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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.74. Salary of marshal

RS 13:2488.74 - Salary of marshal
The marshal of the city court shall receive annual salary of forty-eight hundred dollars, payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the town of Breaux Bridge and the police jury of St. Martin Parish. The town of Breaux Bridge and the police jury of St. Martin Parish, or either of them may pay such additional salary to the marshal as they may deem proper.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.75. Salary of clerk

RS 13:2488.75 - Salary of clerk
The clerk shall receive a monthly salary of one hundred fifty dollars payable in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the town of Breaux Bridge and the parish of St. Martin. The town of Breaux Bridge and the parish of St. Martin, or either of them, may pay such additional salary to the clerk as they may deem proper.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.77. Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs

RS 13:2488.77 - Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs
A. The city judge, or any other officer of the city court designated by the city judge, shall collect all fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs, and all funds so collected, excluding costs, shall be paid into the town treasury of the town of Breaux Bridge when the prosecution is on behalf of the town, and into the parish treasury of the St. Martin Parish police jury general fund when the prosecution is on behalf of the state or the parish.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section to the contrary, thirty percent of the funds collected by the city court of Breaux Bridge pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:168(B) may be deposited into a special fund created for this purpose. The fund shall be referred to as the Breaux Bridge Indigent Defender Fund.
C. The Breaux Bridge Indigent Defender Fund Board shall manage and oversee funds remitted to the Breaux Bridge Indigent Defender Fund and shall consist of three members residing in the Breaux Bridge City Court district and shall be composed of the following:
(1) One member appointed by the city council of Breaux Bridge.
(2) One member appointed by the St. Martin Parish Council.
(3) One member appointed by the legislative delegation from nominees from the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 647, §1; Acts 1985, No. 959, §1; Acts 2016, No. 638, §1; Acts 2017, No. 99, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.78. Criminal matters; costs

RS 13:2488.78 - Criminal matters; costs
A. In all criminal matters, including traffic violation cases, the city judge may assess, in addition to the fine or other penalty imposed, costs of court in an amount not to exceed forty dollars.
B. The proceeds derived from these costs shall be deposited in a special account which shall be subject to audit and shall be used for the operational expenses of the court, including but without limitation, the use from time to time for the costs of operating the court and for the employment by the judge of secretaries, accountants, stenographers, filing clerks, bookkeepers, reporters, and other court employees, and for the purchase of stationery, books, office supplies, and such other equipment, all as may be useful or necessary for the proper conduct of the court's judicial business, and all as may be approved by the court. In addition, the proceeds derived from such costs in excess of that necessary for the proper conduct of the court's business may, with approval of the judge, be paid in equal proportions into the treasury of the town of Breaux Bridge and into the parish treasury of the St. Martin Parish police jury general fund.
Acts 1974, No. 647, §1; Acts 1985, No. 959, §1; Acts 1990, No. 156, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.79. Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

RS 13:2488.79 - Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition
A. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the Code of Civil Procedure Art. 5181 et seq., in addition to any other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of the Breaux Bridge City Court shall collect from each person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, except in the small claims division, a nonrefundable fee in an amount determined by the judge, but not to exceed thirty dollars.
B. The clerk shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section in the general fund of the court, special cost account, to be used to supplement the operational expenses of the court. The expenditure of funds shall be at the sole discretion of the judge of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the court's annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available for public inspection.
C. The assessment and disposition of any funds pursuant to this Section shall not affect the responsibilities of the city and parish governing authority provided by law for the financing of the Breaux Bridge City Court.
Acts 1991, No. 934, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2488.80. Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds

RS 13:2488.80 - Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds
A. When a surplus of fines, costs, or bonds has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge criminal fund, which is known as the Ward 4 Bond and Escrow Account and/or Criminal Fund Account, and the surplus has remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus to the operating fund, which is known as the General Fund Account, of the court.
B. When a surplus of filing fees and costs or unclaimed fees and costs has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge civil fund and the surplus or unclaimed fees and costs have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus or the amount of the unclaimed fees and costs to the operating fund, known as the General Fund Account, of the court.
C. This Section shall not affect the payment of fees to which the judge is entitled pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 13:1874.
Acts 1999, No. 98, §1, eff. June 9, 1999.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2495. Clerk of court

RS 13:2495 - Clerk of court
A. There shall be one clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans who shall be appointed by the judges thereof and shall be subject to removal by a majority of the judges of the court, at will. The court shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the functions, duties, operation, and procedure of the clerk's office as may be necessary.
B. The salary and benefits of the clerk shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the administrative judge. If the city fails to pay the salary and benefits, they may be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court.
C. The clerk shall retain all of the benefits of its office, including but not limited to hospitalization coverage, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, and sick and annual leave benefits, and it shall be paid through the payroll system utilized by the city of New Orleans for its other employees.
Acts 1983, No. 417, §1, eff. July 2, 1983; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 37, §1, eff. June 4, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2495.1. Judicial administrator

RS 13:2495.1 - Judicial administrator
A. There shall be one judicial administrator of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, who shall be appointed by the judges thereof and shall be subject to removal by a majority of the judges of the court at will. The court shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the functions, duties, operations, and procedures of the judicial administrator's office as may be necessary. The salary and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the administrative judge. If the city fails to pay the salary and benefits, they may be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court.
B. The judicial administrator shall retain all of the benefits of the office, including but not limited to hospitalization coverage, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, and sick and annual leave benefits, which shall be paid through the payroll system utilized by the city of New Orleans for its other employees.
Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2496. Court personnel; salaries

RS 13:2496 - Court personnel; salaries
A. In addition to any employee otherwise provided by law, each judge shall appoint four employees as the judge may deem necessary to expedite the business and functions of the court and shall fix their salaries and benefits.
B. The salaries and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the appointing judge.
C. The above appointees of the judge, or judges, of the court shall not be included in the civil service system, and shall be considered, for all intents and purposes, as unclassified personnel of the court and shall be included in the unclassified pay plan of the city of New Orleans.
Acts 1984, No. 811, §1. Acts 1986, No. 731, §1; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2496.1. Repealed

§2496.1 Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 631, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Acts 1984, No. 811, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2496.2. Expenses of municipal and traffic court

RS 13:2496.2 - Expenses of municipal and traffic court
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a majority of the judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may authorize a payment from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court to defray any expense of the court including but not limited to salary supplements for any personnel as in their discretion may be necessary to expedite the business and function of the court.
B. Nothing in this Section shall authorize an increase in salary for any judge of such court.
Acts 2001, No. 1214, §1, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2496.4. Consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans

RS 13:2496.4 - Consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans
A. There is hereby established the consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, which shall be a special account for use in administration of the court. The judicial administrator shall deposit into the fund any monies specifically designated for such purpose. The judges of the court, en banc, shall have control over and administer the funds which are annually appropriated or otherwise authorized under the law and all disbursements made therefrom. The judges shall cause to be conducted an annual audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the audit with the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
B. The consolidated judicial expense fund may be used for any operating expense of the court, including salaries for court reporters, bailiffs, minute clerks, and other court personnel, in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are provided, authorized, or established by law. No salary shall be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund to any judges of the court.
Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2497. Deputy clerks; appointment; salaries; removal

RS 13:2497 - Deputy clerks; appointment; salaries; removal
A. The clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall appoint such deputies, assistants and employees as the legislature may provide as are necessary for the operation of the court.
B. All salaries of the clerks and deputy clerks of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall be paid by the city of New Orleans. In the event that the city shall refuse or fail to pay any such salaries, the judge, or judges, of the court shall withhold from the funds collected under the jurisdiction of the court sufficient money to pay any salaries not paid by the city, and, in such event, the judge, or judges, of the court shall deposit the money withheld in a separate bank account against which a judge, or judges thereof, shall draw appropriate checks to pay such salaries.
Acts 2012, No. 337, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2498. Appeal; proceedings; record; hearing

RS 13:2498 - Appeal; proceedings; record; hearing
A. There shall be a right of appeal in all cases from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans. The appeals shall be on the law and the facts and shall be reviewed by the appellate division of the criminal district court to whom the appeal shall be allotted upon the records made and the evidence offered in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. The criminal district court shall have general and supervisory jurisdiction over the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and may issue such writs and orders as may be necessary in aid of its appellate and supervisory jurisdiction.
B. The judges shall appoint a competent court reporter to take the evidence in any case in which it is necessary to do so under the law applicable to district courts, unless the parties waive the appointment of a reporter. At the request of any party, the judges shall order the transcription of the testimony taken by the court reporter. Upon completion of the renovation to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and proper integration of technology, digital recording procedures may be used by the assigned court reporter.
C. In no case shall the appellant be responsible for any error, omission, or oversight in the record of the appeal.
Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2499. Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail

RS 13:2499 - Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail
The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable rooms, furniture, stationery, and other operating expenses for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the city constable, or department of police of the city of New Orleans shall provide one officer who is P.O.S.T. certified for each division of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to keep order and execute orders and decrees of the judges thereof.
Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2500. Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters

RS 13:2500 - Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters
A. The judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and their clerks and court reporters may administer oaths and the judges may compel witnesses to appear and testify.
B. The court shall possess inherently all powers necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction and the enforcement of its lawful orders including the authority to issue such writs and orders as may become necessary and the court has the power to punish for contempt, as provided in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 20 through 25 as the same may from time to time be amended, which articles define contempt and prescribe the penalties therefor.
C. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 304, §2.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 760, §1, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 268, §1, eff. July 10, 1979; Acts 1992, No. 1070, §1; Acts 2004, No. 834, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, No. 304, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2500.1. Additional costs; municipal and traffic court probation department; special fund

RS 13:2500.1 - Additional costs; municipal and traffic court probation department; special fund
A. Any defendant, other than an indigent, who pleads guilty or is convicted of an offense by the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans shall be assessed costs not to exceed the sum of fifteen dollars for each offense, such costs to be in addition to any fine, clerk's fees or costs or any other fee or costs provided by law or sentence imposed by the court.
B. When any surety, cash, or other bond posted in the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans guaranteeing the appearance of any defendant in any case in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans has been forfeited, the surety company or its local agent or its insurance company, or both, for which the agent is writing bail bonds, shall be assessed the added costs provided for in Subsection A of this Section. The forfeiture of any bond referred to in this Subsection shall not be set aside until the above costs have been paid, in addition to the other legal requirements of law having been met for the setting aside of the forfeiture. Costs assessed against sureties and surety companies pursuant to this Section shall be collected and administered in the same manner as that set out in Subsection C of this Section.
C. Costs assessed against defendants pursuant to this Section shall be collected by the clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. All sums so collected shall be remitted to the municipal and traffic court judicial administrator who shall deposit such sums in a bank or banks in the city of New Orleans in which deposits are insured or guaranteed by the federal government or any agency thereof. The deposits shall be credited to a special fund to be designated as the Municipal and Traffic Court Probation Department Fund which shall be administered by the judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.
D. There is hereby created a probation department in the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans which shall be funded from the Municipal and Traffic Court Probation Department Fund along with funds which may be realized from federal or state grants and any other sums which may be appropriated by the council of the city of New Orleans. The purpose of the probation department is to provide staff to monitor the behavior of defendants and to develop a comprehensive probationary service program at the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, which shall include but not be limited to release on recognizance, restitution, diversionary, and active probation programs.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 814, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2500.2. Additional court costs to defray expenses

RS 13:2500.2 - Additional court costs to defray expenses
In all prosecutions in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, including all traffic violations other than parking, there may be assessed as additional costs against every defendant for every offense who is convicted after trial or plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum not to exceed thirty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the consolidated judicial expense fund of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to be used by the court to defray its expenses.
Acts 1987, No. 93, §1; Acts 1989, No. 312, §1; Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2012, No. 337, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2500.4. Enumeration of fees; copies; retrieval fee

RS 13:2500.4 - Enumeration of fees; copies; retrieval fee
In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the clerk of the New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court may demand and receive the following fees:
(1) Copies per page uncertified, one dollar.
(2) Copies per page certified, two dollars.
(3) Computer-generated chronologies uncertified copies, two dollars.
(4) Computer-generated chronologies certified copies, three dollars.
(5) File retrieval fee, twenty dollars.
Acts 2013, No. 199, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2501. Fines imposed remitted monthly to city treasurer

RS 13:2501 - Fines imposed remitted monthly to city treasurer
Each judge of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall ensure that all fines collected are remitted monthly to the city treasurer of New Orleans.
Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2501.1. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2501.1 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 127, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 696, §1. Acts 1983, No. 176, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 668, §1; Acts 1985, No. 818, §1; Acts 1986, No. 665, §1; Acts 1987, No. 232, §1; Acts 1988, No. 884, §1; Acts 1993, No. 838, §1; Acts 2011, No. 4, §1; Acts 2011, No. 339, §2; Acts 2012, No. 312, §1; Acts 2012, No. 497, §1; Acts 2012, No. 731, §2; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
{{NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 884, §2.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2505. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2505 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Acts 1984, No. 668, §1; Acts 2012, No. 731, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2506. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2506 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2507. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2507 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2507.1. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2507.1 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Acts 2004, No. 701, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2509. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 13:2509 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2512. Initiation of proceedings by affidavit or by bill of information in the municipal and traffic court

RS 13:2512 - Initiation of proceedings by affidavit or by bill of information in the municipal and traffic court
Notwithstanding Code of Criminal Procedure Article 382, all proceedings in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall be initiated by affidavit or bill of information. The affidavit shall consist of the sworn statement of the complainant, or the law enforcement officer, filed with the court on a form approved by the respective court. The city council of the city of New Orleans may designate by ordinance certain police officials who shall have the power to take oaths, and verify affidavits filed by other members of the New Orleans police department, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office or the constable. The city attorney of the city of New Orleans or any of his assistants may also initiate prosecutions by affidavit or bill of information on information and belief in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1. Acts 1986, No. 665, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2513. Conduct of trials; rules of evidence in the municipal and traffic court

RS 13:2513 - Conduct of trials; rules of evidence in the municipal and traffic court
The trials of all cases in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and the rules of evidence applicable thereto, shall be the same as govern the trials of misdemeanors under Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 as they presently exist or as they may be hereafter amended.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2514. Appeals; cost bond for transcripts from the municipal and traffic court

RS 13:2514 - Appeals; cost bond for transcripts from the municipal and traffic court
The city council of New Orleans may provide by ordinance that in all appeals from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, there shall be required the posting of a reasonable costs bond to defray the cost of preparing the transcript in connection with any such appeal. This shall not be construed to bar any appellant from taking an appeal in forma pauperis.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2515. Application for supervisory writs; stay orders

RS 13:2515 - Application for supervisory writs; stay orders
All applications for supervisory writs of certiorari, prohibition or mandamus to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall be filed with the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and shall be by him allotted to the criminal court of appeals panel then sitting to hear appeals within that court under its rules, in connection with cases not appealable to the Supreme Court of Louisiana. No stay order shall be binding on the lower court unless at least two of such judges shall order such stay. The application for writs shall follow the general form and shall contain all documents and exhibits now required by Rule X of Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, or as may be hereafter required under Rule X.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2516. Conviction in the municipal and traffic court not to be used in district court

RS 13:2516 - Conviction in the municipal and traffic court not to be used in district court
No conviction in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may be used in any trial in any district court of this state arising out of the same facts and circumstances in connection with which the defendant was charged in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 447, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2519. Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans

RS 13:2519 - Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans
A. The judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may in their discretion, and where the circumstances of the case merit it, suspend the execution or imposition of any sentence, or defer the imposition of same, in any case where the defendant has pleaded guilty or been found guilty of a misdemeanor in a case before them. This may be done even though the defendant has begun to serve the sentence. The period of probation during which the sentence shall be suspended or deferred shall be fixed by the court at not less than six months and not more than eighteen months.
B. During the period of probation, the defendant may be compelled to report periodically to the court.
C. Sentence may be imposed or made executory at any time by the court during the period of probation, upon competent proof being presented to the court granting same that the defendant has been convicted of a new misdemeanor, or greater offense, occurring during the period of probation. No sentence imposed or made executory shall exceed one hundred dollars and ninety days imprisonment, the jurisdictional maximum which the court may impose.
D. Upon completion of the period of probation without a new conviction, the defendant shall be entitled, upon his application, to a new trial and a dismissal of the case.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 315, §1; Acts 2012, No. 731, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.1. Creation; territorial boundaries

RS 13:2561.1 - Creation; territorial boundaries
There is hereby created a court to be known and designated as the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana the territorial boundaries of which shall be Wards 7, 8, 9 and 10, of the parish of Jefferson, which is composed of all of that territory in the parish of Jefferson lying east of the Mississippi River.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.2. Civil jurisdiction

RS 13:2561.2 - Civil jurisdiction
A. Subject to the limitations provided in R.S. 13:2561.4, this court has civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, within its territorial boundaries, when the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees, and in suits for possession of leased premises when the amount of the rental does not exceed the jurisdictional amounts provided in Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844(A); and in case of any reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition filed in the court and necessarily connected with or growing out of the main demand, the court shall be divested of jurisdiction over the main demand and all of the incidental demands when the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved in the reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition exceeds twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees, and the case shall be removed to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court.
B. This court has civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court in cases or proceedings instituted by the state, a parish, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state for injunctive relief or other civil relief for the cessation or abatement of any acts or practices committed within the court's territorial jurisdiction which may violate any parish or municipal ordinance or any state law. In such case, the court shall have jurisdiction irrespective of the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §2. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 298, §1. Acts 1986, No. 1038, §2; Acts 1987, No. 448, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 939, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1262, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1152, §1; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. June 4, 2004.
NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 448, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.3. Criminal jurisdiction

RS 13:2561.3 - Criminal jurisdiction
This court has criminal jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, for the trial of all persons charged with offenses or crimes committed within its territorial boundaries, but not including capital crimes or those crimes or offenses which are punishable by imprisonment at hard labor under the laws of this state.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.4. Limitations on civil jurisdiction

RS 13:2561.4 - Limitations on civil jurisdiction
This court shall not have jurisdiction in civil matters involving successions or probate matters; where a succession is the defendant; in divorce proceedings; in matters concerned with adoption, emancipation, interdiction, or filiation of persons; when the state, parish, or other political subdivision, as defined in R.S. 13:5101 et seq., is a party defendant; where title to real estate is involved; in election contests; where a federal or state law or a parish or municipal ordinance is sought to be invalidated; over any matters which under the laws of this state are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; where the action is against an officer or employee of the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment, or where the suit is otherwise subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:5104.
Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2004, No. 26, §7; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. June 4, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.5. Judges; qualifications and salary; election of additional judges

RS 13:2561.5 - Judges; qualifications and salary; election of additional judges
A. This court shall have two judges whose term of office shall be six years each, and who shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within the territorial boundaries of the court; provided that the additional judge to be elected hereunder shall be elected initially and shall serve an initial term as provided in Subsection (B). Each judge shall possess the same qualifications that are required of district judges and shall receive an annual salary of not less than seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, but shall be less than the salary paid; from all sources, to the district court judges of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court, in and for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, payable monthly on his own warrant, and the governing authority of Jefferson Parish shall determine the salary paid and shall provide for the entire salary of each judge in its annual budget. Each judge shall be a qualified, resident elector of the territorial jurisdiction of the court for at least two years prior to his election or appointment.
B. For the purpose of nomination and election only, there is created in the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson two divisions to be known as Division "A" and Division "B". Division "A" shall be occupied by the judge of the court who is holding office on June 30, 1969, and Division "B" shall be occupied by the additional judge created by this section. The additional judge for the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson shall have the same qualifications and shall be elected at the same time and in the same manner, shall serve the same term of office and shall be entitled to the same compensation and expenses, payable from the same sources, as is now or may be hereafter provided for the other judge of the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson, except that the first judge to fill the additional judgeship herein created may be appointed by the governor until a special election can be held for the position, which election shall be called by the governor, and the judge so elected shall serve a term to expire at the same time as the term of the other judge of the said parish court. Thereafter, the judge shall serve a six-year term concurrent with that of the judges of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court. Each candidate for nomination or election for judge of court in the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson, at the time of his qualification therefor, shall specify the division from which he seeks nomination or election. No candidate shall qualify for nomination or election from more than one division.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §5. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 74, §1; Acts 1967, No. 85, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 43, §1; Acts 1969, No. 156, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.6. Election of judge; terms

RS 13:2561.6 - Election of judge; terms
The first judge of this court shall be elected at the state general election to be held in 1964 and he shall serve until the next election for judges of the 24th Judicial District Court, and thereafter, shall be elected, take office and serve a six year term concurrently with that of the judges of the 24th Judicial District Court.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.7. Powers of judge

RS 13:2561.7 - Powers of judge
The judge of this court may perform marriage ceremonies, require bonds to keep the peace, issue warrants of arrest; examine, commit, and admit to bail and discharge; and hold preliminary examinations in all cases not capital, and shall have all the powers of a district judge within the limits of the jurisdiction of this court. He also has the authority to issue the necessary writs in all cases in order to carry into effect the jurisdiction of the court, irrespective of the value of the property seized.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.8. Traffic offenses

RS 13:2561.8 - Traffic offenses
The judge of this court shall have the power to fix a schedule of fines, including costs, for the various traffic offenses, and any person charged with such an offense may plead guilty before the clerk, who shall make an entry thereof, and pay the fine and cost for such offense as fixed by the judge in his schedule of fines for the particular offense to the sheriff. All fines and forfeitures collected shall be paid by the sheriff into the general fund of the parish of Jefferson provided that the sheriff shall retain twelve per cent of the amount of fines collected or the amount of bonds forfeited to go into the sheriff's salary and expense fund.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §8. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 428, §1; Acts 1974, No. 357, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.9. Annual vacation

RS 13:2561.9 - Annual vacation
The judge of this court may take an annual vacation of one month. He may appoint an attorney residing within the territorial boundaries of this Court, which attorney shall possess the same qualifications as that required of the judge, to sit during the month of his vacation. Such attorney shall be paid a sum by the parish of Jefferson equal to one month's salary of the regular judge, and he shall have the powers and duties of a regular judge while sitting as such.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §9. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 85, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.10. Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure

RS 13:2561.10 - Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure
The provisions of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure with reference to city courts, shall be applicable to this court in all civil cases.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §10.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.11. Repealed by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 51, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975

RS 13:2561.11 - Repealed by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 51, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.12. Clerk; seal

RS 13:2561.12 - Clerk; seal
The clerk of court for the parish of Jefferson shall be ex-officio clerk of court for this court. He, or any deputy appointed by him, may be assigned to act as minute clerk, and shall perform such other clerical duties as the judge shall direct. He shall be entitled to charge the fees as set forth in Section 1986 of Title 13, Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. He shall provide the court with a seal, which shall contain a vignette of the state seal, with the words, "Seal of the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson", which shall be used on all orders, writs and processes issuing from the court. However, the absence of the seal shall not affect the validity of such documents.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.13. Sheriff as executive officer

RS 13:2561.13 - Sheriff as executive officer
The executive officer of this court shall be the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson. All writs and processes in either criminal or civil matters issued by this court, shall be served by the sheriff or his deputy. The sheriff shall receive the fees provided by law, applicable to the 24th Judicial District Court.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.15. Court reporter

RS 13:2561.15 - Court reporter
The judge shall appoint a competent court reporter to take the evidence in any case in which it is necessary to do so under the laws applicable to district courts, unless the parties waive the appointment of the reporter. At the request of any party, the judge shall order the transcription of the testimony of the court reporter. Except in pauper cases, the fees of the court reporter in civil cases shall be charged as costs in the litigation, and shall be paid primarily by the party requesting the transcription. However, the reporter is not required to file the transcript before payment.
The governing authority of the parish of Jefferson shall fix and pay the salary of the court reporter.
Acts 1962, No. 484, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2561.17. Appellate jurisdiction

RS 13:2561.17 - Appellate jurisdiction
Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, all appeals allowed by law from justice of the peace courts to district courts in civil and criminal matters shall, in the parish of Jefferson for justice of the peace courts east of the Mississippi River, be to the First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson instead of to the district court.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 295, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2562.1. Creation; territorial boundaries

RS 13:2562.1 - Creation; territorial boundaries
There is hereby created a court to be known and designated as "The Second Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana," the territorial boundaries of which shall be Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 11 of the Parish of Jefferson, which is composed of all of that territory in the Parish of Jefferson lying west of the Mississippi River.
Acts 1966, No. 5, §1, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2562.2. Civil jurisdiction

RS 13:2562.2 - Civil jurisdiction
A. Subject to the limitations provided in R.S. 13:2562.4, this court has civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, within its territorial boundaries, when the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees and in suits for possession of leased premises when the amount of the rental does not exceed the jurisdictional amounts provided in Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844(A); and in case of any reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition filed in the court and necessarily connected with or growing out of the main demand, the court shall be divested of jurisdiction over the main demand and all of the incidental demands when the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved in the reconventional demand, intervention, or third-party opposition exceeds twenty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney fees, and the case shall be removed to the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court.
B. This court has civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court in cases or proceedings instituted by the state, a parish, a municipality, or other political subdivision of the state for injunctive relief or other civil relief for the cessation or abatement of any acts or practices committed within the court's territorial jurisdiction which may violate any parish or municipal ordinance or any state law. In such case, the court shall have jurisdiction irrespective of the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved.
Acts 1966, No. 5, §2, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 297, §1; Acts 1986, No. 1038, §2; Acts 1987, No. 448, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 1992, No. 939, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1262, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1152, §1; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. June 4, 2004.
NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 448, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2562.3. Criminal jurisdiction

RS 13:2562.3 - Criminal jurisdiction
This court shall have criminal jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, for the trial of all persons charged with offenses or crimes committed within its territorial boundaries, but shall not include capital crimes or those crimes or offenses which are punishable by imprisonment at hard labor under the laws of this state.
Acts 1966, No, 5, §3, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:2562.4. Limitations on civil jurisdiction

RS 13:2562.4 - Limitations on civil jurisdiction
This court shall not have jurisdiction in civil matters involving successions or probate matters; where a succession is the defendant; in divorce proceedings; in matters concerned with adoption, emancipation, interdiction, or filiation of persons; when the state, parish, or other political subdivision, as defined in R.S. 13:5101 et seq., is a party defendant; where title to real estate is involved; in election contests; where a federal or state law or a parish or municipal ordinance is sought to be invalidated; over any matters which under the laws of this state are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; where the action is against an officer or employee of the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision arising out of the discharge of his official duties or within the course and scope of his employment, or where the suit is otherwise subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:5104.
Acts 1966, No. 5, §2, eff. June 9, 1966, at 1:45 P.M. Amended by Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan 1, 1991; Acts 2004, No. 26, §7; Acts 2004, No. 121, §1, eff. July 4, 2004.