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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:750.1. Personal liability of the clerk, his deputies and employees

RS 13:750.1 - Personal liability of the clerk, his deputies and employees
A. The clerk of court is not personally liable for any damage or loss arising out of the performance of the duties imposed upon him in any capacity or for any reason unless the damage or loss is caused by his willful, wanton, or intentional act designed to cause injury. Neither is the clerk personally liable for the actions or negligence of any deputy or employee appointed or employed by him in the performance of any duty or obligation imposed upon the clerk in any capacity.
B. No deputy or other employee of the clerk of court employed or appointed for the performance of any duty or obligation imposed upon the clerk by law as clerk of the court, ex officio recorder of mortgages and conveyances, or in any other capacity is liable for any damage or loss arising out of or related to the performance of his duties unless the damage or loss is caused by his willful, wanton, or intentional act designed to cause injury.
C. Neither the clerk in his official capacity nor any of the deputies or employees are liable for improperly filing, failing or refusing to file, erroneously issuing or failing to issue or canceling any instrument from the records of his office or in taking any other action with respect to his records, their indexes or other performance of his duties when:
(1) The clerk has been directed to do so by order of any court of the state or United States or by any sheriff, marshal, or other officer pursuant to execution of a writ issued by such a court or when an officer is otherwise acting or purporting to act in his official capacity.
(2) Acting as ex officio recorder of mortgages or conveyances, he cancels and erases from his records or takes any other action with respect to any instrument in response to a request to do so when he is presented with the evidence or documents prescribed by law authorizing the same, whether or not such requests or records are genuine or what they purport to be.
Acts 2004, No. 769, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:752. Legislative findings

RS 13:752 - Legislative findings
(1) The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that, "[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".
(2) Article I, Section 11 of the Louisiana Constitution provides that "The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny."
(3) Federal law (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) prohibits a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year from purchasing a firearm.
(4) Federal law (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) further prohibits any person who the court has determined to have certain mental conditions from purchasing a firearm.
(5) Based upon the successful interfacing of state law enforcement agencies with the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal databases, information regarding a person's criminal convictions is available at the point of sale.
(6) However, the reporting of judicial decisions which would, in effect, prohibit a person from being eligible to purchase a firearm under federal law has not been consistent nor has the information been uniformly reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(7) The state of Louisiana has a compelling interest in protecting and preserving the fundamental rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms while also ensuring the timely reporting of information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding court decisions which would prohibit the purchase of a firearm.
(8) It is the express intention of the legislature that the provisions of this Section and R.S. 13:753 are enacted to provide for the collection of information and to facilitate the reporting of information which would prohibit the purchasing of firearms while preserving the constitutional rights of Louisiana citizens to keep and bear arms.
Acts 2013, No. 403, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756. Office hours

RS 13:756 - Office hours
Each of the clerks of the district courts and ex officio recorders shall keep their offices open from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. every day except Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and in cases of public emergency. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the event the Clerk's office is closed because of a public emergency, the time for filing any pleading shall be extended until the end of the first day of the reopening of said office. Provided however, said clerks and ex officio recorders may open their offices at an earlier time or close their offices at a later time.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 22, §1; Acts 1954, No. 24, §1; Acts 1954, No, 42, §1; Acts 1954, No. 61, §1; Acts 1964, No. 224, §1; Acts 1966, No. 154, §1; Acts 1968, No. 50, §1; Acts 1968, No. 176, §1; Acts 1968, No. 500, §1; Acts 1970, No. 8, §1; Acts 1970, No. 392, §1; Acts 1972, No. 76, §1; Acts 1972, No. 200, §1; Acts 1974, No. 540, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.1. Ascension Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.1 - Ascension Parish; branch office
A. The clerk of court of the parish of Ascension shall establish and maintain a branch office on the East Bank of the Mississippi River in the parish of Ascension.
B. The governing authority of the parish of Ascension shall make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of said branch office.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 315, §1; Acts 1999, No. 100, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.2. Lafourche Parish; branch offices

RS 13:756.2 - Lafourche Parish; branch offices
A. The clerk of court of the parish of Lafourche may establish and maintain branch offices in Galliano and Lockport in the parish of Lafourche to be used to receive election returns, issue marriage licenses, and store microfilm.
B. The governing authority of the parish of Lafourche may make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of said branch offices.
Acts 1985, No. 35, §1; Acts 1995, No. 399, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.3. St. James Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.3 - St. James Parish; branch office
A. The clerk of court of the parish of St. James shall establish and maintain a branch office in the St. James Parish Courthouse Annex at Vacherie, Ward 6, parish of St. James, to be used to receive election returns, issue marriage licenses, and store microfilm. The branch office hereby established shall not be utilized for the filing of legal pleadings.
B. The governing authority of the parish of St. James shall make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of said branch office.
Acts 1985, No. 396, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.4. Jefferson Parish; satellite or suboffice

RS 13:756.4 - Jefferson Parish; satellite or suboffice
A. The clerk of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson may establish a satellite or suboffice for the purpose of filing documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding in any place other than the parish seat. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of his office.
B. The clerk of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the parish of Jefferson may establish a satellite or suboffice where mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.
Acts 1985, No. 457, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.5. East Feliciana Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.5 - East Feliciana Parish; branch office
The clerk of court of the parish of East Feliciana may establish and maintain a branch office in Jackson in the parish of East Feliciana, without cost to the state, to be used to issue marriage licenses, to provide ex officio notary services, to perform microfilm services, to accept passport applications, and to be a depository of certain duplicate records.
Acts 1986, No. 356, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.6. East Baton Rouge Parish; branch offices

RS 13:756.6 - East Baton Rouge Parish; branch offices
A. The clerk of court of the parish of East Baton Rouge may, with the assent and concurrence of the governing authority of the parish, establish and maintain branch offices in the cities of Baker and Zachary and that portion of the parish south of Florida Boulevard and east and southeast of Airline Highway located in Ward 3, Precinct 11.
B. The branch offices shall be used only for such of the following purposes as may be designated by the governing authority authorizing the branch office:
(1) Filing of legal pleadings.
(2) Filing of documents for recordation.
(3) Computer access of records of the clerk in his capacity as recorder.
(4) Issuance of marriage licenses.
C. Provision of space for and funding for such branch offices of the clerk of court shall be in accordance with the existing laws with respect to defraying the costs of capital outlay expenses for the clerk's office, except as may be hereafter otherwise provided by agreement between the clerk of court and the governing authority of the parish.
Acts 1991, No. 210, §1, eff. July 2, 1991.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.7. St. Landry Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.7 - St. Landry Parish; branch office
The clerk of court of the parish of St. Landry may establish and maintain a branch office in the sixth ward of the parish of St. Landry to receive election returns, issue marriage licenses, store microfilm, provide ex officio notary services, accept passport applications, be a depository of duplicate records, and file documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of the office. Mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.
Acts 1991, No. 35, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.8. Tangipahoa Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.8 - Tangipahoa Parish; branch office
The clerk of court of the parish of Tangipahoa may establish and maintain a branch office in the city of Hammond in the parish of Tangipahoa to be used to receive election returns, issue passports and marriage licenses, and file notarial acts and civil pleadings. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of the office.
Acts 1995, No. 406, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.9. Livingston Parish; branch offices

RS 13:756.9 - Livingston Parish; branch offices
A. The clerk of court of the parish of Livingston may establish and maintain one but not more than two branch offices in the parish of Livingston.
B. The governing authority of the parish of Livingston may make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of said branch offices.
Acts 2001, No. 3, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.10. Bienville Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.10 - Bienville Parish; branch office
The clerk of court of the parish of Bienville may establish and maintain a branch office in Ringgold in the parish of Bienville to be used to receive election returns, to issue marriage licenses, to store microfilm, to provide ex officio notary services, to accept passport applications, to be a depository of duplicate records, and to file documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of the office. Mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.
Acts 2001, No. 36, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.11. St. John the Baptist Parish; branch office

RS 13:756.11 - St. John the Baptist Parish; branch office
A. The clerk of court of the parish of St. John the Baptist may establish and maintain a branch office on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the parish of St. John the Baptist to be used to receive election returns, to issue marriage licenses, to provide ex officio notary services, to accept passport applications, to issue birth certificates; to be a depository of duplicate records, and to file documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of the office. Mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.
B. The governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish shall make an office available without cost to the state for the establishment and maintenance of the branch office.
Acts 2001, No. 220, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:756.12. DeSoto Parish; branch office; Stonewall

RS 13:756.12 - DeSoto Parish; branch office; Stonewall
The clerk of court of the parish of DeSoto may establish and maintain a branch office in Stonewall in the parish of DeSoto to be used to receive election returns, to issue marriage licenses, to store microfilm, to provide ex officio notary services, to be a depository of duplicate records, and to file documents and pleadings in any civil proceeding. The documents and pleadings shall bear the endorsement of the clerk of court on the date on which they are filed. All records and pleadings as filed shall be transmitted to the office of the clerk of court at the parish seat for incorporation in the records of the office. Mortgages, privileges, and donations may be recorded. The clerk of court shall maintain only one repository for all acts and recordings.
Acts 2004, No. 339, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:757. Seal

RS 13:757 - Seal
The clerks of the courts in each parish shall obtain a seal, to be paid for by the parish, which shall contain the vignette of the state seal, with the words "Seal of the Clerk of the Parish of _________," which shall be used by the clerk of the parish to seal all papers issued by him requiring a seal.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:758. Liability insurance

RS 13:758 - Liability insurance
A. Clerks of the judicial district courts may contract for insurance with any insurance company authorized to do business under the laws of this state to cover loss or damage from any negligent acts of the clerk or his deputies in the performance of the duties of his office, the premiums on said insurance to be paid by the clerk as an expense of his office out of the clerk's salary fund.
B. Any judgment rendered against any clerk of the judicial district courts for any act of commission or omission performed by him or any of his employees in any of the duties required as clerk shall be paid out of the clerk's salary fund.
C. Each of the clerks of the judicial district courts is also authorized to compromise any suit brought against him or his employees, with the concurrence of the judge before whom the matter is pending, and to pay the compromise out of the clerk's salary fund.
Acts 1952, No. 369, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 525, §1; Acts 1977, No. 399, §1; Acts 1985, No. 309, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:759. Election; term of office

RS 13:759 - Election; term of office
Except for the clerks of the Civil District Court and the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans and except for clerks of district courts elected at special elections, each clerk of a district court 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 first day of July following election.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 164, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 122, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:760. Limitations on liability for damages

RS 13:760 - Limitations on liability for damages
No clerk of court and no deputy of such officer who performs any act or issues any order in conformity with the written order or judgment of any judge of a court in this state shall be liable in either his individual or official capacity to any person, firm, or corporation for any damage as the result of such action. This exemption from liability shall extend to any surety or liability insurance carrier of such officer.
Acts 1986, No. 290, §1; Acts 1997, No. 487, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:781. Clerk's salary fund

RS 13:781 - Clerk's salary fund
A. Except as provided in R.S. 13:783(C), the clerk of the district court shall collect all fees and charges due his office and deposit them in a fund known as the Clerk's Salary Fund. The clerk shall keep an accurate set of books in connection with this fund showing all receipts of his office, including notarial fees, and all expenditures. On or before the tenth of October each year, he shall render a statement from the books for the fiscal year beginning July first and ending June thirtieth to the police jury of the parish.
B. A clerk who fails to comply with this Section shall forfeit to the parish fifty percent of the compensation received by him under R.S. 13:782.
Acts 1995, No. 762, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:783.1. Orleans Parish; retired clerks of civil district court and clerk's employees; creation of fund

RS 13:783.1 - Orleans Parish; retired clerks of civil district court and clerk's employees; creation of fund
A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, there is hereby created within the office of the Clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans a special fund which shall be known as the Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court's Office Retired Employees Insurance Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "OPCOCVDCREIF", to finance the payments of insurance premiums by the clerk of Civil District Court of Orleans Parish for eligible retired clerks of civil district court and retired employees of the office of the Clerk of Civil District Court of Orleans Parish.
(2) Annually, the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans shall deposit money from the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans general fund into the OPCOCVDCREIF until the total amount of the money deposited in the OPCOCVDCREIF equals the accrued liability of the benefits payable. The accrued liability and funded status shall be recalculated annually as of the close of the fiscal year. No deposit shall be required if the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans has less than fifty thousand dollars available in its general fund after annual operations.
(3) The clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans shall invest the money in the OPCOCVDCREIF in the Louisiana Asset Management Pool.
(4) The funds and earnings invested pursuant to this Section shall be available for the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans to withdraw for the purpose of paying the insurance premiums. No earnings shall be withdrawn if the balance in the OPCOCVDCREIF is less than seventy percent of the accrued liability calculated pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. In any year following an actuarial determination that the fund balance is less than the seventy percent threshold, no earnings shall be withdrawn from the OPCOCVDCREIF, and any balance owed for the payment of insurance premiums shall be paid in full directly from the office of the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans.
(5) The money deposited into the OPCOCVDCREIF pursuant to this Section and the accumulated earnings up to the required total shall not be appropriated except for the investment and payment of premiums as provided for in this Section.
B. The legislative auditor shall audit the fund annually and the expense of such audit shall be paid by the clerk of Civil District Court of the parish of Orleans.
Acts 2021, No. 282, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:784. Police jury to defray capital outlay expense; clerk's salary fund surplus

RS 13:784 - Police jury to defray capital outlay expense; clerk's salary fund surplus
A. Upon the request of the clerk, the police jury shall provide him with all necessary office furniture, equipment, and record books.
B. Out of any surplus in his salary fund, each of the clerks of the district courts may purchase office furniture, equipment, record books, and supplies as may be needed for the proper conduct of his office and may expend funds for renovation of his office, all in accordance with the public bid law of the state.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 723, §1; Acts 1985, No. 324, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:785. Disposition of clerk's salary fund

RS 13:785 - Disposition of clerk's salary fund
At the expiration of his term of office, the clerk shall pay into the parish treasury any balance in the clerk's salary fund which exceeds one-half of the revenues of the last year of the term, which amount shall be limited to no more than that which was received by the clerk in accordance with R.S. 13:784(A) during said term of office. The amount retained in the clerk's salary fund shall be turned over to the incoming clerk as a revolving fund to assist in financing the operation of the clerk's office.
Amended by Acts 1970, No. 233, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:787. Supplements

RS 13:787 - Supplements
(A) When the fees and charges collected during any month by the clerk are insufficient to pay his normal compensation, clerical salaries and other necessary expenses, and there is no surplus from fees and charges collected during previous months from which the deficiency can be defrayed, the police jury of the parish may supplement the fees and charges by paying to the clerk's salary fund from the parish treasury the amount of the deficiency. In no case in any one fiscal year shall such supplements by the police jury exceed in the aggregate the sum of five thousand dollars.
(B) Whenever a police jury exercises the discretion vested in it by R.S. 13:786, the total amount received by the clerk shall include the salary of any deputy clerk or other clerks who may be appointed by him, but shall not include the cost of purchasing permanent record books.
(C) Whenever a police jury exercises the discretion vested in it by R.S. 13:786, the clerk shall furnish to the police jury, before the supplement is made, a sworn itemized statement of all fees and charges collected by him each month, in order that the police jury may ascertain the amount to be paid as supplement.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:793. Clerk's salary fund, payment by Department of Corrections

RS 13:793 - Clerk's salary fund, payment by Department of Corrections
The Department of Corrections, out of its appropriated funds, shall annually pay the sum of six thousand dollars into the salary fund of the clerk of court of each parish for each state adult correctional facility located in the parish in consideration of services rendered by that clerk of court to the adult correctional facility or by reason of its location in the parish.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 4, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:794. St. Landry Parish; jury commission fees; per diem and expenses of commissioners

RS 13:794 - St. Landry Parish; jury commission fees; per diem and expenses of commissioners
The clerk of court of St. Landry Parish shall, from fees collected for the jury commission fund, pay to the members of the jury commission their monthly per diem and expenses on their own warrant. The clerk shall deposit any balance remaining from such fees after the payment of per diem and expenses into the jury commission fund at such intervals as he deems proper based upon funds required to make such payments.
Acts 1992, No. 492, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:841.1. Additional fee for offset of supreme court reporting system expense

RS 13:841.1 - Additional fee for offset of supreme court reporting system expense
In addition to any other fees or costs imposed or authorized to be imposed and collected, the clerk of court of each district court may demand and receive from each party liable for court costs the additional sum of one dollar and fifty cents on all civil and probate matters. Any additional amount so imposed shall be used, in addition to any other available funds, to defray expenses incurred to meet the requirements of the supreme court reporting system.
Added by Acts 1976, No. 51, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:841.2. Internet document access; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-First Judicial District

RS 13:841.2 - Internet document access; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-First Judicial District
In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the clerk of the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Tangipahoa Parish, may demand and receive additional fees, for filing civil suits, a sum not to exceed five dollars per civil suit, and for recordation of documents, a sum not to exceed five dollars and fifty cents per document. All such funds so derived by the clerk in accordance with this provision may be expended for funding costs associated with the Internet-based Document Electronic Access System.
Acts 1999, No. 662, §1; Acts 2008, No. 215, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:842. Advance costs

RS 13:842 - Advance costs
A. The clerks of the district courts shall demand and receive from the plaintiff or plaintiffs in each ordinary suit, whether accompanied by conservatory writs or not, not less than twenty dollars or such other amount as may be fixed by law for advanced costs, to be disbursed to the clerk's salary fund or to others as their fees accrue. Whenever the costs have exhausted the amount of the original advance deposit, the clerk may refuse to perform any further function in the proceeding until the additional costs for the function have been paid, in accordance with the fees set forth in R.S. 13:841 or, in Orleans Parish, in R.S. 13:1213.
B. After an ordinary suit has been filed, if a period of five years elapses without any pleadings being filed and the suit has been completely inactive during this five-year period, the clerk shall refund any unused balance remaining in the clerk's advance deposit fund (to the credit of this particular suit) to the person who made the original deposit, after paying all fees or other charges of record in the suit. Probate matters are specifically excepted from the provisions of this Subsection.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 483, §1; Acts 1974, No. 541, §1; Acts 1978, No. 180, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:842.3. Juvenile Expense Fund; filing fees; Ninth Judicial District

RS 13:842.3 - Juvenile Expense Fund; filing fees; Ninth Judicial District
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:842.1 and in addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Ninth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any civil action, suit, motion, or rule to show cause in any juvenile matter the sum of fifteen dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq., which funds shall be transmitted to the finance director of Rapides Parish for disposition in accordance herewith.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:842.1 and in addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all delinquency and children in need of supervision or Families in Need of Services (FINS) cases filed in the Ninth Judicial District and where the judge deems appropriate, there shall be taxed as costs against every juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent, admits to allegations contained in the petition, or enters into an informal adjudication, the sum of fifty dollars which shall be transmitted to the finance director of Rapides Parish for further disposition in accordance herewith.
C.(1) The finance director shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Juvenile Expense Fund for the Ninth Judicial District Court. The finance director shall keep accurate records and the finance director shall cause to be conducted an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
(2) The Juvenile Expense Fund may be used for any operating expenses of the juvenile court and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are provided, authorized, or established by law.
(3) No judge's salary may be paid from the Juvenile Expense Fund.
Added by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 116, §1; Acts 1995, No. 339, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:843. Security for cost; collection of accrued costs; employment of counsel

RS 13:843 - Security for cost; collection of accrued costs; employment of counsel
A. The clerk of court may demand security for costs at the time the suit is filed.
B.(1) After any cost advance furnished under R.S. 13:842 has been exhausted, all accrued costs shall be paid by the party incurring the additional costs or by the surety on any bond for costs furnished by him, upon receipt of the clerk's demand for payment thereof supported by an itemized account of these accrued costs.
(2) If these accrued costs are not paid within ten days of the demand for payment, judgment therefor may be rendered against the party and against the surety on any cost bond furnished by him, by rule returnable not less than two judicial days from the date of service upon the defendants in rule.
(3) The clerk may employ an attorney at law to assist him in filing and trying said rule or rules, and the fee of the attorney employed for that purpose shall be fixed by the district judge before whom the rule is tried and shall be taxed as costs along with the cost of hearing the rule.
Acts 1984, No. 937, §4. Acts 1986, No. 999, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:843.1. Court costs; refund; statement of costs owing

RS 13:843.1 - Court costs; refund; statement of costs owing
Not later than ninety days after receipt of written verification of final termination of a civil suit, the clerk of each district court shall comply with either of the following:
(1) Refund to the plaintiff or plaintiffs any unused balance remaining in the clerk's advance deposit fund to the credit of the particular suit.
(2) Issue to the party primarily liable a demand for payment of any accrued costs in excess of the advance deposit supported by an itemized account of these accrued costs.
Amended by Acts 1983, No. 303, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1166, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:843.2. Civil court costs; jury costs; bond; immovable property as security

RS 13:843.2 - Civil court costs; jury costs; bond; immovable property as security
A personal surety may furnish as security for a bond for civil court costs, including jury costs, immovable property located in the parish in which the proceeding was brought, provided the surety presents to the clerk of court an assessment certificate, a homestead exemption waiver, if applicable, and a mortgage executed in favor of the clerk of court.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 413, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:844.1. Fees; state agency adoptions

RS 13:844.1 - Fees; state agency adoptions
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the fee assessed by the clerk of court for the filing of a petition for a state agency adoption shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per petition.
B. For the purpose of this Section, "state agency adoption" means any adoption proceeding wherein the child to be adopted is in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Family Services or the corresponding department of any other state.
C. The fee to be assessed on behalf of the sheriff's offices for service of process of state agency adoptions shall not exceed thirty dollars per adoption petition.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all fees and costs authorized to be assessed or collected by the clerks of court, except fees and costs authorized by this Section, are hereby expressly waived in state agency adoptions.
Acts 2019, No. 320, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:846. Additional fees; attending court sessions; transcripts of appeal in criminal cases; costs of prosecution; forfeited bail bond

RS 13:846 - Additional fees; attending court sessions; transcripts of appeal in criminal cases; costs of prosecution; forfeited bail bond
A. In addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerks of the several district courts throughout the state of Louisiana, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees of office:
(1)(a)(i) For preparing transcripts of appeal in each criminal case, exclusive of the fees of the court reporter for taking oral testimony, the net sum of twenty dollars to be taxed as costs of prosecution.
(ii) This amount shall be paid to the clerk in each case by the parish, and in all cases where the costs of the prosecution are paid by the defendant, the aforesaid fee shall be paid into the parish treasury.
(b) In all criminal cases involving traffic offenses under Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 when as a part of the sentence imposed the accused is condemned to pay costs of prosecution, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed, collected, and paid over to the clerk of court by the sheriff as the clerk's fee.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in all cases where a criminal bail bond posted by a commercial surety is forfeited and is actually collected by the district attorney, including the parish of Orleans, the sum of thirty dollars total for each judgment for which notices are sent pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 349.3 shall be paid to the clerk of court by the district attorney from the proceeds of such collection and the balance collected shall be paid by the district attorney according to law; in all cases where a bail bond is forfeited and is actually collected by the sheriff, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents out of the amount of the forfeited bond shall be paid to the clerk of court by the sheriff as the clerk's fee.
(2) For attending the sessions of the district court when in actual session, the governing body of the parish may pay to the clerk or his deputies a fee not to exceed twenty dollars for each day, but shall pay a fee of not less than eight dollars for each day.
B. The funds derived by the clerk of court in the parish of Calcasieu from that portion of the fees collectable pursuant to this Section above the amount of such fees collectable at the rates provided by R.S. 13:846 prior to the amendment thereof at the 1981 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be expended exclusively for the payment of salaries of deputy clerks of court in that parish.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 535, §1; Acts 1952, No. 339, §1; Acts 1964, No. 398, §1; Acts 1970, No. 151, §1; Acts 1981, No. 359, §1; Acts 1984, No. 438, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 52, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 733, §1; Acts 2010, No. 733, §2, eff. Dec. 31, 2014; Acts 2010, No. 914, §2; Acts 2012, No. 474, §5(A).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:847.1. Traffic violations; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-seventh Judicial District

RS 13:847.1 - Traffic violations; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-seventh Judicial District
In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the clerks of the Twenty-seventh Judicial District may assess a fee not to exceed five dollars for the processing of payment of a citation issued for any offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of any state or local law.
Acts 1995, No. 970, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:848.1. Criminal cases; disbursement

RS 13:848.1 - Criminal cases; disbursement
The sheriff, clerk, marshal, or other agency or office whose duties include receiving court fines, fees, costs, assessments, and forfeitures for courts within their jurisdictions shall disburse all sums due on a monthly basis and shall provide an itemized detail of the sources of the sums.
Acts 2011, No. 366, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:849. Microfilm suit records; services; fees

RS 13:849 - Microfilm suit records; services; fees
Whenever the Department of State forwards to the clerks of court requests for services or inquiries relating to records in suits previously transferred to the department for copying by microphotographic process, the clerks of court, in response to the request or inquiry, shall provide the necessary copying or other service and charge therefor the appropriate fees as provided in R.S. 13:841 or R.S. 13:844, or, in Orleans Parish, by R.S. 13:1213 or R.S. 13:1381.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 397, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:850. Facsimile transmission; filings in civil actions; fees; equipment and supplies

RS 13:850 - Facsimile transmission; filings in civil actions; fees; equipment and supplies
A. Any document in a civil action may be filed with the clerk of court by facsimile transmission. All clerks of court shall make available for their use equipment to accommodate facsimile filing in civil actions, and the clerks of court shall not intentionally turn off or disconnect the equipment used to receive facsimile filings. Filing shall be deemed complete on the date and time indicated on the clerk of court facsimile transmission receipt. No later than on the first business day after receiving a facsimile filing, the clerk of court shall transmit to the filing party via facsimile a confirmation of receipt and include a statement of the fees for the facsimile filing and filing of the original document. The facsimile filing fee and transmission fee are incurred upon receipt of the facsimile filing by the clerk of court and payable as provided in Subsection B of this Section. The facsimile filing shall have the same force and effect as filing the original document, if the filing party complies with Subsection B of this Section.
B. Within seven days, exclusive of legal holidays, after the clerk of court receives the facsimile filing, all of the following shall be delivered to the clerk of court:
(1) The original document identical to the facsimile filing in number of pages and in content of each page including any attachments, exhibits, and orders. A document not identical to the facsimile filing or which includes pages not included in the facsimile filing shall not be considered the original document.
(2) The fees for the facsimile filing and filing of the original document stated on the confirmation of receipt, if any.
(3) A transmission fee of five dollars.
C. If the filing party fails to comply with any of the requirements of Subsection B of this Section, the facsimile filing shall have no force or effect. The various district courts may provide by court rule for other matters related to filings by facsimile transmission.
D. In the event the filing party does not receive a confirmation of receipt pursuant to Subsection A of this Section, and the clerk's office asserts that it never received the facsimile transmission, the filing party may file a contradictory motion if he has electronic or other evidence that the facsimile filing was transmitted to the clerk's office on a particular day and at a specified time. The motion shall be filed with the section of court in which the case is assigned and the motion shall be conducted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 2591 et seq.
E. The clerk may purchase equipment and supplies necessary to accommodate facsimile filings out of the clerk's salary fund.
Acts 1991, No. 463, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1119, §1; Acts 2012, No. 826, §1; Acts 2016, No. 109, §1; Acts 2022, No. 115, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:851. Criminal matters; additional costs for clerk of court's office in the Fortieth Judicial District Court

RS 13:851 - Criminal matters; additional costs for clerk of court's office in the Fortieth Judicial District Court
A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Fortieth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of ten dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the clerk of court in St. John the Baptist Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section into an account to be expended by the clerk of court for the support of the clerk of courts branch office on the east bank of the Mississippi River. The clerk of court shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
C. The Fortieth Judicial District Court shall not assess the additional costs authorized by this Section until the local governing authority of St. John the Baptist Parish enacts an ordinance approving the assessment of these additional costs.
Acts 2003, No. 584, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:852. Criminal matters; additional court costs; additional fees for civil filings; Twelfth Judicial District Court

RS 13:852 - Criminal matters; additional court costs; additional fees for civil filings; Twelfth Judicial District Court
A.(1) In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Twelfth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents to be collected by the sheriff of Avoyelles Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures provided for by law.
(2) In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Twelfth Judicial District Court shall collect from every person the sum of ten dollars for every civil filing to be transmitted to the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. All fees collected or received pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be expended by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office to defray the expenses of providing security and bailiffs to the Twelfth Judicial District Court.
Acts 2012, No. 813, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:853. Criminal matters; additional court costs; Twenty-Second Judicial District Court

RS 13:853 - Criminal matters; additional court costs; Twenty-Second Judicial District Court
A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, a sum not to exceed fifty dollars. These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
B. The sheriff shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section into the Criminal Court Fund for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court to defray the costs of the court.
Acts 2012, No. 813, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:901. Requirements for indexing names

RS 13:901 - Requirements for indexing names
The recorder of mortgages and of conveyances shall index any act required to be recorded in the names of the natural persons as recited in the act, including the full name, including middle name or middle initial, and family name of such natural person. In addition, if a woman is a party to an act, it shall be indexed in her family name and all other names recited in the act.
Acts 1987, No. 679, §1; Acts 2005, No. 169, §5, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › §13:902. §§902 to 909 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.

RS 13:902 - §§902 to 909 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.