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LA Civ Code art. 3542 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3542. General rule

Except as otherwise provided in this Title, an issue of delictual or quasi-delictual obligations is governed by the law of the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its law were not applied to that issue.  That state is determined by evaluating the strength and pertinence of the relevant policies of the involved states in the light of: (1) the pertinent contacts of each state to the parties and the events giving rise to the dispute, including the place of conduct and injury, the domicile, habitual residence, or place of business of the parties, and the state in which the relationship, if any, between the parties was centered; and (2) the policies referred to in Article 3515, as well as the policies of deterring wrongful conduct and of repairing the consequences of injurious acts. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3543 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3543. Issues of conduct and safety

Issues pertaining to standards of conduct and safety are governed by the law of the state in which the conduct that caused the injury occurred, if the injury occurred in that state or in another state whose law did not provide for a higher standard of conduct. In all other cases, those issues are governed by the law of the state in which the injury occurred, provided that the person whose conduct caused the injury should have foreseen its occurrence in that state. The preceding paragraph does not apply to cases in which the conduct that caused the injury occurred in this state and was caused by a person who was domiciled in, or had another significant connection with, this state. These cases are governed by the law of this state. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3544 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3544. Issues of loss distribution and financial protection

Issues pertaining to loss distribution and financial protection are governed, as between a person injured by an offense or quasi-offense and the person who caused the injury, by the law designated in the following order:  (1) If, at the time of the injury, the injured person and the person who caused the injury were domiciled in the same state, by the law of that state. Persons domiciled in states whose law on the particular issue is substantially identical shall be treated as if domiciled in the same state. (2) If, at the time of the injury, the injured person and the person who caused the injury were domiciled in different states: (a) when both the injury and the conduct that caused it occurred in one of those states, by the law of that state; and (b) when the injury and the conduct that caused it occurred in different states, by the law of the state in which the injury occurred, provided that (i) the injured person was domiciled in that state, (ii) the person who caused the injury should have foreseen its occurrence in that state, and (iii) the law of that state provided for a higher standard of financial protection for the injured person than did the law of the state in which the injurious conduct occurred. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3545 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3545. Products liability

Delictual and quasi-delictual liability for injury caused by a product, as well as damages, whether compensatory, special, or punitive, are governed by the law of this state: (1) when the injury was sustained in this state by a person domiciled or residing in this state; or (2) when the product was manufactured, produced, or acquired in this state and caused the injury either in this state or in another state to a person domiciled in this state. The preceding paragraph does not apply if neither the product that caused the injury nor any of the defendant's products of the same type were made available in this state through ordinary commercial channels. All cases not disposed of by the preceding paragraphs are governed by the other Articles of this Title. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3546 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3546. Punitive damages

Punitive damages may not be awarded by a court of this state unless authorized:  (1) By the law of the state where the injurious conduct occurred and by either the law of the state where the resulting injury occurred or the law of the place where the person whose conduct caused the injury was domiciled; or  (2) By the law of the state in which the injury occurred and by the law of the state where the person whose conduct caused the injury was domiciled. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3547 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3547. Exceptional cases

The law applicable under Articles 3543-3546 shall not apply if, from the totality of the circumstances of an exceptional case, it is clearly evident under the principles of Article 3542, that the policies of another state would be more seriously impaired if its law were not applied to the particular issue. In such event, the law of the other state shall apply. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3548 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3548. Domicile of juridical persons

For the purposes of this Title, and provided it is appropriate under the principles of Article 3542, a juridical person that is domiciled outside this state, but which transacts business in this state and incurs a delictual or quasi-delictual obligation arising from activity within this state, shall be treated as a domiciliary of this state. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Civ Code art. 3549 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 3549. Law governing liberative prescription

A. When the substantive law of this state would be applicable to the merits of an action brought in this state, the prescription and peremption law of this state applies. B. When the substantive law of another state would be applicable to the merits of an action brought in this state, the prescription and peremption law of this state applies, except as specified below: (1) If the action is barred under the law of this state, the action shall be dismissed unless it would not be barred in the state whose law would be applicable to the merits and maintenance of the action in this state is warranted by compelling considerations of remedial justice. (2) If the action is not barred under the law of this state, the action shall be maintained unless it would be barred in the state whose law is applicable to the merits and maintenance of the action in this state is not warranted by the policies of this state and its relationship to the parties or the dispute nor by any compelling considerations of remedial justice. C. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if the substantive law of another state would be applicable to the merits of an action brought in this state and the action is brought by or on behalf of any person who, at the time the cause of action arose, neither resided in nor was domiciled in this state, the action shall be barred if it is barred by a statute of limitation or repose or by a law of prescription or peremption of the other state, and that statute or law is, under the laws of the other state, deemed to be substantive, rather than procedural, or deemed to bar or extinguish the right that is sought to be enforced in the action and not merely the remedy. Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2005, No. 213, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 1. Jurisdiction defined

Jurisdiction is the legal power and authority of a court to hear and determine an action or proceeding involving the legal relations of the parties, and to grant the relief to which they are entitled.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 2. Jurisdiction over subject matter

Jurisdiction over the subject matter is the legal power and authority of a court to hear and determine a particular class of actions or proceedings, based upon the object of the demand, the amount in dispute, or the value of the right asserted.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 3. Same; cannot be conferred by consent

The jurisdiction of a court over the subject matter of an action or proceeding cannot be conferred by consent of the parties. A judgment rendered by a court which has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action or proceeding is void.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 4. Same; determination when dependent on amount in dispute or value of right asserted

When the jurisdiction of a court over the subject matter of an action depends upon the amount in dispute, or value of the right asserted, it shall be determined by the amount demanded, including damages pursuant to Civil Code Articles 2315.3 and 2315.4, or value asserted in good faith by the plaintiff, but the amount in dispute does not include interest, court costs, attorney fees, or penalties, whether provided by agreement or by law. Acts 1995, No. 409, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 5. Same; effect of reduction of claim

When a plaintiff reduces his claim on a single cause of action to bring it within the jurisdiction of a court and judgment is rendered thereon, he remits the portion of his claim for which he did not pray for judgment, and is precluded thereafter from demanding it judicially.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 6. Jurisdiction over the person

A. Jurisdiction over the person is the legal power and authority of a court to render a personal judgment against a party to an action or proceeding. The exercise of this jurisdiction requires: (1) The service of process on the defendant, or on his agent for the service of process, or the express waiver of citation and service under Article 1201. (2) The service of process on the attorney at law appointed by the court to defend an action or proceeding brought against an absent or incompetent defendant who is domiciled in this state. (3) The submission of the party to the jurisdiction of the court by commencing an action or by the waiver of objection to jurisdiction by failure to timely file the declinatory exception. B. In addition to the provisions of Paragraph A, a court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident on any basis consistent with the constitution of this state and with the Constitution of the United States. Acts 1997, No. 578, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 8. Jurisdiction over property; in rem

A court which is otherwise competent under the laws of this state has jurisdiction to enforce a right in, to, or against property having a situs in this state, claimed or owned by a nonresident.  Acts 1995, No. 1104, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 9. Same; quasi in rem; attachment

A court which is otherwise competent under the laws of this state has jurisdiction to render a money judgment against a nonresident if the action is commenced by an attachment of his property in this state. Unless the nonresident subjects himself personally to the jurisdiction of the court, the judgment may be executed only against the property attached. Acts 1995, No. 1104, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 10. Jurisdiction over status

  A. A court which is otherwise competent under the laws of this state has jurisdiction of the following actions or proceedings only under the following conditions:  (1) An adoption proceeding in accordance with Title XII of the Children's Code, if the surrendering parent of the child, a prospective adoptive parent, the adoptive parent or parents, or any parent of the child has been domiciled in this state for at least eight months, or if the child is in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services; and an adoption proceeding in accordance with Civil Code Article 212, if either party to the adoption of an adult is domiciled in this state.  (2) An emancipation proceeding if the minor is domiciled in this state.  (3) An interdiction proceeding brought pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.  (4) A tutorship or curatorship proceeding if the minor or absentee, as the case may be, is domiciled in this state or has property herein.  (5) A proceeding to obtain the legal custody of a minor if he is domiciled in, or is in, this state.  (6) An action to annul a marriage if one or both of the parties are domiciled in this state.  (7) An action of divorce, if, at the time of filing, one or both of the spouses are domiciled in this state.  (8) Unless otherwise provided by law, an action to establish parentage and support or to disavow parentage if the child is domiciled in or is in this state, and was either born in this state, born out of state while its mother was domiciled in this state, or acknowledged in this state. However, regardless of the location of the child or its place of birth, an action to disavow may be brought if the person seeking to disavow was domiciled in this state at the time of conception and birth and is presumed to be its parent under the laws of this state.  (9) A proceeding for support of an adult child with a disability, as provided in R.S. 9:315.22(E), if he is domiciled in, or is in, this state.  B. For purposes of Subparagraphs (6) and (7) of Paragraph A of this Article, if a spouse has established and maintained a residence in a parish of this state for a period of six months, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that he has a domicile in this state in the parish of such residence.  Amended by Acts 1968, No. 172, §1; Acts 1980, No. 764, §1; Acts 1990, No. 1009, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1999, No. 1243, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 1999, No. 1263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 567, §2; Acts 2001, No. 1064, §1; Acts 2008, No. 351, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2015, No. 379, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, No. 333, §2.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 11. Military personnel

For the purpose of status jurisdiction provided for in Article 10, a person not domiciled elsewhere in this state who is serving in the armed forces of the United States and has been stationed at one or more military installations in this state for at least six months and has resided in the parish where an action has been filed in which he is a party, for at least ninety days immediately preceding the filing of such action, is considered to be a domiciliary of this state and of the parish during the period of his service at such installations. Acts 2008, No. 801, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 41. Definition

Venue means the parish where an action or proceeding may properly be brought and tried under the rules regulating the subject.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 42. General rules

The general rules of venue are that an action against: (1) An individual who is domiciled in the state shall be brought in the parish of his domicile; or if he resides but is not domiciled in the state, in the parish of his residence. (2) A domestic corporation, a domestic insurer, or a domestic limited liability company shall be brought in the parish where its registered office is located. (3) A domestic partnership, or a domestic unincorporated association, shall be brought in the parish where its principal business establishment is located. (4) A foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company licensed to do business in this state shall be brought in the parish where its principal business establishment is located as designated in its application to do business in the state, or, if no such designation is made, then in the parish where its primary place of business in the state is located. (5) A foreign corporation or a foreign limited liability company not licensed to do business in the state, or a nonresident who has not appointed an agent for the service of process in the manner provided by law, other than a foreign or alien insurer, shall be brought in the parish of the plaintiff's domicile or in a parish where the process may be, and subsequently is, served on the defendant. (6) A nonresident, other than a foreign corporation or a foreign or alien insurer, who has appointed an agent for the service of process in the manner provided by law, shall be brought in the parish of the designated post office address of an agent for the service of process. (7) A foreign or alien insurer shall be brought in the parish of East Baton Rouge. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 1990, No. 487, §1; Acts 1999, No. 145, §2; Acts 2001, No. 23, §1; Acts 2003, No. 545, §1; Acts 2012, No. 126, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 43. Exceptions to general rules

The general rules of venue provided in Article 42 are subject to the exceptions provided in Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 1 of Book 1 of this Code and otherwise provided by law. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 649, §1; Acts 2013, No. 78, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 44. Waiver of objections to venue

A. An objection to the venue may not be waived prior to the institution of the action. B. The venue provided in Articles 2006, 2811, 2812, 3941, 3993, 4031 through 4034, and 4542 may not be waived. C. Except as otherwise provided in this article or by other law, any objection to the venue, including one based on any article in this Chapter, is waived by the failure of the defendant to plead the declinatory exception timely as provided in Article 928. Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1; Acts 2010, No. 185, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 45. Conflict between two or more articles in Chapter

The following rules determine the proper venue in cases where two or more articles in this Chapter may conflict: (1) Article 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, or 87 governs the venue exclusively, if this article conflicts with any of Articles 42 and 71 through 77; (2) If there is a conflict between two or more of Articles 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, or 87, the plaintiff may bring the action in any venue provided by any applicable article; and (3) If Articles 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, and 87 are not applicable, and there is a conflict between two or more of Articles 42 and 71 through 77, the plaintiff may bring the action in any venue provided by any applicable article. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 649, §1; Acts 2013, No. 78, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 71. Action against individual who has changed domicile

An action against an individual who has changed his domicile from one parish to another may be brought in either parish for a period of one year from the date of the change, unless he has filed a declaration of intention to change his domicile, in the manner provided by law.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 72. Certain actions involving property

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 Code Civ Pro art. 73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 73. Action against joint or solidary obligors

A. An action against joint or solidary obligors may be brought in a parish of proper venue, under Article 42 only, as to any obligor who is made a defendant provided that an action for the recovery of damages for an offense or quasi-offense against joint or solidary obligors may be brought in the parish where the plaintiff is domiciled if the parish of plaintiff's domicile would be a parish of proper venue against any defendant under either Article 76 or R.S. 13:3203. B. If the action against this defendant is compromised prior to judgment, or dismissed after a trial on the merits, the venue shall remain proper as to the other defendants, unless the joinder was made for the sole purpose of establishing venue as to the other defendants. Acts 1989, No. 117, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 74 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 74. Action on offense or quasi offense

An action for the recovery of damages for an offense or quasi offense may be brought in the parish where the wrongful conduct occurred, or in the parish where the damages were sustained. An action to enjoin the commission of an offense or quasi offense may be brought in the parish where the wrongful conduct occurred or may occur. As used herein, the words "offense or quasi offense" include a nuisance and a violation of Article 667 of the Civil Code. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 92, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 74.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 74.1. Action to establish or disavow filiation

An action to establish filiation and support of a child may be brought in the parish: (1) of the domicile of the child, (2) where conception occurred, (3) where either parent resided at the time of conception, (4) where an act of acknowledgement of the child occurred, or (5) where the birth of the child occurred. An action to disavow filiation may be brought in the parish of the child's birth, or where either parent resided at the time of that birth. Added by Acts 1980, No. 764, §3. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 722, §1.