La. Rev. Stat. § 1:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 61
Definition of disadvantaged business enterprise
Status: in_force

Whenever the context so requires, the term "disadvantaged business enterprise" as used in the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and any rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act shall mean a disadvantaged business enterprise certified under the Unified Certification Program for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.

Acts 2010, No. 399, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.8
Sarcoma Awareness Month
Status: in_force

The month of July is recognized and designated as "Sarcoma Awareness Month" to recognize those individuals who have been diagnosed with sarcoma and to increase awareness of the disease throughout the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2014, No. 371, §1, eff. July 1, 2014.
La. R.S. § 1:55 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 55
Tit. 1, § 55. Days of public rest, legal holidays, and half-holidays
Status: in_force

A. The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays and half-holidays:

(1) The following shall be days of public rest and legal holidays: Sundays; January 1, New Year's Day; January 8, Battle of New Orleans; the third Monday in January, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; the third Monday in February, Washington's Birthday and Presidents' Day; the day of Mardi Gras; Good Friday; the last Monday in May, National Memorial Day; July 4, Independence Day; August 30, Huey P. Long Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day; the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day; November 1, All Saints' Day; November 11, Veterans' Day; the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day; December 25, Christmas Day; Inauguration Day in the city of Baton Rouge; provided, however, that in the parish of Orleans, the city of Baton Rouge, in each of the parishes comprising the second and sixth congressional districts, except the parish of Ascension, and in each of the parishes comprising the fourteenth and thirty-first judicial districts of the state, the whole of every Saturday shall be a legal holiday, and in the parishes of Catahoula, Caldwell, West Carroll, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, Jackson, Avoyelles, West Feliciana, Rapides, Natchitoches, Grant, LaSalle, Winn, Lincoln, and East Baton Rouge, the whole of every Saturday shall be a holiday for all banking institutions, and in the parishes of Sabine and Vernon each Wednesday and Saturday, from 12:00 o'clock noon until 12:00 o'clock midnight, shall be a half-holiday for all banking institutions. All banks and trust companies, however, may, each at its option, remain open and exercise all of its regular banking functions and duties upon January 8; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday; January 19; Washington's Birthday; Presidents' Day; Good Friday; National Memorial Day; June 3; August 30; Christopher Columbus Day; November 1; and Veterans' Day; and all banks and trust companies located in Ward 1 of the parish of Avoyelles may, each at its option, remain open and exercise all of its regular banking functions and duties until 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays; however, when on any of said last named days any bank or trust company does actually remain open it shall, as to transactions on such day, to exactly the same extent as if such day were not otherwise a legal holiday, be not subject to any of the provisions of R.S. 7:85 and 251 or any other laws of Louisiana covering the matters of maturity of negotiable instruments and demand, notice, presentment, acceptance, or protest thereof on legal holidays and half-holidays, and all instruments payable to or at such bank upon such day shall become due on such day; and provided, further, that the option of remaining open shall not, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, apply to Saturdays or Wednesdays which are holidays or half-holidays, or to Mardi Gras when the same has been declared a legal holiday; and provided still further that nothing in any law of this state shall in any manner whatsoever affect the validity of or render void or voidable the payment, certification, or acceptance of a check or other negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a bank in Louisiana because done on any holiday or half-holiday or because done on any day upon which such bank, if remaining open because of the option given it in this Paragraph, if the payment, certification, acceptance, or other transaction could have been validly done on any other day.

(2) In all parishes of the state the governing authorities thereof shall have the option to declare the whole of every Saturday a holiday, and until the whole of Saturday is so declared a holiday in any parish, Saturday from 12 o'clock noon until 12 o'clock midnight shall be a half-holiday; provided that in the city of Baton Rouge and in the Parish of Orleans the whole of every Saturday is a holiday; provided further, that the governing authority of the Parish of Washington may declare the whole of Wednesday or the whole of Saturday a holiday, and if the Parish of Washington declares the whole of Wednesday a holiday, no part of Saturday shall be a holiday in that parish. In no parish shall the whole of Wednesday be a holiday when the immediately preceding day is a holiday.

(3) In the parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette, St. Tammany, Iberia, St. Martin, Ascension, Washington, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, Evangeline, Cameron, Assumption, St. Mary, Acadia, Vermilion, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, Lafourche, East Feliciana, and West Feliciana, and in all municipalities, Mardi Gras shall be a holiday when the governing authorities so declare by ordinance. The school boards of the parishes of Acadia and Lafayette may declare Mardi Gras and the International Rice Festival in Crowley a holiday for public school children of those parishes. In the parish of Washington, the whole of Wednesday, the whole of Thursday, and Friday of the Washington Parish Free Fair shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court for the parish of Washington to close his office on those days.

(4) Whenever December 25, January 1, or July 4 falls on a Sunday, the next day is a holiday. When December 25, January 1, or July 4 falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is a holiday when the governing authorities so declare by ordinance, and if the local governing authorities declare the Friday preceding January 1st a legal holiday, such holiday shall be an optional holiday for banking institutions, and each bank may, each at its option remain open and exercise all of its regular banking functions under conditions set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(5) The governing authorities of all parishes in the state shall have the option to declare the second Friday of Holiday in Dixie a legal holiday. The school boards in all parishes shall have the option to declare such day a holiday for public school children.

(6) The third Monday in January, the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for public schools; provided however, that a local school board shall decide to observe this holiday during a regularly scheduled school day with or without the necessity of adjourning school for all or any portion of the school day.

(7) The third Monday in February, the birthday of President George Washington and Presidents' Day, for public schools; provided however, that a local school board shall decide to observe this holiday during a regularly scheduled school day with or without the necessity of adjourning school for all or any portion of the school day.

(8) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years for public schools in any parish where the parish governing authority has established a polling place at a public school.

B. Legal holidays shall be observed by the departments of the state as follows:

(1)(a) Insofar as may be practicable in the administration of the government, no employee shall work on New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday which shall be observed on the third Monday of January of each year or in conjunction with the day of the federal observance, Mardi Gras Day, Good Friday, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Inauguration Day once in every four years in the city of Baton Rouge, or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.

(b) In addition, in the city court of Sulphur, the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day shall be a legal holiday.

(2) Washington's Birthday, Presidents' Day, National Memorial Day, and Huey P. Long Day shall be observed only in such manner as the governor may proclaim, considering the pressure of the state's business.

(3) The governor, by executive proclamation, may authorize the observance of such other holidays and half-holidays as he may deem in keeping with efficient administration. Whenever, in accordance with this Paragraph, the governor declares the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in November a holiday, such holiday shall be designated as Acadian Day and shall be observed in commemoration of the arrival in Louisiana of the Acadian people from the French colony Acadie following the ceding of that colony to England in 1713 and in recognition of the fact that much of the early economic and political development of Louisiana is directly attributable to the industry of the Acadian people, through cultivation of land, utilization of Louisiana's natural resources, and the interest of the Acadian people in political self-determination and American democracy.

(4) When one or more holidays or half-holidays fall on a full-time employee's regular day off, his holiday shall be the closest regularly scheduled workday preceding or following the legal holiday, as designated by the head of the agency. Employees whose regular work hours do not fall in the time period, or fall only partly within the time period, of the holiday shall receive a number of hours equivalent to the holiday through compensatory time or overtime. Part-time employees having a regular work schedule will receive benefits in a similar manner as full-time employees except that their benefits will be prorated to the number of hours normally worked.

(5) When time off is declared in case of natural emergencies, only those persons actually scheduled to work during the time period of the declaration shall receive the time off. Those persons who are scheduled to work during those hours and, because of the requirements of their job, do in fact work shall be entitled to compensatory time for those hours.

C. It shall be lawful to file and record suits, deeds, mortgages and liens, to issue and serve citations, to make sheriff's sales by virtue of any execution, and to take and to execute all other legal proceedings on Wednesday and Saturday holidays and half-holidays.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 6:65 or any other law to the contrary, all banking institutions and savings and loan associations located within the parishes of Terrebonne, Lafourche, Iberia, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, St. Mary, and Iberville, and all banking institutions located within the parishes of Lafayette and St. Landry, shall be closed during any year on Saturdays, Sundays, New Year's Day, Mardi Gras, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; provided, however, that when New Year's Day, Independence Day, or Christmas fall on a Sunday, said banking institutions and savings and loan associations shall be closed on the next day, and said financial institutions may, each at its option, remain open and exercise all of its regular functions and duties upon January eighth; January nineteenth; the third Monday in February, Washington's Birthday and Presidents' Day; Good Friday; the last Monday in May, National Memorial Day; June third; August thirtieth; the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day; November first; and November eleventh, Veterans' Day; and further provided that when on any of said last named days any said financial institution does actually remain open it shall, as to transactions on such day, to exactly the same extent as if such day were not otherwise a legal holiday, not be subject to any of the provisions of R.S. 7:85 and 251, or any other laws of Louisiana, covering the matters of maturity of negotiable instruments and demands, notice, presentment, acceptance, or protest thereof on legal holidays and half-holidays, and all instruments payable to or at such bank upon such day shall become due on such day; and provided further that the option of remaining open shall not apply to Saturdays or Wednesdays which are holidays or half-holidays, or to Mardi Gras when the same has been declared a legal holiday; and provided further that nothing in any law of this state shall in any manner whatsoever affect the validity of, or render void or voidable, the payment, certification of acceptance of a check or other negotiable instrument, or any other transaction by a bank in Louisiana because done on any holiday or half-holiday or because done on any day upon which such financial institution if remaining open because of the option given it in this Subsection, if the payment, certification, acceptance, or other transaction could have been validly done on any other day, provided, however, that in the parishes of Beauregard, Sabine, Vernon, Evangeline, and DeSoto, the banking institutions may elect to make the whole of Saturdays holidays and close, in lieu of half-holidays on Wednesdays and half-holidays on Saturdays.

E.(1)(a)(i) Each clerk of a district court, parish court, and city court shall close his office on the following days: New Year's Day, January first; Washington's Birthday and Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February; Good Friday; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; the Fourth of July; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; All Saints' Day, November first; Veterans' Day, November eleventh; Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, and the next day, Friday; Christmas Eve Day; Christmas Day; and New Year's Eve Day, December thirty-first.

(ii) Whenever New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, or Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. Whenever New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, or Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday.

(iii) In addition, in the city courts of Hammond and Sulphur, Ward Four, Mardi Gras and the day on which the national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is celebrated shall be legal holidays and the clerk of court shall close his office on those days. In addition, in the city court of Sulphur, the second Monday in October, Christopher Columbus Day shall be a legal holiday and the clerk of city court shall close his office on that day. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, Mardi Gras shall be a legal holiday for the clerks of court for the parishes of East and West Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, Lafourche, St. Mary, Assumption, Terrebonne, St. Martin, Ascension, St. James, St. Tammany, St. Bernard, Jefferson Davis, Livingston, Acadia, Vermilion, Calcasieu, Orleans, Allen, and Tangipahoa.

(b) In addition, each clerk of a district court, parish court, and city court shall close his office on all of the legal holidays provided in Subparagraph (B)(1)(a) of this Section and on any day that the governor has proclaimed a legal holiday pursuant to Paragraph (B)(3) of this Section. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, each clerk of a district court, parish court, and city court may close his office on any day an emergency situation has been declared by the governor or the local governing authority and governmental entities, including the courthouse, have been ordered to close.

(c) In addition, each clerk of a city court or parish court, with the approval of the chief judge of the court, may close his office on the day proclaimed by the governor or the local governing authority as a holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

(d) In addition, each clerk of court in the parishes of St. James and St. John the Baptist shall close his office on any day upon which the governor has proclaimed a legal holiday. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Inauguration Day once every four years or General Election Day every two years.

(e) In addition, in the parish of Vermilion, the Friday of the Cattle Festival in Abbeville shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court and the clerk of court of the City Court of Abbeville to close their offices in observance of that day, unless there is an election that requires their office to remain open.

(f) In addition, in the parish of Iberia, the Friday of the Sugar Cane Festival shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court in the parish of Iberia to close offices in observance of that day, unless there is an election that requires the office to remain open.

(g) In addition, in the parish of St. Mary, the Friday of the Black Bear Festival shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court in the parish of St. Mary to close offices in observance of that day, unless there is an election that requires the office to remain open.

(h) In addition, in the parish of Grant, the Friday of the Pecan Festival shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of the Thirty-Fifth Judicial District Court in the parish of Grant to close offices in observance of that day, unless there is an election that requires the office to remain open.

(i) In addition, in the parish of Union, the Friday of the Watermelon Festival shall be a legal holiday for the purpose of authorizing the clerk of court of the Third Judicial District Court in the parish of Union to close offices in observance of that day, unless there are functions and duties related to an election that require the office to remain open.

(2) If an emergency situation develops which, in the judgment of the clerk of court, renders it hazardous or otherwise unsafe for employees of the office of the clerk to continue in the performance of their official duties or for the general public to conduct business with the clerk's office, the clerk, with prior approval from the clerk's chief judge or other person authorized to exercise his authority, may order the closing of his office for the duration of the hazardous or unsafe condition. No such closure shall be effective nor shall such period of closing be considered a legal holiday unless prior written approval or written confirmation from such chief judge or person acting on his behalf is received by the clerk of court. When the office is reopened, the clerk shall attach a statement setting forth the dates of closure, the hours of closure if applicable, the reasons for closure, and a statement that, pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, these days or parts of days were legal holidays to every document, petition, or pleading filed in the office of the clerk on the first day or part of a day his office is open after being closed under the provisions of this Paragraph, whenever the petition or document relates to a cause of action, right of appeal, or other matter against which prescription could have run or time periods imposed by law could have expired.

(3) Only the enumerated holidays in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, days of closure under Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, Mardi Gras only in those parishes in which the governing authority of the parish declares a holiday under authority of Paragraph (A)(3) of this Section, and all Saturdays and Sundays shall be considered as legal holidays for the purposes of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5059.

(4) The Municipal Court of New Orleans and the Traffic Court of New Orleans shall have the same legal holidays as the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, no court shall be required to be open if their respective clerk of court's office is closed pursuant to this Section.

F. Each institution of higher education in the state, through a representative appointed by it, shall designate a maximum of fourteen legal holidays per calendar year to be observed by all of its employees. If the institution does not elect to designate Veterans' Day as one of the fourteen legal holidays to be observed, an employee, who is a veteran as defined in R.S. 29:251.2, shall be allowed to attend activities or events related to Veterans' Day with compensation and for no more than four hours, when the designated day for observance by the state is on a regularly scheduled workday.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 96, §1; Acts 1950, No. 98, §1; Acts 1952, No. 534, §§1, 2; Acts 1954, No. 593, §1; Acts 1956, No. 463, §1; Acts 1956, No. 549, §1; Acts 1958, No. 210, §1; Acts 1958, No. 270, §1; Acts 1964, No. 158; Acts 1964, No. 250; Acts 1965, No. 159, §1; Acts 1966, No. 45, §1; Acts 1966, No. 137, §1; Acts 1966, No. 152, §1; Acts 1968, No. 48, §§1, 2; Acts 1968, No. 178, §1; Acts 1968, No. 380, §1; Acts 1968, No. 404, §1; Acts 1968, No. 497, §1; Acts 1970, No. 202, §1; Acts 1970, No. 575, §1; Acts 1972, No. 640, §1; Acts 1973, No. 131, §1; Acts 1975, No. 38, §1; Acts 1976, No. 72, §1; Acts 1976, No. 98, §1, eff. July 9, 1976; Acts 1976, No. 111, §1; Acts 1976, No. 493, §1; Acts 1977, No. 505, §1; Acts 1977, No. 668, §1; Acts 1978, No. 69, §1; Acts 1978, No. 163, §1; Acts 1981, No. 171, §1; Acts 1982, No. 148, §1; Acts 1982, No. 255, §1; Acts 1982, No. 627, §1; Acts 1984, No. 79, §1; Acts 1984, No. 464, §1; Acts 1984, No. 643, §1; Acts 1985, No. 838, §1; Acts 1985, No. 1002, §1; Acts 1986, No. 2, §1; Acts 1986, No. 153, §1; Acts 1986, No. 296, §1; Acts 1986, No. 607, §1; Acts 1988, No. 346, §1; Acts 1989, No. 570, §1; Acts 1991, No. 139, §1; Acts 1991, No. 906, §1; Acts 1992, No. 333, §1; Acts 1992, No. 750, §1; Acts 1992, No. 772, §1; Acts 1993, No. 487, §1; Acts 1993, No. 495, §1; Acts 1993, No. 534, §1; Acts 1993, No. 698, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1021, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1307, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1; Acts 1999, No. 257, §1; Acts 1999, No. 279, §1; Acts 1999, No. 733, §1; Acts 2003, No. 354, §1; Acts 2003, No. 409, §1; Acts 2004, No. 474, §1; Acts 2004, No. 740, §1; Acts 2005, No. 45, §1; Acts 2006, No. 734, §1; Acts 2008, No. 788, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §1, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 206, §1; Acts 2014, No. 671, §1; Acts 2015, No. 40, §1; Acts 2016, No. 33, §1; Acts 2016, No. 34, §1, eff. May 10, 2016; Acts 2019, No. 316, §1; Acts 2020, No. 264, §1; Acts 2022, No. 452, §1; Acts 2025, No. 305, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 11
Population, how determined; new census
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided, the number of inhabitants of a political subdivision is that shown by the latest regular or special federal census.

B. To provide for orderly transition in the implementation of any law applicable to a class of political subdivisions identified by a population category, a particular federal census shall become the "latest" and the "most recent" federal census on August first of the year following the year in which the census is taken and shall remain the "latest" and "most recent" federal census until August first of the year following the year in which the subsequent census is taken; however, the provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any law providing for reapportionment or redistricting.

Acts 2010, No. 845, §2, eff. June 30, 2010, and §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.
La. R.S. § 1:53 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 53
Tit. 1, § 53. Money accounts in dollars and cents
Status: in_force

The money accounts of this state shall be expressed in dollars or units, cents or hundredths, and mills or thousandths; and all accounts in banks and public offices, and all proceedings in the courts of this state, shall be kept in conformity herewith.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 1
Revised Statutes; how cited
Status: in_force

This Act shall be known as the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and shall be cited as R.S. followed by the number of the Title and the number of the Section in the Title, separated by a colon. Example: Section 1 of Title 20 shall be cited as R.S. 20:1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.7
Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation Weekend
Status: in_force

A. The second Friday in July has long been recognized nationally as the Collector Car Appreciation Day.

B. In order to recognize the integral role collector cars have played in fostering our nation's appreciation for the automobile's unique place in our history, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the second weekend in July are hereby designated annually as "Louisiana Collector Car Appreciation Weekend" throughout the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2014, No. 71, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 52
Tit. 1, § 52. Publication of advertisements, notices, etc., in English language
Status: in_force

It is sufficient in all the parishes of the state to publish advertisements, judicial or otherwise, notices, and publications required by law, in the English language only.
La. R.S. § 1:8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 8
Tit. 1, § 8. One gender may denote others
Status: in_force

Words used in one gender apply also to the other genders, except as otherwise clearly indicated by the context.
La. R.S. § 1:12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 12
Tit. 1, § 12. Classification and arrangement of statutes; effect on construction
Status: in_force

The classification and organization of the sections of the Revised Statutes is made for the purpose of convenience, reference, and orderly arrangement, and no implication or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.3
Ronald Reagan Day
Status: in_force

To honor one of America's greatest presidents, February sixth shall annually be recognized and designated as Ronald Reagan Day throughout the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2004, No. 680, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 3
Words and phrases; how construed
Status: in_force

Words and phrases shall be read with their context and shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language. Technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.

The word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive.
La. R.S. § 1:5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 5
Tit. 1, § 5. Clerical and typographical errors
Status: in_force

Clerical and typographical errors in the Revised Statutes shall be disregarded when the meaning of the legislature is clear.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.6
Purple Heart Recognition Day
Status: in_force

The seventh day of August shall be recognized as "Purple Heart Recognition Day" and shall be dedicated to the remembrance and recognition of those members of the armed forces of the United States who have earned the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in combat.

Acts 2014, No. 22, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:18 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 18
Construction of laws relative to abortion
Status: in_force

A. It is the intention of the Legislature of Louisiana to prohibit and restrict abortion and to thereby preserve the life of each unborn child to the fullest extent permitted by law.

B.(1) All laws or parts of laws prohibiting or restricting abortion shall not be negated or superseded by the laws regulating outpatient abortion facilities or regulating the practice of abortion, as provided in R.S. 40:1061.1.

(2) Laws regulating or prohibiting an abortion at a certain gestational age of the unborn child shall not be considered to be in conflict with other laws that regulate or prohibit abortion at a different gestational age of the unborn child.

C. No governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact any ordinance or regulation that authorizes or regulates abortion.

D. Unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the provisions of each act of the legislature prohibiting or regulating abortion are severable, whether or not a provision to that effect is included in the act. If any provision or item of an act prohibiting or regulating abortion, or the application thereof, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision, item, or application.

E. This Section shall apply to acts of the legislature affecting general laws, and local and special laws, and statutes of the state, including the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Evidence, and the Children's Code.

Acts 2022, No. 545, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
La. R.S. § 1:7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 7
Tit. 1, § 7. Singular may denote plural
Status: in_force

Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:14 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 14
References in Revised Statutes
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in the Revised Statutes to Titles, Sub-titles, Chapters, Parts, Subparts, or Sections shall mean Titles, Subtitles, Chapters, Parts, Sub-parts, or Sections of the Revised Statutes.

Whenever any reference is made to any portion of the Revised Statutes or to any other law, the reference applies to all amendments thereto hereafter made.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 9
Use of disjunctive
Status: in_force

Unless it is otherwise clearly indicated by the context, whenever the term "or" is used in the Revised Statutes, it is used in the disjunctive and does not mean "and/or".
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:11.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 11.1
Special census
Status: in_force

All incorporated municipalities in the State of Louisiana are hereby authorized and empowered to take a special census when ordered by the governing authority of the municipality, all costs to be paid for by the municipality; provided, however, that upon the taking of one special census, another special census shall not be taken for at least a three year period. Upon completion of said census, a copy thereof shall be sent to the governor, who after investigation and verification of said census, shall certify the results, and the special census shall thereupon become the official census of the municipality until the next official census of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce or a subsequent special census as provided for herein.

Acts 1958, No. 498, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 465, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 4
Tit. 1, § 4. Unambiguous wording not to be disregarded
Status: in_force

When the wording of a Section is clear and free of ambiguity, the letter of it shall not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:50 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 50
Daylight saving time; conditions; adoption
Status: in_force

If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. 260(a) to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, the state shall adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions.

Acts 2020, No. 133, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.9
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Status: in_force

The seventeenth day of May shall be recognized as "Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day" to recognize those individuals who have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and to increase awareness of the disease throughout the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2018, No. 252, §1, eff. May 17, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58
My Nationality American Day
Status: in_force

December 7 is designated as My Nationality American Day throughout the state of Louisiana to reaffirm our dedication to the principles that inspired the creation of this great nation and secured for all of us the blessings of freedom and peace.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 35, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 2
Tit. 1, § 2. Revised Statutes not retroactive
Status: in_force

No Section of the Revised Statutes is retroactive unless it is expressly so stated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:59 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 59
Definitions of mortgage, chattel mortgage and pledge to include security interests
Status: in_force

Whenever the context so requires, the terms "mortgage", "chattel mortgage", and "pledge" as used in the Louisiana Revised Statutes additionally mean and include the granting of a security interest under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.) or under the corresponding provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any other state, to the extent applicable. Whenever the context so requires, the terms "mortgage", "chattel mortgage" or "pledge" agreement further mean and include a security agreement subject to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws or to the corresponding provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any other state, to the extent applicable.

Acts 1989, No. 137, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 1079, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:60 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 60
Timely filing of papers due; presumption
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the filing of papers, including but not limited to applications, forms, reports, returns, statements, and filings of any kind with the state, its agencies, boards, and commissions shall be deemed timely in either of the following cases:

(1) The papers are delivered on or before the due date.

(2) The papers are mailed on or before the due date. If the papers are received by mail on the first working day following the due date, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that they were timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the mailing shall be shown only by an official United States postmark or by official receipt or certificate from the United States Postal Service made at the time of mailing which indicates the date thereof. For purposes of this Section, "by mail" applies only to the United States Postal Service.

B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the legislative or judicial branches of government, the Department of State, the Department of Revenue, or to adjudications conducted pursuant to Chapter 13-B of Title 49 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 1999, No. 175, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.
La. R.S. § 1:54 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 54
Tit. 1, § 54. Residence; forfeiture
Status: in_force

Residence once acquired shall not be forfeited by absence on business of the state or of the United States. Voluntary absence from the state of two years, or the acquisition of residence elsewhere, shall forfeit a residence within this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.1
National Airborne Day
Status: in_force

August sixteenth is hereby designated as National Airborne Day throughout the state of Louisiana to recognize and honor those who have served in an airborne unit since the first official army parachute jump on August 16, 1940.

Acts 2001, No. 337, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.2
Juneteenth Day
Status: in_force

A. Juneteenth Day has long been recognized as a special day of celebration for the freedom of African Americans. As such, since 1865 the day has been celebrated as the day African Americans received the news of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The celebration of this day has grown into a special day celebrating this freedom as well as a day of learning, sharing, and giving respect to the history, culture, and achievements of African Americans.

B. The third Saturday in June is recognized and designated as Juneteenth Day throughout the state of Louisiana, in honor of the day African Americans celebrate as Emancipation Day.

Acts 2003, No. 433, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.4
A day of remembrance; Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita
Status: in_force

The first Sunday after the commencement of hurricane season of every year shall be recognized as a day of remembrance for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Day shall be observed as a memorial of one of the greatest tragedies in the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2008, No. 800, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 13
Headings and ancillary information, not part of law
Status: in_force

A. Headings to sections, source notes, and cross references are given for the purpose of convenient reference and do not constitute part of the law.

B. The keyword, one-liner, summary and adjoining information, abstract, digest, and other words and phrases not contained in the section or sections of the bill following the enacting clause do not constitute part of the law.

Acts 2006, No. 826, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 15
Tit. 1, § 15. Repeal of law; effect
Status: in_force

The repeal of a repealing law shall not revive the first law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:57 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 57
Arbor Day
Status: in_force

The third Friday in January is hereby designated as Arbor Day throughout the state of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 217, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 16
Tit. 1, § 16. Construction of Revised Statutes; continuation of existing institutions; effect on rights acquired, penalties imposed, etc.
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be construed as continuations of and as substitutes for the laws or parts of laws which are revised and consolidated herein. The adoption of these Revised Statutes shall not affect the continued existence and operation, subject to the provisions hereof, of any department, agency, or office heretofore legally established or held, nor any acts done, any funds established, any rights acquired or accruing, any taxes or other charges incurred or imposed, any penalties incurred or imposed, or any judicial proceedings had or commenced prior to the effective date of these Revised Statutes.
La. R.S. § 1:6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 6
Tit. 1, § 6. Conflict in expression of figures and words
Status: in_force

Whenever there is a conflict between a number expressed both by figures and written words, the latter shall prevail unless such words obviously are contrary to the legislative intent.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:58.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 58.5
Care Enough to Wear Pink
Status: in_force

A. October has long been recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, and the wearing of the color pink in the form of ribbons and apparel has been associated with the breast cancer awareness campaign. It is an annual health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities to increase awareness of breast cancer and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.

B. In honor of those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, October twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh are hereby designated annually as "Care Enough to Wear Pink" days throughout the state of Louisiana.

Acts 2012, No. 537, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 10
Person, defined
Status: in_force

Unless it is otherwise clearly indicated, the word "person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:55.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 55.1
Days of public rest; Juneteenth Day
Status: in_force

The third Saturday in June, Juneteenth Day, shall be a day of public rest and a legal holiday.

Acts 2021, No 128, §1.
La. R.S. § 1:51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 51
Tit. 1, § 51. Acts and contracts in French language; effect
Status: in_force

Any act or contract made or executed in the French language is as legal and binding upon the parties as if it had been made or executed in the English language.
La. R.S. § 1:17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 17
Tit. 1, § 17. Transfer of functions; application of Revised Statutes
Status: in_force

Wherever in the Revised Statutes a reference is made to any department, agency or office, or officer thereof, the functions of which department, agency, office or officer have been legally transferred to another department, agency, office or officer, the provision of law wherein the reference is made shall be applicable to the department, agency, office or officer, to which such functions have been transferred.
La. Rev. Stat. § 1:56 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 1 / Section 56
Doctors' Day
Status: in_force

March 30 is designated as Doctors' Day throughout the state of Louisiana, in honor of the medical profession in this state.

Acts 1952, No. 49, §1.