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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:996.53. Judicial expense fund for Thirteenth Judicial District established

RS 13:996.53 - Judicial expense fund for Thirteenth Judicial District established
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, Article 5181 et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Thirteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined but which shall not exceed five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Thirteenth Judicial District Court. The judges of the district, en banc, shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. They shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
C. A majority of the judges, en banc, may appoint such law clerks, secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business and function of the court, may fix and pay all or any part of the expenses and salaries of such personnel out of the monies in the judicial expense fund, and may utilize the monies in the fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing and maintaining a law library for the court and to buy and maintain any type of equipment, supplies, or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court.
D. In general, the judicial expense fund is established and may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the court or the offices of the individual judges and is supplemental and in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies provided, authorized, or established by law for any such purposes. However, no salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund to any of the judges of the district.
Acts 1991, No. 932, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:996.61. Interest accrued; deposit into judicial expense fund

RS 13:996.61 - Interest accrued; deposit into judicial expense fund
In any judicial district court which has a judicial expense fund account, the court may deposit into the judicial expense fund account all interest earned on money deposited in other accounts that are in the name of or belonging to that district court, excluding the criminal court fund. The interest deposited into the judicial expense fund account shall be expended as authorized by law for expenditure of the judicial expense fund and shall be included in the annual audit of the judicial expense fund account. The interest accrued funds provided for in this Section shall not be used for salaries.
Acts 2003, No. 1039, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:997. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 159, §1, eff. June 9, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 244, §1.

RS 13:997 - Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 159, §1, eff. June 9, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 244, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:999. Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition

RS 13:999 - Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty of a crime or traffic offense, or who forfeits his bond, a sum of fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be collected by the respective sheriffs in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary.
B. Each respective sheriff shall distribute all sums collected or received under this Section to each of their respective parishes to be deposited in a separate judicial account. The accounts shall be designated as the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of Iberia, the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Martin, and the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Mary, respectively.
C. The governing authorities of the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary shall use all sums collected to defray the operational expenses of the district court and its related agencies in each of their respective parishes.
Acts 1995, No. 523, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000. Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters

RS 13:1000 - Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters
A. The judges of the district courts and family courts, including the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, by court rule may establish a legal assistance program to provide fiscal support for qualified pro bono projects of local bar associations in their districts and for legal services programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation and by the state's protection and advocacy system for persons with disabilities. For purposes of this Section, a qualified pro bono project means a program or project that is designed to provide free legal services for the poor in civil and family matters and that is qualified as a nonprofit organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A court electing to establish a legal assistance program shall provide by rule the means to assure that persons served by a qualified pro bono project, legal services program or the state's protection and advocacy system for persons with disabilities are determined to be financially unable to afford the services of legal counsel, either in advance or as costs of such services might accrue.
B. In parishes in a judicial district in which the judges of the district court or family court have elected to establish a legal assistance program, the clerk of court, including the clerk of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, shall add to the initial cost of docketing each civil suit, including succession, family, and tutorship proceedings, an amount not to exceed ten dollars. The court by rule shall designate an account for the deposit of such funds.
C. The court shall apportion the funds collected pursuant to Subsection B of this Section among the qualified pro bono projects in the district on an annual basis. The apportionment shall be based upon an application process that assures that each qualified pro bono project in a district receives a percentage of the funds approximating the percentage of legal services provided by that project out of the total legal services provided by all qualified pro bono projects in the district. The court shall provide by rule for the submission by officials of each recipient of such reports and audits as the court deems necessary.
D. The clerk of each court shall retain five percent of all fees collected pursuant to this Section to be used to offset expenses incurred in collection and administration of these funds.
Acts 1997, No. 1093, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1086, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.1. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs

RS 13:1000.1 - Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs
A. In Rapides Parish, in all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the district court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond the sum of five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account, to be expended on order of the judges of the district, en banc, for the support of court-appointed special advocate (CASA) programs in the district. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Acts 1997, No. 854, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.2. Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee

RS 13:1000.2 - Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee
A. The Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court or the clerk of court of Jefferson Parish may collect a filing fee whenever the district attorney's office brings a suit before the district court to collect and process 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 court judges 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) Ten dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money does not exceed ten dollars.
(2) Twenty dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than ten dollars but does not exceed one hundred dollars.
(3) Sixty 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 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 fifty dollars, 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 the general fund of Jefferson Parish.
Acts 1999, No. 105, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.3. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs

RS 13:1000.3 - Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs
A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Fourteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of five dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the sheriff of Calcasieu Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The sheriff shall place all sums collected or received under this Section into an account and remit the sum monthly to the Family and Youth Counseling Agency for the support of the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) and the children's advocacy center (CAC) programs in the judicial district. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Acts 1999, No. 265, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.4. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA program

RS 13:1000.4 - Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA program
A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of five dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The sheriff shall transfer all sums collected or received under this Section to the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program in the judicial district to be expended on order of the judges of the district, en banc. CASA shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Acts 1999, No. 502, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.5. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and FINS programs

RS 13:1000.5 - Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and FINS programs
A. In all criminal cases, excluding Title 32 traffic offenses, of which the Twenty-second Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond the sum of five dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted by the sheriff of the respective parish to the Twenty-second Judicial District Court for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section into an account, to be expended on order of the judges of the district, en banc, for the support of the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) and Families in Need of Services (FINS) programs in the judicial district. The court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Acts 1999, No. 502, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.6. Nineteenth Judicial District Court, drug division; additional fees for treatment programs

RS 13:1000.6 - Nineteenth Judicial District Court, drug division; additional fees for treatment programs
A. In all criminal cases of which the drug division of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there may be assessed as an additional fee against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond a sum in an amount not to exceed what is necessary to pay for the cost of or part of the cost of the defendant's participation in a treatment program as defined in R.S. 13:5303(9).
B. A judge of the drug division shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Acts 2003, No. 1213, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.7. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 644, §5, eff. Aug. 1, 2021.

RS 13:1000.7 - Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 644, §5, eff. Aug. 1, 2021.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.11. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations

RS 13:1000.11 - Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any fines, forfeitures, costs, or penalties, a judge in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court with a specialized alcohol division as defined in this Section may assess the following additional costs to any person convicted of the following offenses:
(1) One hundred dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:98 or 98.1, prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
(2) One hundred dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:99, or any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
(3) Fifty dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:92, 93.11, 93.12, or 333, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the purchase or public possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under the age of twenty-one years old.
(4) Twenty-five dollars for a violation of R.S. 14:91.7, 103, or 107, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting public drinking, public possession of alcohol, or appearing in an intoxicated condition in public.
(5) Twenty-five dollars for a violation of R.S. 32:300, or of any municipal or parochial ordinance prohibiting the possession of open alcoholic beverage containers in vehicles.
(6) Twenty-five dollars for all other convictions of a felony, misdemeanor, or any municipal or parochial ordinance, including a traffic felony, misdemeanor, or a local traffic violation where the use of alcohol was a factor in the commission of the crime.
B. For purposes of this Section, a district court with a specialized alcohol division is defined as a district court that designates by court rule a division or section of the court which has subject matter jurisdiction for alcohol-related offenses, including but not limited to driving while intoxicated, and is also certified or approved by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the Louisiana Supreme Court.
C. Any district court with a specialized alcohol division or section shall establish a fund to deposit all fees collected pursuant to this Section. All funds collected shall be used solely for the purposes of funding the approved alcohol or driving while intoxicated division or section and any treatment programs and administrative expenses associated with the program.
D. In the event that an individual is unable to pay the cost when assessed, the court may allow payment to be deferred within a certain time frame, based on the person's ability to pay the costs.
Acts 2014, No. 669, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.12. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee; Domestic Commissioner's Fund

RS 13:1000.12 - Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee; Domestic Commissioner's Fund
A. The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court may assess a one-time fee not to exceed fifty dollars in all domestic filings. The collected fees shall be deposited into the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court's Domestic Commissioner's Fund and used solely to defray the costs associated with the Domestic Early Intervention Triage Program. The amount of the fee imposed or any increase in the fee shall be approved by the judges sitting en banc and shall be in addition to all other fines or costs lawfully imposed.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in cases in which the Department of Children and Family Services is providing support enforcement services.
Acts 2015, No. 91, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1000.13. Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees

RS 13:1000.13 - Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees
A. The Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court may levy and impose a warrant recall fee not to exceed fifty dollars on all persons who fail to appear as ordered on all felony offenses, misdemeanor offenses, and traffic offenses where a warrant for arrest is issued. This fee shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section in a separate account. All monies in this account shall be used solely for the purpose of defraying the expenses associated with recalling warrants and for the operational expenses of the court.
C. No more than four warrant recall fees shall be imposed by each judge against any person pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
D. In the event that an individual is unable to pay the cost when assessed, the court may allow payment to be deferred within a certain time frame, based on the person's ability to pay the costs.
Acts 2015, No. 197, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1001. Cross-references

RS 13:1001 - Cross-references
The following provisions shall apply to all district judges of Orleans Parish: R.S. 13:10.2, R.S. 13:581, 13:582, 13:693, 13:696, and 13:697.
Acts 1984, No. 538, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1031. Bonds

RS 13:1031 - Bonds
The clerks of the civil and criminal district courts shall give bond before they enter upon the discharge of the duties of their office. The clerk of the criminal district court in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and the clerk of the civil district court shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, each with at least two solvent sureties, in favor of the governor of the state of Louisiana, for the faithful discharge of their official duties.
Acts 1999, No. 243, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1032. Sureties

RS 13:1032 - Sureties
The sureties on the clerk's bond shall be residents of the state of Louisiana. Prior to being accepted as surety, they shall make an oath in writing upon the bond before the judge of the court receiving the bond. The oath shall state that after their debts and liabilities have been paid, they are worth the amount of the bond in unencumbered immovable property liable to seizure within the parish of Orleans or the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1999, No. 243, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1033. Approval; recordation

RS 13:1033 - Approval; recordation
The bond of the clerk of the civil district court shall be examined by a majority of the judges of the court and approved by them, if they deem it good and sufficient, and the bond of the clerk of the criminal district court shall be examined by the two judges of that court and approved by them, if they deem it good and sufficient. These bonds shall be copied in full on the minutes of the respective courts, and then shall be transmitted to and deposited and recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages for the parish of Orleans, and recorded in the mortgage records of the several parishes of the state wherein the clerks own immovables. They shall operate as a mortgage from the date of the registry upon the immovables of the principal obligor therein, in favor of the state, parish and all persons in interest. Before the clerks shall commence the discharge of their duties or be recognized they shall make affidavit before their respective courts, and have the same recorded in the minutes, that they have caused their official bonds to be recorded as provided in this act. A certified copy of the bonds, with a certificate of registry, shall be forwarded to the auditor of public accounts.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1137. Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction

RS 13:1137 - Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction
A. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans has the same civil jurisdiction as the district courts throughout the state, except as otherwise provided by law.
B. The court has appellate jurisdiction over all cases tried in the city courts of New Orleans where the amount in dispute, value of the movable property involved, or fund to be distributed does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest. These appeals shall be tried de novo by a single judge, and without a jury; however, the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans may provide by rule that no evidence shall be admitted on the trial de novo which was not offered in the city court unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the party offering it such evidence could not have been produced at the trial in the city court.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 62, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1138. Domestic Relations Divisions

RS 13:1138 - Domestic Relations Divisions
A. The judges of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans who are in office on July 1, 1979, shall create the Domestic Relations Section of that court, by rule of court adopted on or before December 1, 1979, by the judges sitting en banc. The rule shall designate not less than two incumbent judges who shall be assigned to the Domestic Relations Section in accordance with the rules of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. The Domestic Relations Section shall be assigned all cases involving domestic relations problems as defined in this Section.
B.(1) The first two judgeships becoming vacant by death, resignation, retirement, or removal on or after August 15, 2011, shall be abolished and two new judgeships shall be created and limited, pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to family matters as provided by law, including the domestic relations matters provided for in Subsection C of this Section. In addition to such family and domestic relations matters, the judges provided for in this Subsection may serve as a duty judge and shall have the same authority as other judges of the court serving in the same capacity as a duty judge.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Divisions B and E unless there is a vacancy in one or both of those divisions on or after February 1, 2012.
(3) Upon creation of the judgeships provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, those judgeships shall be designated as Domestic Sections 1 and 2.
C.(1) Domestic relations matters shall include:
(a) Actions for divorce, annulment of marriage, establishment or disavowal of paternity of children, alimony, support of children, custody by habeas corpus or otherwise, visitation rights, and all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings.
(b) The issuance, modification, or dissolution of conservatory writs for the protection of community property.
(c) The issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments for alimony, child support, and attorney fees, partition proceedings following divorce judgments, and suits for separation of property.
(2) For the purposes of this Subsection, family or domestic relations matters shall not include tutorship proceedings.
D. The provisions of this Section shall apply to the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans and shall supersede to the extent of conflict with any other provision of law.
Acts 1979, No. 460, §2, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 976, §2; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §1, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2015, No. 180, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1139. Transfer of cases

RS 13:1139 - Transfer of cases
It is the express intent of this Section that the jurisdiction conferred by law, particularly the Children's Code, upon Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the same as it was prior to the enactment of Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and shall remain unchanged, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code. The court shall continue to be known as Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, notwithstanding its change of name effected by Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and the subsequent repeal of the provisions of that Act shall not be construed or interpreted to change its jurisdiction, its powers, its duties, its various departments or its personnel, except as herein set forth and provided.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 460, §3, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1991, No. 976, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §§2, 3, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2021, No. 158, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1140. Jurisdiction of civil district court for the parish of Orleans

RS 13:1140 - Jurisdiction of civil district court for the parish of Orleans
A. Pursuant to the authority vested by Sections 16, 18 and 32 of Article V of the Constitution, the civil district court for the parish of Orleans is hereby vested with jurisdiction of certain cases previously under the jurisdiction of the Orleans Parish Family Court, it being the intent of this Section that all facets and cases involving domestic relation problems hereafter shall be filed and heard before a single court, namely, the civil district court for the parish of Orleans which court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over all cases involving domestic relations problems, more specifically the following, to wit:
(1) Actions for divorce, annulment of marriage, establishment or disavowal of paternity of children, alimony, support of children, custody by habeas corpus or otherwise, visitation rights, and all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings.
(2) The issuance, modification, or dissolution of conservatory writs for the protection of community property.
(3) Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 976, §2.
B. The civil district court for the parish of Orleans shall continue to retain jurisdiction with respect to the issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments for alimony, child support, and attorney fees. The civil district court likewise shall retain jurisdiction over tutorships, partition proceedings following divorce judgments, and suits for separation of property.
C. With respect to cases and jurisdiction transferred herein, the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans is hereby vested with the power and authority to serve all notices, subpoenas, papers, and writs and to make proper return thereto to the civil district court for the parish of Orleans.
D. The said civil district court shall have all other jurisdiction it had prior to the adoption of Act 620 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of 1976.
Acts 1979, No. 460, §4, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 976, §2; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1140.1. Separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or successor court

RS 13:1140.1 - Separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or successor court
A separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, or the successor to such court, is established 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 2008, No. 736, §1, eff. July 3, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1143. Compensation of retired judge

RS 13:1143 - Compensation of retired judge
When a judge of the civil district court retires as authorized by the constitution, he shall receive from the city of New Orleans and from the judicial expense fund two-thirds of the remuneration which he was receiving from these sources immediately prior to his retirement.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1144. Provision in budget

RS 13:1144 - Provision in budget
The city of New Orleans shall provide in its budget a sum sufficient for the payment of the remuneration to retired judges of the civil district court. This sum shall be payable to the retired judge monthly upon his own warrant.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1145. Assignment of cases

RS 13:1145 - Assignment of cases
All cases, after being filed in the civil district court shall be assigned or allotted, and from time to time may be reassigned or reallotted, among the judges thereof, in accordance with rules adopted by the court.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1146. Judgments homologating accounts; absence or disability of judge to whom allotted

RS 13:1146 - Judgments homologating accounts; absence or disability of judge to whom allotted
Judgments of the civil district court homologating accounts, which have been duly advertised, and in other cases as may be designated by rules of the court, may be rendered and signed either in term time or vacation by any judge, in the absence or disability of the judge to whom the case has been allotted.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1147. Rules; sitting en banc

RS 13:1147 - Rules; sitting en banc
The judges of the civil district court may adopt rules regulating the allotment, assignment and disposition of cases, and the proceedings in such trials, and may sit en banc for the purpose of testing the bonds and sureties of the clerk of the court, the recorder of mortgages, the register of conveyances, and the civil sheriff; for the trial and removal of the clerk and civil sheriff, or either of them, for the selection of jurors, and in other cases when the action of the court as a whole is required. When sitting en banc the judge who has been longest in continuous service in the court, and in his absence the judge longest in service of those present, shall preside; and when a certificate or authentication from the court is required such judge shall be authorized to sign the same as presiding judge. The court may, by its rules, grant the presiding judge further authority not in conflict with these provisions. In rendering judgments en banc, the court shall conform, as far as practicable to the rules and practice of the supreme court.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1171. REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 8, §3, EFF. JAN. 1, 1991.

RS 13:1171 - REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 8, §3, EFF. JAN. 1, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1211. Qualifications; duties; bond; collection of fees; deputies; minute clerks

RS 13:1211 - Qualifications; duties; bond; collection of fees; deputies; minute clerks
The qualifications and duties of the clerk of civil district court shall be as now fixed by law. He shall furnish bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which shall be examined by the court, and all testimony given in the examination shall be reduced to writing and filed of record in the court. He shall charge and collect the fees prescribed by the legislature until superseded by those fixed by the court. The clerk is authorized, with the approval of the judges of the civil district court, to appoint deputies and other assistants; and he may remove them at pleasure, or the court may remove them. Each judge of the civil district court shall appoint one minute clerk, who shall be sworn as deputy clerk, and shall receive a salary as the court en banc may fix. When directed by the court, a minute clerk shall administer the oath required by law of all witnesses and jurors.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 44, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff. when the clerk of the 41st JDC takes office; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1211.1. Clerk; election; term of office

RS 13:1211.1 - Clerk; election; term of office
There shall be one clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of Orleans Parish. He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the first Monday in May following election.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 63, §3. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 122, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff.when the clerk of the 41st JDC takes office; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1212.1. Expenses

RS 13:1212.1 - Expenses
NOTE: Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff. when the clerk of the 41st JDC takes office.
In addition to his salary, the clerk of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, shall receive a sum not to exceed ten percent of his annual salary as an expense allowance. This allowance shall be payable out of the judicial expense fund upon the warrant of the clerk of the civil district court.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 416, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff.when the clerk of the 41st JDC takes office.
NOTE: Acts 2006, No. 621, which created the 41st J.D.C., provided for an effective date of Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, extended the effective date to Dec. 31, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1213.1. Payment of costs in lump sum

RS 13:1213.1 - Payment of costs in lump sum
In lieu of the fees enumerated in R.S. 13:1213 or otherwise set by the judges of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, the judges of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans may authorize the clerk of the Civil District Court to demand and receive from plaintiffs and defendants a fee to cover the cost of all pleadings filed respectively by the plaintiff and by the defendant. Such fee shall be in an amount set by the judges of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, sitting en banc, and may vary according to the type of lawsuit filed. Different fees may be established for the plaintiff and for the defendant. Upon the filing of initial pleadings by the plaintiff, the clerk shall collect the fee from the plaintiff, and no further or additional fees shall be demanded by the clerk from the plaintiff upon the filing of subsequent pleadings by the plaintiff. Upon the filing of initial pleadings by the defendant, the clerk shall collect the fee from the defendant, and no further or additional fees shall be demanded by the clerk from the defendant upon the filing of subsequent pleadings by the defendant.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 606, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1213.2. Fees; clerk of the Civil District Court

RS 13:1213.2 - Fees; clerk of the Civil District Court
The clerk of the Civil District Court shall collect the fees and costs set forth in R.S. 13:1213.1, and any other applicable law, and shall deposit no less than fifty percent of the amounts collected in the Clerk's Salary Fund. Fifty percent shall be deposited in the judicial expense fund for the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans after deduction of statutorily mandated charges and fees. The clerk shall remit to the judicial expense fund of the Civil District Court fifty percent of such fees no later than the twenty-fifth day of the month following the preceding month's collection.
Acts 2012, No. 474, §2; Acts 2018, No. 326, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1214. Payment of cost; recovery from other party

RS 13:1214 - Payment of cost; recovery from other party
Either party in any cause requiring the official services of the clerk shall pay the costs therefor, and shall be entitled to recover the amount thereof from the other party, on the final termination of the cause, if the costs are decreed in his favor.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1215. Security for cost

RS 13:1215 - Security for cost
The defendant in any cause may require the plaintiff or party prosecuting the cause to give bond or other security, in such amount as may be fixed by the court, to secure the repayment on the final termination of the cause of all costs expended by the defendant therein. The order requiring such bond or security for costs shall issue ex-parte on the application of the party, without costs, and no further proceeding shall be had in the cause until such bond or security has been furnished. The court shall fix the delay within which such bond or security for costs shall be furnished, and the failure to furnish it, within such delay, shall operate a dismissal of the cause as in case of non-suit. In all cases the surety for costs shall be considered a party to the cause and shall be condemned for the amount of costs recoverable in solido with the party cast in the final judgment in the cause.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1221. Destruction of useless records

RS 13:1221 - Destruction of useless records
A. The clerk of court may upon consent of the majority of the judges and with authorization from the state archivist as provided in R.S. 44:411 destroy records of any of the following judicial proceedings when such records have been deemed by the majority of judges to have no further use or value: suits on open accounts, tort suits, worker's compensation suits, suits on unsecured notes, suits on promissory notes, and suits on chattel mortgages.
B. No cause of action shall exist against any clerk or judge for the destruction of such records in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 677, §1. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 2012, No. 101, §1, eff. May 11, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1222. Motor vehicles for the office of the clerk of the civil district court

RS 13:1222 - Motor vehicles for the office of the clerk of the civil district court
A. The clerk of the civil district court may purchase or lease three motor vehicles to be used for official office use only.
B. The clerk of the civil district court may purchase insurance for the motor vehicles authorized in Subsection A of this Section. The insurance shall be purchased from an insurance company which is licensed to do business under the laws of this state.
C. The clerk of the civil district court may use any funds which are lawfully available to him to purchase or lease the motor vehicles and to pay the insurance on the motor vehicles, as authorized in this Section.
Acts 2003, No. 627, §1; Acts 2010, No. 158, §1, eff. June 9, 2010.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1271. Judges to appoint court reporters

RS 13:1271 - Judges to appoint court reporters
Each judge of the civil district court may appoint a qualified stenographer to serve as court reporter in his division. All court reporters so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the judges appointing them and may be assigned to the various divisions of the court as the judges appointing them may direct. The judges of the civil district court, sitting en banc, may appoint additional qualified stenographers as they may deem necessary who shall serve at the pleasure of the court en banc and may be assigned to the various divisions of the court as the court en banc may direct.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 366, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:1272. Duties; salary

RS 13:1272 - Duties; salary
Each court reporter shall attend the sessions of the division to which he is assigned and, subject to the orders of the presiding judge of such division, shall take down stenographically the testimony offered therein, and such other matters as may be directed by the presiding judge of such division. Each court reporter shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the judges of the court, payable out of the judicial expense fund.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 366, §2; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).