Venue of civil or criminal actions

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RS 715 - Venue of civil or criminal actions

For the purposes of venue for any civil or criminal action under this Part, any violation of this Part or of any rule, regulation, or order promulgated under this Part shall be considered to have been committed in any parish in which any act was performed in furtherance of the transaction which violated the Part, in the parish of any violator's principal place of business in this state, in the parish of the issuer's principal place of business in this state, and in any parish in which any violator had control or possession of any proceeds of the violation or of any books, records, documents, or other material or objects which were used in furtherance of the violation.

Acts 1985, No. 722, §1.


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