one-half by the city of Lake Charles and one-half by the parish of Calcasieu. In addition, he shall receive, in civil cases, all of the same fees as are payable to the clerk of the district court for the parish of Calcasieu. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases. The city of Lake Charles and the parish of Calcasieu, or either of them, may pay such additional salary as they may from time to time deem proper; provided that the total salary of the judge shall not exceed that of a district court judge as established by law. The compensation of the judge incumbent on the effective date of this Paragraph shall not be reduced during the term for which he has been elected. Compensation shall include all civil fees as now received by the incumbent judge and such civil fees shall not be paid to the judge of Division "B" during the term of office of the incumbent judge.

(b) The judge who presides over Division "B" of the City Court of Lake Charles shall receive a minimum annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars payable monthly on his own warrant by the city of Lake Charles. In addition, beginning at the expiration of the initial term of office of the first person elected to preside over Division "B" he shall receive, in civil cases, the same fees as are payable to the clerk of the district court for the parish of Calcasieu; provided, however, that during said initial term of office he shall not receive any such fees. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases. The city of Lake Charles may pay such additional salary as it may from time to time deem proper; provided that the total salary of the judge shall not exceed that of a district court judge as established by law.

(6) The judge of the City Court of Morgan City shall receive a salary of thirty-six thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant, one-half to be paid by the parish council of the parish of St. Mary and one-half to be paid by the municipal corporation of the mayor and councilmen of Morgan City. In addition he shall receive, in civil cases, the same fees as clerks of district courts. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases.

(7)(a) The judges of the City Court of Shreveport shall receive the same salary and expenses as provided for district court judges, payable monthly on their respective warrants. The state shall pay that portion of the salary specified by R.S. 13:1874(E). The city of Shreveport shall pay the remaining portion of the salary and expenses in an amount sufficient to equal the salary and expenses of the district court judges.

(b) In addition to the salary specified by R.S. 13:1874(E) to be paid by the state of Louisiana to the judges of the City Court of Shreveport, the state shall pay to such judges an annual salary of six thousand eight hundred eleven dollars. In addition to the salary paid such judges by the state, they shall be paid an annual salary of twelve thousand dollars payable monthly on their respective warrants by the city of Shreveport, and the governing authority of the city of Shreveport shall pay such additional salary as they deem proper.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the judges of the City Court of Shreveport shall not engage in the practice of law, except any judge may serve as the attorney member on a medical review panel pursuant to R.S. 40:1231.8 or 1237.2.

(8) The judge of the City Court of Sulphur shall receive an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars payable on his own warrant, one half by the city of Sulphur and one half by the parish of Calcasieu. In addition, he shall receive in civil cases the same fees as are payable to the clerk of the district court for the parish of Calcasieu. He shall receive no fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases. The city of Sulphur and the parish of Calcasieu, or either of them, may pay to the city judge any additional salary they may deem proper.

(9)(a) The judge of the city court of West Monroe shall receive a minimum salary of one thousand five hundred thirty dollars per month payable on his own warrant, not less than one thousand two hundred thirty dollars payable by the city of West Monroe and not less than three hundred dollars by the parish of Ouachita.

(b) In addition, he shall receive in civil cases the same fees as clerks of the district courts.

(c) He shall receive no fees in criminal matters including peace bond cases.

(d) The city of West Monroe, the parish of Ouachita or either of them may pay to the city judge such additional salary as it may deem proper without further legislative authority.

(10)(a) In lieu of the salary specified by R.S. 13:1874(E) to be paid by the state of Louisiana to the judges of the City Court of Monroe, the state shall pay to such judges an annual salary of twenty-three thousand seven hundred seventy-seven dollars.

(b) In addition to the salary paid such judges by the state, they shall be paid one thousand eighty dollars monthly by the city of Monroe, and four hundred thirty-two dollars monthly by the parish of Ouachita. The judges shall receive no fees whatever in civil matters. Civil fees shall be assessed litigants in civil matters for the services of the judge in accordance with the civil fee bill of clerks of district courts, and all of such civil fees shall be deposited monthly by the clerk of the City Court of Monroe in the general fund of the city of Monroe. Criminal and peace bond matters shall be without fees. For performing the marriage ceremony a fee may be assessed the principals as additional compensation for the judge. The city of Monroe and the parish of Ouachita, or either of them, may increase the monthly salary of the judges payable by them without further legislative authority.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the judges of the City Court of Monroe are prohibited from engaging in the practice of law, except any judge may serve as the attorney member of a medical review panel pursuant to R.S. 40:1231.8 or 1237.2.

(11) The judge of the City Court of New Iberia shall receive an annual salary of twelve thousand dollars payable monthly on his own warrant by the city of New Iberia, and the governing authority of the city may pay him such additional salary as it deems proper. In addition to his salary or salaries, he shall also receive the same fees as are payable to justices of the peace in all civil cases where the amount involved does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and the same fees as are payable to clerks of district courts in all other civil cases. He shall not receive any fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases.

(12)(a) In addition to the salary paid the judge of the city court of Alexandria by the state in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:1874(E), the judge shall be paid by the city of Alexandria and the parish of Rapides, in equal proportions, an amount sufficient to make the total annual salary of the judge an amount equal to one thousand dollars less than the salary paid to the judges of the Ninth Judicial District Court. The governing authority of the city of Alexandria and of the parish of Rapides, or either of them, may increase the salary of the city judge payable by each without further legislative authority; however, the total salary of the judge from all sources shall not exceed that of the district judges of the Ninth Judicial District Court.

(b) The judge shall receive no fees in civil matters. Civil fees shall be assessed against litigants in civil matters for the judge's services in accordance with the civil fee bill of the clerks of the district courts, except that criminal and peace bond matters shall be without fees.

(c)(i) One-half of civil fees assessed and collected shall be used for the operational expenses of the City Court of Alexandria and one-half thereof shall be transmitted for deposit to the general fund of the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

(ii) The costs collected by the City Court of Alexandria in civil cases may be used for supplementing the compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of court paid by the Rapides Parish Police Jury, by mutual consent of the judge of the City Court of Alexandria and the Rapides Parish Police Jury. The costs collected in civil cases may be used for the payment of stenographic, clerical, and other operational expenses of the court without the necessity of the consent of the Rapides Parish Police Jury.

(iii) The costs collected by the City Court of Alexandria in civil cases may be used for supplementing the compensation of clerks and deputy clerks of court paid by the city of Alexandria, by mutual consent of the judge of the City Court of Alexandria and the city of Alexandria. The costs collected in civil cases may be used for the payment of stenographic, clerical, and other operational expenses of the court without the necessity of the consent of the city of Alexandria.

(d) For performing a marriage ceremony, a fee may be assessed the principals as additional compensation for the judge.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the judge of the City Court of Alexandria is prohibited from engaging in the practice of law, except the judge may serve as the attorney member of a medical review panel pursuant to R.S. 40:1231.8 or 1237.2.

(13) Notwithstanding any other statute or provision of law to the contrary, particularly R.S. 13:1874(B), the judge of the City Court of East St. Tammany shall receive a minimum annual salary of twelve thousand nine hundred twenty-nine dollars payable monthly on his own warrant by the city of Slidell, and a minimum annual salary of three thousand six hundred dollars payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of St. Tammany. The state shall pay the salary specified by R.S. 13:1874(E). In addition, he shall also receive the same fees as are payable to justices of the peace in all civil cases where the amount involved does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest, and the same fees as are payable to clerks of district courts in all other civil cases. He shall not receive any fees in criminal matters, including peace bond cases. The city of Slidell and the parish of St. Tammany, or either of them, may pay such additional salary as they may from time to time deem proper.

(14) Any judge of the City Court of Houma is prohibited from engaging in the practice of law.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Amended by Acts 1960, No. 22, §1; Acts 1960, No. 513, §1; Acts 1963, No. 70, §1; Acts 1964, No. 206, §1; Acts 1966, No. 156, §1; Acts 1967, No. 111, §1; Acts 1968, No. 392, §1; Acts 1970, No. 57, §1; Acts 1973, No. 108, §1; Acts 1974, No. 365, §1; Acts 1975, No. 742, §2, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 825, §2, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1977, No. 393, §2, eff. July 1, 1978; Acts 1977, No. 616, §2; Acts 1978, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 640, §1; Acts 1979, No. 236, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 662, §1; Acts 1979, No. 742, §1; Acts 1980, No. 169, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 589, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Acts 1984, No. 704, §1; Acts 1990, No. 8, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1990, No. 271, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 471, §1, eff. July 18, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 53, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 144, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 66, §1; Acts 2006, No. 286, §1; Acts 2020, No. 205, §1, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 162, §1; Acts 2023, No. 121, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2024; Acts 2023, No. 121, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026; Acts 2025, No. 74, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5554.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 5554.4
DeSoto Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created the DeSoto Parish Retired Employees Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "DREIF", to fund the payment by the sheriff's office of DeSoto Parish of the premium costs for eligible retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs pursuant to R.S. 13:5554(G) and (X).

B. The following monies shall be deposited into the DREIF until the total amount of the monies including principal and earnings in the DREIF equals the sum of four million dollars:

(1) One percent of the monies received in the DeSoto Parish sheriff's general fund each year.

(2) Any other monies that the sheriff of DeSoto Parish may contribute to the DREIF.

(3)(a) Once the total amount of the monies including principal and earnings in the DREIF equals the sum of four million dollars, the deposited monies identified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be reduced to one-half of one percent.

(b) If the monies in the DREIF should fall below four million dollars, the deposited monies identified in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall revert to the original amount of one percent.

C. Upon recommendation of the board established in Subsection G of this Section, the sheriff of DeSoto Parish shall invest the monies in the DREIF as follows:

(1) Not less than twenty-five percent in equities.

(2) At least twenty-five percent in fixed income investments, provided that the average credit quality of the fixed income portion must be rated as investment grade.

D. The earnings realized on the monies invested pursuant to Subsection C of this Section shall be available for the sheriff to withdraw for the sole purpose of paying the insurance premium costs pursuant to R.S. 13:5554(G) and (X) for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs of DeSoto Parish or the legal representation costs for the DREIF Board, provided that no such earnings shall be withdrawn until the amount of principal and accumulated earnings in the DREIF is equal to the sum of four million dollars. In the event that the total amount of monies derived from deposits provided in Subsection B of this Section and investment earnings fall below the sum of four million dollars, no earnings shall be withdrawn, and any balance owed for the payment of insurance premium costs pursuant to R.S. 13:5554(G) and (X) or legal representation costs for the DREIF Board shall be paid in full from the sheriff's general fund.

E. The monies deposited pursuant to Subsection B of this Section and the accumulated earnings up to a total of four million dollars shall not be appropriated and shall be used only for making income-producing investments as provided in this Section.

F. Any financial audit conducted of the sheriff's office of DeSoto Parish shall specifically address compliance with the provisions of this Section.

G. To provide recommendations concerning the investment of funds as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the sheriff shall establish an investment advisory board consisting of three members as follows:

(1) The comptroller of the sheriff's department.

(2) Two retired sheriffs or retired deputy sheriffs of the department, appointed by the sheriff, who shall serve a term determined by the sheriff.

(3) The members of the board shall elect a chairperson at its first board meeting, which shall be held within thirty days after the appointment of board members.

Acts 2012, No. 252, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:2516 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 13 / Section 2516
Conviction in the municipal and traffic court not to be used in district court
Status: in_force

No conviction in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may be used in any trial in any district court of this state arising out of the same facts and circumstances in connection with which the defendant was charged in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.