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Article
1
Jurisdiction defined
Article
2
Jurisdiction over subject matter
Article
3
Same; cannot be conferred by consent
Article
4
Same; determination when dependent on amount in dispute or value of right asserted
Article
5
Same; effect of reduction of claim
Article
6
Jurisdiction over the person
Article
7
Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 578, 5.
Article
8
Jurisdiction over property; in rem
Article
9
Same; quasi in rem; attachment
Article
10
Jurisdiction over status
Article
11
Military personnel
Article
41
Definition
Article
42
General rules
Article
43
Exceptions to general rules
Article
44
Waiver of objections to venue
Article
45
Conflict between two or more articles in Chapter
Article
71
Action against individual who has changed domicile
Article
72
Certain actions involving property
Article
73
Action against joint or solidary obligors
Article
74
Action on offense or quasi offense
Article
74.1
Action to establish or disavow filiation
Article
74.2
Custody proceedings; support; forum non conveniens
Article
74.3
Marriage of persons related by adoption
Article
74.3.1
Marriage of persons; waiver of certain information
Article
74.4
Action on an open account or a promissory note
Article
74.5
Adult adoption
Article
74.6
Actions to seek court approval by parents during marriage
Article
75
Action on judicial bond
Article
76
Action on insurance policy
Article
76.1
Action on contract
Article
77
Action against person doing business in another parish
Article
78
Action against partners of existing partnership
Article
79
Action to dissolve partnership
Article
80
Action involving immovable property
Article
81
Action involving succession
Article
82
Action to partition community property
Article
83
Action to partition partnership property
Article
84
Action involving certain retirement systems and employee benefit programs
Article
85
Action against domestic corporation; charter revoked by secretary of state
Article
86
Action involving voting trusts
Article
87
Repealed
Article
121
Action brought in improper venue; transfer
Article
122
Change of proper venue
Article
123
Forum non conveniens
Article
124
Forum non conveniens; transfer to city court
Article
151
Grounds
Article
152
Disclosures
Article
153
Recusal on court's own motion
Article
154
Procedure for recusal of district court judge
Article
155
Selection of judge to try motion to recuse
Article
156
Selection of judge after recusal
Article
157
Recusal of supreme court justice
Article
158
Recusal of judge of court of appeal
Article
159
Recusal of ad hoc judge
Article
160
Recusation of judge of court of appeal
Article
161
Recusation of judge ad hoc
Article
191
Inherent judicial power
Article
192
Appointment of expert witnesses; expenses
Article
192.1
Interpreters for deaf and severely hearing-impaired persons
Article
192.2
Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking persons
Article
193
Power to adopt local rules; publication
Article
194
Power of district court to act; signing orders and judgments
Article
195
Same; judicial proceedings
Article
196
Power of district court to act in vacation
Article
196.1
Power of courts to act during emergencies
Article
197
Testimony of inmates
Article
221
Kinds of contempt
Article
222
Direct contempt
Article
222.1
Direct contempt; fingerprinting and photographing; exception
Article
223
Same; procedure for punishing
Article
224
Constructive contempt
Article
225
Same; procedure for punishing
Article
226
Same; imprisonment until performance
Article
227
Punishment for contempt
Article
251
Custodian of court records; certified copies; records public
Article
252
Issuance of process
Article
253
Pleadings, documents, and exhibits to be filed with clerk
Article
253.1
Pleadings; random assignment of cases
Article
253.2
Transfer and reassignment of pending cases
Article
253.3
Duty judge exceptions; authority to hear certain matters
Article
254
Docket and minute books
Article
255
Deputy clerks and other employees
Article
256
Minute clerk
Article
257
Neglect, failure, or refusal of clerk, deputy, or other employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt
Article
258
Electronic filing and recording of written instruments
Article
259
Liability of clerk of court
Article
281
Certain articles not applicable to Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans
Article
282
Acts which may be done by district court clerk
Article
283
Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk
Article
284
Judicial powers of district court clerk
Article
285
Powers of district court clerk may be exercised whether judge absent from parish or not
Article
286
Powers of district court clerk which may not be exercised by deputy; powers of chief deputy clerk
Article
287
District court clerk ex officio notary
Article
288
Functions which district court clerk may exercise on holiday
Article
321
Executive officer of district court; serves process, executes writs and mandates directed to him by courts
Article
322
Exercises civil functions only in own parish; exception
Article
323
Writs executed on holiday
Article
324
Returns on process served, and writs and judgments executed
Article
325
Right of entry for execution; may require assistance of others if resistance offered or threatened
Article
326
Protection and preservation of property seized
Article
327
Seizure of rents, fruits, and revenue of property under seizure
Article
328
Power of administration of property under seizure
Article
329
Disbursements for protection, preservation, and administration of seized property
Article
330
Collection of fines from, and imprisonment of, persons found guilty of contempt of court
Article
331
Deputy sheriffs and other employees
Article
332
Service or execution by constable or marshal
Article
333
Crier
Article
334
Neglect, failure, or refusal of sheriff, deputy sheriff, or employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt
Article
371
Attorney
Article
372
Court reporter
Article
373
Expert appointed by court
Article
374
Legal representative
Article
375
Neglect, failure, or refusal of expert or legal representative to perform a legal duty when ordered to do so, subjects him to punishment for contempt of court
Article
376
Limitation of immunity
Article
421
Civil action; commencement; amicable demand unnecessary
Article
422
Personal, real, mixed actions
Article
423
Implied right to enforce obligation; prematurity
Article
424
Cause of action as a defense
Article
425
Preclusion by judgment
Article
426
Transmission of action and of right to enforce obligation
Article
427
Action against obligor's heirs or legatees
Article
428
No abatement on death of party
Article
461
Cumulation of actions defined
Article
462
Cumulation by single plaintiff against single defendant
Article
463
Cumulation, plural plaintiffs or defendants
Article
464
Improper cumulation, effect
Article
465
Separate trials of cumulated actions
Article
466
Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, 11.
Article
531
Suits pending in Louisiana court or courts
Article
532
Motions to stay in suits pending in Louisiana and federal or foreign court
Article
561
Abandonment in trial and appellate court
Article
562
Emergency suspension of abandonment
Article
591
Prerequisites; maintainable class actions
Article
592
Certification procedure; notice; judgment; orders
Article
593
Venue
Article
593.1
Class actions; lis pendens
Article
593.2
Class actions; forum non conveniens
Article
594
Dismissal or compromise
Article
595
Award of expenses of litigation; security for costs
Article
596
Prescription; suspension
Article
597
Effect of judgment
Article
611
Derivative actions; prerequisites
Article
612
Representation
Article
613
Procedure
Article
614
Venue
Article
615
Petition in shareholder's derivative action
Article
616
Shareholder's derivative action when not impracticable to join all shareholders, partners, or members
Article
617
Unincorporated association; definition; applicability
Article
641
Joinder of parties needed for just adjudication
Article
642
Determination by court whenever joinder not feasible
Article
643
Solidary obligees and obligors; joinder
Article
644
Party plaintiff who refuses or fails to sue
Article
645
Pleading nonjoinder of a party
Article
646
Amendment of petition to join a party
Article
647
Permissive joinder governed by rules of cumulation of actions
Article
681
Real and actual interest required
Article
682
Individuals having procedural capacity
Article
683
Unemancipated minor
Article
684
Mental incompetent; interdict
Article
685
Succession
Article
686
Marital community
Article
687
Person doing business under trade name
Article
688
Partnership
Article
689
Unincorporated association
Article
690
Domestic corporation; insurer; limited liability company
Article
691
Foreign corporation; foreign limited liability company; foreign or alien insurance corporation
Article
692
Corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in receivership or liquidation
Article
693
Insurer in receivership
Article
694
Agent
Article
695
Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
Article
696
Pledgor and pledgee
Article
697
Subrogor and subrogee
Article
698
Assignor and assignee
Article
699
Trust estate
Article
700
Authority or qualification of plaintiff suing in representative capacity
Article
731
Individuals having procedural capacity
Article
732
Unemancipated minor
Article
733
Mental incompetent; interdict
Article
734
Succession
Article
735
Marital community
Article
736
Person doing business under trade name
Article
737
Partnership; partners
Article
738
Unincorporated association; members
Article
739
Corporation; limited liability company; insurer
Article
740
Corporation; limited liability company; partnership in receivership or liquidation
Article
741
Insurer in receivership
Article
742
Trust estate
Article
743
Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
Article
771
Rules applicable
Article
801
Voluntary substitution for deceased party; legal successor
Article
802
Compulsory substitution for deceased party; summons
Article
803
Same; service or publication of summons
Article
804
Same; effect of failure of legal successor to appear
Article
805
Legal representative; successor
Article
806
Public officer
Article
807
Transfer of interest
Article
821
Rules of Chapter applicable to district courts; rules of other appellate courts applicable
Article
851
Three modes of procedure; Book II governs ordinary proceedings
Article
852
Pleadings allowed; replicatory pleadings prohibited
Article
853
Caption of pleadings; adoption by reference; exhibits
Article
854
Form of pleading
Article
855
Pleading special matters; capacity
Article
856
Same; fraud, mistake, or condition of the mind
Article
857
Same; suspensive conditions
Article
858
Same; official document or act
Article
859
Same; judgment or decision
Article
860
Same; time and place
Article
861
Same; special damage
Article
862
Relief granted under pleadings; sufficiency of prayer
Article
863
Signing of pleadings; effect
Article
864
Attorney subject to disciplinary action
Article
865
Construction of pleadings
Article
891
Form of petition
Article
892
Alternative causes of action
Article
893
Pleading of damages
Article
921
Exception defined
Article
922
Kinds of exceptions
Article
923
Functions of exceptions
Article
924
Form of exceptions
Article
925
Objections raised by declinatory exception; waiver
Article
926
Objections raised by dilatory exception; waiver
Article
927
Objections raised by peremptory exception
Article
928
Time of pleading exceptions
Article
929
Time of trial of exceptions
Article
930
Evidence on trial of declinatory and dilatory exceptions
Article
931
Evidence on trial of peremptory exception
Article
932
Effect of sustaining declinatory exception
Article
933
Effect of sustaining dilatory exception
Article
934
Effect of sustaining peremptory exception
Article
961
Written motion required; exception
Article
962
Form of written motion
Article
963
Ex parte and contradictory motions; rule to show cause
Article
964
Motion to strike
Article
965
Motion for judgment on pleadings
Article
966
Motion for summary judgment; procedure
Article
967
Same; affidavits
Article
968
Effect of judgment on pleadings and summary judgment
Article
969
Judgment on pleadings and summary judgment not permitted in certain cases; exception
Article
970
Motion for judgment on offer of judgment
Article
971
Special motion to strike
Article
1001
Delay for answering
Article
1002
Answer or other pleading filed prior to signing of final default judgment
Article
1003
Form of answer
Article
1004
Denials
Article
1005
Affirmative defenses
Article
1006
Alternative defenses
Article
1031
Incidental demands allowed
Article
1032
Form of petition
Article
1033
Delay for filing incidental demand
Article
1034
Exceptions and motions
Article
1035
Answer
Article
1036
Jurisdiction; mode of procedure
Article
1037
Action instituted separately
Article
1038
Separate trial; separate judgment
Article
1039
Effect of dismissal of principal action
Article
1040
Words "plaintiff" and "defendant" include plaintiff and defendant in an incidental action
Article
1041
When prescribed incidental or third party demand is not barred
Article
1061
Actions pleaded in reconventional demand; compulsory
Article
1062
Pleading compensation
Article
1063
Service of reconventional demand; citation unnecessary
Article
1064
Additional parties
Article
1065
Reconventional demand exceeding principal demand
Article
1066
Action matured or acquired after pleading
Article
1067
Redesignated to C.C.P. Art. 1041
Article
1071
Cross-claims
Article
1072
Service of cross-claim, citation unnecessary
Article
1073
Additional parties
Article
1091
Third person may intervene
Article
1092
Third person asserting ownership of, or mortgage or privilege on, seized property
Article
1093
Service of petition; citation unnecessary
Article
1094
Intervener accepts proceedings
Article
1111
Defendant may bring in third person
Article
1112
Defendant in reconvention may bring in third person
Article
1113
Effect of failure to bring in third party
Article
1114
Service of citation and pleadings
Article
1115
Defenses of original defendant available to third party defendant
Article
1116
Third party defendant may bring in third person
Article
1151
Amendment of petition and answer; answer to amended petition
Article
1152
Amendment of exceptions
Article
1153
Amendment relates back
Article
1154
Amendment to conform to evidence
Article
1155
Supplemental pleadings
Article
1156
Amended and supplemental pleadings in incidental action
Article
1201
Citation; waiver; delay for service
Article
1202
Form of citation
Article
1203
Citation to legal representative of multiple defendants
Article
1231
Types of service; time of making
Article
1232
Personal service
Article
1233
Same; where made
Article
1234
Domiciliary service
Article
1235
Service on representative
Article
1235.1
Service on incarcerated person
Article
1236
Service on clerical employees of physicians
Article
1237
Service on individual in multiple capacities
Article
1261
Domestic or foreign corporation
Article
1262
Same; secretary of state
Article
1263
Partnership
Article
1264
Unincorporated association
Article
1265
Political entity; public officer
Article
1266
Limited liability company
Article
1267
Same; service on secretary of state
Article
1291
Service by sheriff
Article
1292
Sheriff's return
Article
1293
Service by private person
Article
1311
Service of copy of exhibit to pleading unnecessary
Article
1312
Service of pleadings subsequent to petition; exceptions
Article
1313
Service by mail, delivery, or electronic means
Article
1314
Same; service by sheriff
Article
1351
Issuance; form
Article
1352
Restrictions on subpoena
Article
1353
Prepayment of fees
Article
1354
Subpoena duces tecum
Article
1355
Service of subpoena
Article
1355.1
Reissuance of subpoena; service by certified or registered mail
Article
1356
Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for depositions or inspections
Article
1357
Failure to comply with subpoena
Article
1391
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1392
Proof of statutes
Article
1393
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1394
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1395
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1396
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1397
Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
Article
1420
Signing of discovery requests, responses, or objections
Article
1421
Discovery methods
Article
1422
Scope of discovery; in general
Article
1422.1
Scope of discovery; records of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
Article
1423
Scope of discovery; insurance agreements
Article
1424
Scope of discovery; trial preparation; materials
Article
1425
Experts; pretrial disclosures; scope of discovery
Article
1426
Protective orders
Article
1426.1
Stay of discovery in civil matters by a district attorney in a related criminal matter
Article
1427
Sequence and timing of discovery
Article
1428
Supplementation of responses
Article
1429
Perpetuation of testimony; petition
Article
1430
Notice and service of petition; perpetuation of testimony
Article
1430.1
Ex parte order; death or incapacitating illness
Article
1431
Order and examination; perpetuation of testimony
Article
1432
Use of deposition
Article
1433
Deposition after trial
Article
1434
Person before whom deposition taken
Article
1435
Deposition taken in another state, or in a territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction
Article
1436
Stipulations; manner of taking; modification of procedures
Article
1436.1
Depositions by telephone
Article
1437
Deposition upon oral examination; when deposition may be taken
Article
1438
Notice of examination; time and place; subpoena duces tecum
Article
1439
Special notice
Article
1440
Nonstenographic recordation of testimony
Article
1441
Production of documents and things
Article
1442
Deposition of an organization
Article
1443
Examination and cross-examination; record of examination; oath; objections
Article
1444
Motion to terminate; limit examination
Article
1445
Submission to witness; changes; signing
Article
1446
Certification by officer; custody of deposition; exhibits; copies; notice of availability for inspection or copying; cost of originals and copies of transcripts
Article
1447
Failure to attend or to serve subpoena; expenses
Article
1448
Serving written questions; notice
Article
1449
Taking of testimony; preparation of record; notice of filing
Article
1450
Use of depositions
Article
1451
Objections to admissibility
Article
1452
Effect of taking or using depositions; deposing attorneys of record
Article
1453
Objection to irregularities in notice; waiver
Article
1454
Objections as to disqualification of officer; waiver
Article
1455
Objections, competency of witnesses; relevancy of testimony; manner or form of taking deposition
Article
1456
Objection as to completion and return of deposition
Article
1457
Interrogatories to parties; availability; additional, hearing required
Article
1458
Interrogatories to parties; procedures for use
Article
1459
Interrogatories to parties; scope; use at trial
Article
1460
Option to produce business records
Article
1461
Production of documents and things; entry upon land; scope
Article
1462
Production of documents and things; entry upon land; procedure
Article
1463
Production of documents and things; entry upon land, persons not parties
Article
1464
Order for an additional medical opinion for physical or mental examination of persons
Article
1465
Report of examining physician
Article
1465.1
Requests for release of medical records
Article
1466
Requests for admission; service of request
Article
1467
Requests for admission; answers and objections
Article
1468
Requests for admissions; effect of admission
Article
1469
Motion for order compelling discovery
Article
1469.1
Order compelling discovery of medical records
Article
1469.2
Order compelling discovery of financial records; notice
Article
1470
Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; contempt
Article
1471
Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; sanctions
Article
1472
Failure to admit; expenses
Article
1473
Failure to attend deposition, serve answers or respond to request for inspection
Article
1474
Service of written objections, notices, requests, affidavits, interrogatories, and answers thereto
Article
1475
Affidavit for medical cost; counter affidavit; service
Article
1551
Pretrial and scheduling conference; order
Article
1552
Environmental management orders
Article
1561
Consolidation for trial or other limited purposes
Article
1562
Separate trials of issues of insurance coverage, liability, and damages
Article
1563
Limited admission of liability in environmental damage lawsuits; effect
Article
1571
Assignment by court rule
Article
1572
Written request for notice of trial
Article
1573
Assignment of trials; preference; terminally ill
Article
1601
Discretionary grounds
Article
1602
Peremptory grounds
Article
1603
Motion for continuance
Article
1604
Prevention of continuance by admission of adverse party
Article
1605
Trial of motion; order
Article
1631
Power of court over proceedings; exclusion of witnesses; mistrial
Article
1632
Order of trial
Article
1633
Oath or affirmation of witnesses; refusal to testify
Article
1633.1
Live trial testimony by video
Article
1634
Cross-examination of a party or person identified with a party
Article
1635
Exceptions unnecessary
Article
1636
Evidence held inadmissible; record or statement as to nature thereof
Article
1637
Completion of trial; pronouncement of judgment
Article
1671
Voluntary dismissal
Article
1672
Involuntary dismissal
Article
1673
Effect of dismissal with or without prejudice
Article
1701
Preliminary default
Article
1702
Confirmation of default judgment
Article
1702.1
Confirmation of preliminary default without hearing in open court; required information; certifications
Article
1703
Scope of judgment
Article
1704
Confirmation of preliminary default in suits against the state or a political subdivision
Article
1731
Issues triable by jury
Article
1732
Limitation upon jury trials
Article
1733
Demand for jury trial; bond for costs
Article
1734
Fixing the bond; calling the jury venire
Article
1734.1
Cash deposit; procedure
Article
1735
Specification of issues
Article
1736
Trial of less than all issues; stipulation
Article
1751
Qualification and exemptions of jurors
Article
1761
Procedure in general
Article
1762
Swearing of juror before examination
Article
1763
Examination of juror
Article
1764
Peremptory challenges
Article
1765
Challenges for cause
Article
1766
Time for challenges; method
Article
1767
Challenging or excusing jurors after acceptance
Article
1768
Swearing of jurors; selection of foreman
Article
1769
Alternate jurors
Article
1791
Comment on facts by judge prohibited
Article
1792
Charge to the jury
Article
1793
Instructions to jury; objections
Article
1794
Taking evidence to jury room
Article
1795
Jury request to review testimony
Article
1796
Additional instructions
Article
1797
Number required for verdict
Article
1810
Directed verdicts; motion to dismiss at close of plaintiff's evidence
Article
1810.1
Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, 11.
Article
1811
Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
Article
1812
Special verdicts
Article
1813
General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
Article
1814
Remittitur or additur as alternative to new trial; reformation of verdict
Article
1841
Judgments, interlocutory and final
Article
1842
Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 521, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
Article
1843
Final default judgment
Article
1844
Judgment of dismissal; effect
Article
1871
Declaratory judgments; scope
Article
1872
Interested parties may obtain declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations
Article
1873
Construction of contract
Article
1874
Interested person may obtain declaration of rights; purpose
Article
1875
Powers enumerated not exclusive
Article
1876
Court may refuse declaratory judgment
Article
1877
Review of judgments and decrees
Article
1878
Supplemental relief; expedited hearing for constitutional determination; effect of pendency of other proceedings
Article
1879
Trial and determination of issue of fact
Article
1880
Parties
Article
1881
Construction
Article
1882
Provisions independent and severable
Article
1883
Uniformity of interpretation
Article
1911
Final judgment; partial final judgment; signing; appeals
Article
1912
Final judgment; multi-parish districts, signing in any parish in the state
Article
1913
Notice of judgment
Article
1914
Interlocutory judgments; notice; delay for further action
Article
1915
Partial final judgment; partial judgment; partial exception; partial summary judgment
Article
1916
Jury cases; compromise agreements; signature of judgment by the court
Article
1917
Findings of the court and reasons for judgment
Article
1918
Form of final judgment
Article
1919
Judgment affecting immovable property; particular description
Article
1920
Costs; parties liable; procedure for taxing
Article
1921
Interest allowed by the judgment
Article
1922
Money judgments; judgment debtor; date of birth; social security number
Article
1951
Amendment of judgment
Article
1971
Granting of new trial
Article
1972
Peremptory grounds
Article
1973
Discretionary grounds
Article
1974
Delay for applying for new trial
Article
1975
Application for new trial; verifying affidavit
Article
1976
Service of notice
Article
1977
Assignment of new trial
Article
1978
Procedure in new trial
Article
1979
Summary decision on motion; maximum delays
Article
2001
Grounds in general
Article
2002
Annulment for vices of form; time for action
Article
2003
Same; action lost through acquiescence
Article
2004
Annulment for vices of substance; peremption of action
Article
2005
Annulment of judgments; effect of appeal
Article
2006
Court where action brought
Article
2031
Revival of judgments
Article
2081
Applicability of Title
Article
2082
Definition of appeal
Article
2083
Judgments appealable
Article
2084
Legal representative may appeal
Article
2085
Limitations on appeals
Article
2086
Right of third person to appeal
Article
2087
Delay for taking devolutive appeal
Article
2088
Divesting of jurisdiction of trial court
Article
2089
Description required of immovable property affected by judgments or decrees
Article
2121
Method of appealing
Article
2122
Appointment or removal of legal representative not suspended by appeal; effect of vacating appointment on appeal
Article
2123
Delay for taking suspensive appeal
Article
2124
Security to be furnished for an appeal
Article
2125
Return day
Article
2125.1
Notice of extension of return day granted by clerk of trial court
Article
2126
Payment of costs
Article
2127
Record on appeal; preparation
Article
2127.1
Same; certified and dated
Article
2127.2
Same; preparation and delivery of transcript
Article
2127.3
Same; contempt
Article
2128
Same; determination of content
Article
2128.1
Depositions
Article
2129
Assignment of errors unnecessary; exception
Article
2130
Record on appeal; statement of facts
Article
2131
Same; narrative of facts
Article
2132
Same; correction
Article
2133
Answer of appellee; when necessary
Article
2161
Dismissal for irregularities
Article
2162
Dismissal by consent of parties, or because of lack of jurisdiction or right to appeal, or abandonment; transfer
Article
2163
Peremptory exception filed in appellate court; remand if prescription pleaded
Article
2164
Scope of appeal and action to be taken; costs
Article
2164.1
Assignment of appellate panels
Article
2165
Appeals deemed abandoned
Article
2166
Rehearing, court of appeal judgment; finality; stay
Article
2167
Rehearing, supreme court judgment; finality; stay
Article
2168
Posting of unpublished opinions; citation
Article
2201
Supervisory writs
Article
2251
Execution only in trial court; appellate court judgment
Article
2252
Delay before proceeding with execution
Article
2253
Writ from clerk to sheriff
Article
2254
Execution by sheriff; return; wrongful seizure
Article
2291
Money judgment; fieri facias
Article
2292
Privilege of creditor on seized property; successive seizures
Article
2293
Notice to judgment debtor; appointment of attorney
Article
2294
Time for seizure; return
Article
2294.1
Time for seizure; return; city courts in Orleans Parish
Article
2295
Order of sale; sale in globo
Article
2296
Reduction of excessive seizure
Article
2297
Alias fieri facias
Article
2298
Injunction prohibiting sale; damages
Article
2299
Order prohibiting payment of proceeds of sale
Article
2331
Publication of notice of sale
Article
2332
Appraisal
Article
2333
Sale of perishable property
Article
2334
Reading of advertisement and certificates
Article
2335
Superior mortgage or privilege
Article
2336
Minimum price; second offering
Article
2337
Price insufficient to discharge superior privileges; property not sold
Article
2338
Judgment creditor having superior privilege; price insufficient to satisfy inferior mortgage
Article
2339
Judgment debtor and creditor may bid
Article
2340
Payment of debt prior to adjudication
Article
2341
Sale when installment not due
Article
2342
Act of sale by sheriff
Article
2343
Sheriff's return after sale
Article
2371
Effect of adjudication
Article
2372
Sale subject to superior real charge or lease
Article
2373
Distribution of proceeds of sale
Article
2374
Property subject to superior mortgage; payment of price
Article
2375
Purchaser's liability; property subject to inferior mortgages
Article
2376
Release of inferior mortgages, liens, and privileges
Article
2377
Inferior mortgages; payment; reference to proceeds
Article
2378
Enforcement of mortgage or privilege superior to that of seizing creditor
Article
2379
Rights of buyer in case of eviction
Article
2380
Loss of recourse when purchaser fails to give judgment debtor timely notice
Article
2381
Action by seizing creditor who has been compelled to reimburse purchaser
Article
2411
Garnishee; effect of service; financial institutions
Article
2412
Method of service; delay for answering
Article
2413
Effect of garnishee's failure to answer
Article
2414
Notice of answer; traversing
Article
2415
Delivery of property or payment of indebtedness to sheriff
Article
2416
Venue of garnishment proceedings
Article
2417
Garnishment in court other than one which rendered judgment
Article
2451
Examination of judgment debtor and third parties; depositions
Article
2452
Court where motion filed and examination conducted
Article
2453
Motion; order; service
Article
2454
Oath; testimony not used in criminal proceedings
Article
2455
Costs
Article
2456
Contempt
Article
2501
Judgment ordering delivery of possession; writ of possession
Article
2502
Writ of distringas; contempt; damages
Article
2503
Distringas, execution and revocation
Article
2504
Specific performance; court directing performance by third party
Article
2541
Execution of foreign judgments
Article
2542
Grounds for recognition of foreign defamation judgments
Article
2591
Proceedings conducted with rapidity
Article
2592
Use of summary proceedings
Article
2593
Pleadings
Article
2594
Service of process
Article
2595
Trial; decision
Article
2596
Rules of ordinary proceedings applicable; exceptions
Article
2631
Use of executory proceedings
Article
2632
Act importing a confession of judgment
Article
2633
Venue
Article
2634
Petition
Article
2635
Authentic evidence submitted with petition
Article
2636
Authentic evidence
Article
2637
Evidence which need not be authentic
Article
2638
Order for issuance of writ of seizure and sale
Article
2639
Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1072, ยง2.
Article
2640
Citation unnecessary; service of demand for payment
Article
2641
Service upon, and seizure and sale prosecuted against, attorney for unrepresented defendant
Article
2642
Assertion of defenses; appeal
Article
2643
Third person claiming mortgage, security interest, or privilege on property seized
Article
2644
Conversion to ordinary proceeding
Article
2671
Proceeding against surviving spouse in community
Article
2672
Proceeding against heirs or legatees
Article
2673
Proceeding against legal representative
Article
2674
Attorney appointed to represent unrepresented defendant
Article
2675
Case falling within application of two or more articles; plaintiff may bring proceeding under any applicable article
Article
2701
Alienation of property to third person disregarded
Article
2702
Rights of third person who has acquired property and assumed indebtedness
Article
2703
Rights of third possessor
Article
2721
Seizure of property; notice
Article
2722
Advertisement of sale
Article
2723
Appraisal of property, unless waived
Article
2724
Articles relating to sales under fieri facias applicable
Article
2725
Seizure and sale of a motor vehicle out-of-state; procedure
Article
2751
Grounds for arresting seizure and sale; damages
Article
2752
Injunction procedure
Article
2753
Security not required in certain cases
Article
2754
Security otherwise required
Article
2771
When deficiency judgment obtainable
Article
2772
Procedure to obtain deficiency judgment
Article
2781
When judgments may be made executory by other courts
Article
2782
Procedure; execution of executory judgment
Article
2783
Injunction to arrest execution of judgment made executory
Article
2785
Definitions
Article
2786
Registration of support orders for modification
Article
2787
Objections to registration of support order for modification
Article
2788
Confirmation of registered support order for modification
Article
2789
Confirmed registered support order for modification; effect
Article
2790
Confirmed registered support order; enforcement
Article
2791
Registration of support orders for enforcement only
Article
2792
Objections to registration of support order for enforcement
Article
2793
Confirmation of registered support order for enforcement
Article
2794
Confirmed registered support order; enforcement
Article
2795
Joinder of actions
Article
2811
Court in which succession opened
Article
2812
Proceedings in different courts; stay; adoption of proceedings by court retaining jurisdiction
Article
2821
Evidence of jurisdiction, death, and relationship
Article
2822
Requirements of affidavit evidence
Article
2823
Additional evidence
Article
2824
No affidavit evidence of factual issues
Article
2825
Costs
Article
2826
Definition of certain terms used in Book VI
Article
2851
Petition for probate
Article
2852
Documents submitted with petition for probate
Article
2853
Purported testament must be filed, though possessor doubts validity
Article
2854
Search for testament
Article
2855
Return to order to search for testament
Article
2856
Probate hearing; probate forthwith if witness present
Article
2857
Proponent must produce witnesses; subpoenas
Article
2881
Ex parte probate if no objection
Article
2882
Proceedings at probate hearing
Article
2883
Olographic testament
Article
2884
Nuncupative testament by private act
Article
2885
Mystic testament
Article
2886
Probate of nuncupative testament by private act; mystic testament, when witnesses dead, absent, or incapacitated
Article
2887
Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
Article
2888
Foreign testament
Article
2889
Depositions of witnesses
Article
2890
Proces verbal of probate
Article
2891
Notarial testament, nuncupative testament by public act, and statutory testament executed without probate
Article
2892
Use of probate testimony in subsequent action
Article
2893
Period within which will must be probated
Article
2901
Contradictory trial required; time to file opposition
Article
2902
Opposition to petition for probate
Article
2903
Proponent bears burden of proof
Article
2904
Admissibility of videotape of execution of testament
Article
2931
Annulment of probated testament by direct action; defendants; summary proceeding
Article
2932
Burden of proof in action to annul
Article
2933
Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
Article
2951
Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, ยง6.
Article
2952
Descriptive list of property, if no inventory
Article
2953
Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, ยง6.
Article
2954
Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, ยง6.
Article
2971
Pleading and service of process
Article
2972
Oppositions
Article
2973
Responsive pleadings to opposition
Article
2974
Appeals
Article
3001
Sending into possession without administration when all heirs are competent and accept
Article
3002
Same; petition for possession
Article
3003
Same; evidence of allegations of petition for possession
Article
3004
Discretionary power to send heirs and surviving spouse into possession
Article
3005
Same; petition for possession; evidence
Article
3006
Same; when one of competent heirs cannot join in petition for possession
Article
3007
Creditor may demand security when heirs sent into possession
Article
3008
Administration in default of security
Article
3031
Sending legatees into possession without administration
Article
3032
Same; petition for possession; evidence
Article
3033
Same; compensation of executor
Article
3034
Creditor may demand security when legatees sent into possession; administration in default of security
Article
3035
Particular legatee may demand security for delivery of legacy; administration in default of security
Article
3061
Judgment rendered and signed immediately
Article
3062
Effect of judgment of possession
Article
3081
Petition for confirmation
Article
3082
Order of confirmation; letters
Article
3083
Appointment of dative testamentary executor
Article
3091
Petition for notice of application for appointment
Article
3092
Form of petition for notice of application for appointment
Article
3093
Notice in compliance with petition
Article
3094
Order on application for appointment
Article
3095
Opposition to application for appointment
Article
3096
Appointment when no opposition; appointment after trial of opposition
Article
3097
Disqualifications
Article
3098
Priority of appointment
Article
3111
Appointment
Article
3112
Security; oath; tenure; rights and duties
Article
3113
Inventory taken or descriptive list filed when appointment made
Article
3121
Attorney appointed as administrator of vacant successions; exceptions
Article
3122
Public administrator as administrator of vacant successions in certain parishes
Article
3131
Notary appointed for inventory in each parish
Article
3132
Public inventory
Article
3133
Proces verbal of inventory
Article
3134
Return of proces verbal of inventory
Article
3135
Proces verbal of inventory prima facie proof; traverse
Article
3136
Descriptive list of property in lieu of inventory
Article
3137
Descriptive list prima facie correct; amendment or traverse; reduction or increase of security
Article
3151
Security of administrator
Article
3152
Security of provisional administrator
Article
3153
Security of testamentary executor
Article
3154
Forced heirs and surviving spouse in community may compel executor to furnish security
Article
3154.1
Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 158, ยง2.
Article
3155
Creditor may compel executor to furnish security
Article
3155.1
Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
Article
3156
Maximum security of executor
Article
3157
Special mortgage in lieu of bond
Article
3158
Oath of succession representative
Article
3159
Issuance of letters to succession representative
Article
3171
Appointment
Article
3172
Duties
Article
3173
Removal; appointment of successor
Article
3174
Compensation
Article
3181
Revocation of appointment or confirmation; extension of time to qualify
Article
3182
Removal
Article
3191
General duties; appointment of agent
Article
3192
Duties and powers of multiple representatives
Article
3193
Powers of surviving representatives
Article
3194
Contracts between succession representative and succession prohibited; penalties for failure to comply
Article
3195
Contracts between succession representative and succession; exceptions
Article
3196
Procedural rights of succession representative
Article
3197
Duty to close succession
Article
3198
Compromise and modification of obligations
Article
3211
Duty to take possession; enforcement of claims and obligations
Article
3221
Preservation of succession property
Article
3222
Deposit of succession funds; unauthorized withdrawals prohibited; penalty
Article
3223
Investment of succession funds
Article
3224
Continuation of business