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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5558. Group insurance, insurers, agents, authority to contract

RS 13:5558 - Group insurance, insurers, agents, authority to contract
A. The group insurance or any excess insurance or a self- insurance plan authorized under the provisions of R.S. 13:5554 shall be written only in insurance companies legally authorized to do business in this state and through legally commissioned and licensed agents residing in this state. The agent shall receive the full usual commission paid by the insurer to its agents on business transacted for it.
B. The officers of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association shall constitute a board with authority to act for and contract for the group insurance and excess insurance. Officers of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association participating in the adoption of administration of a self-insurance plan shall be considered "trustees", as that term is used and defined in R.S. 9:2792.6.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 533, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1449 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5559. Group insurance, payment of cost

RS 13:5559 - Group insurance, payment of cost
A. The cost of the group insurance shall be paid by the sheriff out of the Sheriff's Salary Fund, except that the cost of the insurance for the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans and his deputies and the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans and his deputies shall be paid from the fund or funds provided or appropriated for payment of the salaries of said civil and criminal sheriffs and their respective deputies.
B. The sheriff in each parish of the state may pay from the Sheriff's Salary Fund, or its successor, all or part of the premium cost for group hospital, surgical, and medical expense insurance covering the dependents of sheriffs and deputies under the policies authorized by R.S. 13:5554.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 238, §1; Acts 1977, No. 60, §1; Acts 1977, No. 474, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1450 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5560. Liability insurance

RS 13:5560 - Liability insurance
Sheriffs of the parishes of the state of Louisiana are hereby authorized to contract for insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business under the laws of the state of Louisiana to cover loss or damage from any negligent acts of the sheriff or his deputies, in the performance of the duties of his office, the premiums on said insurance to be paid by the sheriff as an expense of his office out of the sheriff's general fund, except that the cost of insurance premiums for the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans and the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans shall be paid from the fund or funds if provided or appropriated for the payment of all expenses of their offices.
Acts 1965, No. 121, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 591, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1450.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5561. Suboffices

RS 13:5561 - Suboffices
Sheriffs and ex officio tax collectors and tax assessors of the parishes of this state are authorized to open and maintain such suboffices or offices as in their judgment the nature and requirements of their duties and work may require.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 131, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 506, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1461 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5562. Public bid laws applicable to assessor's office

RS 13:5562 - Public bid laws applicable to assessor's office
The assessor's office in each parish shall be subject to the public bid laws of the state.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 206, §3, eff. July 23, 1976; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1462 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5563. Victims' service assistance program

RS 13:5563 - Victims' service assistance program
The sheriff of each parish, including the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a victims' service assistance program.
Acts 1984, No. 370, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1463 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5564. Ex officio notaries for sheriffs

RS 13:5564 - Ex officio notaries for sheriffs
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications for notaries public, each sheriff may designate one deputy per shift for each office location and appoint them as ex officio notaries public.
B.(1) The deputy so appointed may exercise, in the parish which the sheriff serves, the functions of a notary public only to administer oaths and execute affidavits, acknowledgments, and other documents, all limited to matters within the official functions of the office of sheriff, for the enforcement of any statute which provides for criminal penalties, any parish ordinance which the sheriff is charged with enforcing, and any affidavit required for the enforcement of R.S. 32:661 through 669, and to execute property bonds. For each such action the notary shall use the official seal of that respective sheriff's office.
(2) He shall fulfill the same bond requirements as provided by law for notaries in the parish which the sheriff serves.
(3) The sheriff shall pay as an expense of his office the costs of the notarial seal, the notarial bond, and any fees required for filing the bond.
C. All acts performed by such an ex officio notary public authorized by this Section shall be performed without charge or other compensation.
D. The sheriff may suspend or terminate an appointment made pursuant to this Section at any time, and separation from the employ of the sheriff shall automatically terminate the powers of such an ex officio notary public.
Acts 1984, No. 805, §1; Acts 1985, No. 28, §1; Acts 1992, No. 368, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 88, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1464 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5565. Remittance of tax collections; duties of sheriff or tax collector

RS 13:5565 - Remittance of tax collections; duties of sheriff or tax collector
Each sheriff or other official responsible for tax collection shall deduct the amount certified by the legislative auditor pursuant to R.S. 24:513(O), and remit that amount of money to the appropriate public retirement system as provided by law.
Acts 2012, No. 218, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5571. Definitions

RS 13:5571 - Definitions
The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) "Group self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its members in order to pool public liability risks, or to purchase a joint policy or policies of insurance providing protection against said risks, or both.
(2) "Interlocal risk management agency" means an association formed by two or more sheriffs by written agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this Part for the development and administration of an interlocal risk management program and a group self-insurance fund.
(3) "Interlocal risk management program" means a written plan and activities carried out under such plan by an interlocal risk management agency to reduce risk of loss on account of public liability, including loss prevention and control techniques and the processing and defense of claims brought against members of the agency.
(4) "Public liability" means liability to which a sheriff may be subject either directly or by reason of liability rising out of an act of his employee, agent, or officer in the course and scope of employment.
(5) "Sheriff" means the sheriff and tax collector of any parish, including the criminal and civil sheriffs of the parish of Orleans.
Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1481 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5572. Authority of sheriffs to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records

RS 13:5572 - Authority of sheriffs to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records
A. Any two or more sheriffs may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement among themselves to establish an interlocal risk management program, to become members of an interlocal risk management agency, to pool their public liability risks in whole or in part with each other, and to establish a group self-insurance fund. The interlocal risk management agency, once established, may designate the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association to administer any group self-insurance fund so established and to administer the terms and conditions of any interlocal risk management program entered into between participating sheriffs. The agency may instead elect to designate another public or private entity to administer the terms and conditions of the interlocal risk management program but only the interlocal risk management agency or the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association may administer the group self-insurance fund.
B. Contributions of participating sheriffs to the group self-insurance fund are authorized to be paid from their general fund, except for the criminal and civil sheriffs of the parish of Orleans, which funds shall be paid from the fund or funds provided or appropriated for the payment of all expenses of their offices.
C. Any sheriff participating in an interlocal risk management program and agency pursuant to this Section and for whom a contribution is made on behalf of his deputies is authorized to secure from the agency and file on behalf of his deputies a certificate of deputy participation in the program and the agency in lieu of furnishing a surety bond under the provisions of R.S. 13:5537, R.S. 13:5553, and R.S. 35:391.
D. All books, records, and files maintained by a third party for the intergovernmental risk management agency, including but not limited to audit data and all active and inactive claims files, shall at all times be the sole property of the agency and shall be surrendered immediately to the agency upon demand.
Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Acts 1991, No. 43, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1482 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5573. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer

RS 13:5573 - Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
An interlocal risk management agency is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the designation by the agency of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association or a third party shall not constitute said association or entity as an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state. The development and the administration by an interlocal risk management agency or the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association of a group self-insurance fund shall not constitute doing an insurance business. Intergovernmental agreements providing for the creation and maintenance of an interlocal risk management agency shall not be deemed to constitute insurance as defined by R.S. 22:46; nor shall the interlocal risk management agency or the development of a group self-insurance fund be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 22 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1483 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5574. Limited liability of members

RS 13:5574 - Limited liability of members
A sheriff shall not, by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to the group self-insurance fund, be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant against the agency itself, or another member, except for payment of contributions provided for in the interlocal risk management program and the interlocal risk management agency. No interlocal risk management agency or program shall have the effect of providing for a donation, in whole or in part, of the public funds of one sheriff's office for the benefit of another.
Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1484 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5575. Excess insurance

RS 13:5575 - Excess insurance
The interlocal risk management agency may enter into contracts for excess insurance, with the payment of premiums being made from the contributions of the participating sheriffs to the group self-insurance fund. Any excess insurance purchased under this Section shall not be subject to the provisions of R.S. 22:439.
Acts 1986, No. 662, §1; Acts 1993, No. 710, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1485 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5582. Salary and expense fund of civil sheriff

RS 13:5582 - Salary and expense fund of civil sheriff
There shall be a salary and expense fund for the office of the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans. The sum of sixty-three thousand dollars shall be allowed for each calendar year toward the payment of compensation for all services required of the civil sheriff and toward the payment of all the expenses of his office, twenty-three thousand dollars of which shall be paid into the salary and expense fund by the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District from millage levied by it. The sums shall be remitted annually in advance or in monthly installments, to the civil sheriff for the parish of Orleans.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 566, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 163, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1974, No. 135, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §4; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1501 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5583. Compensation of civil sheriff

RS 13:5583 - Compensation of civil sheriff
The civil sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall receive in compensation for all services required of him by law the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars per annum as salary.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 32, §1; Acts 1958, No. 244, §1; Acts 1960, No. 101, §1; Acts 1965, No. 69; Acts 1967, No. 60, §1; Acts 1970, No. 80, §1; Acts 1974, No. 135, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1502 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5584. Salaries of deputies; expenditures from salary and expense fund; drawing monthly salary

RS 13:5584 - Salaries of deputies; expenditures from salary and expense fund; drawing monthly salary
The civil sheriff may fix the compensation of his deputies and clerical forces. He may pay from the salary and expense fund all of the expenses incurred in the performance of all duties required of him by law, including his own salary, the salaries of all deputies and clerical assistants, the premiums on bonds which he is required to give, and the premiums on bonds required by him of any deputy in charge of public funds. The sheriff shall pay all of these expenditures by warrant or check drawn by him upon the salary and expense fund. He shall draw his salary monthly on his own warrant or check and shall issue monthly to employees and deputies warrants or checks for the amounts due them.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1503 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5585. Drawing from allowance

RS 13:5585 - Drawing from allowance
A. The civil sheriff shall draw his allowance for his salary, deputies, clerical force, and assistants from the salary and expense fund, one-twelfth each month, plus any amount to pay other expenses and claims due. Except as authorized by R.S. 33:1504, the sheriff shall not draw the allowance unless it is on deposit to the credit of the fund. If the salary and allowance for any month is not drawn for the reason that the fund has an insufficient amount, the deficit may be made up and drawn from any subsequent allowance.
B. The City of New Orleans shall budget annually a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars which sum or part thereof shall be payable to the civil sheriff at the end of any calendar year on his requisition for any deficiency that may exist in the operation of his office for that year.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1505 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5586. Use of excess fees by civil sheriff Orleans Parish

RS 13:5586 - Use of excess fees by civil sheriff Orleans Parish
In the event the fees and commissions authorized by R.S. 13:5530 exceed the necessary expense of the civil sheriff in the efficient performance of his duties as herein provided, the excess shall not be drawn or otherwise expended by the civil sheriff, except as herein provided, but shall remain in the civil sheriff's salary fund. However, this excess may be expended by the civil sheriff in any succeeding year in which the civil sheriff's salary fund is insufficient to defray current salaries and expenses or where circumstances necessitate additional deputies or additional expenses to be incurred for the efficient performance of all duties imposed by law on the civil sheriff. The civil sheriff at the end of each four-year term or, in case of his reelection, on the thirtieth day of June following shall remit to the state treasurer for credit to the general fund any excess or surplus remaining in the civil sheriff's salary fund. However, there may be retained in the civil sheriff's salary fund an amount not to exceed one-third of the amount of the revenues of the last year of the term of office, and the amount so retained shall be used as a revolving fund to assist in financing the operation of the office and for purchasing equipment.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 346, §1; Acts 1952, No. 79, §1; Acts 1960, No. 56, §1; Acts 1962, No. 173, §1; Acts 1964, No. 303; Acts 1967, No. 4, §3; Acts 1987, No. 571, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1507 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5587. Liability for costs

RS 13:5587 - Liability for costs
The fees of the sheriff shall be advanced or paid by the party requiring the service to be performed. The party may recover the same from the other party on the final termination of the cause, if costs should be decreed in his favor, and shall be protected by the bond or security, as provided in R.S. 13:1215.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1508 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5588. Sheriff entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement

RS 13:5588 - Sheriff entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement
The sheriff may demand security for his costs and actual expenses, or he may demand a deposit to cover his costs, but in all cases any party requiring the official services to be performed by the sheriff may advance the fees for such services. The sheriff shall perform the same so far as the advance may go. In case the party interested in having the official services performed fails to secure or advance the fees as above provided, the sheriff shall not be required to perform the services, but shall notify the party and return the process into court, with the reason therefor, and his failing so to do shall render him liable for any damage that may result to the party from the failure to perform the services.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1509 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5589. Date when fees are due

RS 13:5589 - Date when fees are due
All fees proper of the sheriff shall be due and collectible every six months from the institution of the suit.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1510 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5590. Posting copy of fee bill

RS 13:5590 - Posting copy of fee bill
A correct copy of the sheriff's fee bill, as provided by R.S. 33:15061, shall be posted in the office of the civil sheriff, in a conspicuous place, under penalty of twenty-five dollars per day in case of failure so to do, to be recovered before the civil district court or any one of the city courts of New Orleans, in favor of the charity hospital of New Orleans.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1511 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
1Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 571, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5591. Execution to collect fees

RS 13:5591 - Execution to collect fees
If the party liable fails to pay the fees of the sheriff after they have become due and collectible, the sheriff, upon filing a detailed bill of the fees, with an affidavit showing their correctness and that demand has been made on the party liable, shall be entitled to immediate execution therefor against the party liable and his security. No cost shall be charged on the affidavit or execution.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1512 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5592. Forfeiture of costs for overcharging any item

RS 13:5592 - Forfeiture of costs for overcharging any item
If the sheriff overcharges any item in any bill of costs, he shall forfeit the whole bill containing the item overcharged.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1513 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5593. Exemption of city from liability for sheriff's costs

RS 13:5593 - Exemption of city from liability for sheriff's costs
In all suits instituted by the city of New Orleans for the recovery of any tax imposed or other duties levied, in which the city of New Orleans has recovered judgment, the corporation shall be exempt from all liabilities for sheriff's costs, actual expenses incurred by virtue of instructions of the proper city officers excepted.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1514 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5594. Filing bill of costs upon retirement from office

RS 13:5594 - Filing bill of costs upon retirement from office
Within forty days after the sheriff has retired from office, he shall file in court detailed bills of costs due him in all cases, in default of which he shall be barred forever from collecting them. The clerk of court, when he issues a writ of fieri facias, shall indorse on the writ all costs due the retired sheriff.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1515 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5595. Civil sheriff may have solvency and qualifications of sureties passed on by court

RS 13:5595 - Civil sheriff may have solvency and qualifications of sureties passed on by court
When the civil sheriff is required to accept bonds, he may, before accepting the surety, have his solvency and qualifications passed upon by the court, contradictorily with the parties in interest, either in open court or at chambers, and after three days notice.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1516 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5596. Court's finding relieves sheriff of liability

RS 13:5596 - Court's finding relieves sheriff of liability
If the court finds that the surety is solvent and possessed of the qualifications prescribed by law, the bond shall be made in favor of the parties to the case, and the sheriff shall be relieved of all responsibility.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1517 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5597. Acceptance of bond without referring matter to court

RS 13:5597 - Acceptance of bond without referring matter to court
The sheriff may accept the surety without referring the matter to the court, in which case the laws in reference to the assignment of the bond, its return into court and proceedings to impose liability upon the sheriff shall apply.
Redesignated from R.S. 33:1518 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5598. Salary of criminal sheriff

RS 13:5598 - Salary of criminal sheriff
The salary of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall be twenty thousand six hundred dollars per annum, and permissive up to twenty-five thousand dollars per annum.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 478, §1; Acts 1960, No. 116, §1; Acts 1965, No. 112, §1; Acts 1967, No. 88, §1; Acts 1970, No. 89, §1; Acts 1974, No. 288, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1519 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5599. Fees of criminal sheriff

RS 13:5599 - Fees of criminal sheriff
The criminal sheriff of Orleans Parish shall collect from the parties, from witnesses, from sureties, and from sureties on bonds forfeited, the following fees and charges:
(1) For arresting any party under a capias or order of court issued on an information or indictment and bringing him into court, twelve dollars.
(2) For producing a party in court on the order of the judge when under confinement other than provided above, for each production, seven dollars.
(3) For serving notice of arraignment or of trial on accused and surety, for each, and return, seven dollars.
(4) For serving subpoena on each witness and return, seven dollars.
(5) For serving attachments to bring witnesses into court, to be paid by the witness in default, twelve dollars.
(6) For taking appearance bond or recognizance bond when required to do so, fifteen dollars, unless suspended by the judges of the Criminal District Court of the Parish of Orleans.
(7) For serving notice of judgment on forfeiture of bonds, seven dollars.
(8) For service of subpoena duces tecum and for return, seven dollars.
(9) For executing writ of fieri facias either against the defendant or security on bond for costs on the amount of bond, twelve dollars.
(10) For mileage when traveling outside of the parish of Orleans, the same mileage as is allowed to the sheriffs of other parishes.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 550, §1; Acts 1981, No. 335, §1; Acts 1983, No. 619, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1016, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1520 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5600. Fees of criminal sheriff from sureties for return of fugitives; Orleans Parish

RS 13:5600 - Fees of criminal sheriff from sureties for return of fugitives; Orleans Parish
The criminal sheriff in the parish of Orleans shall collect from sureties when a fugitive is returned to the custody of the criminal sheriff, the following fees and charges:
(1) For every mile actually and necessarily traveled by the sheriff or his deputy in going to and returning from the service of returning the fugitive to the custody of the criminal sheriff outside of his jurisdiction, a mileage rate equal to the mileage rate established by the division of administration for the use of state-owned vehicles.
(2) All actual expenses incurred in the return of the fugitive by the sheriff or his deputy from outside the parish to the jurisdiction of the criminal sheriff.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 620, §1; Acts 1991, No. 289, §10; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §1, eff. June 12, 2011; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1521 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5601. Fees of the criminal sheriff for sureties for surrender of a defendant or arrest of a defendant

RS 13:5601 - Fees of the criminal sheriff for sureties for surrender of a defendant or arrest of a defendant
A. The criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans shall collect from a surety the fee of twenty-five dollars, when a surety surrenders a defendant to the criminal sheriff pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 338.
B. The surety shall pay the fee for recalling the capias, accepting the surrender, processing the paperwork, and giving the surety a letter releasing him from his obligation under the defendant's bond.
C. When a capias is issued by the court for a person who has not appeared in court as ordered and the sheriff's office, acting on said capias, has to arrest the defendant, the surety shall pay a fee of fifty dollars to the criminal sheriff before the surety is released from the obligation of the bond.
D. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 502, §1; Acts 1991, No. 289, §10; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. June 12, 2011; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1521.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5602. City and state not liable for costs of criminal sheriff

RS 13:5602 - City and state not liable for costs of criminal sheriff
Neither the state nor the city of New Orleans shall be liable for or make any appropriation to pay any costs of the criminal sheriff in any criminal case, except as provided in R.S. 15:566.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 550, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1522 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5603. City jail of city of New Orleans; operation; location; feeding of prisoners

RS 13:5603 - City jail of city of New Orleans; operation; location; feeding of prisoners
A. The house of detention or city jail of the city of New Orleans shall be operated by the city of New Orleans through the commissioner of public buildings and parks or by such other official as may be designated by the commission council of the city of New Orleans.
B. The said commission council is vested with full and final authority to determine the location of said house of detention or city jail and may, although it is not obligated to do so, use and continue to use the same portion of the building in the city of New Orleans in the square bounded by Tulane Avenue, South Broad Avenue, Gravier and South White Streets as was used for the house of detention on June 1, 1952.
C. In the event that this building is used for the house of detention or city jail, the commission council of the city of New Orleans is vested with full and final authority to allocate space therein for the house of detention and also for the parish prison, provided, that such allocation shall not infringe upon the present area now being used for the parish prison.
D. The city of New Orleans shall, not later than January 1, 1953 construct, equip and operate a kitchen for feeding the prisoners confined in the house of detention or city jail, and thereafter the city of New Orleans shall have full and exclusive responsibility for feeding said prisoners; provided, however, that until January 1, 1953 the criminal sheriff shall continue to feed the prisoners confined in the house of detention or city jail in the same manner as heretofore, and shall receive the full cost thereof from the city of New Orleans in the same manner as is provided by R.S. 33:15231 for prisoners confined in the parish prison.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 88, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1523.1 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
1Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 586, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5604. Payment of salaries by city

RS 13:5604 - Payment of salaries by city
The salaries of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, his deputies, assistants and clerks shall be paid by the city of New Orleans. The governing authority shall make appropriation therefor in its yearly budget and, through its proper officers, transfer said appropriation to the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's general fund, for issuing of all checks in payment of all the salaries, semimonthly, by the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 473, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1525 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5605. Appointment of attorney

RS 13:5605 - Appointment of attorney
A. The criminal sheriff, parish of Orleans, is hereby authorized to appoint two attorneys, at no cost to the state of Louisiana.
B. This Section shall not mandate an additional appropriation by the city of New Orleans.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 104, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 698, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1526 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5606. Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's canteen fund; sheriff's duties; cost of items sold; use of profits

RS 13:5606 - Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's canteen fund; sheriff's duties; cost of items sold; use of profits
A. There shall be established at the Orleans Parish Prison, an Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Canteen Fund for the purpose of selling foodstuffs and sundries, at a price not to exceed the retail market value thereof, to the inmates of said parish prison.
B. The inmate canteen will be operated by the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans.
C. All foodstuffs and sundries sold at the inmate canteen shall be sold at the retail market value of such items.
D. All profits derived from sales of foodstuffs and sundries shall be collected by the Orleans Parish criminal sheriff and shall be deposited in a bank or banks in the city of New Orleans in which deposits are insured or guaranteed by the federal government or an agency thereof. The deposits shall be credited to a special fund to be designated as the Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's canteen fund.
E. The Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's canteen fund shall be administered by the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans. Disbursements shall be made from the fund upon the signature of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans. Such fund shall be expended solely for the operation, security, and maintenance of the office of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans and to assist in the rehabilitation of the inmates of the Orleans parish prison.
F. The record books, consisting of all purchasing and disbursement records of the Orleans Parish Prison Welfare Fund and the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Canteen Fund, shall be audited by the legislative auditor's office annually, and they shall be kept open at reasonable hours for public inspection at the criminal sheriff's office.
Added by Acts 1965, No. 114, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 187, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1527 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5607. Employees of criminal sheriff placed in classified city civil service

RS 13:5607 - Employees of criminal sheriff placed in classified city civil service
A. The positions of employment covering the employees of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans within the Orleans Parish Prison proper shall, on and after January 1, 1969, be in the classified service of the city of New Orleans, and on and after said date shall be governed by all of the provisions of Part 1 of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana in the same manner and to the same extent as are other employees and positions placed by said provisions within the classified civil service of New Orleans.
B. All employees of the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans whose positions of employment are placed in the classified civil service of the city by the provisions of this section shall, on January 1, 1969, acquire permanent civil service status in the class of position they are occupying on such date, subject to passing a qualifying noncompetitive test, prescribed and given within a reasonable time thereafter by the director of the Department of City Civil Service, in order to determine their fitness to perform satisfactorily the duties of their positions. Thereafter they shall be deemed classified civil service employees in their respective classifications, and shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of Part 1 of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana and the rules and regulations adopted by the New Orleans Civil Service Commission; provided, however, that the pay of any employee on the date of the inclusion of his position in the classified state service shall not be reduced by the application of the uniform pay plan to his class of position.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 509, §§1, 2; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1529 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5608. Establishment of auxiliary criminal deputy sheriffs program, Orleans Parish

RS 13:5608 - Establishment of auxiliary criminal deputy sheriffs program, Orleans Parish
A. The criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a volunteer auxiliary to assist him in the performance of his duties as prescribed by law.
B. An auxiliary criminal deputy sheriff duly commissioned by the criminal sheriff shall have the same powers and rights as a commissioned deputy criminal sheriff during performance of his duties except that he shall receive no pay for said performance of said duties.
C. An auxiliary deputy criminal sheriff shall furnish a bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the amount of two thousand dollars before being commissioned as an auxiliary deputy.
D. The auxiliary deputy shall participate in an approved training course prior to performing his duties.
E. An applicant to be eligible must be twenty-one years of age and of good character, and a resident of Orleans Parish.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 510, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1530 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5609. Criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans; retirement plan

RS 13:5609 - Criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans; retirement plan
A. The criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans shall establish a retirement plan or shall join an existing plan for the purpose of providing retirement benefits for the employees of the Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's office and their beneficiaries. Such a plan may be a defined benefit plan or a defined contribution plan or any other plan qualified under federal or state laws.
B. The Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's office shall budget a yearly contribution to such a plan in an amount not less than eight percent of the total salaries of the employees of the Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's office.
C. The plan shall be studied for actuarial soundness by the actuary for the legislative auditor and approved by the House Retirement Committee and the Senate Retirement Committee.
Acts 1984, No. 905, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1531 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5631. Purpose

RS 13:5631 - Purpose
It is the intent of the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state to create a board to promote the public peace, by establishing training programs for sheriffs to provide management courses and skills to enhance the safety of the citizens of Louisiana and the enforcement of state laws.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5632. Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership

RS 13:5632 - Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership
A. The Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute is hereby created within the office of the governor and shall be domiciled in the city of Baton Rouge.
B. The Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute shall be governed by a board. The board shall be composed of five members, all of whom shall be United States citizens and residents of the state.
C. The board shall consist of the following members:
(1) Three members appointed by the governor from a list of six names submitted by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, all of whom shall be current sheriffs.
(2) The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
(3) The chairman of the Louisiana Peace Officers Standards and Training Council.
D. The qualifications of each member of the board shall continue throughout the term in office. In the event a member should cease meeting the qualifications, his seat shall be declared vacant and the vacancy shall be filled pursuant to the same process as for the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
E. The members of the board provided for in Paragraph (C)(1) of this Section shall be appointed for a term of three years and shall continue to serve until reappointed or replaced. In the event of death or resignation of a member, a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term for which the member had been appointed within thirty days pursuant to the same process as that used to make the original appointment.
F. The appointments by the governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
G. Members shall serve without compensation.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5633. Meetings; quorum

RS 13:5633 - Meetings; quorum
A. The board shall meet regularly each calendar quarter at such time and place as it may determine. The board may meet at such other times as it deems appropriate. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
B. The board shall annually elect a chairman and such other officers of the board as they may determine necessary and appropriate for the administration, implementation and enforcement of this Part.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5634. Functions; powers; duties

RS 13:5634 - Functions; powers; duties
A. The institute, by and through the board, shall serve as the coordinator for the training of sheriffs in Louisiana.
B. The institute, by and through the board, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:
(1) Establish a new sheriff management program prior to December 31, 2012.
(2) Establish a sheriff's continuing education program prior to December 31, 2012.
(3) Establish requirements for approval and accreditation of other training and continuing education programs sponsored or offered by the federal government, other states, and agencies outside the jurisdiction of the institute.
(4) Cooperate with state and national sheriff's associations and agencies in training programs.
(5) Conduct research to improve the efficiency and function of the office of the sheriff and stimulate research by public and private agencies for that purpose.
(6) Accept donations, contributions, grants, or gifts from foundations, the state or federal government, and donations, contributions, grants, or gifts in amounts of not more than two hundred dollars from any one individual.
(7) Contract with other persons as the board deems necessary for services, facilities, studies, or training.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5635. Training

RS 13:5635 - Training
A. Beginning January 1, 2013, each person who has been elected to the position of sheriff shall successfully complete the new sheriff management program not later than one year after his election, or in the event of a special election, during the next regularly scheduled new sheriff management program.
B. Beginning January 1, 2013, each sheriff shall be required to complete twelve hours of continuing education as approved by the board within every twelve-month period.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5636. Salary option

RS 13:5636 - Salary option
A. A sheriff is eligible to receive a salary increase as provided for by the provisions of this Section if both the following occur:
(1) The sheriff has completed the training requirements provided for by this Part.
(2) The legislature has established a salary increase for, and appropriated funds for, salary increases for district court judges as provided by law.
B. The sheriff may take the salary increase up to the amount he is eligible to receive as provided for in this Section.
Acts 2012, No. 350, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5701. Election; term of office; bond

CHAPTER 36 CORONERS
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§5701 Election; term of office; bond
A. In each parish, there shall be a coroner. Except for the parish of Orleans, he shall be elected at the gubernatorial election, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the fourth Monday in March following election. He shall give bond and security according to law in the sum of two thousand dollars for the due performance of the duties of his office.
B. There shall be one coroner for the parish of Orleans who 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 on the first Monday in May following election. He shall give bond and security according to law in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the due performance of the duties of his office.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 541, §2, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 122, §3. Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1551 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5702. Conservator of the peace

RS 13:5702 - Conservator of the peace
The coroner shall be a conservator of the peace.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 151, §2. Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1552 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5703. Justice of peace to substitute for coroner

RS 13:5703 - Justice of peace to substitute for coroner
A justice of the peace, upon authorization by the coroner of the parish, may perform those duties of the coroner as requested in the authorization.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 151, §2. Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1553 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:5704. Qualifications

RS 13:5704 - Qualifications
A. The coroner shall be a physician licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana. This requirement shall be waived in any parish in which no licensed physician qualifies to run for the office.
B. The coroner shall be a resident of the parish. However, a licensed physician who is not a resident of the parish but who maintains a full-time medical practice at a principal medical office facility in the parish may qualify for and hold the office.
Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Acts 1999, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1554 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
NOTE: Acts 1999, No. 636, §2 provides that the Act (which added Subsection B) "shall apply to all elections for the office of coroner held on or after the effective date."