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LA Code Crim Pro art. 273 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 273. Waiver of extradition proceedings

A. A demanded person arrested in this state may waive the issuance and service of the warrant required by Articles 265 and 266 and all other requirements incidental to extradition proceedings, by consenting in writing in the presence of the judge to return to the demanding state. Before such waiver is executed or subscribed to by the demanded person, the judge shall inform him of his rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to an extradition hearing. When a waiver has been executed the judge shall direct the officer having the person in custody to deliver him immediately to the accredited agent of the demanding state, with a copy of the waiver. B. The waiver procedure of Paragraph A of this Article is not exclusive and does not in any way preclude the state's return of a probationer or parolee to another state with which the state of Louisiana has entered into a compact for out-of-state probation and parole supervision, under the authority of R.S. 15:574.14(3), or a probation or parole absconder who has signed a waiver of extradition as a condition of probation or parole. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 139, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 274 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 274. Application for issuance of requisition

When a district attorney desires the return to this state of a person wanted to be tried for a crime, he shall present to the governor a written application for a requisition for the return of the person charged. The application shall state the name of the person wanted, the crime with which he is charged, and the approximate time, place, and circumstances of its commission. It shall also specify the state in which he is believed to be and his probable location in that state at the time the application is made. The application shall recommend a peace officer or other person as agent to receive the accused. It shall certify that, in the opinion of the district attorney the ends of justice require the arrest and return of the accused to this state for trial and that the proceeding is not instituted to enforce a private claim.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 275 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 275. Application for return of wanted fugitive

When the return to this state of a person convicted of a crime who has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation, parole, furlough, or reprieve is desired, the governor shall be presented with a written application for a requisition for his return. The application may be made by a district attorney or the attorney general, and shall state the name of the person, the crime of which he was convicted, the circumstances of his escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his bail, probation, parole, furlough, or reprieve. It shall specify the state in which he is believed to be and his probable location in that state at the time the application is made. It shall also recommend a peace officer or other person as agent to receive the person sought.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 276 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 276. Documents to be filed with application for requisition

The application for a requisition shall be verified by affidavit, executed in duplicate, and accompanied by two certified copies of all documents that are required for extradition by the law of the state from which the wanted person is to be returned. One copy of the application, with the action of the governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified copies of the required documents, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The other copies of all papers shall be forwarded with the governor's requisition. Failure to meet the requirements of this article, or of Articles 274 and 275, will not invalidate a requisition issued by the governor.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 277 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 277. Appointment of agents to receive prisoner

When the governor issues a requisition for extradition he shall also issue a warrant under the seal of the state, to an agent, commanding him to receive the person to be extradited and to deliver him to the proper authority.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 278 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 278. Re-extradition agreements

When the return to this state of a person wanted in this state to be tried for a crime is desired, and the person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings pending against him in another state, the governor may enter into a re-extradition agreement with the executive authority of the other state for the purpose of procuring the extradition of the person before the conclusion of the proceedings or his term of sentence in the other state. The agreement shall be upon the condition that the person extradited will be returned to the other state without further extradition proceedings, upon the request of the executive authority of that state and at the expense of this state.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 279 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 279. Extradition costs and expenses

A. Whenever a person has been released on bail pursuant to a commercial surety bond and is subsequently located in another state, the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in having that person returned to the parish in which charges are pending against him, whether through extradition proceedings or otherwise, shall be paid by the commercial surety provided that the surety was given notice of extradition or waiver of extradition and was provided seventy-two hours to return the person to the parish at his cost. Payment of these expenses shall be due within thirty days after written notice thereof has been given to the surety at the address provided pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 322. The commercial surety shall not be relieved of his obligation on the bond until the commercial surety has paid said reasonable and necessary costs for the return of the wanted person. B. Except as provided in Paragraph A of this Article, the necessary and reasonable expenses connected with an extradition in all other cases shall be paid by the authority for whom it was requested. Acts 2003, No. 954, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 280 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 280. Immunity of extradited person from service of process in civil actions

A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions until he has been convicted or has pleaded guilty in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted or otherwise discharged, until three days after the acquittal or discharge.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 281 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 281. No right of asylum or immunity from other criminal prosecutions

After a person has been brought back to this state by, or after waiver of, extradition proceedings, he may be tried in this state for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed here as well as that specified in the requisition for his extradition. Acts 2003, No. 1118, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 291 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 291. Authority to conduct preliminary examinations

The following magistrates, throughout their several territorial jurisdictions, shall have authority to conduct preliminary examinations of persons accused of felonies, with authority to bail or discharge, as follows:  (1) District courts having criminal jurisdiction, in all cases;  (2) City or parish courts having criminal jurisdiction, in cases not capital; and  (3) Justices of the peace in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 292 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 292. Order for preliminary examination before and after indictment

The court, on request of the state or the defendant, shall immediately order a preliminary examination in felony cases unless the defendant has been indicted by a grand jury. After the defendant has been indicted by a grand jury, the court may rescind its order for a preliminary examination. An order for a preliminary examination in felony cases may be granted by the court at any time, either on its own motion or on request of the state or of the defendant before or after the defendant has been indicted by a grand jury. Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 16, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 293 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 293. Time for examination; procurement of counsel

When a preliminary examination is ordered, the court shall conduct the examination promptly but shall allow the defendant a reasonable time to procure counsel.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 294 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 294. Examination of witnesses; transcript of testimony

A. At the preliminary examination the state and the defendant may produce witnesses, who shall be examined in the presence of the defendant and shall be subject to cross-examination. The defendant may also testify, subject to cross-examination. A record of the preliminary examination proceedings shall be made. B. Except upon an order issued by the court pursuant to a motion filed by the defendant, a defendant who is charged with a crime against a juvenile may not subpoena the victim to testify at the preliminary examination. C. A transcript of the testimony of the witnesses, including that of the defendant, may be made by the court or under its direction and, if made, shall be signed and certified by the person taking the testimony. D. Upon motion of the state or the defendant, a transcript of the preliminary examination proceedings may be made. The cost of the transcript preparation under this Paragraph shall be paid by the party making the motion, unless the party is an indigent defendant. E. The procedures set forth in Articles 322 through 329 of the Louisiana Children's Code and R.S. 15:440.1 and 283, relative to those procedures which provide protection for children who are victims of physical or sexual abuse, shall apply to all trial and pretrial procedures. Acts 1986, No. 1029, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 142, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 295 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 295. Admissibility of transcripts in other proceedings

A. The transcript of the testimony of a defendant who testified at the preliminary examination is admissible against him upon the trial of the case or, if relevant, in any subsequent judicial proceeding. B. The transcript of testimony of any other witness who testified at the preliminary examination is admissible for any purpose in any subsequent proceeding in the case, on behalf of either party, if the court finds that the witness is dead, too ill to testify, cannot be found, or is otherwise unavailable for testimony, and that the absence of the witness was not procured by the party offering the testimony. C. The transcript of testimony given by a person at a preliminary examination may be used by any party in a subsequent judicial proceeding for the purpose of impeaching or contradicting the testimony of such person as a witness. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 554, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 296 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 296. Scope of preliminary examination before and after indictment

If the defendant has not been indicted by a grand jury for the offense charged, the court shall, at the preliminary examination, order his release from custody or bail if, from the evidence adduced, it appears that there is not probable cause to charge him with the offense or with a lesser included offense. If the defendant is ordered held upon a finding of probable cause, the court shall fix his bail if he is entitled to bail. After an indictment has been found by a grand jury, the preliminary examination shall be limited to the perpetuation of testimony and the fixing of bail.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 297 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 297. Transmission of transcripts and other evidence

After the preliminary examination, unless the court has ordered the release of the defendant upon a finding that there is not probable cause to charge him with an offense, the court shall transmit, without delay, to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the offense:  (1) The transcript of the testimony of the witnesses, including that of the defendant if he testified;  (2) The order rendered after the examination, or a certified copy thereof; and  (3) All articles or objects admitted in evidence.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 298 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 298. Effect of informality in proceedings

A person ordered held in custody following a preliminary examination shall not be discharged on a writ of habeas corpus or by other process because of any informality or error in the commitment or the proceedings prior thereto that does not substantially prejudice him. No preliminary examination shall be held invalid for any purpose because of an informality or error that does not substantially prejudice the defendant.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 313.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 313.1. Detention of noncitizen defendant pending bail hearing

  A. A contradictory bail hearing, as provided for in this Article, shall be held prior to setting bail for any person in custody who is not a citizen of the United States or not lawfully admitted for permanent residence and who is charged with the commission of an offense in which there was a fatality. The hearing shall be held within five days from the date of determination of probable cause, exclusive of weekends and legal holidays. At the contradictory hearing, the court shall determine the conditions of bail or whether the defendant should be held without bail pending trial.  B. In determining whether the defendant should be admitted to bail pending trial, or in determining the conditions of bail, the judge or magistrate shall consider the following:  (1) The criminal history of the defendant.  (2) The nature and seriousness of the danger to any other person or the community that would be posed by the defendant's release.  (3) Documented history or records of substance abuse by the defendant.  (4) The seriousness of the offense charged and the weight of the evidence against the defendant.  (5) The risk that the defendant might flee.  C. Following the contradictory hearing and based upon the judge's or magistrate's review of the factors set forth in Paragraph B of this Article, the judge or magistrate may order that the defendant not be admitted to bail, upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant might flee, or that the defendant poses an imminent danger to any other person or the community.  D. If bail is granted, the judge or magistrate may consider, as a condition of bail, a requirement that the defendant wear an electronic monitoring device and be placed under active electronic monitoring and house arrest. The conditions of the electronic monitoring and house arrest shall be determined by the court and may include but are not limited to limitation of the defendant's activities outside the home and a curfew. The defendant may be required to pay a reasonable supervision fee to the supervising agency to defray the cost of the required electronic monitoring and house arrest.  E. Any violation of the conditions of bail may be punishable by revocation of the bond and the issuance of a bench warrant for the defendant's arrest or remanding of the defendant to custody or a modification of the terms of bail.  Acts 2016, No. 474, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 314 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 314. Authority to fix bail; bail order

  A. The following magistrates, throughout their several territorial jurisdictions, shall have authority to fix bail:  (1) District courts and their commissioners having criminal jurisdiction, in all cases.  (2) City or parish courts and municipal and traffic courts of New Orleans having criminal jurisdiction, in cases not capital.  (3) Mayor's courts and traffic courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.  (4) Juvenile and family courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.  (5) Justices of the peace in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.  B. An order fixing bail shall be in writing, set the type and a single amount of bail for each charge, designate the officer or officers authorized to accept the bail, and shall be signed electronically or by any other means by the magistrate. An order fixing bail may issue on request of the state or defendant, or on the initiative of the magistrate.  Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 18, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1981, No. 438, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 613, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 315 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 315. Schedules of bail

  A. Unless the bail is fixed by a schedule in accordance with this Article, the amount of bail shall be specifically fixed in each case. In noncapital felony cases, a bail schedule according to the offense charged may be fixed by a district court. In misdemeanor cases, a bail schedule according to the offense charged may be fixed by a district, parish or city court for offenses committed within its trial jurisdiction. When more than one court has trial jurisdiction, the applicable bail schedule shall be that of the court in which the case is to be tried.  B. The court order setting the bail schedule shall fix the amount of bail for each offense listed, designate the officer or officers authorized to accept the bail, and order that bail be taken in conformity with the schedule. It may also contain a general provision designating the amount of bail for any noncapital felony and misdemeanor not listed in the schedule. A copy of the schedule shall be sent to all jails, sheriff's offices, and police stations within the judicial district, parish, or city. A bail schedule may be revised or rescinded at any time. The type or form of bail shall not be sent in a bail schedule.  C. A person charged with the commission of an offense for which bail is fixed by a schedule may give bail according to the schedule or demand a special order fixing bail. The bail amount fixed by schedule may be modified by the court in accordance with Article 319.  Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2010, No. 914, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 316 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 316. Factors in fixing amount of bail

  The amount of bail shall be fixed in an amount that will ensure the presence of the defendant, as required, and the safety of any other person and the community, having regard to:  (1) The seriousness of the offense charged, including but not limited to whether the offense is a crime of violence or involves a controlled dangerous substance.  (2) The weight of the evidence against the defendant.  (3) The previous criminal record of the defendant.  (4) The ability of the defendant to give bail.  (5) The nature and seriousness of the danger to any other person or the community that would be posed by the defendant's release.  (6) The defendant's voluntary participation in a pretrial drug testing program.  (7) The absence or presence in the defendant of any controlled dangerous substance.  (8) Whether the defendant is currently out on a bail undertaking on a previous felony arrest for which he is awaiting institution of prosecution, arraignment, trial, or sentencing.  (9) Any other circumstances affecting the probability of defendant's appearance.  (10) The type or form of bail.  Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 317 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 317. Organization performing or providing pretrial services

  Any organization which is contracted, employed, or which receives public funds to perform or provide pretrial services, such as screening of any defendant, shall verify all background information provided by a defendant or otherwise obtained by the organization regarding the defendant.  Amended by Acts 1982, No. 276, §1; Acts 1987, No. 500, §1; Acts 1991, No. 72, §1; Acts 1992, No. 401, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2003, No. 222, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 318 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 318. Juvenile records in fixing bail

  A. For the purpose of fixing bail, a court may make a written request of any juvenile court for an abstract containing only the delinquent acts of a defendant currently before the requesting court. The request shall be promptly complied with; however, not more than forty-eight hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, shall lapse before the requested information is deposited in the mail, addressed to the requesting court.  B. The requesting court shall not copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce such juvenile records, and these shall be deposited in the mail and addressed to the issuing juvenile court within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after bail is determined.  Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2010, No. 914, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 319 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 319. Modifications of bail

  A. The court having trial jurisdiction over the offense charged, on its own motion or on motion of the prosecuting attorney or defendant, for good cause, may either increase or reduce the amount of bail, or require new or additional security. For purposes of this Article, good cause for increase of bail specifically includes but is not limited to the rearrest of the defendant on offenses alleged to have been committed while out on a bail undertaking. The modification of any bail order wherein a bail undertaking has been posted by a criminal defendant and his sureties shall upon the modification terminate the liability of the defendant and his sureties under the previously existing bail undertaking. A new bail undertaking must be posted in the amount of the new bail order.  B. The defendant or his surety may, at any time before a breach of the bail undertaking and with approval of the court in which the prosecution is pending, substitute another form of security authorized by this Code. The original security, including a surety, shall be released when the substitution of security is made.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 161, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2010, No. 914, §1; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 322. Commercial surety

  A surety company authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana may become surety for the release of a person on a bail undertaking. The sufficiency of security posted in the form of an appearance bond by a surety company, as required by the provisions of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, shall be determined solely by the commissioner of insurance. A contract to indemnify a surety company against loss on a bail undertaking is valid and enforceable.  Acts 1985, No. 232, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2006, No. 246, §1; Acts 2010, No. 710, §1; Acts 2010, No. 914, §§1, 5; Acts 2016, No. 613, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.