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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:587.1. Ninth Judicial District; judges

RS 13:587.1 - Ninth Judicial District; judges
The judges of the Ninth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, may designate and assign to any division of the court any or all types of matters of which the court has jurisdiction.
Acts 1997, No. 127, §1, eff. June 13, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:587.2. Fourth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter

RS 13:587.2 - Fourth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter
A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge sections, the judges of the Fourth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, may designate a certain division or section of the court as a specialized division or section having criminal, civil, drug court, driving while intoxicated court, mental health court, misdemeanor, traffic, juvenile, violent crimes or homicides, or other specialized subject matter jurisdiction.
B. No rule adopted by the court may assign any division, without its consent, to any section for a longer period than three years.
C. Notwithstanding any principal assignment to sections, all divisions of the court shall retain general jurisdiction to hear all matters.
Acts 2001, No. 418, §1; Acts 2008, No. 68, §1; Acts 2008, No. 71, §1; Acts 2012, No. 270, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:587.3. Nineteenth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter

RS 13:587.3 - Nineteenth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter
A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge groupings, the judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, with the consent of the judge of a division, may assign to that division criminal matters or civil matters or drug court matters or domestic violence matters or any or all types of matters of which the court has jurisdiction.
B. Notwithstanding any principal assignments to divisions, all divisions of the court shall retain general jurisdiction to hear all matters.
Acts 2003, No. 1213, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1247, §1; Acts 2022, No. 203, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:587.4. District courts; specialized divisions or sections; subject matter

RS 13:587.4 - District courts; specialized divisions or sections; subject matter
A. Respecting seniority and the requirement that all cases be assigned randomly within multi-judge divisions or sections, the judges of any judicial district court, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, may designate a certain division or section of the court as a specialized division or section having criminal, civil, drug court, driving while intoxicated court, human trafficking court, mental health court, misdemeanor, traffic, juvenile, violent crimes or homicides, reentry court, or other specialized subject matter jurisdiction.
B.(1) If a special division or section of court is designated as a violent crimes or homicide section, the court may provide the district attorney's office the opportunity to request an expedited docket to facilitate the hearing of cases involving homicides and crimes of violence that are committed with a dangerous weapon to ensure and secure the accuracy of testimony of witnesses and as a deterrence and prevention for crimes of violence and homicides.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or court rule to the contrary, the following components shall be complied with if a court designates a division or section of court as a violent crimes or homicide division or section and grants the district attorney's request for expedited status:
(a) If the district attorney requests an expedited docket, the trial court shall schedule the case for trial no later than ninety days after time has elapsed for discovery.
(b) Continuances should be granted only for good cause and shall be for the shortest time practicable.
C.(1) If a special division or section of court is designated as a human trafficking section, the presiding judge may be trained in issues of human trafficking and the support services available to victims.
(2) All cases where a person is charged or indicted pursuant to R.S. 14:46.2, 46.3, 81.1, 81.2, 81.3, 82, 82.1, 83, 83.1, 83.2, 83.3, 83.4, 84, 85, 86, 89, 89.1, 89.2, 104, 105, 281, or 282 shall be transferred to the human trafficking section of the court.
(3) If it is determined that a case involves a victim in need of services upon evaluation by the judge, and after a contradictory hearing, the following may apply:
(a) The victim may be mandated to attend the appropriate support services for victims of human trafficking if available.
(b) The victim shall, with consent of the district attorney, have the opportunity to be considered for a non-criminal disposition or dismissal of the case upon satisfactory compliance with mandated support services.
D. No rule adopted by the court may designate any division or section, without its consent, as a specialized division or section for a longer period than three years.
Acts 2009, No. 215, §1, eff. June 30, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 270, §1, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 554, §1; Acts 2017, No. 131, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:588. Authority of judges to purchase furniture and equipment

RS 13:588 - Authority of judges to purchase furniture and equipment
Notwithstanding the provisions of Part XI of Chapter 1 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, upon termination of office, each judge having possession of equipment or furniture purchased by the judicial district court, may purchase such property with nonpublic funds at a cost of the standard depreciated value of the property. The presiding judge, or any judge, by direction of the court, is authorized to complete such sale and the proceeds of the sales are to be deposited in the account from which the funds were expended to purchase the furniture and equipment.
Acts 2012, No. 815, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:589. Fourteenth Judicial District Court; magistrate judge

RS 13:589 - Fourteenth Judicial District Court; magistrate judge
A. The office of magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court is hereby created and shall be an elected position. The magistrate judge shall be elected at large from the Fourteenth Judicial District. The initial election shall occur in the fall of 2020 and the elected term shall begin January 1, 2021. The magistrate judge shall serve a six-year term. The position is a full-time position, and the magistrate judge is prohibited from practicing law.
B. The magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall possess the same qualifications required of the district court judges, as outlined in Article V, Section 24 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
C. The salary of the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall be ninety percent of the salary paid to judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court per annum, and the salary and related benefits as provided by law shall be payable in the same manner from the same sources as the salary and benefits of a judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court. The support services and personnel, including minute clerks and stenographers, as shall be necessary for the offices of the magistrate judge shall be paid from the same source as the same positions in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court.
D. The magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court created in this Section shall hold court in the same building as is provided for the other judges of the court. With the approval of the judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, the magistrate judge may hear and preside over all criminal matters, except the adjudication of felony charges, including but not limited to preliminary motions; conduct extradition hearings; accept pleas in misdemeanor cases; hear and render judgments in other matters, including misdemeanor cases, preliminary to the trial on the merits; conduct trials of misdemeanor cases; have authority to set bail; and sign and issue search and arrest warrants upon probable cause being shown in accordance with law.
Acts 2019, No. 211, §1; Acts 2020, No. 126, §1, eff. June 9, 2020; Acts 2023, No. 51, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.1. First judicial district

RS 13:621.1 - First judicial district
The First Judicial District Court shall have eleven judges. Four judges shall be elected from election section one, three judges shall be elected from election section two, and four judges shall be elected from election section three.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 2, §1; 1973, No. 117, §1; Acts 1976, No. 46, §1; Acts 1978, No. 39, §1, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1982, No. 21, §1(a), eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 241, §1, eff. June 16, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.2. Second judicial district

RS 13:621.2 - Second judicial district
The Second Judicial District Court shall have three judges who shall be elected at large from the Second Judicial District for six-year terms. The Second Judicial District Court shall be comprised of Division A in Claiborne Parish, Division B in Jackson Parish, and Division C in Bienville Parish. A judge elected to serve in the Second Judicial District shall reside within the district but is not required to reside within the parish where the division is located.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1978, No. 39, §3, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 2020, No. 166, §§1, 2, eff. June 11, 2020.
NOTE: Acts 2020, No. 166, repealed Acts 1999, No. 669, which provided for residency requirements for judges elected at large within the Second Judicial district.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.3. Third Judicial District

RS 13:621.3 - Third Judicial District
The third judicial district court shall have three judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 620, §2, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 2001, No. 190, §1, eff. May 31, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.4. Fourth judicial district

RS 13:621.4 - Fourth judicial district
A. The Fourth Judicial District court shall have eleven judges.
B. Four judges shall be elected from election section one. These judges shall serve in Divisions G, H, I, and J.
C. Seven judges shall be elected from election section two. These judges shall serve in Divisions A, B, C, D, E, F, and K.
Acts 1984, No. 56, §1(A), eff. June 8, 1984; Acts 1991, No. 8, §1(A), eff. June 6, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 377, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2007, No. 64, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2007, No. 210, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.5. Fifth judicial district

RS 13:621.5 - Fifth judicial district
The Fifth Judicial District Court shall have three judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 71, §1; Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1978, No. 39, §5, eff. June 1, 1978.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.6. Sixth judicial district

RS 13:621.6 - Sixth judicial district
The sixth judicial district court shall have two judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 515, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.7. Seventh judicial district

RS 13:621.7 - Seventh judicial district
The Seventh Judicial District Court shall have two judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 39, §7, eff. June 1, 1978.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.10. Tenth judicial district

RS 13:621.10 - Tenth judicial district
The tenth judicial district court shall have two judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 3, §1; Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.11. Eleventh judicial district

RS 13:621.11 - Eleventh judicial district
The eleventh judicial district court shall have one judge.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.13. Thirteenth judicial district

RS 13:621.13 - Thirteenth judicial district
The Thirteenth Judicial District Court shall have two judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 156, §1, eff. July 4, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 322, §1, eff. July 15, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.14. Fourteenth Judicial District

RS 13:621.14 - Fourteenth Judicial District
A. The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Three judges shall be elected from each of the election sections created pursuant to R.S. 13:477(14) as follows:
(1) Divisions F, H, and J shall be elected from election section one.
(2) Divisions C, D, and G shall be elected from election section two.
(3) Divisions A, B, and E shall be elected from election section three.
B.(1) There is hereby created a new judgeship effective January 1, 2021, to be elected at the congressional election in 2020. This judge and his successors shall preside over Division J, which is hereby created for purposes of nomination, election, and subject matter. The subject matter jurisdiction of Division J is limited, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family and juvenile matters as provided by law.
(2) For purposes of this Subsection, "family and juvenile matters" shall include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book III of the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, adoptions arising under the Civil Code and the Children's Code, actions involving protection from family violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., actions for enforcement, collection of support, and paternity pursuant to R.S. 46:236.5, and all actions arising under or incidental to the Children's Code; together with all related incidental actions, including but not limited to contempt, civil warrants, writs of habeas corpus, change of name, prenuptial or separate property agreements, interspousal donations, lesion, and challenges to consent judgments.
(3) The judgeship comprising Division I shall be abolished effective midnight, December 31, 2020. All cases assigned to Division I shall be assigned to the newly created Division J. No election to fill Division I shall be held to fill such judgeship at the 2020 congressional election or at any election held after June 9, 2020.
C. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:587, the judges elected to serve in the judgeships designated as Divisions A and C shall continue to exercise jurisdiction over family and juvenile matters, subject to the provisions of that Section.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 3, §1; Acts 1967, No. 40, §1; Acts 1975, No. 332, §1; Acts 1980, No. 322, §3, eff. July 15, 1980; Acts 1999, No. 403, §1; Acts 2020, No. 126, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.15. Fifteenth judicial district

RS 13:621.15 - Fifteenth judicial district
The Fifteenth Judicial District shall have thirteen judges.
Acts 1952, No. 161, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1966, No. 2, §1; Acts 1970, No. 360, §1; Acts 1976, No. 43, §1, eff. June 22, 1976; Acts 1978, No. 39, §11, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 322, §5, eff. July 15, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 21, §2(a), eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 226, §1(A), eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 99, §1, eff. May 5, 1998.
NOTE: See Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 99, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.16. Sixteenth judicial district

RS 13:621.16 - Sixteenth judicial district
The sixteenth judicial district court shall have eight judges. Two judges shall be elected from election section one and six judges shall be elected from election section two.
Acts 1984, No. 56, §3(A), eff. June 8, 1984; Acts 1993, No. 214, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.17. Seventeenth judicial district

RS 13:621.17 - Seventeenth judicial district
The Seventeenth Judicial District Court shall have five judges.
Acts 1950, No. 383, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1962, No. 460, §1; Acts 1967, No. 35, §1; Acts 1968, No. 307, §1; Acts 1970, No. 124, §1; Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1976, No. 46, §8, eff. June 30, 1976; Acts 1978, No. 215, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Acts 2001, No. 217, §1, eff. June 1, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.18. Eighteenth judicial district

RS 13:621.18 - Eighteenth judicial district
The eighteenth judicial district court shall have four judges.
Acts 1953, Ex. Sess., No. 9, §§1 to 3. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1968, No. 86, §1; Acts 1982, No. 21, §3(a), eff. July 9, 1982.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.19. Nineteenth Judicial District

RS 13:621.19 - Nineteenth Judicial District
The Nineteenth Judicial District Court shall have fifteen judges. Five judges shall be elected from election section one, five judges shall be elected from election section two, and five judges shall be elected from election section three.
Acts 1950, No. 149, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1962, No. 1, §1; Acts 1965, No. 3, §1; Acts 1966, No. 2, §1; Acts 1970, No. 216, §1; Acts 1972, No. 5, §§1, 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1972, at 4 P.M.; Acts 1976, No. 46, §10, eff. June 30, 1976; Acts 1978, No. 39, §13, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 2001, No. 198, §1, eff. May 31, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.20. Twentieth Judicial District

RS 13:621.20 - Twentieth Judicial District
The Twentieth Judicial District shall have two judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 34, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.23. Twenty-third Judicial District

RS 13:621.23 - Twenty-third Judicial District
The Twenty-third Judicial District Court shall have five judges. One judge shall be elected from election section one, and four judges shall be elected from election section two.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 391, §1; Acts 1968, No. 464, §1; Acts 1982, No. 21, §4(a), eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 1992, No. 1069, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 780, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.24. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District

RS 13:621.24 - Twenty-Fourth Judicial District
The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District shall have sixteen judges. Four judges, Divisions E, J, M, and O, shall be elected from election section one; nine judges, Divisions A, B, D, F, H, I, K, L, and N, shall be elected from election section two; and three judges, Divisions C, G, and P, shall be elected from election section three.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1; Acts 1960, No. 10, §1; Acts 1964, No. 2, §1; Acts 1965, No. 3, §1; Acts 1968, No. 78, §1; Acts 1972, No. 5, §1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1972, at 4 P.M.; Acts 1974, No. 503, §2, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974; Acts 1977, No. 620, §8, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 39, §17, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 568, §3(a), eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1990, No. 8, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2012, No. 457, §1, eff. June 1, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.24.1. Separate environmental docket of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court

RS 13:621.24.1 - Separate environmental docket of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court
A separate environmental docket of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court is established and shall be heard by Division "J" of the court, into which the public authority, as defined in R.S. 33:1373(B)(6), or other party may request allotment or transfer of cases brought pursuant to R.S. 33:1373.
Acts 2007, No. 277, §1, eff. July 6, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.24.2. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; Online Judge Pilot Program

RS 13:621.24.2 - Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; Online Judge Pilot Program
A. In an effort to improve access to justice and create a more efficient and effective justice system, the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court, by rule adopted by a majority of the judges sitting en banc, may establish the Online Judge Pilot Program. Each division of court, now in existence or subsequently created, is authorized to establish a process to handle any preliminary matter exclusively online.
B. Pursuant to the inherent judicial power of the court, the court may order the parties to any civil case to participate in the program. Any party who wishes to opt out of the program shall file a written motion to opt out within ten days after service of the order, which may be granted ex parte. If no party opts out, all parties shall participate in the program unless a party has been exempted by the court due to an undue hardship. An undue hardship exists when a party cannot access the online system or participate in the program without substantial difficulty or expense as determined by the court.
C. In an effort to expedite litigation, oral arguments shall be waived and all motions and exceptions shall be referred to the program, unless the court determines that oral arguments or witness testimony is necessary. Written argument may take place through the program in an asynchronous manner within a time frame specified by the court. The court may also designate a character limit depending upon the complexity of the issue. The court may consider only those documents filed in support of or in opposition to the subject motion and shall consider any documents to which no objection is made. Any objection to a document shall be raised in a timely filed opposition or reply memorandum. The court shall consider all objections prior to rendering judgment. The court shall specifically state in writing which documents, if any, it held to be inadmissible or declined to consider. The parties may present and offer additional evidence if oral arguments are permitted or witness testimony is necessary.
D. All messages related to a hearing held through the program shall be considered part of the court record and may be used for any purpose after having been certified by the court reporter. Any issue discussed through the program during the pretrial conference may not be used as evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
E. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every pleading subsequent to the original petition, including a pleading or order that sets a court date, shall be served by transmitting an electronic copy to all parties through the program established by the court.
F. This Section shall be null and void on and after August 1, 2025.
Acts 2021, No. 409, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.25. Twenty-fifth judicial district

RS 13:621.25 - Twenty-fifth judicial district
The twenty-fifth judicial court district shall have four judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1960, No. 4, §1; Acts 1964, No. 314, §2; Acts 1970, No. 60, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE SECTION 3 OF ACT 13, 1975 R.S. REGARDING THE CURRENT NUMBER OF JUDGES IN THE 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.26. Twenty-Sixth Judicial District

RS 13:621.26 - Twenty-Sixth Judicial District
The Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court shall have six judges.
Acts 1989, No. 174, §1, eff. June 22, 1989; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 61, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.27. Twenty-seventh judicial district

RS 13:621.27 - Twenty-seventh judicial district
The Twenty-seventh Judicial District Court shall have four judges. One judge, Division C, shall be elected from election district one, one judge, Division A, shall be elected from election district two, one judge, Division D, shall be elected from election district three, and one judge, Division B, shall be elected from election district four.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 11, §1; Acts 1971, No. 158, §1; Acts 1982, No. 21, §5(a), eff. July 9, 1982; Acts 1992, No. 1069, §1, eff. July 14, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.29. Twenty-Ninth Judicial District

RS 13:621.29 - Twenty-Ninth Judicial District
The Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court shall have three judges.
Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 34, §1; Acts 1970, No. 94, §1; Acts 1978, No. 39, §19, eff. June 1, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 568, §5(a), eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 21, §6(b), eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.30. Thirtieth Judicial District

RS 13:621.30 - Thirtieth Judicial District
The thirtieth judicial district court shall have three judges.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1976, No. 46, §14, eff. June 30, 1976; Acts 1977, No. 164, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 2001, No. 25, §1, eff. May 24, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.32. Thirty-Second Judicial District

RS 13:621.32 - Thirty-Second Judicial District
The Thirty-Second Judicial District Court shall have five judges.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 307. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 124, §1; Acts 1972, No. 11, §1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1972, at 4:30 P.M.; Acts 1974, No. 84, §1, emerg. eff. July 9, 1974, at 10:25 A.M.; Acts 1974, No. 515, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974; Acts 1979, No. 516, §1, eff. July 17, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 519, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.33. Thirty-third judicial district

RS 13:621.33 - Thirty-third judicial district
The thirty-third judicial district court shall have two judges.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 694; Acts 2001, No. 240, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.34. Thirty-fourth Judicial District

RS 13:621.34 - Thirty-fourth Judicial District
The Thirty-fourth Judicial District Court shall have five judges.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 620, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1989, No. 611, §2(A); Acts 1999, No. 489, §1, eff. June 21, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.36. Thirty-Sixth judicial district

RS 13:621.36 - Thirty-Sixth judicial district
The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District Court shall have two judges.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 164, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 56, §1, eff. May 8, 1996.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.38. Thirty-Eighth judicial district

RS 13:621.38 - Thirty-Eighth judicial district
The Thirty-Eighth Judicial District Court shall have one judge.
Added by Acts 1978. No. 14, §2, eff. March 1, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 39, §22, eff. March 1, 1979.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.41. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 399, §2 (Subsection J) and Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

RS 13:621.41 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 399, §2 (Subsection J) and Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.42.1. Redesignated as R.S. 13:1141 by Acts 2012, No. 474, §6.

RS 13:621.42.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 13:1141 by Acts 2012, No. 474, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:621.47. Transfer of cases

RS 13:621.47 - Transfer of cases
A. On January 1, 2009, all pending cases filed in the Eleventh Judicial District Court arising out of DeSoto Parish are hereby transferred to the Forty-Second Judicial District Court for further proceedings in accordance with law. A judge of the Eleventh Judicial District Court or a judge of the Forty-Second Judicial District Court on his own motion, or upon motion by the district attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District Court or by the district attorney of the Forty-Second Judicial District Court or by the attorney of the defendant in criminal cases or by any attorney representing clients in cases before the Eleventh Judicial District Court, may have such cases transferred from the Eleventh Judicial District Court upon the signing of the order to transfer by a judge of either district to the Forty-Second Judicial District Court. Upon the signing of such an order, the clerk of the Eleventh Judicial District Court or the clerk of the Forty-Second Judicial District Court shall effect delivery of the record to the clerk of the Forty-Second Judicial District Court, who shall receipt the same and properly file it in his office. The Forty-Second Judicial District Court shall hear and dispose of all cases lawfully and properly before the court with the same legal effect as if they had been instituted in that court in the first instance.
B. With respect to cases and jurisdiction transferred according to this Section, the sheriff for the parish of DeSoto is vested with the power and authority to serve all notices, subpoenas, papers, writs, and orders and to make proper return thereto to the Forty-Second Judicial District Court.
Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:691. Annual salaries of district judges; certain civil district court judges; certain criminal district court judges; and certain juvenile and family court judges

RS 13:691 - Annual salaries of district judges; certain civil district court judges; certain criminal district court judges; and certain juvenile and family court judges
A. The annual salary of each of the several district judges of judicial districts, including the civil district court judges and the criminal district court judges of the parish of Orleans; the magistrate of the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans; the judges of the juvenile court of the parish of Orleans, the parish of Caddo, the parish of East Baton Rouge, and the parish of Jefferson; and the judges of the family court of East Baton Rouge Parish, shall be in the amount provided in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:42 et seq., as determined by recommendation of the Judicial Compensation Commission and approved by the legislature, and payable monthly upon the warrant of the judge.
B. No judge whose salary is provided for herein shall receive for his services as a judge, directly or indirectly, any additional salary, compensation, emolument, or benefit from the state or any of its political subdivisions except:
(1) Retirement benefits.
(2) Reimbursement of those expenses provided for and authorized by R.S. 13:694, 13:698, and 13:1341.2.
(3) Payment of premiums for health, medical, dental, and hospitalization insurance programs contributions to which shall be at the same rate as those paid by other state employees.
(4) Educational grants.
(5) Reimbursement for lease payments and expenses of no more than six hundred dollars per month incurred for vehicles used for official purposes in multiparish jurisdictions, provided that any such vehicles shall be leased in accordance with the provisions for public bid.
C. Nothing in Subsection B of this Section shall require the state or any local political subdivision to expend any additional funds for payment of benefits, expenses, premiums, grants, or other items provided therein.
Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 271, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1999, No. 488, §1, eff. June 21, 1999; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 428, §1; Acts 2012, No. 474, §§2 and 5(A).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:694. District judges and judges of the courts of appeal to be reimbursed traveling and hotel expenses

RS 13:694 - District judges and judges of the courts of appeal to be reimbursed traveling and hotel expenses
District judges and judges of the courts of appeal shall be reimbursed actual traveling and hotel expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. The supreme court, by rule, shall define the conditions under which such allowances will be granted. No allowance shall be granted for round trips of less than ten miles from the judge's bona fide residence to the place or places where he performs the official duties of his office.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 35, §1; Acts 1972, No. 401, §1; Acts 1974, No. 536, §1; Acts 1975, No. 743, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 315, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:695. Traveling and hotel expenses to be paid from the state general fund

RS 13:695 - Traveling and hotel expenses to be paid from the state general fund
Prior to the payment of all or any part of the expenses for which reimbursement is provided in R.S. 13:694, each judge shall file a written itemized statement of his actual traveling and hotel expenses with the judicial administrator. The allowance payable to the judge shall be equivalent to those expenses which have been actually incurred and which have been approved by the judicial administrator, and shall be payable monthly from the state general fund, on each judge's own warrant. The warrant shall be accompanied by the judicial administrator's written certification approving such expenses.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 35, §1; Acts 1975, No. 743, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:698. Judges to be reimbursed office expenses

RS 13:698 - Judges to be reimbursed office expenses
District judges and the judge or judges of the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge and the judge or judges of the juvenile court of East Baton Rouge, of the juvenile court for Caddo Parish, the juvenile court for the parish of Jefferson, and the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be reimbursed actual expenses of the salaries of stenographers, clerks, law books, legal periodicals, stationery, telephone, and like expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. Such expenses shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for any judge in any one year.
Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:698.1. Reimbursement for traveling and hotel expenses and office expenses that exceed the maximum set for reimbursement

RS 13:698.1 - Reimbursement for traveling and hotel expenses and office expenses that exceed the maximum set for reimbursement
A. A district judge who incurs traveling or hotel expenses in excess of the limits established in R.S. 13:694 may claim reimbursement for such excess expense from the expense fund authorized to him by R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2.
B. A district judge who incurs office expenses in excess of the limits established in R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2 may claim reimbursement for such excess expense from the expense fund authorized to him by R.S. 13:694.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 314, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:699. Expenses paid

RS 13:699 - Expenses paid
A. Prior to the payment of all or any part of the expenses for which reimbursement is provided in or authorized by R.S. 13:698 or R.S. 13:1341.2, each judge shall file a written itemized statement of his actual office or other expenses with the judicial administrator. The allowance payable to the judge shall be equivalent to those expenses which have been actually incurred by such judge in the discharge of his duties and which have been approved by the judicial administrator.
B. The expenses authorized by R.S. 13:698 and R.S. 13:1341.2 shall be payable monthly from the state general fund on each judge's own warrant. The warrant shall be accompanied by the judicial administrator's written certification approving such expenses.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 743, §3, eff. Aug. 1, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:700. Fourth Judicial District; law clerks

RS 13:700 - Fourth Judicial District; law clerks
Each judge of the Fourth Judicial District is hereby authorized to employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerk may assign. The salary of each such law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 575, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:700.1. First Judicial District, law clerks

RS 13:700.1 - First Judicial District, law clerks
Each judge of the First Judicial District Court may employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerk may assign. The salary of each such law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the senior judge.
Acts 1984, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:700.2. Sixth Judicial District; law clerks

RS 13:700.2 - Sixth Judicial District; law clerks
Each judge of the Sixth Judicial District may employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerk may assign. The salary of each such law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge.
Acts 1984, No. 144, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:700.3. Eleventh Judicial District; Sabine Parish; law clerk

RS 13:700.3 - Eleventh Judicial District; Sabine Parish; law clerk
Each judge in Sabine Parish for the Eleventh Judicial District may employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judges may assign. The salary of the law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge, the cost thereof to be paid from the criminal court fund.
Acts 1985, No. 820, §1; Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:700.4. Forty-Second Judicial District; DeSoto Parish; law clerk

RS 13:700.4 - Forty-Second Judicial District; DeSoto Parish; law clerk
Each judge in DeSoto Parish for the Forty-Second Judicial District may employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as a judge may assign. The salary of the law clerk shall be fixed and paid on the warrant of the employing judge, the cost thereof to be paid from the criminal court fund.
Acts 2007, No. 416, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:711. Nineteenth Judicial District Court; commissioners

RS 13:711 - Nineteenth Judicial District Court; commissioners
A. The offices of commissioner of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court are hereby created. Four commissioners shall be appointed in the judicial district, such offices to be designated as Section A, Section B, Section C, and Section D, respectively.
B. Each such commissioner shall be selected by a majority of the duly elected judges of the Nineteenth Judicial District. A commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the court and may be removed from office by a majority of the elected judges of the district. Additionally, any commissioner shall be subject to removal from office for any reason for which a district judge may be removed.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 62, §1, eff. June 22, 1979; Acts 2023, No. 229, §1.
NOTE: Subpart heading changes to "SUBPART D. MAGISTRATES AND COMMISSIONERS" on Jan. 1, 2009. See Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:714. Fifteenth Judicial District Court; commissioner

RS 13:714 - Fifteenth Judicial District Court; commissioner
A. The office of commissioner of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court is hereby created.
B. The commissioner shall be selected by a majority of the duly elected judges of the district sitting en banc. The commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the court and may be removed from office by a majority of the elected judges of the district. Additionally, the commissioner shall be subject to removal from office for any reason for which a district judge may be removed.
Acts 1984, No. 713, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:715. Commissioner; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; quarters; supplies; equipment and employees

RS 13:715 - Commissioner; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; quarters; supplies; equipment and employees
A. The commissioner shall possess the same qualifications for office as the qualifications of a district judge. However, there shall be no requirement of prior residency within the state or district as a prerequisite to office.
B. The salary of the commissioner, in addition to any supplements or emoluments provided by law, shall be ninety percent of the state-funded portion of the salary paid to a district judge per annum, such salary and related benefits to be payable in the same manner and from the same sources as the salary and benefits of a district judge. The commissioner shall be a member of the State Employees' Retirement System.
C. The commissioner shall not engage in the practice of law and may not engage in any other business, occupation, or employment inconsistent with the expeditious, proper, and impartial performance of his duties as a judicial officer. Any question regarding the propriety of other business, occupation, or employment by the commissioner shall be determined by a majority of the elected judges of the district court.
D. Quarters necessary for the conduct of the office of commissioner shall be provided by the governing authorities of the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion, or otherwise provided from funds available to the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court.
E. Equipment, supplies, the salaries and related benefits of employees of the office of commissioner, and the commissioner's expenses as provided for district judges by R.S. 13:694 through 699 inclusive shall be payable by the state or out of funds available to the judges of the Fifteenth Judicial District Court. Funds for such purpose shall be appropriated to the judicial administrator for the Supreme Court of Louisiana. All employees of the office of commissioner shall be hired only upon the prior approval of employment by the elected judges of the court pursuant to adopted rules or the specific order of the court, shall be in the unclassified service of the state, and shall be members of the State Employees' Retirement System.
Acts 1984, No. 713, §1; Acts 1985, No. 278, §1; Acts 1990, No. 271, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 442, §1; Acts 2001, No. 428, §1.
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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:719. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.

RS 13:719 - Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:720. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.

RS 13:720 - Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:750. Liability of the clerk of court; limitations

RS 13:750 - Liability of the clerk of court; limitations
A. Unless the law relieves him of such, the clerk of court in his official capacity as clerk of the court, ex officio recorder of mortgages and conveyances, or in any other capacity in which he may act, is liable for any damage or loss caused by his failure to properly perform the duties and obligations of the clerk while acting in such capacity or that is caused by the fault of a clerk, his deputies, or the employees of his office arising out of the performance of their duties.
B. The liability of a clerk in his official capacity for the obligations of his office terminates when he ceases to hold office and his successor is appointed, who shall then succeed in his official capacity to all of the obligations of the preceding holder of the office incurred in his official capacity.
C. All claims against the clerk in his official capacity are extinguished four years after the act or occurrence first giving rise to the claim whether or not the basis for the liability is a continuing one. The prescription commences to run from the day the claimant acquires, or should have acquired, knowledge of the act or occurrence first giving rise to the claim.
Acts 2004, No. 769, §1.