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LA Code Civ Pro art. 251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 251. Custodian of court records; certified copies; records public

A. The clerk of court is the legal custodian of all of its records and is responsible for their safekeeping and preservation. He may issue a copy of any of these records, certified by him under the seal of the court to be a correct copy of the original. Except as otherwise provided by law, he shall permit any person to examine, copy, photograph, or make a memorandum of any of these records at any time during which the clerk's office is required by law to be open. However, notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph or R.S. 44:31 et seq., the use, placement, or installation of privately owned copying, reproducing, scanning, or any other such imaging equipment, whether hand-held, portable, fixed, or otherwise, within the offices of the clerk of court is prohibited unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph A of this Article, a judge issuing a court order may certify a copy of that order for service of process, if the order is issued in an emergency situation and at a time when the clerk of court's office is not open. A determination of when an emergency situation exists shall be made by the judge issuing the order. Acts 1986, No. 218, §1; Acts 1995, No. 372, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2005, No. 193, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 252. Issuance of process

The clerk of a court shall issue all citations, writs, mandates, summons, subpoenas, and other process of the court in the name of the State of Louisiana. He shall indicate thereon the court from which they issue, sign them in his official capacity, and affix the seal of the court thereto. If service by the sheriff is required, the clerk shall deliver or mail them to the sheriff who is to make the service.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 253.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 253.1. Pleadings; random assignment of cases

All pleadings filed shall be randomly assigned to a particular section or division of the court by either of the following methods: (1) By drawing indiscriminately from a pool containing designations of all sections or divisions of court in the particular jurisdiction in which the case is filed. (2) By use of a properly programmed electronic device or computer programmed to randomly assign cases to any one of the sections or divisions of court in the particular jurisdiction in which the case is filed. Acts 1995, No. 829, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 253.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 253.2. Transfer and reassignment of pending cases

  After a case has been assigned to a particular section or division of the court, it may not be transferred from one section or division to another section or division within the same court, unless agreed to by all parties, or unless it is being transferred to effect a consolidation pursuant to Article 1561. However, the supreme court, by rule, may establish uniform procedures for reassigning cases under circumstances where an expeditious disposition of cases may be effectuated.  Acts 1997, No. 968, §1; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 254. Docket and minute books

A. In addition to other record books required by law, each court shall keep docket and minute books.  B. The clerk of the court shall enter in the docket book the number and title of each action or proceeding filed in the court, the date of filing of the petition, exceptions, answers, and other pleadings, and the court costs paid by and the names of counsel of record for each of the parties.  C. All orders and judgments rendered, all motions made, all proceedings conducted, and all judicial acts of the court during each day it is in session shall be entered in the minute book. D. An electronic record of the minutes which is not capable of alteration without indication that a change has been made may be maintained in lieu of a written entry. Acts 1995, No. 1003, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 255. Deputy clerks and other employees

Except as otherwise provided by law, a deputy clerk of a court possesses all of the powers and authority granted by law to the clerk, and may perform any of the duties and exercise any of the functions of the clerk. Deputy clerks and other employees of a clerk of court are subject to his direction and supervision, and shall perform the duties assigned to them by law, the court, and the clerk. The clerk of a court is responsible for the performance or nonperformance of their official duties by his deputies and other employees.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 256. Minute clerk

The minute clerk of a court shall keep the minutes of the court daily when in session and transcribe them into the minute book, as required by Article 254; shall file all pleadings and documents tendered for filing in open court; and shall perform such other duties as are assigned to him by law, the court, and the clerk with the approval of the court. The minute clerk of a trial court shall administer the oath to jurors and witnesses and shall file all exhibits offered in evidence, when directed to do so by the court. If there are two or more judges on a trial court, its rules may require a minute clerk for each division thereof. When a court has no minute clerk, and there is no deputy clerk available for such duty, the clerk shall perform all of the duties of the minute clerk.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 257. Neglect, failure, or refusal of clerk, deputy, or other employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt

The neglect, failure, or refusal of a clerk, deputy clerk, or other employee of a clerk of court to perform any ministerial duty subjects him to punishment for contempt of court.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 258. Electronic filing and recording of written instruments

  A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a clerk of court, as ex officio recorder, the Orleans Parish register of conveyances, or its successor, or the Orleans Parish recorder of mortgages or its successor, hereinafter referred to as "recorder", is authorized to adopt and implement a published plan which shall include a written contract between the clerk of court, the Orleans Parish register of conveyances, or its successor, or the Orleans Parish recorder of mortgages, or its successor, and the filer, which complies with the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, R.S. 9:2601 et seq., and which provides for the acceptance of an electronic record of any recordable written instrument except original maps, plats, property descriptions, or photographs as related to the work of a professional surveyor engaged in the "Practice of Land Surveying" as defined in R.S. 37:682 for filing and recording submitted by any person, department, political subdivision, agency, branch, entity, or instrumentality of Louisiana or of the federal government or of a state-chartered or federally chartered financial institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration. The filer of such an electronic record shall certify to the recorder that the written instrument from which the electronic record is taken conforms to all applicable laws relating to the form and content of instruments which are submitted in writing.  B. Immediately after acceptance of an electronic record for filing, the recorder shall endorse such record with the date, hour, and minute it is filed. An electronic filing received on a legal holiday or at any time other than during the normal business hours of the recorder shall be accepted for filing on the next business day by the same procedure followed when a paper document is received in the mail of the recorder at any time other than during normal business hours.  C. An electronic record shall be effective with respect to a third person from the time of its filing in the same manner as if the written instrument had been filed.  D. On or before January 1, 2022, each clerk of court, including the Orleans Parish register of conveyances or its successor and the Orleans Parish recorder of mortgages or its successor, shall adopt and implement a plan for recording electronic documents in accordance with Paragraph A of this Article.  Acts 2005, No. 125, §1; Acts 2008, No. 368, §1; Acts 2017, No. 173, §5.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 259. Liability of clerk of court

  The clerk of court shall not be liable for any damages caused by any third party to any information included in pleadings or documents filed of record by the clerk of court.  Acts 2017, No. 173, §5.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 281 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 281. Certain articles not applicable to Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans

The provisions of Articles 282 through 286 do not apply to the clerk and the deputy clerks of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 282 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 282. Acts which may be done by district court clerk

The clerk of a district court may:  (1) Grant an appeal and fix the return day thereof; fix the amount of the bond for an appeal, or for the issuance of a writ of attachment or of sequestration, or for the release of property seized under any writ, unless fixed by law; appoint an attorney at law to represent a nonresident, absent, incompetent, or unrepresented defendant; or dismiss without prejudice, on application of plaintiff, an action or proceeding in which no exception, answer, or intervention has been filed; and  (2) Probate a testament, when there is no opposition thereto; homologate an inventory; confirm or appoint a tutor, undertutor, undertutor ad hoc, curator, undercurator, undercurator ad hoc, administrator, executor, or dative testamentary executor, when there is no opposition thereto; appoint an attorney for absent heirs; and approve and accept the bond required of a legal representative for the faithful performance of his duties.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 283 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 283. Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk

A. The clerk of a district court may sign any of the following orders or judgments: (1) An order or judgment effecting or evidencing the doing of any of the acts authorized in Article 282; (2) An order for the issuance of executory process, of a writ of attachment or of sequestration, or of garnishment process under a writ of fieri facias, attachment, or of sequestration; the release under bond of property seized under a writ of attachment or of sequestration; or to permit the filing of an intervention; (3) An order for the execution of a probated testament; the affixing of seals; the taking of an inventory; the public sale of succession property to pay debts, on the written application of the succession representative accompanied by a list of the debts of the succession; the advertisement of the filing of a tableau of distribution or of an account by a legal representative; or requiring a legal representative to file an account; or (4) An order to permit a party to institute and prosecute, or to defend, a suit without the payment of costs, under the provisions of Articles 5181 through 5188. B. When an order signed by the clerk requires the services of a notary, the clerk shall appoint the notary suggested by the party obtaining the order. Acts 2010, No. 175, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 284 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 284. Judicial powers of district court clerk

  The clerk of a district court may render, confirm, and sign final default judgments or judgments by confession in cases where the jurisdiction of the court is concurrent with that of justices of the peace, as provided in Article 5011. NOTE: Art. 284 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 174, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. Art. 284. Judicial powers of district court clerk  The clerk of a district court may render and sign default judgments or judgments by confession in cases where the jurisdiction of the court is concurrent with that of justices of the peace, as provided in Article 5011.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 46, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2017, No. 419, §1; Acts 2021, No. 174, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 285 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 285. Powers of district court clerk may be exercised whether judge absent from parish or not

The powers and authority granted to the clerk of a district court under Articles 282 through 284 may be exercised by him whether the judge of the district court is absent from the parish or not.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 286 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 286. Powers of district court clerk which may not be exercised by deputy; powers of chief deputy clerk

A. No deputy clerk of a district court, except the chief deputy clerk, may exercise any of the powers and authority granted to the clerk of the district court under Articles 282 and 283. B. Whether the judge or the clerk, or both, are absent from the parish or not, the chief deputy clerk of a district court may exercise all of the powers and authority granted to the clerk of a district court under Articles 282 and 283. Acts 1991, No. 174, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 287 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 287. District court clerk ex officio notary

The clerk of a district court is ex officio a notary; and, as such, may administer oaths and exercise all of the other functions, powers, and authority of a notary.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 288 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 288. Functions which district court clerk may exercise on holiday

The only functions which a clerk of a district court may exercise on a legal holiday are:  (1) The signing of an order for the issuance of a writ of attachment or of sequestration by a clerk of a district court other than the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; and  (2) The issuance of a writ of attachment, sequestration, or injunction.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 321 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 321. Executive officer of district court; serves process, executes writs and mandates directed to him by courts

The sheriff is the executive officer of the district court. He shall serve citations, summons, subpoenas, notices, and other process, and shall execute writs, mandates, orders, and judgments directed to him by the district courts, the courts of appeal, and the supreme court.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 322 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 322. Exercises civil functions only in own parish; exception

Except as otherwise provided in Article 1291, the sheriff may exercise his civil functions only in the parish for which he was elected.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 323 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 323. Writs executed on holiday

The sheriff shall not execute any writ, mandate, order, or judgment of a court in a civil case on a legal holiday, except a writ of attachment, sequestration, fieri facias, or seizure and sale under executory process, or an injunction. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 169, §1.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 324 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 324. Returns on process served, and writs and judgments executed

The sheriff shall make a return to the issuing court on citations, summons, subpoenas, notices, and other process, and on writs, mandates, orders, and judgments, showing the date on which and the manner in which they were served or executed.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 325 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 325. Right of entry for execution; may require assistance of others if resistance offered or threatened

In the execution of a writ, mandate, order, or judgment of a court, the sheriff may enter on the lands, and into the residence or other building, owned or occupied by the judgment debtor or defendant. If necessary to effect entry, he may break open any door or window. If resistance is offered or threatened, he may require the assistance of the police, of neighbors, and of persons present or passing by.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 326 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 326. Protection and preservation of property seized

The sheriff shall take actual possession of all movable property seized which is susceptible of actual possession and may remove it to a warehouse or other place of safekeeping. He may take actual possession of all immovable property seized, unless it is under lease or occupied by an owner. He shall safeguard, protect, and preserve all property seized of which he has taken or is required to take actual possession; and for such purposes may appoint a keeper of the property.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 327 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 327. Seizure of rents, fruits, and revenue of property under seizure

The seizure of property by the sheriff effects the seizure of the fruits and issues which it produces while under seizure. The sheriff shall collect all rents and revenue produced by property under seizure.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 328 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 328. Power of administration of property under seizure

The sheriff has the power of administration of all property under seizure, regardless of the type of writ or mandate under authority of which the property was seized. If immovable property is not occupied by an owner and is not under lease, the sheriff may lease it for a term not beyond the date of judicial sale. He cannot lease movable property under seizure unless authorized by the court with the consent of the parties. The sheriff may, and if the necessary funds therefor are advanced or satisfactory security is furnished him by any interested person shall, continue the operation of any property under seizure, including a business, farm, or plantation. For such purposes, the sheriff may employ a manager and such other employees as he may consider necessary.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 329 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 329. Disbursements for protection, preservation, and administration of seized property

The sheriff may make all necessary disbursements for the protection, preservation, and administration of property under seizure, which shall be taxed as costs of the seizure.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 330 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 330. Collection of fines from, and imprisonment of, persons found guilty of contempt of court

The sheriff shall collect the fines which persons found guilty of contempt of court are sentenced to pay, and pay them over to the official entitled by law to receive them. He shall take into custody and imprison individuals found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to imprisonment in the parish jail.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 331 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 331. Deputy sheriffs and other employees

Except as otherwise provided by law, a deputy sheriff possesses all of the powers and authority granted by law to the sheriff, and may perform any of the duties and exercise any of the functions of the sheriff. Deputy sheriffs and other employees of the sheriff are subject to his direction and supervision, and shall perform the duties assigned to them by law, and by the sheriff. The sheriff is responsible for the performance or nonperformance of their official duties by his deputies and other employees.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 332 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 332. Service or execution by constable or marshal

When authorized to do so by the sheriff, a constable of a justice of the peace court, or a constable or marshal of a city court, within the territorial jurisdiction of his court, may serve any process and execute any writ or mandate which the sheriff is authorized to serve or execute. For such purpose, the constable or marshal possesses the powers and authority of the sheriff; a service or execution so made has the same effect as if made by the sheriff; and the latter is responsible for the performance or nonperformance of his duties by a constable or marshal in such cases.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 333 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 333. Crier

The crier of a court shall attend all sessions thereof; under the direction of the judge shall open and close court at each session, and maintain order and decorum in the court room; and shall perform such other duties as are assigned to him by law, the court, or the sheriff. The crier of a trial court, when requested to do so, shall call all witnesses in the building whose testimony is desired by the court or by a party. When a court has no crier, and there is no deputy sheriff available for such duty, the sheriff shall perform the duties of crier.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 334 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 334. Neglect, failure, or refusal of sheriff, deputy sheriff, or employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt

The neglect, failure, or refusal of a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other employee of a sheriff to perform any ministerial duty subjects him to punishment for contempt of court.
LA Code Civ Pro art. 371 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Civil Procedure|Art. 371. Attorney

An attorney at law is an officer of the court. He shall conduct himself at all times with decorum, and in a manner consistent with the dignity and authority of the court and the role which he himself should play in the administration of justice. He shall treat the court, its officers, jurors, witnesses, opposing party, and opposing counsel with due respect; shall not interrupt opposing counsel, or otherwise interfere with or impede the orderly dispatch of judicial business by the court; shall not knowingly encourage or produce false evidence; and shall not knowingly make any misrepresentation, or otherwise impose upon or deceive the court. For a violation of any of the provisions of this article, the attorney at law subjects himself to punishment for contempt of court, and such further disciplinary action as is otherwise provided by law.