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La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 573 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 573
Running of time limitations; exception
Status: in_force

The time limitations established by Article 572 shall not commence to run as to the following offenses until the relationship or status involved has ceased to exist when:

(1) The offense charged is based on the misappropriation of any money or thing of value by one who, by virtue of his office, employment, or fiduciary relationship, has been entrusted therewith or has control thereof.

(2) The offense charged is extortion or false accounting committed by a public officer or employee in his official capacity.

(3) The offense charged is public bribery.

(4) The offense charged is a felony crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or cruelty to juveniles as defined in R.S. 14:93 and the victim is under eighteen years of age, unless a longer period of limitation is established by Article 571.1 or any other provision of law.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 753, §1; Acts 1987, No. 587, §1; Acts 1988, No. 436, §1; Acts 1988, No. 693, §1; Acts 1993, No. 592, §1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 2021, No. 142, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1286 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1286
Collation of movables or money by taking less; payment in money.
Status: in_force

If it be movables or money, of which the donee wishes to make the collation by taking less, he has the right of compelling his coheirs to pay themselves the collation due to them in money, and not otherwise, if there be sufficient in the succession to make these payments with.
La. Ch. Code art. 926 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 926
Affidavit of response form
Status: in_force

The following form shall be used for filing an affidavit of response to a motion for expungement and sealing in accordance with Article 919:

AFFIDAVIT OF RESPONSE

Pursuant to Children's Code Article 919, the Respondent agency or office, ____________________, acknowledges the following:

{ } No Opposition. Respondent has no opposition to the motion and respectfully consents to waiver of the contradictory hearing.

{ } Opposition to the Motion of Expungement and Sealing with Reasons. Respondent respectfully requests a contradictory hearing.

As grounds for its objection, the Respondent asserts as follows:

{ } The court is still exercising jurisdiction.

{ } The adjudicated offense was for murder, manslaughter, an offense requiring registration as a sex offender under R.S. 15:542, kidnapping, or armed robbery and therefore a hearing is required by law.

{ }The adjudication was for a felony offense, and the applicant has an adult felony conviction.

{ }The adjudication was for a felony offense, and the applicant has an adult conviction for a misdemeanor against a person involving a firearm.

{ }The adjudication was for a felony offense, and the applicant has a pending indictment or bill of information filed against him.

Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________________

Name of Respondent/Signature of Attorney

_________________________________________

Address

_________________________________________

City/State/Zip

_________________________________________

Phone

PLEASE SERVE:

Parish of____________________

District Attorney______________

Clerk of Court_____________________

Sheriff______________________

Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information

Attn: Expungements

7919 Independence Blvd.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806

and

_________________________________ ______________________________

Name of Agency Name of Agency

_________________________________ ______________________________

Attn:Attn:

_________________________________ _____________________________

AddressAddress

_________________________________ ______________________________

City/State/Zip City/State/Zip

Acts 2017, No. 362, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1140 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1140
Continuing jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The court rendering an order pursuant to this Chapter shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction to modify that order.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §11, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1561 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1561
Medical insurer's liability
Status: in_force

No medical insurer of a parent or guardian of a child who would have otherwise been liable for such medical expenses may deny liability to their insured solely because the insured parent or guardian desires to withhold medical or surgical treatment for the child.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 3258 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3258
Lessor's privilege primes other general privileges.
Status: in_force

But the lessor has a preference on the price of these movables, over all the other privileged debts of the deceased, such as expenses of the last illness, and others which have a general privilege on the movables.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4921.2 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4921.2
Duties of the justice of the peace; trial procedure; rules of evidence; depositions
Status: in_force

A. At trial, it is the duty of the justice of the peace to conduct an informal hearing and to develop all of the facts necessary and relevant to an impartial determination of the case. The judge may take testimony, summon any party to appear as a witness in the suit upon his own motion, and do other acts which in his discretion appear necessary to effect a correct judgment and speedy disposition of the case. He may attempt to mediate disputes and encourage fair settlements among the parties.

B. The technical rules of evidence are relaxed, and all relevant evidence is admissible, including hearsay, provided the justice of the peace satisfies himself of its general reliability, and further provided that the judgment is founded upon competent evidence.

C. No depositions shall be taken and no interrogatories or other discovery proceedings shall be used except upon approval of the court. The court shall grant discovery only upon notice and good cause shown, and limited to the necessities of the case.

Acts 2015, No. 424, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1751 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1751
Qualification and exemptions of jurors
Status: in_force

The qualification and exemptions of jurors and the method of choosing and summoning the general venire are provided by special laws.

Acts 1983, No. 534, §4.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396.20 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3396.20
Removal of succession representative and termination of independent administration
Status: in_force

The court on motion of any interested person, after a contradictory hearing, may remove an independent administrator for any of the reasons provided in Book VI for which a succession representative may be removed from office. In addition, the court on motion of any interested person, after a contradictory hearing, may for good cause order that the letters of independent administration be withdrawn and that the succession thereafter be administered under the procedures set forth elsewhere in Book VI, other than those contained in this Chapter.

Acts 2001, No. 974, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4068 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4068
Appeal from judgment confirming, appointing, or removing tutor or undertutor; effect
Status: in_force

An appeal from a judgment confirming, appointing, or removing a tutor or an undertutor can only be taken within thirty days from the applicable date provided in Article 2087(A).

Such judgment shall not be suspended during the pendency of an appeal. The acts of a tutor or of an undertutor shall not be invalidated by the annulment of his appointment on appeal.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 124 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 124
Forum non conveniens; transfer to city court
Status: in_force

If a party has filed separate suits in a district court and a city court within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court relating to the same cause of action but placing a claim for property damage in one court and a claim for personal injury in the other court, the district court upon contradictory motion, or upon the court's own motion after contradictory hearing, may transfer the suit in its court to the city court if the transfer serves the convenience of the parties and the witnesses and is in the interest of justice.

Acts 1985, No. 600, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3252 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3252
General privileges on both movables and immovables.
Status: in_force

The privileges which extend alike to movables and immovables are the following:

1. Funeral charges.

2. Judicial charges.

3. Expenses of last illness.

4. The wages of servants.

5. The salaries of secretaries, clerks and other agents of that kind.

Whenever a surviving spouse or minor children of a deceased person shall be left in necessitous circumstances, and not possess in their own rights property to the amount of one thousand dollars, the surviving spouse or the legal representatives of the children, shall be entitled to demand and receive from the succession of the deceased spouse or parent, a sum which added to the amount of property owned by them, or either of them, in their own right, will make up the sum of one thousand dollars, and which amount shall be paid in preference to all other debts, except those secured by the vendor's privilege on both movables and immovables, conventional mortgages, and expenses incurred in selling the property. The surviving spouse shall have and enjoy the usufruct of the amount so received from the deceased spouse's succession, until remarriage, which amount shall afterwards vest in and belong to the children or other descendants of the deceased spouse.

(Amended by Acts 1917, Ex.Sess.) No. 17; Acts 1918, No. 242; Acts 1979, No. 711, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2057 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2057
Contract interpreted in favor of obligor
Status: in_force

In case of doubt that cannot be otherwise resolved, a contract must be interpreted against the obligee and in favor of the obligor of a particular obligation.

Yet, if the doubt arises from lack of a necessary explanation that one party should have given, or from negligence or fault of one party, the contract must be interpreted in a manner favorable to the other party whether obligee or obligor.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 330 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 330
Notice of defendant's required appearance
Status: in_force

A. When a bail undertaking fixes an appearance date, the defendant appears as ordered, and notice of the next appearance date is given to the defendant, no additional notice of that appearance date is required to be given to the defendant or the personal surety or the commercial surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bail undertaking for the commercial surety.

B. When a bail undertaking does not fix the appearance date, written notice of the time, date, and place the defendant is first ordered by the court to appear shall be given to the defendant or his duly appointed agent and his personal surety or the commercial surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bail undertaking for the commercial surety.

C. If the defendant appears as ordered and the proceeding is continued to a specific date, the defendant and the personal surety or the commercial surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bail undertaking for the commercial surety and who has been given initial notice pursuant to Paragraph A or B of this Article, need not be given notice of the new appearance date. If the defendant fails to appear as ordered, or the proceeding is not continued to a specific date, the defendant or his duly appointed agent, the personal surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bail undertaking for the commercial surety shall be given notice of the new appearance date.

D. Notice required pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the defendant and the personal surety or the commercial surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the bail undertaking for the commercial surety shall be made to the address provided pursuant to Article 329. Notice may be:

(1) Delivered by an officer designated by the court at least two days prior to the appearance date.

(2) Mailed by United States first class mail or by electronic means in accordance with Article 329 at least five days prior to the appearance date.

E. Failure to give the notice required by this Article relieves the surety from liability on a judgment of bond forfeiture for the nonappearance of the defendant on that particular date.

Acts 1992, No. 254, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 1305, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1498, §1, eff. Nov. 5, 1998; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4548 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4548
Burden of proof
Status: in_force

The petitioner in an interdiction proceeding bears the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 1008, §2.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3335 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3335
Notice to heirs and residuary legatees
Status: in_force

A. A copy of any account filed by a succession representative shall be served upon each heir or residuary legatee, together with a notice that the account may be homologated after the expiration of ten days from the date of service and that any opposition thereto shall be filed before homologation.

B. In the case of any account other than the final account, service on either a resident or a nonresident may be made by ordinary mail.

C. In the case of a final account, service may be made by either of the following:

(1) In accordance with the provisions of Article 1314.

(2) On either a resident or a nonresident, by certified mail or by use of a commercial courier that requires a signed receipt from the addressee upon completion of delivery. The certificate of the attorney for the succession representative that the notice and final account were sent to the heir or legatee, together with the receipt signed by the addressee, shall be filed in the succession proceeding prior to homologation of the final account.

Amended by Acts 1966, No. 36, §1; Acts 2024, No. 371, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 802 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 802
Compulsory substitution for deceased party; summons
Status: in_force

On ex parte written motion of any other party, supported by an affidavit of the truth of the facts alleged, the court may order the issuance of a summons to the legal successor to appear and substitute himself for the deceased party. This summons shall show the title and docket number of the action, and the name and address of the court where the action is pending.
La. Civ. Code art. 1870 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1870
Notice as tender
Status: in_force

If the obligor knows or has reason to know that the obligee will refuse the performance, or when the object of the performance is the delivery of a thing or a sum of money at a place other than the obligee's domicile, a notice given to the obligee that the obligor is ready to perform has the same effect as a tender.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2771 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2771
Masons, carpenters and other artificers as contractors.
Status: in_force

Masons, carpenters, blacksmiths*and all other artificers, who undertake work by the job, are bound by the provisions contained in the present section, for they may be considered as undertakers each in his particular line of business.

*Note error in English translation of French text; "blacksmiths" should be "locksmiths."
La. Ch. Code art. 768 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 768
Right to present evidence and examine witnesses
Status: in_force

The adjudication hearing shall be conducted according to the rules of evidence applicable to civil proceedings.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
La. Civ. Code art. 1932 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1932
Expiration of offer by death or incapacity of either party
Status: in_force

An offer expires by the death or incapacity of the offeror or the offeree before it has been accepted.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 3263 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3263
Vendor's privilege and other privileges.
Status: in_force

The privilege of the vendor on movables sold by him, which are still in the possession of the vendee, yields to that of the owner of the house or farm which they serve to furnish or supply, for his rents. It yields also to the charges for affixing seals and making inventories, but not to the funeral or other expenses of the debtor.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1234 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1234
Domiciliary service
Status: in_force

Domiciliary service is made when a proper officer leaves the citation or other process at the dwelling house or usual place of abode of the person to be served with a person of suitable age and discretion residing in the domiciliary establishment.

Acts 1985, No. 355, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 769 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 769
Irrevocability of extinction by confusion.
Status: in_force

A servitude that has been extinguished by confusion may be reestablished only in the manner by which a servitude may be created.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2911 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2911
Payment of value when restitution is impossible
Status: in_force

When it is impossible for the borrower to return to the lender things of the same quantity and quality as those lent, the borrower is bound to pay the value of the things lent, taking into account the time and place they should have been returned according to the contract.

When the time and place are not fixed in the contract, the borrower owes the value of the things at the time the demand for performance is made and at the place where the loan is contracted.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 3165 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3165
Attachment of pledge to obligations arising under modified or substituted contract
Status: in_force

Upon the modification of a contract from which a pledged obligation arises, or the substitution of a new contract, the pledge encumbers the corresponding rights of the pledgor under the modified or substituted contract.

Amended by Acts 1872, No. 9; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
La. Civ. Code art. 3189 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3189
Property affected by privileges.
Status: in_force

Privileges may exist, either on movables or immovables, or on both at once.
La. Civ. Code art. 1313 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1313
Partition suits by emancipated minors.
Status: in_force

Minors who are emancipated to enable them to administer their estate can, with the same authorization and with the assistance of their curators ad lites , sue for the partition of property in which they are interested.
La. Civ. Code art. 1499 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1499
Usufruct to surviving spouse
Status: in_force

The decedent may grant a usufruct to the surviving spouse over all or part of his property, including the forced portion, and may grant the usufructuary the power to dispose of nonconsumables as provided in the law of usufruct. The usufruct shall be for life unless expressly designated for a shorter period, and shall not require security except as expressly declared by the decedent or as permitted when the legitime is affected.

A usufruct over the legitime in favor of the surviving spouse is a permissible burden that does not impinge upon the legitime, whether it affects community property or separate property, whether it is for life or a shorter period, whether or not the forced heir is a descendant of the surviving spouse, and whether or not the usufructuary has the power to dispose of nonconsumables.

Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 77, §1; Acts 2003, No. 548, §1.

NOTE: Section 2 of Acts 2003, No. 548, provides that the provisions of the Act are interpretive, procedural, and remedial and apply to testaments executed on or after June 18, 1996.
La. Civ. Code art. 2056 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2056
Standard-form contracts
Status: in_force

In case of doubt that cannot be otherwise resolved, a provision in a contract must be interpreted against the party who furnished its text.

A contract executed in a standard form of one party must be interpreted, in case of doubt, in favor of the other party.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 3076 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3076
Scope of the act
Status: in_force

A compromise settles only those differences that the parties clearly intended to settle, including the necessary consequences of what they express.

Acts 2007, No. 138, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2520 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2520
Warranty against redhibitory defects
Status: in_force

The seller warrants the buyer against redhibitory defects, or vices, in the thing sold.

A defect is redhibitory when it renders the thing useless, or its use so inconvenient that it must be presumed that a buyer would not have bought the thing had he known of the defect. The existence of such a defect gives a buyer the right to obtain rescission of the sale.

A defect is redhibitory also when, without rendering the thing totally useless, it diminishes its usefulness or its value so that it must be presumed that a buyer would still have bought it but for a lesser price. The existence of such a defect limits the right of a buyer to a reduction of the price.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 692 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 692
Location of passage
Status: in_force

The owner of the enclosed estate may not demand the location of the passage anywhere that the owner chooses. The passage from the enclosed estate to the public road generally shall be taken along the shortest route that is the least injurious to the intervening lands.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1; Acts 2025, No. 27, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1808 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1808
Alternative obligation
Status: in_force

An obligation is alternative when an obligor is bound to render only one of two or more items of performance.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Ch. Code art. 729.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 729.1
Venue
Status: in_force

A proceeding under this Title may be commenced in the parish in which the child is residing with his parent or tutor, the parish in which the child is residing with his caretaker, the parish in which the act complained of took place or the conditions complained of existed, or the parish in which the child is found. Whenever this Title requires that a hearing be convened within twenty-four hours of a child's entry into custody, in a multiparish judicial district, the hearing may be held in any parish within the judicial district.

Acts 1999, No. 1313, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 676 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 676
Adjoining wall.
Status: in_force

When a solid masonry wall adjoins another estate, the neighbor has a right to make it a common wall, in whole or in part, by paying to its owner one-half of the current value of the wall, or of the part that he wishes to make common, and one-half of the value of the soil on which the wall is built.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3006 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3006
Fulfillment of the mandate by the mandatary
Status: in_force

In the absence of contrary agreement, the mandatary is bound to fulfill the mandate himself.

Nevertheless, if the interests of the principal so require, when unforeseen circumstances prevent the mandatary from performing his duties and he is unable to communicate with the principal, the mandatary may appoint a substitute.

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.