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La. Civ. Code art. 1777 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1777
Express or implied term
Status: in_force

A term for the performance of an obligation may be express or it may be implied by the nature of the contract.

Performance of an obligation not subject to a term is due immediately.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Ch. Code art. 910 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 910
Modification procedure; generally applicable
Status: in_force

A. Except as specially provided in Articles 911 through 916, a motion for modification may be filed by the district attorney, the child, his parents, the custodian of the child, a probation officer, or the court. A motion for modification shall be in writing and shall set forth in plain and concise terms the facts supporting the modification. A motion for modification shall be served upon all parties at least three days prior to the hearing unless waived by the parties.

B. Any motion for modification may be denied without a hearing.

C. Except as provided by Paragraph B of this Article, a motion for modification shall be tried at a contradictory hearing unless waived by the parties.

D. A judgment of disposition shall not be modified to release a child from the custody of a public or private mental institution or an institution for persons with mental illness without three days prior notice to the district attorney and the institution.

E. If a judgment of disposition is modified, a copy of the minute entry reflecting the modification shall be served upon the district attorney, the child, his parent, and any person, institution, or agency to whom custody of the child is assigned.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §33, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 467, §2; Acts 2020, No. 106, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1332 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1332
Election to collate in kind.
Status: in_force

If the donee, who is bound to collate an immovable given him by the deceased, declare within the term fixed, as aforesaid, that he will return it in kind, the property, from that instant, becomes united to the other effects of the succession which is to be divided.
La. Civ. Code art. 1996 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1996
Obligor in good faith
Status: in_force

An obligor in good faith is liable only for the damages that were foreseeable at the time the contract was made.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2596 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2596
Rules of ordinary proceedings applicable; exceptions
Status: in_force

The rules governing ordinary proceedings are applicable to summary proceedings, except as otherwise provided by law.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 72 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 72
Certain actions involving property
Status: in_force

An action in which a sequestration is sought, or an action to enforce a mortgage or privilege by an ordinary proceeding, may be brought in the parish where the property, or any portion thereof, is situated.

Acts 1997, No. 1055, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1566 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1566
Revocation or dissolution, donee's liability for fruits
Status: in_force

When a donation is revoked or dissolved, the donee or his successor is bound to restore or to pay the value of the fruits and products of the things given from the date of written demand.

If the donation is dissolved for nonperformance of a condition or a charge that the donee had the power to perform, the court may order the donee or his successor to restore the value of the fruits and products received after his failure to perform if the failure to perform is due to his fault.

Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Civ. Code art. 2046 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2046
No further interpretation when intent is clear
Status: in_force

When the words of a contract are clear and explicit and lead to no absurd consequences, no further interpretation may be made in search of the parties' intent.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 588 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 588
Discharge of debt on encumbered property; usufruct established inter vivos
Status: in_force

When property subject to a usufruct established inter vivos is encumbered to secure a debt before the commencement of the usufruct, the usufructuary may advance the funds needed to discharge the indebtedness. If he does so, the naked owner shall reimburse the usufructuary, without interest, at the termination of the usufruct, for the principal of the debt the usufructuary has discharged, and for any interest the usufructuary has paid that had accrued on the debt before the commencement of the usufruct.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 26
Power to order peace bonds
Status: in_force

A magistrate may order a peace bond in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
La. Ch. Code art. 622.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 622.1
Shelter care facility records; access
Status: in_force

A. Every juvenile shelter care facility shall maintain a permanent record of certain information as to each child received. The record shall include:

(1) The child's name and address.

(2) The date and time of the child's entry into the facility.

(3) The name of the person who brought the child to the facility.

B. The record in which such information is kept shall not be open for public inspection. Peace officers, counsel representing the child or the parents, the district attorney, the department, persons collecting statistical information, and authorized officers of the court shall have access to the record.

Acts 2007, No. 334, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1589 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1589
Lapse of legacies
Status: in_force

A legacy lapses when:

(1) The legatee predeceases the testator.

(2) The legatee is incapable of receiving at the death of the testator.

(3) The legacy is subject to a suspensive condition, and the condition can no longer be fulfilled or the legatee dies before fulfillment of the condition.

(4) The legatee is declared unworthy.

(5) The legacy is renounced, but only to the extent of the renunciation.

(6) The legacy is declared invalid.

(7) The legacy is declared null, as for example, for fraud, duress, or undue influence.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Civ. Code art. 2297 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2297
Obligations of the owner
Status: in_force

The owner whose affair has been managed is bound to fulfill the obligations that the manager has undertaken as a prudent administrator and to reimburse the manager for all necessary and useful expenses.

Acts 1995, No. 1041, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 434.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 434.1
Exceptions to grand jury secrecy
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 434, the state may disclose to state or federal prosecutors or law enforcement officers, or to investigators on the staff of the district attorney or attorney general, or to expert witnesses, information and documents provided to a grand jury. Any person to whom such disclosure is made shall not engage in further disclosure of the material and shall use the disclosed material solely for purposes of investigation of criminal offenses and enforcement of criminal laws.

B. The district attorney shall also disclose to the defendant material evidence favorable to the defendant that was presented to the grand jury.

C. The district attorney may also disclose to a witness at trial, including the defendant if the defendant testifies, any statement of the witness before the grand jury that is inconsistent with the testimony of that witness.

Acts 2012, No. 842, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 284 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 284
Judicial powers of district court clerk
Status: in_force

The clerk of a district court may render and sign default judgments or judgments by confession in cases where the jurisdiction of the court is concurrent with that of justices of the peace, as provided in Article 5011.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 46, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2017, No. 419, §1; Acts 2021, No. 174, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
La. Civ. Code art. 3156 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3156
Pledgee's right of retention
Status: in_force

If the thing pledged has been delivered to the pledgee or a third person for the benefit of the pledgee, the pledgee is not obligated to return it until all secured obligations have been extinguished.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 315, §1; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 929 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 929
Time of trial of exceptions
Status: in_force

A. The declinatory exception, the dilatory exception, and the peremptory exception when pleaded before or in the answer shall be tried and decided in advance of the trial of the case.

B. If the peremptory exception has been filed after the answer, but at or prior to the trial of the case, it shall be tried and disposed of either in advance of or on the trial of the case. If the peremptory exception has been pleaded after the trial of the case, the court may rule thereon at any time unless the party against whom it has been pleaded desires and is entitled to introduce evidence thereon. In the latter event, the peremptory exception shall be tried specially.

Acts 1987, No. 169, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1055, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 141 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 141
Child support; authority of court
Status: in_force

In a proceeding for divorce or thereafter, the court may order either or both of the parents to provide an interim allowance or final support for a child based on the needs of the child and the ability of the parents to provide support.

The court may award an interim allowance only when a demand for final support is pending.

Acts 1993, No. 261, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
La. Civ. Code art. 3155 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3155
Effectiveness against third persons of the pledge of other obligations
Status: in_force

If the thing pledged is another person's obligation not arising under the lease of an immovable, the pledge is effective against third persons only from the time that the obligor has actual knowledge of the pledge or has been given notice of it.

Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1201 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1201
Citation; waiver; delay for service
Status: in_force

A. Citation and service thereof are essential in all civil actions except summary and executory proceedings, divorce actions under Civil Code Article 102, and proceedings under the Children's Code. Without them all proceedings are absolutely null.

B. The defendant may expressly waive citation and service thereof by any written waiver made part of the record.

C. Service of the citation shall be requested on all named defendants within ninety days of commencement of the action. When a supplemental or amended petition is filed naming any additional defendant, service of citation shall be requested within ninety days of its filing, and the additional defendant shall be served with the original petition and the supplemental or amended petition. The defendant may expressly waive the requirements of this Paragraph by any written waiver. The requirement provided by this Paragraph shall be expressly waived by a defendant unless the defendant files, in accordance with the provisions of Article 928, a declinatory exception of insufficiency of service of process specifically alleging the failure to timely request service of citation or a contradictory motion in accordance with Article 1672(C).

D. If not waived, a request for service of citation upon the defendant shall be considered timely if requested on the defendant within the time period provided by this Article, notwithstanding insufficient or erroneous service.

Acts 1991, No. 367, §2; Acts 1997, No. 518, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2003, No. 545, §1; Acts 2006, No. 750, §1; Acts 2014, No. 379, §2, eff. May 30, 2014; Acts 2022, No. 455, §1; Acts 2025, No. 250, §3.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 330.3 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 330.3
Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 613, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Status: repealed

Acts 2014, No. 318, §1; Acts 2015, No. 439, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2376 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2376
Release of inferior mortgages, liens, and privileges
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall give the purchaser a release from the security interest, mortgage, lien, or privilege of the seizing creditor, and from all inferior security interests, mortgages, liens, and privileges, and he shall direct the clerk of court or proper filing officer to cancel or partially release their inscriptions insofar as they affect the property sold.

Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2018, No. 452, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 907 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 907
Permanency planning for children committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Status: in_force

If the Department of Public Safety and Corrections makes a placement of a child committed to its legal custody in a foster home or child care institution for which the department claims funding under 42 U.S.C. §672(c), it shall be subject to the permanency planning requirements of Chapters 13, 15, and 16 of Title VI, except that the time limitations for the preparation of case plans, and administrative and judicial reviews shall date from the time when such an initial placement is made.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1345 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1345
Reference to recorder or notary for continuation of proceedings.
Status: in_force

When the judge has ordered the partition, and regulated the manner in which it shall be made, as well as the collations, if the case require it, he shall refer the parties to the recorder of the parish or a notary appointed by him to continue the judicial partition to be made between them.
La. Civ. Code art. 1474 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1474
Unborn children, capacity to receive
Status: in_force

To be capable of receiving by donation inter vivos, an unborn child must be in utero at the time the donation is made. To be capable of receiving by donation mortis causa, an unborn child must be in utero at the time of the death of the testator. In either case, the donation has effect only if the child is born alive.

Acts 1991, No. 363, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 558 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 558
Louisiana Child Representation System; establishment
Status: in_force

The statewide Louisiana Child Representation System is hereby established under the oversight of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Acts 2006, No. 271, §1; Acts 2014, No. 354, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1239 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1239
Final decree; notice; standard
Status: in_force

A. The court, as a part of the final decree, shall provide notice of the provisions of R.S. 14:46.4 to the parties.

B. The court, after hearing and after taking into consideration information from all sources concerning the adoption, may enter a final decree of private adoption, or it may deny the adoption. The basic consideration shall be the best interests of the child.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 721, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2817 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2817
Partnership debts; liability.
Status: in_force

A partnership as principal obligor is primarily liable for its debts. A partner is bound for his virile share of the debts of the partnership but may plead discussion of the assets of the partnership.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 865 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 865
Preadjudication requests for relief; general provisions
Status: in_force

A. All motions or other requests for relief prior to the adjudication hearing shall be made by written motion filed within fifteen days after the child or his counsel has appeared to answer the petition. In the interest of justice, the court may allow additional time within which to make or file such motions or may permit such requests to be made by oral motion.

B. The motion shall state with particularity the grounds therefor and shall set forth the relief sought.

C. A motion may be granted without a contradictory hearing when mover is clearly entitled thereto without supporting proof. A motion shall not be denied without a contradictory hearing unless, assuming the facts alleged to be true, mover is not entitled to relief.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396.18 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3396.18
Inventory or sworn descriptive list
Status: in_force

A. Before the succession can be closed, a judgment of possession rendered, and the independent administrator discharged, there shall be filed an inventory or sworn detailed descriptive list of assets and liabilities of the estate verified by the independent administrator.

B. The detailed descriptive list shall be sealed upon the request of an independent administrator, heir, or legatee.

C. If the detailed descriptive list is sealed, a copy shall be provided to the decedent's universal successors and surviving spouse. Upon motion of any successor, surviving spouse, or creditor of the estate, the court may furnish relevant information contained in the detailed descriptive list regarding assets and liabilities of the estate.

Acts 2001, No. 974, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §1; Acts 2017, No. 198, §1; Acts 2020, No. 19, §2.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3352 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3352
More than one succession representative
Status: in_force

If there is more than one succession representative, the compensation provided by Article 3351 shall be apportioned among them as the court shall direct.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4866 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4866
Power and authority of judge ad hoc
Status: in_force

A judge ad hoc appointed under the provisions of Articles 4861 through 4865 shall have the same power and authority to act on the causes or on the dates to which appointed as the judge whom he replaces would have.

Acts 1979, No. 46, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2021, No. 143, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4851 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4851
Venue
Status: in_force

A. The rules of venue provided in Articles 41 through 45, 71 through 79 and 81, and 121 through 124 apply to suits brought in the parish court.

B. The rules of venue provided in Articles 41 through 45, 71 through 79 and 121 through 124 apply to suits brought in city court, except that where these articles use the word "parish" it shall be construed to mean the territorial jurisdiction of the city court.

Acts 1986, No. 156, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1212 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1212
Effect of interlocutory decree
Status: in_force

Upon issuance of an interlocutory decree, the period that must elapse prior to application for final decree of adoption begins to run.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1959 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1959
Nature
Status: in_force

Consent is vitiated when it has been obtained by duress of such a nature as to cause a reasonable fear of unjust and considerable injury to a party's person, property, or reputation.

Age, health, disposition, and other personal circumstances of a party must be taken into account in determining reasonableness of the fear.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2561 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2561
Dissolution of sale for nonpayment of price
Status: in_force

If the buyer fails to pay the price, the seller may sue for dissolution of the sale. If the seller has given credit for the price and transfers that credit to another person, the right of dissolution is transferred together with the credit. In case of multiple credit holders all must join in the suit for dissolution, but if any credit holder refuses to join, the others may subrogate themselves to his right by paying the amount due to him.

If a promissory note or other instrument has been given for the price, the right to dissolution prescribes at the same time and in the same period as the note or other instrument.

Amended by Acts 1924, No. 108; Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 795 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 795
Effect of boundary agreement.
Status: in_force

When the boundary is fixed extrajudicially, the agreement of the parties has the effect of a compromise.

Acts 1977, No. 169, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 403.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 403.1
Disqualification for undue hardship
Status: in_force

If the judge who presided over the impaneling of the grand jury finds that a grand juror can no longer serve without undue hardship, he may disqualify such juror and a substitute juror shall be selected in the same manner as for the filling of a vacancy.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 467, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 574 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 574
Delay in giving security
Status: in_force

A delay in giving security does not deprive the usufructuary of the fruits derived from the property since the commencement of the usufruct.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2121 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2121
Method of appealing
Status: in_force

An appeal is taken by obtaining an order therefor, within the delay allowed, from the court which rendered the judgment.

An order of appeal may be granted on oral motion in open court, on written motion, or on petition. This order shall show the return day of the appeal in the appellate court and shall provide the amount of security to be furnished, when the law requires the determination thereof by the court.

When the order is granted, the clerk of court shall mail a notice of appeal to counsel of record of all other parties, to the respective appellate court, and to other parties not represented by counsel. The failure of the clerk to mail the notice does not affect the validity of the appeal.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 1976, No. 202, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 104 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 104
Applicability of Code of Criminal Procedure; Code of Civil Procedure
Status: in_force

Where procedures are not provided in this Code, or otherwise by law, the court shall proceed in accordance with:

(1) The Code of Criminal Procedure in a delinquency proceeding and in a criminal trial of an adult.

(2) The Code of Civil Procedure in all other matters.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1973 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1973
Object determined as to kind
Status: in_force

The object of a contract must be determined at least as to its kind.

The quantity of a contractual object may be undetermined, provided it is determinable.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2497 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2497
Restitution of price and expenses in case of rescission
Status: in_force

When the buyer has the right to recede from the contract the seller must return the price, if he has already received it, and also reimburse the buyer for the expenses of the sale.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3131 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3131
Notary appointed for inventory in each parish
Status: in_force

When the court orders the taking of an inventory of the property of the succession, it shall appoint a notary of each parish in which the deceased left property to take the inventory of such property in that parish.