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LA Rev Stat § 15:1607 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1607. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1607 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1608 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1608. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1608 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1609 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1609. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1609 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1610. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1610 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1611. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1611 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1612. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1612 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1613. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1613 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:1614 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§1614. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 1614 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §2A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 16:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§1. District attorneys; election; term; qualifications; assistants; powers and duties

RS 1 - District attorneys; election; term; qualifications; assistants; powers and duties  A. In each judicial district and in the parish of Orleans, there shall be a district attorney. He shall be elected at the congressional election, beginning in 1984 and every six years thereafter, shall serve a term of six years, and shall take office and begin his term on the second Monday of January following election. He shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state for at least five years prior to his election and shall have resided in the judicial district for the two years preceding the election. The district attorney for the parish of Orleans shall have resided therein for two years preceding the election. A district attorney may select assistants as authorized by law, and other personnel.  B. The district attorneys throughout the state of their designated assistants, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall represent the state in all civil actions, and shall have charge of every criminal prosecution by the state in his district, be the representative of the state before the grand juries in his district, and be the legal advisor to the grand juries. He shall perform other duties provided by law.  C. The district attorney for the parish of Orleans or his designated assistant shall have charge of every criminal prosecution by the state in the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and represent the state in all matters in the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.  The district attorney or his designated assistant shall be the representative of the state before the grand juries in the parish of Orleans and shall be the legal advisor to the grand juries. He shall perform other duties provided by law.  D. The term of the district attorney for the parish of Orleans in office on the effective date of this Section shall expire on December 31, 1978. His successor shall be elected at the same time as district attorneys throughout the state in 1978, and thereafter the successors to the office shall be elected at the same time as the district attorneys throughout the state.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 686, §1; Acts 1981, No. 122, §2; Acts 1993, No. 374, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:2.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§2.1. Duty of district attorney to act as counsel for recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish

RS 2.1 - Duty of district attorney to act as counsel for recreation and Park Commission of East Baton Rouge Parish  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 16:2 or of any other law to the contrary, the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge may retain, select, and/or employ, on a full or part time basis or on retainer, an attorney or attorneys to serve as its regular or special attorney or attorneys to serve as counsel for the commission as the commission may determine. In such case the commission may fix and pay the salary or compensation of said attorney or attorneys. The employment of an attorney or attorneys under this authorization shall relieve the district attorney of his responsibility to serve as attorney for the commission, only in such instances as the commission employs or retains a special attorney or if the commission exercises this authority in order to employ or retain a regular attorney to handle all legal matters for the commission.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 315, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§3. Representation of state in city courts; fees

RS 3 - Representation of state in city courts; fees  The district attorneys throughout the state shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions before city courts constituted by law.  They shall receive the same fees now provided by law for convictions for the same offenses in the district courts of Louisiana.
LA Rev Stat § 16:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§4. Fees in certain districts

RS 4 - Fees in certain districts  The district attorneys throughout the state whose salaries in lieu of fees have not been fixed by law shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their salaries as allowed by the constitution, the following fees: Five dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced only to pay a fine; ten dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in jail; fifteen dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term shorter than life; twenty dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life; and twenty-five dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced to death. He shall receive only one fee for each defendant convicted regardless of the number of convictions against the same defendant where the sentences imposed by the court are to run concurrently, and shall not be paid his fee until the sentence has become final on appeal or otherwise. In districts composed of more than one parish, fees herein provided for shall be paid by the parish in which the conviction takes place and the governing authority of each parish shall annually, and at the time they prepare their general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the fees as herein fixed.
LA Rev Stat § 16:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§5. Commission on funds collected

RS 5 - Commission on funds collected  The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall receive a commission of five per cent on all amounts they may collect in any suit in favor of the state, parish or school boards, and the commissions, as now allowed by law, for collections on forfeited bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 16:6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§6. Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries

RS 6 - Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries  The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to an expense allowance for salaries of stenographers, clerks and secretaries, and salaries or charges for special officers, investigators and other employees and an expense allowance for stationery forms, telephone, transportation, travel, postage, hotel and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.  The police juries of the various parishes of the state of Louisiana are hereby authorized to pay from their general fund any of the items of expense, as provided for herein, incurred by the several district attorneys of this state when acting in their official capacities.  Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §17; Acts 1973, No. 115, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§7. Report of taking of appeals; preparation of briefs

RS 7 - Report of taking of appeals; preparation of briefs  Each district attorney, in all civil cases in which the state is concerned and wherein appeals have been taken, shall immediately report in writing to the attorney general that the appeals have been taken and the time when they are returnable. When the appeals are returnable to an appellate court sitting at places other than the city of New Orleans, the written report shall be sent to the district attorney of the place where the court will hear the appeal.  The district attorney shall prepare a brief for the case which he shall forward to the attorney general or district attorney who shall revise the brief for use in the appellate court.
LA Rev Stat § 16:8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§8. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 73, §1.

RS 8 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§9. Appointment of substitute by district judge; by attorney general

RS 9 - Appointment of substitute by district judge; by attorney general  The district judges shall appoint a competent attorney to represent the state in civil matters pending before their courts, when, from any cause, the district attorney is recused, necessarily absent, or sick. The compensation for services rendered shall not exceed the fees now allowed by law to district attorneys for similar services and the compensation shall come out of fees which would otherwise go to the district attorney for these services. If a district judge is not able, for any cause, to appoint a competent attorney as above provided he shall certify this fact in writing to the attorney-general who shall designate and appoint a district attorney of another district to prosecute all cases, matters, and proceedings for the state.
LA Rev Stat § 16:10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§10. Annual salary of district attorneys payable by state

RS 10 - Annual salary of district attorneys payable by state   A.(1) The annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.   (2) Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney. Effective July 1, 2021, the annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.  B. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede or affect any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state. Any such compensation paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state shall be in addition to the sum which the state treasurer is required to pay under the provisions of this section.   Added by Acts 1950, No. 186, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 392, §§1, 2; Acts 1965, No. 48, §1; Acts 1967, No. 12, §1; Acts 1970, No. 209, §1; Acts 1973, No. 115, §1; Acts 1975, No. 758, §1, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 207, §1; Acts 1980, No. 169, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1992, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2019, No. 315, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 16:12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§12. Vacancies

RS 12 - Vacancies  When a vacancy is caused by death, resignation or removal of a district attorney, the parish of Orleans excepted, and the unexpired term is for a longer period than one year, the attorney general shall forthwith assign the district attorney of another district to act as district attorney of the district wherein such vacancy exists and the district attorney so assigned shall be the lawful successor of such district attorney.  Such assigned district attorney shall have the powers and duties and shall receive, as additional compensation for his services, the same remuneration as is provided by law for the district attorney of the district to which he is assigned, which shall be payable in the manner provided by existing law. If the district to which assignment is made has been provided by law with assistant district attorneys, the assigned district attorney may appoint assistant district attorneys having the qualifications required by law, and the assistant district attorneys so appointed shall receive the remuneration provided by law for such assistants.  The assignment of a district attorney as herein provided and the employment of the assistant district attorneys appointed shall be for a period which shall extend until the vacancy hereinbefore referred to shall be filled by election, appointment or otherwise as provided by law.  Added by Acts 1960, No. 23, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§13. Investigators; appointment; compensation

RS 13 - Investigators; appointment; compensation  A. Each district attorney of this state is hereby authorized to employ one special investigator in addition to any others previously authorized by law, to be known by the title of "District Attorneys' Investigator".  B. The special investigator shall receive an annual salary payable by the state, of six thousand dollars. In addition, the governing authorities of the parish or parishes comprising any judicial district may provide and pay an additional compensation to these investigators.  C. No district attorney shall employ a special investigator as authorized by this section until and unless the funds to pay the state's portion of the salaries of such special investigators are appropriated or otherwise made available therefor.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 586, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 368, §1; Acts 1970, No. 515, §1; Acts 1972, No. 501, §1; Acts 1975, No. 352, §1; Acts 1979, No. 323, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:13.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§13.1. District attorney's investigator; definition and duties

RS 13.1 - District attorney's investigator; definition and duties  The investigators of the district attorneys' offices shall be peace officers with all privileges, immunities, and defenses accorded to peace officers, except that they shall not have the right to make arrests, except as citizens under Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 214. They shall have the same territorial jurisdiction as the district attorney for whom they work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, investigators of a district attorney's office shall not receive state supplemental pay.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 566, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§14. Annual salary of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys payable by parishes

RS 14 - Annual salary of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys payable by parishes  A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, there shall be no restriction, limitation or ceiling placed on the amount of additional salary that may be paid to a district attorney or an assistant district attorney by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state as provided for in R.S. 16:10 and R.S. 16:11.  B. The amounts of additional salaries paid to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as of August 1, 1973, by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state as additional salary shall be construed as the minimum amounts that shall be paid as additional salaries to the said respective district attorneys and assistant district attorneys by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state.  C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede, or affect any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the district attorneys or the assistant district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state, provided, however, that provisions of this section are to be construed in removing the restriction, limitation, or ceiling which may previously have existed on the amount of additional salary that the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state could pay to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys, and further, as creating a minimum additional salary which shall be paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as additional salary, which minimum shall be that amount paid by the respective governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to the district attorneys and assistant district attorneys in their parishes on August 1, 1973.  Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§15. District attorney's worthless check collection fee

RS 15 - District attorney's worthless check collection fee A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, if the check, draft, or order for payment of money on any bank or depository: (1) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under R.S. 14:71; or (2) Has been forged under R.S. 14:72. B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from any person who is a principal to the offense described in Subsection A of this Section. C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed: (1) Fifteen dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money does not exceed fifteen dollars. (2) Thirty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than fifteen dollars but does not exceed one hundred dollars. (3) Seventy-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than one hundred dollars but does not exceed three hundred dollars. (4) One hundred twenty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than three hundred dollars but does not exceed five hundred dollars. (5) One hundred seventy-five dollars or twenty percent, whichever amount is greater, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than five hundred dollars. D. If the person from whom the fee is collected was a principal to the offense of forgery, under R.S. 14:72, committed by altering the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money, the face amount as altered governs for the purpose of determining the amount of the fee. E. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event may the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect. F. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this Section, in addition to the fees collected as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the district attorney shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars per worthless check which shall be payable to the person or entity that honored the worthless check or checks. Added by Acts 1983, No. 196, §1; Acts 1986, No. 74, §1; Acts 1991, No. 171, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1443, §1; Acts 2003, No. 440, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:15.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§15.1. District attorneys' toll collection fee

RS 15.1 - District attorneys' toll collection fee A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a demand for payment or violation notice issued by a public entity which owns and administers a toll bridge or bridge-causeway as authorized by R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2. B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from the registered owner of any vehicle determined liable under R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2. C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars. D. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event shall the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect. Acts 1995, No. 720, §2; Acts 2003, No. 727, §2, eff. June 27, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 16:16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§16. Additional court costs to defray expenses

RS 16 - Additional court costs to defray expenses A. Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. B. The sums collected under Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.   Acts 1986, No. 293, §1; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 16:16.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 16 - District Attorneys|§16.1. Costs for prosecution expenses

RS 16.1 - Costs for prosecution expenses Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases, over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used in defraying expenses of his office. Acts 1997, No. 1443, §2; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.