FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
La. Civ. Code art. 121 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 121
Claim for contributions to education or training; authority of court
Status: in_force

In a proceeding for divorce or thereafter, the court may award a party a sum for his financial contributions made during the marriage to education or training of his spouse that increased the spouse's earning power, to the extent that the claimant did not benefit during the marriage from the increased earning power.

The sum awarded may be in addition to a sum for support and to property received in the partition of community property.

Acts 1990, No. 1008, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 367, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 807 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 807
Right to partition; exclusion by agreement
Status: in_force

No one may be compelled to hold a thing in indivision with another unless the contrary has been provided by law or juridical act.

Any co-owner has a right to demand partition of a thing held in indivision. Partition may be excluded by agreement for up to fifteen years, or for such other period as provided in R.S. 9:1702 or other specific law.

Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 349, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2201 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2201
Supervisory writs
Status: in_force

Supervisory writs may be applied for and granted in accordance with the constitution and rules of the supreme court and other courts exercising appellate jurisdiction.
La. Ch. Code art. 766 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 766
Order of adjudication hearing
Status: in_force

The court shall determine the order of the presentation of evidence at an adjudication hearing.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
La. Ch. Code art. 1307.11 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1307.11
Modification of convention child support order
Status: in_force

A. A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

B. If a tribunal of this state does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, Article 1307.8(C) applies.

Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 558.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 558.1
Adjudication of not guilty by reason of insanity
Status: in_force

The court may adjudicate a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity without trial, when the district attorney consents and the court makes a finding based upon expert testimony that there is a factual basis for the plea.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 530, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1311 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1311
Service of copy of exhibit to pleading unnecessary
Status: in_force

A copy of any written instrument which is an exhibit to a pleading need not be served upon the adverse party unless the party who files the pleading expressly prays for such service.
La. Civ. Code art. 3445 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3445
Kinds of prescription
Status: in_force

There are three kinds of prescription: acquisitive prescription, liberative prescription, and prescription of nonuse.

Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
La. Civ. Code art. 3235 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3235
Travelers, definition.
Status: in_force

The term travelers applies to strangers and such as being transiently in a place where they have no domicile, take their board and lodging at an inn.
La. Civ. Code art. 1902 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1902
Compensation by judicial declaration
Status: in_force

Although the obligation claimed in compensation is unliquidated, the court can declare compensation as to that part of the obligation that is susceptible of prompt and easy liquidation.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 1401 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1401
Omission of succession effects not cause for rescission.
Status: in_force

The mere omission of a thing, belonging to the succession, * is not ground for rescission, but simply for a supplementary partition.

* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "in the partition."
La. Ch. Code art. 915 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 915
Probation revocation; limitations upon restraint
Status: in_force

A. When revoking a previous order of probation, the court may reinstate the original suspended or deferred disposition order and commit the child to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the term of that order, with credit for any time served in secure detention prior to the revocation hearing and with or without credit for time served on probation, in the discretion of the court. In no event shall the term of commitment exceed the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense forming the basis for the original adjudication.

B. When finding a child in direct or constructive contempt of court, commitment for each contempt shall not exceed fifteen days, including time spent in detention for the contempt prior to adjudication for contempt.

C. When the conduct alleged as the basis for probation revocation also constitutes a delinquent act, a petition shall be filed and an adjudication hearing scheduled for resolution of the new offense. If the child is adjudicated delinquent on the new petition, the order of disposition may include any sanction authorized by this Title as well as the revocation of the child's probation and imposition of any suspended disposition originally ordered.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1889 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1889
Presumption of remission
Status: in_force

An obligee's voluntary surrender to the obligor of the instrument evidencing the obligation gives rise to a presumption that the obligee intended to remit the debt.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2323 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2323
Comparative fault
Status: in_force

A.(1) In any action for damages where a person suffers injury, death, or loss, the degree or percentage of fault attributable to all persons causing or contributing to the injury, death, or loss shall be determined, regardless of whether the person is a party to the action or a nonparty, and regardless of the person's insolvency, ability to pay, immunity by statute, including but not limited to the provisions of R.S. 23:1032, or that the other person's identity is not known or reasonably ascertainable.

(2) If a person suffers injury, death, or loss partly as the result of his own negligence and partly as a result of the fault of another person or persons, then the following shall apply:

(a) If the degree or percentage of negligence attributable to the person suffering injury, death, or loss is equal to or greater than fifty-one percent, then the person suffering injury, death, or loss shall not be entitled to recover damages.

(b) If the degree or percentage of negligence attributable to the person suffering injury, death, or loss is less than fifty-one percent, then the amount of damages recoverable shall be reduced in proportion to the degree or percentage of negligence attributable to the person suffering the injury, death, or loss.

B. The provisions of Paragraph A shall apply to any claim for recovery of damages for injury, death, or loss asserted under any law or legal doctrine or theory of liability, regardless of the basis of liability.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs A and B, if a person suffers injury, death, or loss as a result partly of his own negligence and partly as a result of the fault of an intentional tortfeasor, his claim for recovery of damages shall not be reduced.

D. In cases where the issue of comparative fault is submitted to the jury, the jury shall be instructed on the effect of this Article.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 431, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §1, eff. April 16, 1996; Acts 2025, No. 15, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2374 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2374
Property subject to superior mortgage; payment of price
Status: in_force

If there is a security interest, mortgage, lien, or privilege on the property superior to that of the seizing creditor, the purchaser shall pay to the sheriff only that portion of the sale price which exceeds the amount of the superior security interest, mortgage, lien, or privilege.

Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Ch. Code art. 781.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 781.1
Probation and parole supervision fees
Status: in_force

A. When the court suspends the imposition or execution of sentence and places the child or his parent or both on supervised probation or grants the child supervised parole, and the probationer or parolee is to be supervised by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or any other agency, the court shall order payment, as a condition of probation or parole, of a monthly supervision fee. The supervision fee imposed shall be not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars per month and shall be payable to the department or other supervising agency to defray the costs of supervision. These funds are only to supplement the level of funds that would ordinarily be available from regular state or other appropriations.

B. The parent is responsible for payment of any supervision fee imposed and is subject to contempt of court for failure to pay such fees. The parent shall not be subject to judicial sanctions for failure to pay supervision fees if the failure was due to financial inability to pay based upon reasonable expenses for the necessities of life.

Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 794, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 219 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 219
Officer may summon assistance
Status: in_force

A peace officer making a lawful arrest may call upon as many persons as he considers necessary to aid him in making the arrest. A person thus called upon shall be considered a peace officer for such purposes.
La. Ch. Code art. 1153 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1153
Medical evaluation of the infant
Status: in_force

A. The act of relinquishment constitutes parental consent for the purposes of examining and testing procedures conducted by hospital staff and for the purposes of providing medical treatment and care of the infant.

B. A physician shall promptly conduct a comprehensive medical examination and such tests to determine:

(1) If the infant suffers from HIV or hepatitis, if suspected.

(2) If the infant suffered fetal exposure to alcohol or drugs.

(3) If the infant appears to have been abused or neglected.

(4) The infant's estimated date of birth, if not previously known.

C. The hospital shall forward the infant's birth information to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, for issuance of a birth certificate, unless it is determined that one has already been issued. Unless otherwise known, the infant shall be presumed to have been born in Louisiana.

D. Absent evidence of willful or intentional misconduct or gross negligence in carrying out these responsibilities, medical personnel and hospital staff shall be immune from civil and criminal liability in any legal action arising from the hospital's examination, testing, care, and treatment of the infant.

Acts 2003, No. 609, §2.
La. Civ. Code art. 694 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 694
Enclosed estate; voluntary alienation or judicial partition
Status: in_force

A. When in the case of judicial partition, or a voluntary alienation of an estate or of a part thereof, property alienated or partitioned becomes enclosed, passage shall be furnished gratuitously to the owner and the owner's successors even if the location of the passage is not the shortest route to the public road, and even if the act of alienation or partition does not mention a right of passage.

B. In the case of judicial partition, passage shall be furnished by the owner of the land on which the passage was previously exercised. In the case of a voluntary alienation, passage shall be furnished on the estate whose owner caused the enclosure.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1; Acts 2025, No. 27, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 773 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 773
Expiration of time or happening of condition.
Status: in_force

A predial servitude established for a term or under a resolutory condition is extinguished upon the expiration of the term or the happening of the condition.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 604 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 604
Servitudes
Status: in_force

The naked owner may establish real rights on the property subject to the usufruct, provided that they may be exercised without impairing the usufructuary's rights.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1470 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1470
Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; contempt
Status: in_force

If a party or other witness refuses to be sworn or refuses to answer any question after being directed to do so by the court in which the action is pending or in which the judgment was originally rendered, the refusal shall be considered a contempt of the court of the parish where the deposition is being taken.

Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1621 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1621
Children; causes for disinherison by parents
Status: in_force

A. A parent has just cause to disinherit a child if:

(1) The child has raised his hand to strike a parent, or has actually struck a parent; but a mere threat is not sufficient.

(2) The child has been guilty, towards a parent, of cruel treatment, crime, or grievous injury.

(3) The child has attempted to take the life of a parent.

(4) The child, without any reasonable basis, has accused a parent of committing a crime for which the law provides that the punishment could be life imprisonment or death.

(5) The child has used any act of violence or coercion to hinder a parent from making a testament.

(6) The child, being a minor, has married without the consent of the parent.

(7) The child has been convicted of a crime for which the law provides that the punishment could be life imprisonment or death.

(8) The child, after attaining the age of majority and knowing how to contact the parent, has failed to communicate with the parent without just cause for a period of two years, unless the child was on active duty in any of the military forces of the United States at the time.

B. For a disinherison to be valid, the cause must have occurred prior to the execution of the instrument that disinherits the heir.

Acts 2001, No. 573, §1, eff. June 22, 2001.
La. Civ. Code art. 480 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 480
Co-ownership.
Status: in_force

Two or more persons may own the same thing in indivision, each having an undivided share.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2327 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2327
Legal regime.
Status: in_force

The legal regime is the community of acquets and gains established in Chapter 2 of this Title.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3505.4 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3505.4
Interruption or suspension during a period of extension
Status: in_force

Prescription may be interrupted or suspended during the period of extension.

Acts 2013, No. 88, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1571 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1571
Testaments with others or by others prohibited
Status: in_force

A testament may not be executed by a mandatary for the testator. Nor may more than one person execute a testament in the same instrument.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Civ. Code art. 3202 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3202
List of expenses privileged.
Status: in_force

The expenses of the last sickness comprehend the fees of physicians and surgeons, the wages of nurses, and the price due to the apothecary for medicines supplied by him to the deceased for his personal use during his last illness.
La. Civ. Code art. 3249 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3249
Special privileges on immovables
Status: in_force

Creditors who have a privilege on immovables are:

(1) The vendor on the estate by him sold, for the payment of the price or so much of it as is unpaid, whether it was sold on or without a credit.

(2) Those who are granted special privileges on immovables by legislation.

Amended by Acts 2019, No. 325, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
La. Civ. Code art. 716 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 716
Servitude on undivided part.
Status: in_force

When a co-owner has consented to the establishment of a predial servitude on his undivided part only, the consent of the other co-owners is not required, but the exercise of the servitude is suspended until his divided part is determined at the termination of the state of indivision.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2628 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2628
Time limitation for option and right of first refusal
Status: in_force

An option or a right of first refusal that concerns an immovable thing may not be granted for a term longer than ten years. If a longer time for an option or a right of first refusal has been stipulated in a contract, that time shall be reduced to ten years. Nevertheless, if the option or right of first refusal is granted in connection with a contract that gives rise to obligations of continuous or periodic performance, an option or a right of first refusal may be granted for as long a period as required for the performance of those obligations.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.

NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1005, §2, relative to application.

NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 24, §§2 and 3, relative to application.
La. Civ. Code art. 1866 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1866
Payment imputed to interest
Status: in_force

An obligor of a debt that bears interest may not, without the obligee's consent, impute a payment to principal when interest is due.

A payment made on principal and interest must be imputed first to interest.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2815 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2815
Effect of loss stipulation on third persons.
Status: in_force

A provision that a partner shall not participate in losses does not affect third persons.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 780 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 780
Amendment and termination of building restrictions
Status: in_force

Building restrictions may be amended, whether such amendment lessens or increases a restriction, or may terminate or be terminated, as provided in the act that establishes them. In the absence of such provision, building restrictions may be amended or terminated for the whole or a part of the restricted area by agreement of owners representing more than one-half of the land area affected by the restrictions, excluding streets and street rights-of-way, if the restrictions have been in effect for at least fifteen years, or by agreement of both owners representing two-thirds of the land area affected and two-thirds of the owners of the land affected by the restrictions, excluding streets and street rights-of-way, if the restrictions have been in effect for more than ten years.

Acts 1977, No. 170, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 310, §1. Acts 1983, No. 129, §1; Acts 1999, No. 309, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 366 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 366
Custody pendente lite
Status: in_force

At the time of issuing the writ the court may render a special order concerning the custody of the person from the time the writ is served until rendition of judgment.
La. Civ. Code art. 1951 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1951
Other party willing to perform
Status: in_force

A party may not avail himself of his error if the other party is willing to perform the contract as intended by the party in error.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 756 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 756
Failure to rebuild dominant or servient estate.
Status: in_force

If the servitude cannot be exercised on account of the destruction of a building or other construction that belongs to the owner of the dominant estate, prescription is not suspended. If the building or other construction belongs to the owner of the servient estate, the preceding article applies.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1
La. Civ. Code art. 875 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 875
Intestate succession
Status: in_force

Intestate succession results from provisions of law in favor of certain persons, in default of testate successors. Intestate succession is the subject of the present title.

Acts 1981, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
La. Civ. Code art. 1495 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1495
Amount of forced portion and disposable portion
Status: in_force

Donations inter vivos and mortis causa may not exceed three-fourths of the property of the donor if he leaves, at his death, one forced heir, and one-half if he leaves, at his death, two or more forced heirs. The portion reserved for the forced heirs is called the forced portion and the remainder is called the disposable portion.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 442, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 1989, No. 788, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1180, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1996, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1; Acts 2020, No. 19, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2352 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2352
Management and disposition of partnership and limited liability company interest
Status: in_force

A spouse who is a partner has the exclusive right to manage, alienate, encumber, or lease the partnership interest.

A spouse who is a member has the exclusive right to manage, alienate, encumber, or lease the limited liability company interest.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1; Acts 1993, No. 475, §1, eff. June 9, 1993.
La. Ch. Code art. 638 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 638
Service of petition; parent; child
Status: in_force

A copy of the petition and the notice of the nature of the hearing and the rights of the parent, as provided for in Article 639, shall be served, in a sealed envelope, upon every parent of the child. A copy of the petition and the notice of the nature of the hearing shall be served on the child through the entity designated for the jurisdiction to provide counsel for the child.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2006, No. 742, §1; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2913 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2913
Payment of interest presumed in release of principal
Status: in_force

When the principal of the loan is released without reservation as to interest, it is presumed that the interest is also released.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 2590 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2590
Time of valuation for determination of lesion
Status: in_force

To determine whether there is lesion, the immovable sold must be evaluated according to the state in which it was at the time of the sale. If the sale was preceded by an option contract, or by a contract to sell, the property must be evaluated in the state in which it was at the time of that contract.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 154; Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 1919 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1919
Right to plead rescission
Status: in_force

A contract made by a person without legal capacity is relatively null and may be rescinded only at the request of that person or his legal representative.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.