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Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish

Fines for non-attendance of any witness or juror imposed by any court of justice

Seals for clerks of Supreme Court and Orleans parish courts; Orleans Parish Juvenile Court

Affixing seal of clerk complies with requirement of affixing seal of court

Ancillary office of each of the clerks of court; recorder of mortgages and register of conveyances and office of notarial archives for the parish of Orleans, periods of declared state of emergency or disaster

Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement

Completion of term to which elected; certain judges reaching mandatory retirement age within twelve months of election

Official court reporters; oath of office; bond

Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund; creation; sources of funds

Court costs; witness protection

Judiciary Commission

Chairman; other officers

Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses

Employment of attorneys, staff personnel, etc.; expenditures

Powers of commission

Judicial Compensation Commission; creation; membership

Member qualifications; terms of office; chairman

Commission members; compensation prohibited; expenses

Domicile; meetings; staff

Duties and functions

Legislative authority for judicial salaries

Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission

Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission

Salary as recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission

Judicial Council

Court costs and fees; submission to Judicial Council; recommendation

Hearing cases under supervisory power

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 571, §4, eff. July 12, 1978

Rules; disposition of business; transcripts of appeal; taking cases under advisement for examination during vacation

Declaration of state law to federal courts

Authority of supreme court to appoint judges relative to drug matters

Entry and publication of rules

Crier for Supreme Court; salary

Retirement of crier of Supreme Court; vacancy, how filled

Facsimile technology in state courts; uniform plan

Short title; legislative intent

Strategic planning

Judicial appropriation bill; operational plans

Judicial performance program; reporting

Judicial performance program auditing

Judicial College; education account; sources of funds

Supreme court district; justices

Assignment of districts, vacancies, elections; redistricting

Salaries of chief justice and associate justices

Expenses of chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court; reimbursement

Number, appointment, and removal

Salaries

Bond

Fees and charges; collection and disposition

Duties

Fees chargeable

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Oaths and acknowledgments

Retirement benefits for clerks of supreme court and courts of appeal

Salaries

Courts of appeal; circuits and districts

Circuit court of appeal; domicile; number of judges; election

Additional judges for the first circuit; term; election; compensation

Additional judges for the third circuit; term; election; compensation

Fourth circuit; temporary additional judgeship; election; composition

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal; fees

Expenses of judges of courts of appeal; reimbursement

Future construction of references to court of appeal for the parish of Orleans, and to courts of appeal, first and second circuits

Sections
315. 315 to 318

Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 114, §4, eff. Aug. 1, 1975

Assignment and allotment of cases

Divisions of the districts of the courts of appeal

Salaries, oaths of office, bonds

Fees; bond premiums; equipment, supplies, and other expenses; reimbursement of expenses of judges of courts of appeal

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Clerks; sheriff; superintendent of police

Fourth circuit, court of appeal; salary

Law clerks, stenographers, clerks, and other help

Payment of expenses

Scope of Chapter 4

Rules for the conduct of business

Dockets

Registry of the district court; designation

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Same; record of registry of court

Same; deposit made in registry of court; manner of making; receipt; withdrawal

Judicial districts

Continuous sessions in districts of one parish

Alternate sittings in different parishes; order fixing dates

Court always open

Judge's powers at chambers

Separate divisions of district courts

Presiding judges of divisions

Candidate shall designate for which division he is a candidate

Nomination and election held under the primary and general election laws

Absence of district judge; authority of judge of adjoining district

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division

Ninth Judicial District; judges

Fourth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter

Nineteenth Judicial District; divisions; subject matter

District courts; specialized divisions or sections; subject matter

Authority of judges to purchase furniture and equipment

Fourteenth Judicial District Court; magistrate judge

First judicial district

Second judicial district

Third Judicial District

Fourth judicial district

Fifth judicial district

Sixth judicial district

Seventh judicial district

Eighth judicial district

Ninth judicial district

Tenth judicial district

Eleventh judicial district

Twelfth judicial district

Thirteenth judicial district

Fourteenth Judicial District

Fifteenth judicial district

Sixteenth judicial district

Seventeenth judicial district

Eighteenth judicial district

Nineteenth Judicial District

Twentieth Judicial District

Twenty-First Judicial District

Twenty-Second Judicial District

Twenty-third Judicial District

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District

Section
621.24.1

Separate environmental docket of the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court

Section
621.24.2

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; Online Judge Pilot Program

Twenty-fifth judicial district

Twenty-Sixth Judicial District

Twenty-seventh judicial district

Twenty-eighth judicial district

Twenty-Ninth Judicial District

Thirtieth Judicial District

Thirty-first judicial district

Thirty-Second Judicial District

Thirty-third judicial district

Thirty-fourth Judicial District

Thirty-fifth judicial district

Thirty-Sixth judicial district

Thirty-Seventh judicial district

Thirty-Eighth judicial district

Thirty-Ninth judicial district

Fortieth Judicial District

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 399, §2 (Subsection J) and Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Section
621.41.1

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Section
621.42.1

Redesignated as R.S. 13:1141 by Acts 2012, No. 474, §6.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Transfer of cases

Forty-Second Judicial District

Annual salaries of district judges; certain civil district court judges; certain criminal district court judges; and certain juvenile and family court judges

Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 743, §9, eff. Aug. 1, 1975

Salaries computed from taking of oath

District judges and judges of the courts of appeal to be reimbursed traveling and hotel expenses

Traveling and hotel expenses to be paid from the state general fund

§§696, 697 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 137, §2

Judges to be reimbursed office expenses

Reimbursement for traveling and hotel expenses and office expenses that exceed the maximum set for reimbursement

Expenses paid

Fourth Judicial District; law clerks

First Judicial District, law clerks

Sixth Judicial District; law clerks

Eleventh Judicial District; Sabine Parish; law clerk

Forty-Second Judicial District; DeSoto Parish; law clerk

Nineteenth Judicial District Court; commissioners

Commissioners; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; quarters; supplies; equipment; and employees

Commissioners; duties; powers; contempt

Fifteenth Judicial District Court; commissioner

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Commissioner; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; quarters; supplies; equipment and employees

Commissioner; duties; powers; contempt

Commissioners for the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court

Commissioners; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; office space; supplies; equipment; employees

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2002.

Commissioner for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court

Commissioners: qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on employment; office space; supplies; equipment; employees

Liability of the clerk of court; limitations

Personal liability of the clerk, his deputies and employees

Ex-officio offices

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Legislative findings

Reporting of information to Louisiana Supreme Court for NICS database; possession of a firearm

Louisiana Clerks' Remote Access Authority; membership; board of commission; statewide portal

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Office hours

Ascension Parish; branch office

Lafourche Parish; branch offices

St. James Parish; branch office

Jefferson Parish; satellite or suboffice

East Feliciana Parish; branch office

East Baton Rouge Parish; branch offices

St. Landry Parish; branch office

Tangipahoa Parish; branch office

Livingston Parish; branch offices

Bienville Parish; branch office

St. John the Baptist Parish; branch office

DeSoto Parish; branch office; Stonewall

Seal

Liability insurance

Election; term of office

Limitations on liability for damages

Clerks' Supplemental Compensation Fund; creation; sources of funds

Authority of clerks to lease computer equipment

Clerk's salary fund

Compensation of clerks

Expenses of clerk's office

Orleans Parish; retired clerks of civil district court and clerk's employees; creation of fund

Police jury to defray capital outlay expense; clerk's salary fund surplus

Disposition of clerk's salary fund

Advances

Supplements

Sections
788. 788 to 792

Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 4, §2.

Clerk's salary fund, payment by Department of Corrections

St. Landry Parish; jury commission fees; per diem and expenses of commissioners

Enumeration of fees in civil matters; miscellaneous

Additional fee for offset of supreme court reporting system expense

Internet document access; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-First Judicial District

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Advance costs

Pilot program; flat filing fees; Ninth Judicial District

Juvenile Expense Fund; filing fees; Ninth Judicial District

Security for cost; collection of accrued costs; employment of counsel

Court costs; refund; statement of costs owing

Civil court costs; jury costs; bond; immovable property as security

Fees of ex officio recorders

Fees; state agency adoptions

Time for payment of fees as recorder

Additional fees; attending court sessions; transcripts of appeal in criminal cases; costs of prosecution; forfeited bail bond

Fees in criminal cases; exceptions

Traffic violations; fees to clerk of court; Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Collection of fees in criminal cases

Criminal cases; disbursement

Microfilm suit records; services; fees

Facsimile transmission; filings in civil actions; fees; equipment and supplies

Criminal matters; additional costs for clerk of court's office in the Fortieth Judicial District Court

Criminal matters; additional court costs; additional fees for civil filings; Twelfth Judicial District Court

Criminal matters; additional court costs; Twenty-Second Judicial District Court

Requirements for indexing names

Sections
902. 902 to 909

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.

Deputy clerks; minute clerks; powers and duties

§§911, 912 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Record of pleadings, original documents and judgments; certified copies

Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 26, §15.

Time for record in case of appeal

Time for recording when appeal dismissed

Destruction of useless records

Disbursement of funds

Court reporters; generally

Federal and state district court reporters; administration of oaths

Court reporters; transcripts

Court reporters for the First Judicial District

Court reporters for Thirteenth Judicial District

Court reporters for Fourteenth Judicial District

Fourteenth Judicial District; indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 158, §2.

Twenty-First Judicial District; indigent transcript fund

Nineteenth Judicial District; indigent transcript fund

Nineteenth judicial district; payments in suits under pauper act

Twentieth Judicial District; additional court reporter; salary

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; court reporters; civil filing fees

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 667, §1

Court reporters for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court

Court reporter for Twenty-sixth Judicial District for Webster Parish

Sixteenth and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Districts; additional court reporters; fees charged by court reporters; indigent transcript fund

Court Reporters for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District

Court reporters for the Second Judicial District

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 209, §1.

Court reporters and judges' secretaries for the twenty-third judicial district

Thirty-Second Judicial District; additional court reporters; transcript fees

Court reporters for thirtieth judicial district

Court reporters for thirty-eighth judicial district

Court reporters for the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District

Court reporter pools

Court reporters for the Fortieth Judicial District Court

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Court reporters for the Thirty-Second Judicial District Court

Court reporters for the Thirty-First Judicial District

Thirty-First Judicial District; indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees

Thirty-Eighth Judicial District; indigent transcript fund

Judicial expense fund for nineteenth judicial district; established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judicial building fund

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial expense fund for Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judicial building fund

Judicial Clerk's Fund for Thirty-second Judicial District established

Judicial Clerk's Fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from Judicial Clerk's Fund

Judicial expense fund for the Family Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; established; disbursements

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial expense fund for Twenty-First Judicial District; established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial expense fund for Fourteenth Judicial District established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 136, §1, eff. July 12, 1982

Judicial clerk's fund for Twenty-Ninth Judicial District established

Judicial clerk's fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial clerk's fund

Judicial expense fund for First Judicial District established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

District court fund for Seventeenth Judicial District; established

District court fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from district court fund

Judicial Expense Fund for the Tenth Judicial District; established

Section
996.22.1

Judicial expense fund for the Tenth Judicial District; additional costs in criminal cases

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial Expense Fund for Fifteenth Judicial District; established

Judicial Expense Fund for Fifteenth Judicial District; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial Expense Fund for Ninth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for the Twenty-Second Judicial District; established

Judicial expense fund; disbursements

Judges; prohibition against payment of salaries from judicial expense fund

Judicial Clerk's Fund for Third Judicial District; established; disbursements

Judicial expense fund; Twelfth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Twenty-Seventh Judicial District; established; criminal case fees; sheriff's fees; disposition

Additional sheriffs' fees; parishes of Iberia and St. Landry

Judicial expense fund; Eighteenth Judicial District

Section
996.36.1

Additional fees or costs; Eighteenth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Sixteenth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Sixth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-ninth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund; Fortieth Judicial District Court

Judicial expense fund for Fourth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Fifth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Eighth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Twenty-Eighth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-Fifth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-Seventh Judicial District

Judicial clerk's fund for Thirty-Fourth Judicial District

Judicial Expense Fund for Second Judicial District; established; disbursements; additional fees Claiborne Parish

Judicial Expense Fund for Twenty-sixth Judicial District; established; disbursements; additional fees for Webster Parish

Judicial Expense Fund for Seventh Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-eighth Judicial District established

Judicial expense fund for Thirteenth Judicial District established

Judicial expense fund for Twenty-third Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-sixth Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirty-third Judicial District

Judicial expense fund for Thirtieth Judicial District

Judicial Expense Fund for Eleventh Judicial District

Judicial Expense Fund for Thirty-first Judicial District; established; disbursements

Judicial Expense Fund for the Twentieth Judicial District Court

Interest accrued; deposit into judicial expense fund

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 474, §4.

Judicial Expense Fund for Forty-Second Judicial District

Judicial Expense Fund for Twenty-Fifth Judicial District

Judicial building fund

Judicial building fund; Twenty-First Judicial District

Ascension Parish Courthouse Building Fund; Twenty-Third Judicial District Court and the parish court of Ascension Parish

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 159, §1, eff. June 9, 2010; Acts 2010, No. 244, §1.

Nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition

Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition

Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters

Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs

Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee

Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs

Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA program

Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and FINS programs

Nineteenth Judicial District Court, drug division; additional fees for treatment programs

Criminal matters; additional costs in East Baton Rouge Parish

Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Fourth Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax

Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Twenty-third Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax

Section
1000.10

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

Section
1000.11

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations

Section
1000.12

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee; Domestic Commissioner's Fund

Section
1000.13

Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees

Cross-references

Bonds

Sureties

Approval; recordation

Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; judges

Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction

Domestic Relations Divisions

Transfer of cases

Jurisdiction of civil district court for the parish of Orleans

Separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or successor court

Domestic Relations Section; nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition

Compensation of retired judge

Provision in budget

Assignment of cases

Judgments homologating accounts; absence or disability of judge to whom allotted

Rules; sitting en banc

Sections
1148. 1148 to 1150

Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 129, §2

REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 8, §3, EFF. JAN. 1, 1991.

Qualifications; duties; bond; collection of fees; deputies; minute clerks

Clerk; election; term of office

Salary

Expenses

Fees; enumeration

Payment of costs in lump sum

Fees; clerk of the Civil District Court

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Payment of cost; recovery from other party

Security for cost

Docket and index

Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 36, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 178, §1.

Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, §3

Destruction of useless records

Motor vehicles for the office of the clerk of the civil district court

Judges to appoint court reporters

Duties; salary

Transcription of testimony; fees

Transcription for purpose of appeal

Failure to pay cost or file testimony

Preservation of notes

Supplies

Illness, disability, or absence

Suits in forma pauperis not affected

Sessions of court

Criers

Order of trial of cases

Divisions of court

Judicial depository

Interest on unclaimed judicial deposits; use by sheriff

Same; judicial depository to turn interest over to sheriff

Registry of court

Same; failure to make deposit and return; penalty

Deposit of unclaimed funds in court registry; procedure; use of funds

Sheriff, constables, and deputies; powers of peace officers; exemption from liability

Judicial expense fund; sources, control, and administration

Criminal district court for the parish of Orleans

Criminal district court for the Parish of Orleans; jurisdiction; powers; probation officers

Appellate and supervisory jurisdiction; writs

Transfer of cases

§§1341, 1341.1 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 743, §9, eff. Aug. 1, 1975

Office expenses, reimbursement to judges

Vacations of judges

Allotment of cases among judges; holding of preliminary examination not ground for recusation

Homicide section; Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; assignment of judges; jurisdiction; transfer of cases; expedited handling of writs and appeals; applicability of section to other district courts

Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 143, §3.

Magistrate section; judge; election; salary; powers; jurisdiction

Commissioners of magistrate section

Salary of clerk; payment

Additional salary of clerk; expense allowance; payment

Clerk; election; term of office; deputy clerks

Salaries of deputies; payment

Minute clerks and court reporters

Minute clerks, court reporters, and deputy court reporters; salary payable by the state

Salaries of messengers; payment

Physician for parish prison

Other costs prohibited, city and state not liable

Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 110, §5.

Employment of attorney at law; compensation

Fees

Indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees

Sheriff's detention and prison security fee fund

Clerk of the Criminal District Court expense fund

Judicial expense fund for Criminal District Court

The Orleans Parish administration of criminal justice fund

Filing of pleadings and documents in criminal cases by facsimile transmission

Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court

Jury terms

Sections; court buildings

Criminal district courts; office or positions and functions

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 834, §6, EFF. JUNE 22, 1993.

Family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; establishment; jurisdiction

Election districts

Evidence; pleadings; trials; appeals

Judges; qualification; election

Salary of judges

Clerk

Continuous session; vacation or absence of judge

Place of session; conduct of business; expenses

REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 158, §3, EFF. JULY 1, 1990.

Sitting in chambers

Family courts; authority to hire law clerks

Court reporters; transcripts

Nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

Sections
1421. 1421 to 1427

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 460, §7, eff. July 1, 1979

Declaration of purpose

Civil jurisdiction; in general

Civil jurisdiction; amount in controversy; eviction suits; injunctive actions

Civil jurisdiction; limitations

Juvenile jurisdiction

Criminal jurisdiction

Powers; contempt; marriage ceremonies

Jurisdiction over persons and property

Venue

No trial by jury

Civil procedure

Appeals in civil cases

Appeals from decisions of traffic hearing officer

Criminal procedure

Review of criminal proceedings

Application; preexisting parish courts

Citation of Chapter

Bailiffs of parish courts

Minute clerks of parish courts

Gun court docket; probation supervision program

§§1561.1 to 1563 Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; judges; qualifications; election; term; salary

Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business; expenses

Clerk

Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; judicial expense fund; existing fees in juvenile matters; disposition

Orleans Parish juvenile court; salary of judges

Juvenile court for parish of Orleans; vacations; inability to serve; appointments

Juvenile court for parish of Orleans; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business; expenses; police detail

Juvenile court for the parish of Orleans; retention of unclaimed bonds; procedure; fee

Juvenile court for the parish of Orleans; distribution of unclaimed restitution funds; procedure

Special divisions of court

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Transfer and acceptance by another state based on change or probable change of residence

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Out of state supervision

Supervision under out of state court order

Out of state probation officers; powers

Section
1571.10

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Sections
1572. 1572 to 1575

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §25, EFF. JULY 1, 1994.

Detention accommodations

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 1978, No. 535, §1, eff. July 12, 1978

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1983, NO. 610, §3, EFF. JULY 1, 1984.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1978, NO. 172, §5, EFF. JAN. 1, 1979

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Diagnostic psychiatric center and facilities for delinquent juvenile examinations at Charity Hospital

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1979, NO. 504, §2

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1978, NO. 172, §5, EFF. JAN. 1, 1979

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Juvenile Court of the parish of Orleans; clerk of court; bailiffs; minute clerks; stenographers and other personnel; probation officers

New Orleans; city authorized to pay additional compensation for bailiffs and stenographers; duties

Municipalities and parishes; special authority of ranking police officers in juvenile division

Juvenile probation employees; Fourth Judicial District Court, Ouachita Parish

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Co-operation; information and reports

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

§§1591, 1592 Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 172, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1979

Additional juvenile court judge for Orleans parish

Election; term

Judges; criers and stenographers

Additional judges for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; creation; personnel

Judicial expense fund for the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; established; disbursements

Fees; enumeration

Juvenile court for parish of Jefferson; term, qualifications, compensation, and vacation of judges; sessions of court; quarters; support hearing officers

Election of judge; clerk of court

Additional judge for juvenile court for Jefferson Parish

Absence of juvenile judge

Jefferson Parish juvenile court; jurisdiction

Judicial building fund

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 235, §17, EFF. JAN. 1, 1992.

Juvenile court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; establishment; jurisdiction

Evidence; pleadings; appeals

Judges; qualification; election

Compensation; benefits; expenses

Clerk

Continuous session; vacation or absence of judge

Place of session; conduct of business; expenses

Sitting in chambers

Probation; staff

Law clerks

Judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; established; disbursements

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

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REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 442, §3, EFF. JUNE 9, 1993.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.

Short title

Definitions

Proceedings governed by other law

Application to Indian tribes

International application

Effect of child custody determination

Priority

Notice to persons outside state

Appearance and limited immunity

Communication between courts

Taking testimony in another state

Cooperation between courts; preservation of records

Initial child custody jurisdiction

Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction

Jurisdiction to modify determination

Temporary emergency jurisdiction

Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder

Simultaneous proceedings

Inconvenient forum

Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct

Information to be submitted to court

Appearance of parties and child

Definitions

Enforcement under Hague Convention

Duty to enforce

Temporary visitation

Registration of child custody determination

Enforcement of registered determination

Simultaneous proceedings

Expedited enforcement of child custody determination

Service of petition and order

Hearing and order

Warrant to take physical custody of child

Costs, fees, and expenses

Recognition and enforcement

Appeals

Role of prosecutor or public official

Role of law enforcement

Costs and expenses

Application and construction

Severability clause

Transitional provision

Short title

Definitions

Cooperation and communication among courts

Actions for abduction prevention measures

Jurisdiction

Contents of petition

Factors to determine risk of abduction

Provisions and measures to prevent abduction

Warrant to take physical custody of child

Duration of abduction prevention order

Uniformity of application and construction

Relation to electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Scope of provisions

City courts and judges; abolition of office of justice of the peace and constable; submission of proposition to electors; election and terms of office; Donaldsonville excepted; Houma City Court territorial jurisdiction

Qualifications of judges

Compensation of judges in general

Compensation of city court judges; maximum

Compensation of city judges; particular courts

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 46, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1980

Marriage ceremony; judges' authority to perform

Declaration of candidates for office; determination of chief judge

Marshals and constables; election; term of office; exceptions for Lake Charles and Baton Rouge

Qualifications of marshal; bond

General powers and duties of marshal; deputy marshals

Absence or inability of marshal; vacancy in office

Compensation of marshal

Clerk of court; appointment, term of office

General powers and duties of clerk

Qualifications of clerk; bond

Deputy clerk; qualifications, powers and duties

Salary of clerk and deputy clerk

Court room and offices

Ville Platte city court expenses; apportioned between parish and municipality

City Court of Bossier City; expenses

Seal of court

Civil jurisdiction and procedure

Service of process and other writs

Court reporter; payment of transcript fees

Criminal jurisdiction

Driving while intoxicated, prosecutions for violation required to be filed under general state law; city and municipal courts

Additional costs; certain violations

Procedure in criminal cases; compulsory process for attendance of witnesses

Appeals in criminal cases; return day

Making and filing transcript of appeal in criminal cases in parish, city and municipal courts

Collection and disposition of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs

Assessment and disposition of costs in criminal cases; costs in juvenile matters for specified courts

Traffic violations bureau

Sessions of court

Rules of court

Destruction of audio and video recordings

City courts; destruction of useless records; certain courts

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 291, §2.

Legal representation by the attorney general

Shelter fund for the parish of Iberia; particular courts; establishment; disposition

City Court of New Iberia; City Court of Lake Charles; disposition of unclaimed surplus funds; civil filing fee account

Rapides Parish; criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs

Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs

Judicial building fund

City Court of Houma; judicial building fund

Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Sections
1921. 1921 to 1930

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Courts created pursuant to general statutory authority

Pineville City Court; additional jurisdiction

Courts created by special legislative Act

City court of Bossier City; jurisdiction; effect on justice of peace

City court of Ville Platte; elections; offices of the justice of the peace and constable

Sections
1954. 1954 to 1958

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Sections
1959. 1959 to 1970

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Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Sections
1972. 1972 to 1981

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Sections
1981. 1981 to 1993

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Bastrop

§§2001.1 to 2001.11 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Baton Rouge

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

Additional court costs or fees; court technology fund; Baton Rouge City Court

Bossier City

Minden

Morgan City

New Iberia

Ruston

Shreveport

Sulphur

Springhill

West Monroe

Pineville and Alexandria

Houma

Jeanerette

Sections
2022. 2022 to 2030

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Sections
2031. 2031 to 2044

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Baton Rouge; compensation of city judges, officers, and employees of city court; vacations

Baton Rouge City Court; probation officers

Bogalusa; vacation of judge; compensation of judge ad hoc

Bogalusa; court costs

Bossier City; vacation of judge

Hammond; fees of district attorney

Hammond; salary of deputy marshals; minimum

Hammond; salary of clerk and deputy clerks; minimum

Hammond; nonrefundable civil fee, assessment and disposition

Hammond; marshal; fees in criminal matters

Hammond; surplus in civil fee account

Jennings; employment of marshal as police officer

Jennings; surplus in civil fee account

Lafayette; compensation of deputy marshal

Lafayette; motor vehicles for office of marshal

Lafayette; special temporary clerk; clerical assistant; compensation

Lake Charles; compensation of deputy marshals; secretary

Lake Charles; Ward Three marshal; civil fees and costs; special account; compensation of deputy marshals

Lake Charles; vacation of judge; compensation of judge ad hoc

Miscellaneous city courts; fees; surplus in civil fee account

Monroe; vacation of judge; compensation of judge ad hoc

Monroe; deputy marshals

Monroe; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Monroe; transfer of funds

Natchitoches; additional duties of marshal

Shreveport; vacation of judges

Shreveport; automobile for use of marshal

Shreveport; salary of deputy marshals

Shreveport; clerks and deputy clerks

Springhill; vacation of judge, clerk, and marshal; compensation of officers ad hoc

Springhill; nonrefundable civil fee, assessment and disposition

Sulphur; vacation of judge, marshal, and clerk; compensation of officers ad hoc; compensation of deputy marshal

West Monroe; fees of district attorney

West Monroe; salary of clerk and deputy clerk

West Monroe; deputy marshals

City judge of West Monroe; vacation; compensation of judge ad hoc

West Monroe; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

West Monroe; surplus in civil fee account

Alexandria, deputy marshal

Sections
2091. 2091 to 2094

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Bossier City, nonrefundable civil fee, assessment and disposition

Pineville; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Pineville; marshal; fees in criminal matters

Pineville; fees in juvenile matters; assessment and disposition

Bossier City; deputy marshal

§§2097, 2098 Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 426, §1.

City Court of Minden; vacation of judge, clerk, and marshal; compensation of officers ad hoc

City Court of Minden; deputy clerks; compensation

City Court of Minden; deputy marshals; compensation

Minden; nonrefundable civil fee, assessment and disposition

Ruston; nonrefundable civil fee, assessment and disposition

Ruston; fee for appearance bond

City of Ruston, city of Sulphur; additional fee for appearance bond

Eunice; surplus in civil fee account

Opelousas; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Opelousas; marshal; fees in criminal matters; qualifications

Opelousas; additional court costs; assessment and disposition

Particular courts; nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition

Plaquemine; marshal; fees in criminal matters

Port Allen, Ward Three; marshal; fees in criminal matters

Houma; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Oakdale; additional fees in civil and juvenile matters; costs in juvenile matters; disposition

Natchitoches; surplus in civil fee account

Leesville; nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Leesville; marshal; fees in criminal and traffic matters

Winnfield; surplus in civil fee account

Morgan City; nonrefundable fine in criminal matters; assessment and disposition

Winnsboro; surplus in civil fee account

Oberlin Municipal Court; traffic matters; additional costs

Authority of city attorney of city of Thibodaux

Sections of first city court; election of judges; presiding judge; jurisdiction

Judges acting for each other; judge of section D of First City Court

First City Court; term

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Second City Court; judge; clerk; constable; jurisdiction

Salaries and expenses of judges; payment

Additional salary for judges of the first city court of New Orleans

Compensation of city court judges; maximum

First City Court; Second City Court; qualifications of judges

Salary and expenses of clerks

First and Second City Courts; clerks and constables

Powers of clerks and constables; constables of First and Second City Courts of New Orleans

Authority of clerk of court of First City Court of New Orleans to satisfy the docket

Clerk of First City Court of the City of New Orleans; vacancy

Minute clerks of first city court

Criers for first city court

Fees chargeable by clerk

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Fees of constables; benefits for employees of constables of the city courts of New Orleans

Payment of costs; recovery, and security for costs

Application of provisions of R.S. 33:5558-33:5592 to constables of city courts

Cases over three hundred dollars; service of duplicate copy of petition; no additional fees

Charges for performance of marriage ceremony and issuance of marriage license

Sheriff, constables, and deputies; powers of peace officers; exemption from liability

Clerk of first city court; bond

Judicial depository

Sections
2166. 2166 to 2483

17 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

The City Court of Leesville, Louisiana

Qualifications of judge and marshal

Salary and fees of judge

Judge ad hoc; compensation

Marriage ceremonies

Bond of marshal

Marshal as executive officer; deputies

Temporary marshal; vacancies

Salary of marshal

Section
2485.10

Population as determining clerk

Section
2485.11

Determination of population

Section
2485.12

Powers and duties of clerk

Section
2485.13

Qualifications of clerk; bond

Section
2485.14

Deputy clerks

Section
2485.15

Salary of clerk

Section
2485.16

Court room and offices

Section
2485.17

Seal

Section
2485.18

Civil Procedure

Section
2485.19

Service of writs and processes

Section
2485.20

Court reporter; fees

Section
2485.21

Criminal jurisdiction

Section
2485.22

Criminal prosecution

Section
2485.23

Criminal appeals

Section
2485.24

Transcript on appeal

Section
2485.25

Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs

Section
2485.26

Costs

Section
2485.27

Traffic violations bureau

Section
2485.28

Sessions

Section
2485.29

Rules for conduct of business

City Court of East St. Tammany

Qualifications of judge and marshal

Salary and fees of judge

Judge ad hoc; compensation

Marriage ceremonies

Bond of marshal

Marshal as executive officer; deputies

Temporary marshal; vacancies

Salary of marshal

Section
2487.10

Population as determining clerk

Section
2487.11

Determination of population

Section
2487.12

Powers and duties of clerk

Section
2487.13

Qualifications of clerk; bond

Section
2487.14

Deputy clerks

Section
2487.15

Salary of clerk

Section
2487.16

Court room and offices

Section
2487.17

Seal

Section
2487.18

Civil procedure

Section
2487.19

Service of writs and processes

Section
2487.20

Court reporter; fees

Section
2487.21

Criminal jurisdiction

Section
2487.22

Criminal prosecution

Section
2487.23

Criminal appeals

Section
2487.24

Transcript on appeal

Section
2487.25

Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs

Section
2487.26

Costs

Section
2487.27

Traffic violations bureau

Section
2487.28

Sessions

Section
2487.29

Rules for conduct of business

Section
2487.30

Operational expenses; judicial determination

City Court of Franklin; officials and employees; provisions governing

Rules for conduct of business

Salary and fees of judge

Salary of marshal

Salaries of clerk and deputies

Courtroom and offices

Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs

Criminal matters; costs

Section
2488.21

Establishment

Section
2488.22

Territorial jurisdiction; venue

Section
2488.23

Civil jurisdiction and procedure

Section
2488.24

Jurisdiction; criminal

Section
2488.25

Court reporter

Section
2488.26

Marriage ceremonies

Section
2488.27

Judge

Section
2488.28

Clerk

Section
2488.29

Seal of court

Section
2488.30

Court employees

Section
2488.31

Rules of court

Section
2488.32

Vacancy

Section
2488.33

Recusation of judge

Section
2488.34

Fines, forfeitures and penalties

Section
2488.35

Appeals

Section
2488.36

Court costs

Section
2488.37

Court facilities

Section
2488.38

Law governing

Section
2488.39

Baker; vacation of judge of city court

Section
2488.40

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

Section
2488.51

City Court of Marksville; officials and employees; provisions governing

Section
2488.52

Rules for conduct of business

Section
2488.53

Salary and fees of judge

Section
2488.54

Salary of marshal

Section
2488.55

Salaries of clerk and deputies

Section
2488.56

Courtroom and offices

Section
2488.57

Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties and costs

Section
2488.58

Criminal matters; costs

Section
2488.59

Civil matters; costs

Section
2488.61

Abolition of mayor's court; creation of city court

Section
2488.62

Compensation of judge, marshal, clerk, and deputy clerk; collection and disposition of fines, forfeitures, and costs

Section
2488.63

Laws governing city courts; applicability

Section
2488.71

City Court of Breaux Bridge; officials and employees; provisions governing

Section
2488.72

Rules for conduct of business

Section
2488.73

Qualifications and salary of judge

Section
2488.74

Salary of marshal

Section
2488.75

Salary of clerk

Section
2488.76

Courtroom and offices

Section
2488.77

Collection of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs

Section
2488.78

Criminal matters; costs

Section
2488.79

Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

Section
2488.80

Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

Municipal and traffic court of New Orleans

Number of judges; qualifications; election; salary; vacation

Jurisdiction

Housing court division; jurisdiction; powers of judge; environmental docket

Rules and regulations

Clerk of court

Judicial administrator

Court personnel; salaries

Repealed

Expenses of municipal and traffic court

First appearance hearing officer; appointment; salary; qualifications

Consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans

Deputy clerks; appointment; salaries; removal

Appeal; proceedings; record; hearing

Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail

Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters

Additional costs; municipal and traffic court probation department; special fund

Additional court costs to defray expenses

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 361, §2.

Enumeration of fees; copies; retrieval fee

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Fines imposed remitted monthly to city treasurer

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Initiation of proceedings by affidavit or by bill of information in the municipal and traffic court

Conduct of trials; rules of evidence in the municipal and traffic court

Appeals; cost bond for transcripts from the municipal and traffic court

Application for supervisory writs; stay orders

Conviction in the municipal and traffic court not to be used in district court

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Creation; territorial boundaries

Civil jurisdiction

Criminal jurisdiction

Limitations on civil jurisdiction

Judges; qualifications and salary; election of additional judges

Election of judge; terms

Powers of judge

Traffic offenses

Annual vacation

Section
2561.10

Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure

Section
2561.11

Repealed by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 51, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975

Section
2561.12

Clerk; seal

Section
2561.13

Sheriff as executive officer

Section
2561.14

Prosecution of criminal cases

Section
2561.15

Court reporter

Section
2561.16

Office space

Section
2561.17

Appellate jurisdiction

Creation; territorial boundaries

Civil jurisdiction

Criminal jurisdiction

Limitations on civil jurisdiction

Judges; election; qualifications; salary; division

Election of judge; terms

Powers of judge

Traffic offenses

Annual vacation

Section
2562.10

Code of Civil Procedure; applicability

Section
2562.11

Repealed by Acts 1975, Ex.Sess., No. 51, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975

Section
2562.12

Clerk; seal

Section
2562.13

Sheriff as executive officer

Section
2562.14

Prosecution of criminal cases

Section
2562.15

Court reporter

Section
2562.16

Office space

Section
2562.17

Appellate jurisdiction

Section
2562.21

Traffic hearing officers; qualifications; duties

Section
2562.22

Judicial expense fund; traffic case management and accident reporting system

Section
2562.23

Additional court costs; automatic case reporting system

Section
2562.24

Judicial building fund

Section
2562.25

Facsimile transmission; filings in civil actions; fees; equipment and supplies

Section
2562.26

Parish courts; Jefferson Parish; destruction of useless records

Section
2562.27

Parish courts; Jefferson Parish; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations

Creation; territorial boundaries

Civil jurisdiction; limitations

Criminal jurisdiction

Parish court judge as judge of juvenile court; jurisdiction; clerk; sessions and records

Judge; qualifications and salary

Holding court in municipalities

Powers of judge

Traffic offenses

Annual vacation

Section
2563.10

Applicability of Code of Civil Procedure

Section
2563.11

Clerk; seal

Section
2563.12

Sheriff as executive officer; municipal officers

Section
2563.13

Prosecution of criminal cases

Section
2563.14

Court reporter

Section
2563.15

Office space

Section
2563.16

Disposition of fines and forfeitures

Section
2563.17

Fees; Judicial Expense Fund; Probation Fund; established

Compensation of parish court judges; maximum

Parish court judges; reimbursement for travel and hotel expenses

Legal representation by the attorney general

Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

Parking violations; administrative adjudication; procedure; appeal; penalties

Port of New Orleans; parking violations; administrative adjudication; procedure; appeal; penalties

Blighted or abandoned property; public health, housing, fire code, building code and certain other ordinance violations; administrative adjudication; procedure; appeal; penalties

Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Jefferson Parish

St. Tammany Parish; additional administrative adjudication procedures; judicial review procedures

Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Livingston Parish

Additional administrative adjudication procedures; West Baton Rouge Parish

Housing violations; additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of Central

Additional administrative adjudication procedures in the city of New Orleans; nuisance, sanitation, and litter violations; ticket procedures; appeals; penalties

Additional administrative adjudication procedures; certain parishes

Additional administrative adjudication procedures; city of Monroe

Additional administrative adjudication procedures in Tangipahoa Parish

Administrative adjudication of blighted or abandoned property, public health, housing, fire code, environmental, and historic district violations

Election of justices of the peace; return; commissions; term

Justices of the peace; qualifications; election; term of office; nullity; persons ineligible

Constables; election; term of office; qualifications

Deputies; oath; compensation

Deputies; oath; compensation; Union Parish

Deputies; oath; compensation; Caddo Parish

Deputies; oath; compensation; Ascension Parish

Deputies; oath; compensation; Calcasieu Parish

Deputies; oath; compensation; St. Martin Parish

Deputies; oath; compensation; Caldwell Parish

Domicile; designation by local governing authorities

Holding court in place where alcoholic beverages are sold prohibited; penalty

Jurisdiction and procedure

Justice of the peace; powers as ex officio notary

Notary bond; examination; exception

Sale of property by constable of justice of the peace court

Prosecution of litter violations in justice of the peace courts

Prosecution of removal, disposition, or abandonment violations in justice of the peace courts

Prosecution of property standards and nuisance violations in justice of the peace courts

Compensation of justices of the peace for performing marriage ceremonies

Compensation of justices of the peace and constables in criminal matters

RS 2589.1

Security for costs

Appointment of clerk of court; security for costs; East Baton Rouge Parish; Jefferson Parish

Clerk of court appointment in Jefferson Parish

Amount of additional salary for justices of the peace and constables; payment of expenses at the Justice of the Peace Training Course

Justice of the peace ad hoc; appointment; qualifications

Legal representation by the attorney general

Justice of the peace ward; West Feliciana Parish

Territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts of East Baton Rouge Parish

Justice of the peace and constable districts; Jackson Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; Jefferson Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; Jefferson Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; East Carroll Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; West Carroll Parish

Morehouse Parish; territorial jurisdiction

Grant Parish; territorial jurisdiction

Territorial jurisdiction; Concordia Parish justice of the peace courts

St. Landry Parish; territorial jurisdiction

Territorial jurisdiction; St. John the Baptist Parish justice of the peace courts

Territorial jurisdiction; Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace courts

Territorial jurisdiction; East Feliciana Parish justice of the peace courts

Territorial jurisdiction; St. Charles Parish justice of the peace courts

Territorial jurisdiction; Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace courts

Territorial jurisdiction; Bienville Parish justice of the peace courts

Jurisdiction; St. James Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; LaSalle Parish justice of the peace courts

Ward 1, justice of the peace court, Allen Parish; constable; use of surplus automobiles

Ward 3; Justice of the Peace Court; St. Tammany Parish

Territorial jurisdiction; DeSoto Parish justice of the peace courts

§§2641, 2642 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Short title

Statement of policy

Definitions

Special emergency judges

Formalities of taking office

Period in which authority may be exercised

Removal of designees

Qualifications of juror in civil cases

Exemptions from civil jury service; twenty-four-month waiver of petit jury service

Postponements of petit jury participation

Jury commission

Selection of names for general venire box; drawing of jurors in civil cases; disposition of slips drawn; record; summoning; excusing

Delivery of general venire box to clerk after drawing of jurors in civil cases

Selecting a new general venire; revising and supplementing a general venire

Time for service of jurors in civil cases

Tales jury box and tales jurors

Cash deposit; bond; duty to attend; compensation; procedure; filing fees

Twenty-Fourth Judicial District; jury compensation; duty to attend; cash deposit; bond procedure; filing fees

Lengthy Trial Fund

Challenge of venire not permitted except for fraud or irreparable injury

Time for urging objections

Compensation of jury commissioners

Same; payment

Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 523, §3

Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 170, §1

Jury summons; civil summons effective in criminal action; criminal summons effective in civil action

Drawing petit and tales jurors for civil district court; emptying and refilling general venire box

Employment of clerks by jury commissioners

Payment of salaries of jury commission's clerks

Office supplies for jury commission

Compensation of jurors in civil cases

Provisions applicable to Orleans Parish

Personal jurisdiction over nonresidents

Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 418, §2.

Venue

Service of process

Default judgment; hearings; proof of service of process

"Nonresident" as used in R.S. 13:3201 through 3207

R.S. 13:3201-13:3206 provide additional remedies; no conflict with certain code and statutory provisions

Venue in suits against public carriers

Suits arising from sale or manufacture of sugar cane or syrup; venue

Labor and materials furnished on farm or plantation; venue

Sections
3234. 3234 to 3236

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Venue; inmates of public institutions

Venue in action on official bond of state officer

Suits to enforce laws for protection of aquatic life; jurisdiction; venue

Suits brought by political subdivision on open account; venue

Transfer of action; clerk transmits copy of record

Fees due clerk of transferring court; notices to party requesting transfer

Fees due clerk of court to which action is transferred

Transfer vacated if party requesting fails to pay clerks' fees timely

Duty of clerk of court to which action transferred

Appeal; execution of judgment

Sections
3277. 3277 to 3279

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Foreign administrator or executor may sue to recover damages for wrongful death

Sections
3332. 3332 to 3347

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Oaths of joint co-parties

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Stay of proceedings

Waiver

Costs

Sections
3411. 3411 to 3414

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Party not liable for slander or libel uttered by his attorney

Directors of personnel of civil service as indispensable parties in judicial proceedings

Directors made parties in certain proceedings

Delivery of copies of pleadings and briefs

Notices to director

Curatorship of the property of absent persons; court where proceedings are brought

Petitions filed in two or more courts

Evidence of jurisdiction and relationship; affidavits

Costs

Notice

Request for notice

Descriptive list

Opposition

Hearing

Appeal

Disqualification

Revocation; removal; resignation

Priority of appointment; spouse in community

Security

Oath and letters

Undercurator

Duties

Powers

Prohibited activities

Authorization

Appointment of agent

Compensation of curator

Accounting by curator

Small curatorship

Appointment and qualification of provisional curator; functions, duties, authority

Supplementary rules of service of process

Service on foreign corporation through secretary of state

Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 238, §1.

Operation of motor vehicle by non-resident as appointment of secretary of state as agent for service of process

Service on secretary of state; sending or delivering notice and copies; filing receipt or affidavit; continuances

Service by constable or court-appointed officer when service cannot be made by the sheriff; sheriff an interested party

Inability or refusal of constable or deputy constable to act; employment of sheriff or deputy; appointment of special deputy constable

Constable or deputy constable to act when not disqualified or unwilling or unable to act

Operation of water craft by non-resident as appointment of secretary of state as agent for service of process

Service of citation on secretary of state; sending or delivering notice and copies; filing receipt or affidavit; continuances

Service of any other process on secretary of state

R.S. 13:3479 through 13:3481 not to affect other methods of process against non-residents

Service in suits arising from sale or manufacture of sugar cane or syrup

Mailing of process to deputy, constable, or marshal for service; mileage and mailing costs; sheriff not responsible for constable or marshal

Appointment of agent for service of process by nonresident individual or partnership no defense to nonresident attachment unless notice filed with secretary of state

Divorce under Civil Code Article 102; notice of suit

Divorce under Civil Code Article 102; notice of rule to show cause

Required notice; directory only

Child support; notice required in child support actions

Failure to give notice; validity of judgment not affected

Sections
3541. 3541 to 3543

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Pleading and proof of truth as justification for defamation

Attendance compulsory in civil cases; witnesses within state; deposit

Departmental service of subpoenas on law enforcement officers and fire service personnel

Witness fees for law enforcement officers, fire service persons, and representatives of governmental traffic engineering departments

Witnesses summoned for deposition or deposed; fees and mileage

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Competency of witnesses

Compensation of expert witnesses; costs of medical reports and copies of hospital records; land surveyors

Physicians not required to attend court if life of patients would be endangered

Legislators, legislative officials, and personnel not required to appear as witnesses in court or at administrative proceedings

Governor's compelled appearance in court; procedure; appeal

Statewide elected officials, members of the legislature, legislative personnel, appointed heads of state departments, compelled appearance as witness in court or at administrative proceeding, hearing required

Saint Ursuline Nuns; not compelled to appear in court; taking of deposition

Witness not compelled to appear at subsequent term until paid

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Fees and mileage of witness residing or employed within parish, or outside parish but within twenty-five miles of court; fees and costs taxable

Court shall not require notary to produce original act, unless signature thereon at issue

Legislative journals; conclusively presumptive

Copies as prima facie proof; judicial notice of municipal and parochial ordinances

Labor reports; child and spousal support proceedings; prima facie proof

Federal enactments, regulations, decisions, prima facie evidence

"E911" tape recordings or records; court order; certified copies; attestation

Charts or records of hospitals, other health care providers; admissibility of certified or attested copy; BAC scientific analysis reports

Court order for chart or record of state operated health care facility; certified copy as sufficient compliance

Medical or hospital records of a patient; subpoena duces tecum and court order to a health care provider; reimbursement for records produced

Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1250, §4.

Peer review committee records; confidentiality

Confidentiality of risk management and other information

Confidentiality of communication from health care provider

Records of a nonprofit health care quality improvement corporation; testimony; confidentiality

Deed of sheriff or others authorized to make public sales; prima facie proof of authority

Uniform proof of statutes law; printed books and pamphlets as prima facie evidence

Same; construction and citation

Instruments acknowledged before U.S. diplomatic and consular officials admissible in evidence

Instruments attested by witnesses and accompanied by affidavit; admissible in evidence

Parol evidence to prove debt or liability of deceased person; objections not waivable

Same; evidence required when parol evidence admissible

Files or records of courts of parish; production; copy unnecessary

Notes of testimony; description of document, record or paper

Attestation or certificate of consul, etc., as evidence of authority of officer of foreign country

Public land patent, certificate or receipt; admissibility of copy of record

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Ancient document; admissible in civil suits

Same; definition

Same; acknowledgment or proof of authenticity not required

Same; admissibility of copies

Statements by injured person regarding accident or injury; copies furnished injured person or personal representatives

Business records; reproduction by electronic imaging, photographic, photostatic, or miniature photographic process; certification

Financial institution records; reproductions; recordkeeping; admissibility into evidence; definitions

Financial institution records containing electronic signatures; admissibility into evidence

Financial institution records; enforcement of electronic signatures

Privileged communication between health care provider and patient

REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 376, §6, EFF. JANUARY 1, 1993.

Privileged communications between persons and religious authorities relating to matrimonial rights or status

REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 376, §6, EFF. JANUARY 1, 1993.

Evidence of adoption

Safety standards acts violations; cause determined by trier of fact; not prima facie evidence of negligence; contributing negligence

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 200, §1.

Judicial demands for attorney fees

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §9, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Proof of contents of lost instrument

Advertisement to recover lost instrument; exceptions; bond

Sections
3742. 3742 to 3773

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.

§§3774-3780 Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 202, §1

Sections
3781. 3781 to 3784

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Repealed by Acts 1952, No. 202, §1

§§3791-3794 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Foreign depositions

Same; interpretation and citation

Taking of depositions in another state, or in a territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction

Assistance to tribunals and litigants in another state, or in a territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction

Louisiana Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act

Constructive seizure of immovable property; description to be furnished; instructions to sheriff in parishes other than Orleans and Jefferson

Limitation of seizure of homestead

Notices of seizure

Service and recordation of notices

Entry in seizure book; return

Recordation and entry deemed seizure and possession by sheriff; recordation notice of privilege of seizing creditor

Payment of fees in advance

Duty of recorder of mortgages to file and record notice

Penalty for wilful violation of R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861 by sheriff or recorder of mortgages

Cancellation of inscription of notice on release of property from seizure

R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3861 provide an additional mode of seizing immovable property

Definition of terms used in R.S. 13:3851 through 13:3860; provisions applicable to seizure of immovable property by constable or marshal

Court may order delivery of money or property to sheriff; punishment for contempt

Seizure of land in two or more parishes; execution of process

Seizure of rights in pending suit; rights of seizing creditor

Same; notice of seizure; lien or preference; dismissal, sale or compromise

Same; judgment for seized debtor; satisfaction of claim of seizing creditor

Same; neglect of debtor to prosecute cause of action; sale of rights and interests

Same; execution on judgment

Seized property claimed by third person; affidavit of ownership; demand for indemnity bond

Same; assignment of bond to claimant

Same; failure or refusal to give bond; return of property

Qualifications of surety on indemnity bond

Same; surety residing out of parish; approval

Release of seized property to intervener, or plaintiff in injunction, claiming ownership

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Storage of seized property; nonpayment of charges; sale of property; suspensive appeal

Same; disposition of proceeds of sale

Leased musical instrument not subject to seizure for rent

Justices of the peace; seizure of vessel or watercraft; costs, order of levy

Same; costs of keeping

General exemptions from seizure

Seizing creditor may assert fraudulent title of intervener in answer to intervention

Sheriff entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement

Sheriff's seizing creditor to point out property

Chattel mortgage; adequate description; other security agreements; exception to exemption from seizure

Request for notice of seizure on specific property; notification by sheriff; failure to notify

Failure to notify

Request for notice of assessment on specific property

Filing of notice of seizure; effect of subsequent acts and cancellation of notice

Writ execution; prohibited agreements

§§3911, 3912 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

No particular sequence of sheriff's acts required in garnishment proceeding

Service of garnishment process on nonresident doing business in this state who has not appointed agent for service of process

Judgment fixing portion subject to seizure, payment to creditor and processing fee

Hearing; evidence; prior acts

One writ and one set of interrogatories sufficient, statement of sums due to be furnished to garnishee; installment payments; reopening case; retention of jurisdiction; cessation of seizure by garnishment upon termination of employment

Interrogatories

Indebtedness of employee to employer

Employee working on commission

Deposit to cover fee of employer's attorney; costs; return of deposit

Priority of judgment, decree, or order of support

Sections
3941. 3941 to 3944

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Exemption of wages earned out of state

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Suit by state, subdivision, board or political corporation; facts warranting affidavit for attachment

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Fee of attorney-at-law representing absent defendants

Suits by surety companies on contracts of indemnity for signing of bail bonds

Sequestration authorized when statute refers to provisional seizure

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Sequestration without security available to enforce privilege of farm or plantation laborer for unpaid wages

Suit against state officer or board involving constitutionality of law authorizing expenditure; no temporary restraining order; preliminary injunction; suspensive appeal

Suit against state officer or board involving expenditure of state funds; temporary restraining order; preliminary or permanent injunction prohibited

Sections
4063. 4063 to 4071

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Mortgaged property in hands of receiver or liquidator

Executory process; bearer paper, movable or immovable property, authentic evidence; certification of documents

Executory process against mortgaged corporation property; proof of authority to execute mortgage

Executory process against mortgaged or secured limited liability company property; proof of authority to execute mortgage or security agreement

Variance between act of mortgage and note; correction

Notarial act acknowledging error, when sufficient

Deficiency judgment prohibited if sale made without appraisement

R.S. 13:4106 cannot be waived; operation prospective

Transactions which do not bar deficiency judgment

Deficiency judgment when obligations based upon commercial transaction

Deficiency judgment when obligations based on consumer transaction

Relation to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws

Executory process against property of insolvents; rights of persons holding special mortgages

Same; sale under first process where provisional or definitive syndic appointed

Venue of executory proceeding against continuous tract of land in different parishes

Actions to set aside or annul judicial sales in executory proceedings

Summary trial of suits in which mineral lands are in controversy; bond to prevent summary trial

Same; motion for summary trial; date of trial

Same; continuance

Same; no summary trial if plaintiff gives bond; judgment on failure to give bond

Same; appeal

Same; trial of suit filed during vacation

Damages ex delicto; trial with preference

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Trial by judge when no verdict reached on two jury trials

Third verdict of jury not to be set aside

Trial of cases on holiday

Suits entitled to preference; right of office; state, police jury or municipal corporation as party

Ex parte motion for legislative continuance or extension of time; legislators or employees engaged in legislative or constitutional convention activities

Television

Special masters; appointment; duties and powers; compensation

Voluntary dismissal or discontinuance; payment of costs before judgment rendered or signed

Rates of judicial interest

Interest on judgments from judicial demand in ex delicto cases

United States courts; recorded judgments as judicial mortgages

Same; recordation fees

Inability to pay money judgment not contempt

Maximum delays for decisions on cases under advisement and on applications for new trials and orders of appeal

Same; judgment and appeal when court not in session

Decisions by successor judge

Penalty for judge's violation of R.S. 13:4207 through R.S. 13:4209

Application of R.S. 13:4207-13:4210 to all parishes, including Orleans

Sections
4212. 4212 to 4214

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Res judicata

Exceptions to the general rule of res judicata

To 4240 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Definition

Filing and status of foreign judgments

Notice of filing

Stay

Fees

Optional procedure

Short title

Foreign protective orders

Section
4251.101

Short title

Section
4251.102

Definitions

Section
4251.103

International application of Part

Section
4251.104

Communication between courts

Section
4251.105

Cooperation between courts

Section
4251.106

Taking testimony in another state

Section
4251.201

Definitions; significant-connection factors

Section
4251.202

Exclusive basis

Section
4251.203

Jurisdiction

Section
4251.204

Special jurisdiction

Section
4251.205

Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction

Section
4251.206

Appropriate forum

Section
4251.207

Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct

Section
4251.208

Notice of proceeding

Section
4251.209

Proceedings in more than one state

Section
4251.301

Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state

Section
4251.302

Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state

Section
4251.401

Registration of guardianship orders

Section
4251.402

Registration of protective orders

Section
4251.403

Effect of registration

Section
4251.501

Uniformity of application and construction

Section
4251.502

Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Section
4251.503

[Reserved.]

Section
4251.504

Transitional provision

Section
4251.505

[Reserved.]

Sections
4261. 4261 to 4264

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Section
4261.101

Short title

Section
4261.102

Definitions

Section
4261.103

Purpose

Section
4261.201

Scope of supported decisionmaking agreement

Section
4261.202

Authority of supporter

Section
4261.203

Requirements of supporter

Section
4261.204

Prohibitions

Section
4261.205

Requirements of a supported decisionmaking agreement

Section
4261.206

Revocation

Section
4261.207

Term of agreement

Section
4261.208

Access to personal information

Section
4261.301

Reliance

Section
4261.302

Reporting of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation

Capias ad satisfaciendum abolished

Fines; writ of fieri facias; rule to show cause

Form of writs

Return of writs of fieri facias

Retention of seized property by judgment debtor until day of sale; security therefor

Notice to pay unnecessary

Duty to make return

Property not released or lien discharged by return of writ

Sale under execution of property subject to tax sale, effect of subsequent redemption

Recovery of damages for excessive seizure in ordinary proceeding

Effect of child support payments; judicial mortgage and privilege; affidavit of support owed; prescription

Sections
4311. 4311 to 4315

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Time and place of sale; adjournments, Orleans Parish excepted

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Property in two or more parishes; place of sale and advertisement

Certificate when mortgage records destroyed; conveyance certificate in Orleans Parish; certificate of motor vehicle commissioner

Deletion of inscriptions on mortgage certificates ordered by a sheriff

Penalty for failure of sheriff to procure and provide certificates required by law

Failure of occupant to deliver possession to purchaser; writ of possession

Destruction of place where sale advertised to be held; change in advertisement

Same; notice to parties

Title of suit to be shown in advertisement of sales under execution

Judicial sales made by sheriff

Sales for certain parishes made in New Orleans if requested

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Recitals of sheriff's act of sale

Omission of any formality required by R.S. 13:4353 does not affect validity of sheriff's sale

Certified copy of sheriff's act of sale proof of recitals in original; duplicate act when original lost; certified copy of duplicate

Delivery of sheriff's act of sale to clerk; registry

Record of sales under writs of fieri facias

Blank

Portion of price to be paid on adjudication

Resale if required payment not made; resale if adjudicatee fails to pay balance

Deposit not earnest money; rule to turn over deposit

Return of deposit if no loss, or of portion if loss does not exceed deposit

Appointment of appraisers

Sheriff to appoint appraiser if party does not appoint; delivery of appraisal

Oaths of appraisers; sheriff appoints third appraiser if two cannot agree; minute, written appraisal; delivery

Fees of appraisers

Purchaser; release from liens; cancellation of inscriptions

Post judicial sale; cancellation of inferior mortgages, liens, and privileges

Sections
4401. 4401 to 4404

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Sheriff to record sales in conveyance office in New Orleans; penalties

Sections applicable to Orleans Parish

Newspaper advertisement of judicial sales

Suspensive appeal from judgment restraining enforcement of constitution or statute

Same; appeal by public officer, board, etc., without bond

Dismissal of appeal for informalities; opportunity to cure

Registration of copy of appellate decree

Same; registry as mortgage or recognition of title

Same; decree may not be executed until final

Termination permitted by summary proceedings; jurisdiction of court to order

Termination of mortgages resulting from judgment of courts of original jurisdiction

Termination of mortgages resulting from judgments of appellate courts

Form and amount of bond for appellate judgments

Qualifications of surety presumed

§§4437, 4437.1 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 38, §3, eff. June 20, 1960; Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 135, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978

Triplicate copies of transcripts of appeal to supreme court

Quadruplicate copies of note of evidence in case appealable to supreme court

Transfer of cases appealed to wrong court; retransfer

Costs and conditions of transfer or retransfer of appeals

§§4443, 4444 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 290, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

Certified copy of opinion of court of appeals; filing in parish where suit originated

Notice required; constitutionality of statute at issue

Certification by court of appeal of questions to Supreme Court

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 181, §1 eff. Jan. 1, 1978

Judgment against surety on appeal bond

Delay for appeal in case involving public bonds

Trial court clerk need not prepare record of appeal until appeal bond filed

State and its subdivisions; temporary deferral of court costs; exceptions

Defendant may demand security for costs

Same; liability of surety

Sections
4524. 4524 to 4528

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Forma pauperis appeals in criminal cases

Election contests and suits involving right to office; responsibility for costs

Costs on appeal; parties liable

Delivery of transcript not required until fees paid

Costs of officers, depositions, etc., taxed as costs

No charge for issuance, service, or execution of process defective through clerk's error

Sections
4571. 4571 to 4580

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

State, state agencies, political subdivisions, and public boards and commissions not required to furnish bond; Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Punishment for contempt of court; defenses

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Withdrawal of district court records

Preservation of duplicate file of transcripts of cases finally disposed of by Supreme Court; designation of Louisiana State University Law Library as depository; destruction of certain records

Same; delivery to depository of copy of brief and transcript; recall

Same; clerk to turn over duplicate copies to law library

Construction of R.S. 13:4682 through 13:4685; intention

Preservation of documents and records of the courts of appeal; destruction of certain records

Divorce proceedings; confidential status of pleadings and testimony upon reconciliation

Actions for offenses and quasi offenses; reporting

Definitions; right to enjoin; abatement

Right to petition for injunction or order of abatement

Injunction proceedings; procedure

Violations of injunction; punishment

Order of abatement

Release of property and discontinuance of action upon giving of bond; violations

Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 278, §1

Gambling houses; definition; declared public nuisances

Abatement of nuisances; right to maintain action

Action against owner of property; right to implead persons actually responsible

Procedure for injunction to abate nuisance; appeal; attendance of witnesses

Contempt of court; penalty

Fine for contempt lien on property

Head of corporation; liability

Alimony for support from children or grandchildren; summary proceedings; award

Execution on judgment

Additional to other rights

Proceeding by parish, municipality, etc.; approval by State Bond and Tax Board

Petition for name change; adults; minors

Representation of state; service

Hearing and determination

Judgment; true and lawful name; altering birth record

Payment of cost

Trial of cases for violation of rights guaranteed by constitution

Decision by judge when jury fail to render verdict

Sections
4811. 4811 to 4816

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Checks depositing funds continuously accruing

Concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans; reference to special commissioner

Same; qualifications of special commissioner

Same; powers of special commissioner

Same; hearings

Same; contents of report

Same; attendance of witnesses

Same; use of affidavits, depositions and documents

Same; compensation of special commissioner

Same; return of report; exceptions

Same; costs on exceptions

State or political subdivision; right of action for discovery and investigation

Attorney General's power to bring action

Jurisdiction

Petition; exception

Taking of testimony; hearings and continuances

Examination of witnesses

Taking testimony on interrogatories or under commission

Transcription of testimony

Motion for court order to produce documents; listing of documents; inspection; objections

Subpoena duces tecum

Relevancy only ground of objection to evidence or production of documents

Admission or denial of genuineness

Documents; withdrawal from record

Willful failure or refusal to appear or testify; penalty

Costs and expenses

Sections
4911. 4911 to 4926

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Purchasers who may protect themselves from eviction by monition

Publication of monition; contents

Contents of monition; description of property

Grant of monition

Judgment confirming or annulling sale

Conclusiveness of judgment

Judgment as res judicata; bar of claims; conclusive proof

Sale not validated when party not duly cited; recourse by minors on tutors

Costs

Time for payment by purchaser

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 819, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Sections
4971. 4971 to 4984

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Nonjoinder of co-owners

Application of provisions

Definitions

Parties affected

Compulsory joinder of co-owner

Diligence in locating co-owners; known co-owners made parties

Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

Suits for removal of judges of courts of appeal, district courts, or city courts for parish of Orleans

Employment of counsel to aid state's attorney

Powers of Supreme Court

Personal appearance of defendant judge

Summary trial; motions for new trial; when judgment effective and executory

Costs

Proceedings for determination or collection of tax, license, interest, penalty or attorney's fee; summary nature; by preference

Same; defenses; continuances

Same; decisions within forty-eight hours; suspensive appeals

Same; prima facie case; burden of proof

Suits for trespass, damages or possession of real property; summary trial; special jury panel

Suits for protection of state's interests and rights; institution and prosecution by attorney general; costs; bond

Security for costs not required of defendant

Findings and purpose

Definitions

Requirements

Findings and purpose

Definitions

Certifications; directory; tax stamps

Agent for service of process

Reporting of information; escrow installments

Penalties; other remedies

Miscellaneous provisions

Bond

Taking testimony in action; procedure

Duty to produce books, papers and documents; when facts taken as confessed

Duties of attorneys of record to produce persons or evidence

Compensation of witnesses, costs

Special commissioners; appointment; powers; oath; compensation

Notice to witness to testify or produce documents; time; service of notice

Facts declared to be evidence tending to establish monopoly

Injunction

Seizure of books and papers

Decree and evidence admissible in other cases when facts in issue

Title and application

Definitions

Determination of procedural questions

Venue

Jury trial prohibited; demand for trial; costs

Limitations

Service of citation and process

Prescription, immunity; pleas

Indemnification of officers and employees of the state; civil rights; representation by attorney general

Child protective services workers; legal defense

Defense fees and expenses; payment upon acquittal, dismissal, or favorable judgment; special appropriation

Attorney Fee Review Board

Authority to compromise; judgment; notice of judgment; payments

Settlement of claims; prohibited terms

Suits and proceedings exempt

Appropriation of property by state, parish, municipality or agencies thereof; attorney, engineering and appraisal fees; prescription

Suits against the state or political subdivision; court costs; interest

Subpoena duces tecum issued on a governmental entity

Collection of court costs from convicted felons

Title

Limitation on the liability of the state and political subdivisions

Definitions

Law applicable; legislative intent

Proceedings by governmental unit to establish validity; procedure; parties defendant

Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant; notification

Contesting issuance of bonds or action taken with respect to source of payment therefor; notice and hearing; service on member of governing body

Answer by party defendant; intervention by interested parties; determination of questions; orders; precedence over other business

Consolidation of actions or proceedings

Appeals

Decree validating bonds binding and conclusive

Bonds invalidated only for substantial defects; matters of form disregarded

Sections
5141. 5141 to 5157

Repealed by Acts 1989, No. 646, §1.

Declaration of purpose

Small claims divisions

Jurisdiction

Pleadings; citation; procedure; evidence; substantive law; depositions

Service of citation; extension of delay to answer

Fees

Reconventional demand beyond jurisdiction; filing in court of competent jurisdiction; transfer of proceedings from small claims division

Arbitration awards

Request for arbitration

Judge's role; judgment; new trial; stay; installment payments; enforcement

Waiver of right to appeal

State agencies

Clerk's role

Applicability of Part

Declaration of purpose

Online Dispute Resolution Pilot Project Program

Appointment of a facilitator

Initiation of claim

Service of citation; extension of delay to answer

Fees

Answer and reconventional demand

Reconventional demand beyond jurisdiction; filing in court of competent jurisdiction; transfer of proceedings

Settlement agreement

Waiver of right to appeal

State agencies

Clerk's role

Applicability

Termination

Short title

Legislative findings

Free exercise of religion protected

Definitions

Exceptions

Applicability

Remedies

Notice

Remediation

Limitations and procedures

Fraudulent or frivolous claims

Construction of Part

Purpose

Goals

Definitions

The drug division probation program

Dismissal of certain criminal charges upon completion of drug division probation program

Short title

Legislative findings

Definitions

Authorization

Eligibility and exclusion

Procedure; screening and assessment

Mental health and substance abuse treatment

Violation; sanctions; dismissal; discharge of criminal charges

Short title

Purpose

Goals

Definitions

Eligibility, process

The Veterans Court program

Additional veteran indicator documents

Dismissal of certain criminal charges upon completion of Veterans Court program; revocation of probation; effects of dismissal

Creation

Goals of the Swift and Certain Probation Pilot Program

Swift and Certain Probation Pilot Program; Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court; creation

District courts; reentry courts; subject matter

Judicial cooperative endeavors

Compensation

Louisiana Sheriffs' Certification Program

Expenditures to be made from sheriff's salary fund

Sheriff's general fund; commissions from tax collections; disbursements from fund

Collection and disposition of bonds, fines, fees, licenses, taxes; acceptance of credit card or electronic check payment; expenses of collection borne pro rata by affected tax recipient bodies

Sheriff's general funds; reimbursement by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in certain parishes

Drawing monthly salary

Contracts with federal agencies; reimbursement of expenses

Contracts with state agencies; reimbursement of expenses

Supervision of collection of taxes by legislative auditor

Fees in civil matters

Surplus in sheriff's civil fee account

Funds for other law enforcement purposes; Vernon Parish

Fee for court attendance

Endorsement on papers of fees claimed

Fees in criminal matters

Deputy sheriffs; qualifications for employment

Appointment, oath, and bond of deputies; authority and jurisdiction of certain deputies

Election; penalty for acting as sheriff without having properly qualified; term of office

Sheriffs; duties

Sheriff's commissions for municipal law enforcement officers; issuance

Posse comitatus; penalty for refusal to assist

Equipment of sheriffs and deputies

Ambulance service; operation by sheriff

Trailing dogs for pursuing criminals and other purposes

Purchase and maintenance of dogs

Oath of property appraisers; administration

Execution of writs directed to predecessors

Prescription of proceedings against sheriffs

Bond of sheriff; conditions

Bond of sheriff as ex officio tax collector

Bonds in name of governor; surety; recording

Suit on bond; disposition of amount recovered by state or political subdivision

Sheriff's power to designate deputy as collector

Group insurance; kinds; amounts; subrogation

Bossier Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

Livingston Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

Plaquemines Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

DeSoto Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

St. Tammany Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

Franklin Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

St. James Parish; payment of group insurance premiums; retired sheriffs and deputy sheriffs; creation of fund

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Group insurance, insurers, agents, authority to contract

Group insurance, payment of cost

Liability insurance

Suboffices

Public bid laws applicable to assessor's office

Victims' service assistance program

Ex officio notaries for sheriffs

Remittance of tax collections; duties of sheriff or tax collector

Definitions

Authority of sheriffs to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records

Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer

Limited liability of members

Excess insurance

Sheriff for parish of Orleans; election; term

Salary and expense fund of civil sheriff

Compensation of civil sheriff

Salaries of deputies; expenditures from salary and expense fund; drawing monthly salary

Drawing from allowance

Use of excess fees by civil sheriff Orleans Parish

Liability for costs

Sheriff entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement

Date when fees are due

Posting copy of fee bill

Execution to collect fees

Forfeiture of costs for overcharging any item

Exemption of city from liability for sheriff's costs

Filing bill of costs upon retirement from office

Civil sheriff may have solvency and qualifications of sureties passed on by court

Court's finding relieves sheriff of liability

Acceptance of bond without referring matter to court

Salary of criminal sheriff

Fees of criminal sheriff

Fees of criminal sheriff from sureties for return of fugitives; Orleans Parish

Fees of the criminal sheriff for sureties for surrender of a defendant or arrest of a defendant

City and state not liable for costs of criminal sheriff

City jail of city of New Orleans; operation; location; feeding of prisoners

Payment of salaries by city

Appointment of attorney

Orleans Parish criminal sheriff's canteen fund; sheriff's duties; cost of items sold; use of profits

Employees of criminal sheriff placed in classified city civil service

Establishment of auxiliary criminal deputy sheriffs program, Orleans Parish

Criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans; retirement plan

Purpose

Louisiana Sheriff's Executive Management Institute; creation; board; membership

Meetings; quorum

Functions; powers; duties

Training

Salary option

Election; term of office; bond

Conservator of the peace

Justice of peace to substitute for coroner

Qualifications

Deputy coroners, assistant coroners, secretaries, stenographers, clerks, investigators, technicians, official photographer and other helpers; compensation

Fees for coroner's services

Payment of fees for coroner's services; Caddo Parish

Orleans Parish; coroners, employees; compensation

Expense of investigation and autopsy; Lincoln Parish

Coroner's experts; fees

Right to fee as expert witness

Notification of death under suspicious circumstances; penalties for failure to comply

Duties; autopsies and investigations

Notification of next of kin

Delivery of body; disposition of paupers; anatomical gifts; kidney or eye removal; limitation of liability

Cremation of bodies

Retention of decedent's personal effects; moving or disturbing the body of a deceased person; prohibitions

Execution of writs and orders directed to predecessor

Establishment of parish or municipal laboratory

Establishment of forensic laboratory by mutual consent; cost to be shared

Regional forensic science center

Coroner's Operational Fund established

Title to property in office of coroner

Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 181, §2, eff. June 7, 2013.

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 151, §2.

St. Tammany Parish; coroner; powers and duties; funding of coroner and operational expenses

Supervision of sanitary conditions at city penal institutions

Payment of tax proceeds directly to coroner's office; compensation of coroner and helpers

Annual report

Definitions

Authority of coroners to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records

Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer

Limited liability of members

Excess insurance

Assessment district; creation; boundaries; and governance

Authority to tax

Tax proceeds; compensation of coroner and employees

Powers and duties

Proper bond not to operate as mortgage

Salary for constables and justices of the peace

Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in Ouachita parish

Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in St. Landry Parish

Maximum salary for the marshal in the city of Ruston

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Fees in suits for collection of licenses

Fees and costs

Fees and costs; particular city marshals

Fees and costs; Hammond city marshal

Fees and costs; Slidell city marshal

Fees and costs; Bogalusa city marshal

Fees and costs

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Collection of costs

Power to seize and sell property

Qualifications; bond

Duties

Power to sell property

Deputies; oath, compensation

Compensation

Salary and expense fund of the constables

Use of excess fees by the constables

Liability for costs

Constable entitled to security; refusal to act in absence of security or advancement

Collection of fees

Constable may have solvency and qualification of sureties passed on by court

Judicial release of constable from liability

Acceptance of bond without referring matter to court

Failure of constable to turn over property

Law enforcement district; creation and boundaries

Power to tax

Method of taxation; referendum to increase taxes beyond initial authorization

Additional powers

Mandatory rollback of ad valorem taxes by tax recipient bodies of the parish

Louisiana Tax Commission; enforcement of rollback of ad valorem taxes; submission of resolutions by assessors of taxing authority

Rollback of millage by multi-parish districts

Disbursements from special district funds

Powers of sheriff not diminished

Multiple parish taxing districts

Power to borrow

Rapides Parish Law Enforcement District; construction and financing of certain facilities

Criminal justice commission; creation and boundaries

Board of commissioners; membership

Power to tax; method

Powers of the district

Powers of officials not diminished

Orleans Parish Juvenile Services Financing District

Applicability

Judicial administrative districts; creation and boundaries; power to incur debt

Disbursements from district funds

Additional powers

Powers of clerk of court not diminished

Findings; purpose

Creation; composition; officers; term of office

Meetings; hearings; committees; report; sunset

Staff

Finances