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La. Civ. Code art. 3075 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3075
Relative effect
Status: in_force

A compromise entered into by one of multiple persons with an interest in the same matter does not bind the others, nor can it be raised by them as a defense, unless the matter compromised is a solidary obligation.

Acts 2007, No. 138, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 761.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 761.1
Homicide victim's picture; possession by family member in courtroom
Status: in_force

In the case of a homicide, and with prior court approval, one member of the victim's family shall be authorized to possess in the courtroom, during the trial of the case a photograph of the deceased victim that is not larger than eight by ten inches and is not inflammatory in nature. Nothing in this Article shall preclude the admission into evidence of a photograph of the victim that the court deems admissible.

Acts 1999, No. 1066, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 821 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 821
Rules of Chapter applicable to district courts; rules of other appellate courts applicable
Status: in_force

Articles 801 through 807 govern the substitution of parties in a case pending in a district court on appeal from a justice of the peace or city court.

The substitution of parties in an action pending in the supreme court or in a court of appeal is governed by the rules of the appellate court.
La. Civ. Code art. 2595 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2595
Peremption of action for lesion
Status: in_force

The action for lesion must be brought within a peremptive period of one year from the time of the sale.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Civ. Code art. 2822 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2822
Partnership without term; withdrawal.
Status: in_force

If a partnership has been constituted without a term, a partner may withdraw from the partnership without the consent of his partners at any time, provided he gives reasonable notice in good faith at a time that is not unfavorable to the partnership.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2643 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2643
Third person claiming mortgage, security interest, or privilege on property seized
Status: in_force

A third person claiming a mortgage, security interest, or privilege on the property seized in an executory proceeding may assert his right to share in the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the property by intervention, as provided in Article 1092. The intervention shall be served as provided in Article 1093 and shall be tried summarily.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 92, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Ch. Code art. 630 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 630
Effect of an agreement
Status: in_force

A. An informal adjustment agreement shall not be considered an adjudication. Evidence of such an agreement shall not be admissible in any adjudication hearing or criminal trial.

B. An informal adjustment agreement suspends the proceedings on the acts alleged in the child in need of care petition. If any of the terms of the agreement are violated, the case may proceed to an adjudication hearing on the allegations. If the parent satisfies the terms of the agreement, he shall be discharged from further supervision, and the pending complaint or petition shall be dismissed with prejudice.

C. An informal adjustment agreement does not suspend the elapse of time authorizing pursuit of termination of parental rights consistent with Title X. Evidence of an agreement and the parent's compliance or lack thereof may be admissible in a certification for adoption proceeding.

D. Any incriminating statement made by the parent to the person giving counsel or advice and in the discussions or conferences incident to the informal adjustment agreement shall not be used against the declarant over objection in an adjudication hearing or criminal trial. Any such statement may be used in a disposition hearing in the court or for the purpose of a presentence investigation after a criminal conviction.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 567, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2904 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2904
Loan for consumption; definition
Status: in_force

The loan for consumption is a contract by which a person, the lender, delivers consumable things to another, the borrower, who binds himself to return to the lender an equal amount of things of the same kind and quality.

Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 162 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 162
Issuance of warrant; affidavit; description
Status: in_force

A. A search warrant may issue only upon probable cause established to the satisfaction of the judge, by the affidavit of a credible person, reciting facts establishing the cause for issuance of the warrant.

B. In any application for warrant, an affidavit containing the electronic signature of the applicant shall satisfy the constitutional requirement that the testimony of the applicant be made under oath, provided that such signature is made under penalty of perjury and in compliance with R.S. 9:2603.1(D).

C. A search warrant shall particularly describe the person or place to be searched, the persons or things to be seized, and the lawful purpose or reason for the search or seizure.

Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 15, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 2010, No. 58, §2.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4553 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4553
Post-judgment proceedings
Status: in_force

A. Except for good cause shown, the court and division or section rendering an interdiction judgment shall conduct all post-judgment proceedings related to the interdiction.

B. Except for good cause shown, all proceedings for injunction pursuant to Article 3601 et seq., including ancillary proceedings, involving an interdicted person as applicant or as an adverse party, shall be conducted by the court and division or section rendering the interdiction judgment.

C. Any proceeding under this Article pending in any court or division, or section, other than the court and division or section rendering the interdiction judgment, shall be transferred immediately to the court and division or section rendering the interdiction judgment upon motion of any party or upon motion of the court.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 806, §1, eff. July 7, 2008.
La. Civ. Code art. 1816 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1816
Effect of divisible obligation between single obligor and obligee
Status: in_force

When there is only one obligor and only one obligee, a divisible obligation must be performed as if it were indivisible.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Ch. Code art. 1303.9 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1303.9
Private counsel
Status: in_force

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this Chapter.

Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 871 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 871
Sentence defined; pronouncing and recording of sentence; certification of conviction
Status: in_force

A. A sentence is the penalty imposed by the court on a defendant upon a plea of guilty, upon a verdict of guilty, or upon a judgment of guilt. Sentence shall be pronounced orally in open court and recorded in the minutes of the court.

B.(1)(a) In every judgment of guilty of a felony or of one of the misdemeanors enumerated in Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph, the sheriff shall cause to be attached to the bill of information or indictment the fingerprints of the defendant against whom such judgment is rendered.

(b)(i) Beneath such fingerprints shall be appended a certificate to the following effect:

"I hereby certify that the above and foregoing fingerprints on this bill are the fingerprints of the defendant, and that they were placed thereon by said defendant this ______ day of ______, ______."

(ii) The certificate shall be signed by the sheriff or other law enforcement officer who has custody of the defendant.

(2) In addition to judgments of guilty of a felony, the sheriff shall cause the fingerprints of the defendant to be so attached for every judgment of guilty of the following misdemeanors:

(a) First or second offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated in violation of R.S. 14:98.

(b) First offense possession of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or chemical derivatives thereof, pursuant to a sentence imposed under R.S. 40:966(D)(1).

(c) A first or second offense involving drug paraphernalia pursuant to a sentence imposed under R.S. 40:1035(A) and (B).

(d) First or second offense theft pursuant to a sentence imposed under R.S. 14:67(B)(3) and first or second offense theft of goods pursuant to a sentence imposed under R.S. 14:67.10(B)(3).

(e) First offense prostitution pursuant to a sentence imposed under R.S. 14:82(B)(1).

(f) First or second offense of domestic abuse battery in violation of R.S. 14:35.3.

(g) First offense of failure to pay a child support obligation in violation of R.S. 14:75.

(h) A conviction for violation of protective orders (R.S. 14:79).

C. The certificate required by Paragraph B of this Article shall be admissible in evidence in the courts of this state as prima facie evidence that the fingerprints appearing thereon are the fingerprints of the defendant against whom the judgment of guilty of a felony or one of the enumerated misdemeanors was rendered.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 302, §1; Acts 1979, No. 297, §1; Acts 1997, No. 852, §1; Acts 2003, No. 311, §1; Acts 2010, No. 513, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 515 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 515
Substitution of counsel
Status: in_force

Assignment of counsel shall not deprive the defendant of the right to engage other counsel at any stage of the proceedings in substitution of counsel assigned by the court. The court may assign other counsel in substitution of counsel previously assigned or specially assigned to assist the defendant at the arraignment.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1813 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1813
General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
Status: in_force

A. The court may submit to the jury, together with appropriate forms for a general verdict, written interrogatories upon one or more issues of fact the decision of which is necessary to a verdict. The court shall give such explanation or instruction as may be necessary to enable the jury both to make answers to the interrogatories and to render a general verdict, and the court shall direct the jury both to make written answers and to render a general verdict.

B. The court shall inform the parties within a reasonable time prior to their arguments to the jury of the general verdict form and instructions it intends to submit to the jury, and the parties shall be given a reasonable opportunity to make objections.

C. When the general verdict and the answers are harmonious, the court shall direct the entry of the appropriate judgment upon the verdict and answers.

D. When the answers are consistent with each other but one or more is inconsistent with the general verdict, the court may direct the entry of judgment in accordance with the answers, notwithstanding the general verdict, or may return the jury for further consideration of its answers and verdict, or may order a new trial.

E. When the answers are inconsistent with each other and one or more is likewise inconsistent with the general verdict, the court shall not direct the entry of judgment but may return the jury for further consideration of its answers or may order a new trial.

Acts 1983, No. 534, §8.
La. Civ. Code art. 2025 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2025
Definition; simulation and counterletter
Status: in_force

A contract is a simulation when, by mutual agreement, it does not express the true intent of the parties.

If the true intent of the parties is expressed in a separate writing, that writing is a counterletter.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2901 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 2901
Contradictory trial required; time to file opposition
Status: in_force

If an objection is made to the ex parte probate of a testament, as provided in Article 2882, the testament may be probated only at a contradictory trial of the matter.

Acts 2025, No. 34, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 546 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 546
Immunity from civil or criminal liability
Status: in_force

A. Any person or agency acting in the performance and scope of official public duties in good faith pursuant to this Chapter or pursuant to an interagency agreement who or which discloses any confidential information regarding a child or his family shall have immunity from any liability, civil, criminal, or otherwise, that might result by reason of the type of information disclosed.

B. The limitation on liability of Paragraph A of this Article shall not apply if a person or agency acts with gross negligence or in bad faith.

Acts 2005, No. 119, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
La. Code Evid. art. 1002 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 1002
Requirement of original
Status: in_force

To prove the content of a writing, recording, or photograph, the original writing, recording, or photograph is required, except as otherwise provided by this Code or other legislation.

Acts 1988, No. 515, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
La. Civ. Code art. 617 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 617
Proceeds of insurance.
Status: in_force

When proceeds of insurance are due on account of loss, extinction, or destruction of property subject to usufruct, the usufruct attaches to the proceeds. If the usufructuary or the naked owner has separately insured his interest only, the proceeds belong to the insured party.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 779 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 779
Dispositional alternatives
Status: in_force

A. In any case in which the family has been adjudicated to be in need of services, the court may impose the following orders directly affecting any child of the family:

(1) Order the child to submit to counseling or to psychiatric or psychological examination or treatment.

(2) Order the child to cooperate in accepting particular services from any public institution or agency or from any private institution or agency willing and able to provide him with needed services.

(3) Place the child in the custody of a caretaker or other suitable person on such terms and conditions as deemed in the best interests of the child and the public.

(4) Place the child on probation on such terms and conditions as deemed in the best interests of the child and the public.

(5) Assign the child to the custody of a private or public institution or agency, except that the child shall not be placed in a correctional facility designed and operated exclusively for delinquent children, nor shall such facility accept the child.

(6) Make such other disposition or combination of the above dispositions as the court deems to be in the best interests of the child and the public.

B. In any case in which the family has been adjudicated to be in need of services, the court may impose any of the following orders directly affecting a caretaker:

(1) Order the caretaker to submit to counseling or to psychiatric or psychological examination or treatment.

(2) Order the caretaker to cooperate in accepting particular services from any public institution or agency or from any private institution or agency willing and able to provide him with needed services.

(3) Order the caretaker to cooperate in connection with any part of the disposition order directly affecting the child.

(4) Impose any other conditions reasonably related to improving the family relationship.

(5) Order the caretaker to perform court-approved community service activities. If feasible, the court-approved community service activities shall be conducted by the caretaker and child together.

C. In any case in which the family has been adjudicated to be in need of services, the court may order any public institution or agency and its representatives to:

(1) Provide any services specified in its order as necessary to improve the family relationships or reunite the family in the best interests of the child, provided only that such services are available within the agency or institution.

(2) Report at least once every six months in writing concerning the progress of the family in receiving and accepting the services ordered.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §7; Acts 1995, No. 1095, §3; Acts 2010, No. 314, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 557 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 557
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Part is to provide for an effective and efficient system of providing qualified legal representation for children in child abuse and neglect cases.

Acts 2006, No. 271, §1; Acts 2014, No. 354, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2835 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2835
Final liquidation.
Status: in_force

The liquidation of a partnership is not final until all its assets have been collected and applied to its obligations and its remaining assets, if any, have been appropriately distributed to the partners.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 3362 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3362
Method of reinscription
Status: in_force

A person may reinscribe a recorded instrument creating a mortgage or pledge or evidencing a privilege by recording a signed written notice of reinscription. The notice shall state the name of the mortgagor or pledgor, or the name of the obligor of the debt secured by the privilege, as it appears in the recorded instrument, as well as the registry number or other appropriate recordation information of the instrument or of a prior notice of reinscription, and shall declare that the instrument is reinscribed.

Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.

NOTE: Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, changed the effective date of Acts 2005, No. 169, to July 1, 2006.
La. Civ. Code art. 3360 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3360
Duration of recordation of mortgage given by tutor, curator, or succession representative
Status: in_force

A. The effect of recordation of a legal mortgage over the property of a natural tutor, or of a special mortgage given for the faithful performance of his duties by a tutor or a curator of an interdict, ceases four years after the tutorship or curatorship terminates, or, if the tutor or curator resigns or is removed, four years after the judgment that authorizes the resignation or removal.

B. The effect of recordation of a special mortgage given for the faithful performance of his duties by a curator of an absent person or by a succession representative ceases four years after homologation of his final account, or, if the curator or representative resigns or is removed, four years after the judgment that authorizes that resignation or removal. In any event, the effect of recordation ceases ten years after the date of the act of mortgage.

Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005.

NOTE: Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, changed the effective date of Acts 2005, No. 169, to July 1, 2006.
La. Ch. Code art. 508 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 508
Multidisciplinary investigative team; scope of responsibility
Status: in_force

A. Not later than February 15, 2004, a multidisciplinary investigative team shall be established for the investigation of child abuse within each judicial district.

B. The team shall be responsible for the investigation of all child sexual abuse cases, abuse and neglect cases involving allegations of the commission of a felony-grade crime against a child, and any other case involving trauma to a child, in accordance with their agency scope of services, which is referred to the team by any member and accepted by the team for investigation in compliance with the interagency protocols developed and instituted in accordance with Articles 509 and 510 of this Part.

C. Each team shall develop and institute interagency protocols in accordance with Articles 509 and 510 of this Part.

Acts 2003, No. 749, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 705 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 705
Notice; right to be heard
Status: in_force

A. The department shall give notice of the right to appear at each permanency hearing to any foster parent, pre-adoptive parent, or relative providing care for the child.

B. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the permanency hearing and the recipient's right to attend and be heard.

C. If a foster parent, pre-adoptive parent, or relative providing care for the child fails to appear at a permanency hearing, the department shall report to the court whether notice was given or, if not, what diligent efforts were made to locate and notify the absent person. The court may permit the hearing to be held in the person's absence.

D. The court shall solicit and consider information regarding the care and treatment of the child from any foster parent, pre-adoptive parent, or relative providing care for the child who appears for the hearing.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2007, No. 334, §1; Acts 2012, No. 730, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4568 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4568
Removal of curator or undercurator
Status: in_force

On motion of any interested person, or on its own motion, the court may remove a curator or undercurator from office for good cause. Good cause may include but not be limited to a violation of Article 4566(J). Unless otherwise ordered by the court, removal of the curator or undercurator by the court is effective upon qualification of the appointed successor.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2016, No. 110, §2, eff. May 19, 2016.
La. Civ. Code art. 2620 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2620
Option to buy or sell
Status: in_force

An option to buy, or an option to sell, is a contract whereby a party gives to another the right to accept an offer to sell, or to buy, a thing within a stipulated time.

An option must set forth the thing and the price, and meet the formal requirements of the sale it contemplates.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Ch. Code art. 656 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 656
Motions for severance
Status: in_force

On its own motion, or on the motion of the child, the parent, or the petitioner, if the petition also alleges that the child is a delinquent or that the family is in need of services, the court may, in the interest of justice, order separate adjudication hearings.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 1541 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1541
Form required for donations
Status: in_force

A donation inter vivos shall be made by authentic act under the penalty of absolute nullity, unless otherwise expressly permitted by law.

Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 892 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 892
Alternative causes of action
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in Article 3657, a petition may set forth two or more causes of action in the alternative, even though the legal or factual bases thereof may be inconsistent or mutually exclusive. In such cases all allegations shall be made subject to the obligations set forth in Article 863.
La. Civ. Code art. 1584 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1584
Kinds of testamentary dispositions
Status: in_force

Testamentary dispositions are particular, general, or universal.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.