Title 13, Courts and Judicial Procedure

§1381.6. Filing of pleadings and documents in criminal cases by facsimile transmission Any pleading or document in a traffic or criminal action may be filed with the court by facsimile transmission in compliance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 14.1 i…

§1381.7. Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court A. The legislature finds that adequate funding of the office of Clerk of Court for the parish of Orleans is necessary for the efficient performance of the powers and duties required of a judicial officer of the state. P…

§1382. Jury terms A. There shall be monthly jury terms of the criminal district court, beginning on the first Monday of each calendar month and continuing until the first Monday of the next ensuing calendar month. When any first Monday is a legal holiday, the jury term shall begi…

§1383. Sections; court buildings There shall be nine separate sections of Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, designated as Sections A through L subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:1335 or other applicable law. Each shall be presided over by one of the judges. The…

§1384. Criminal district courts; office or positions and functions Each criminal district court in the parish of Orleans shall have a position or office of judicial administrator, deputy judicial administrator, and assistants, and law clerks and secretaries for each section at am…

§1401. Family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; establishment; jurisdiction A. There is hereby established the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge, which shall be a court of record with exclusive jurisdiction in the following proceedings: (1) All actions for d…

§1401.1. Election districts The family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge shall consist of three election sections. Election section one shall consist of Precincts 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-10, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22, 1-2…

§1402. Evidence; pleadings; trials; appeals The rules of evidence, the pleadings, and other matters in the trial of cases in the family court shall be the same as are provided for the trial of cases in the district courts of the state. Appeals from judgments or orders of the fami…

§1403. Judges; qualification; election There shall be four judges presiding over the family court, who shall possess the same qualifications required of district judges. The judges shall be elected for the same term and at the time fixed by law for the election of district judges…

§1404. Salary of judges The judges of the family court shall receive the same salary as the district judges of the nineteenth judicial district court, payable monthly upon their own warrants, in the same manner as the district judges are paid. Added by Acts 1975, No. 89, §1. Amen…

§1405. Clerk The clerk of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court shall be ex officio the clerk of the family court. Added by Acts 1975, No. 89, §1.

§1406. Continuous session; vacation or absence of judge The family court shall be in continuous session throughout the year. However, each judge shall be entitled to a vacation of one month during each year. In the event of a family court judge's vacation, absence from the parish…

§1407. Place of session; conduct of business; expenses The session of the family court shall be held in quarters which the governing authorities of the city of Baton Rouge and the parish of East Baton Rouge shall provide. The governing authorities of the city and of the parish of…

§1409. Sitting in chambers The family court may sit in chambers in any and all matters, whether contested or not, in the discretion of the judge, and any judgment or order so rendered or signed shall be effective as if rendered or signed in open court. Added by Acts 1975, No. 89,…

§1410. Family courts; authority to hire law clerks Each judge of a family court in Louisiana is hereby authorized to employ a law clerk, provided funds are available, to perform such research duties as the judge who employs the law clerk may assign. The salary of each such law cl…

§1411. Court reporters; transcripts A. Except as provided in R.S. 13:961(F), official court reporters and deputy court reporters shall prepare transcripts formatted as follows: (1) Transcripts shall contain no fewer than thirty-two typed lines, exclusive of the page number, on le…

§1414. Nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition A. In addition to all other fees and costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court for the judicial district court, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Artic…

§1441. Declaration of purpose The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for uniform subject matter jurisdiction and procedure for parish courts. This Chapter is intended to implement the constitutional requirement that such courts shall have parishwide territorial jurisdiction an…

§1442. Civil jurisdiction; in general The civil jurisdiction of a parish court is limited by the amount in dispute and by the nature of the proceeding, as set forth in R.S. 13:1443 and R.S. 13:1444. Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.

§1443. Civil jurisdiction; amount in controversy; eviction suits; injunctive actions A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the civil jurisdiction of a parish court is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved d…

§1444. Civil jurisdiction; limitations Except as otherwise provided by law, a parish court has no jurisdiction in any of the following cases or proceedings: (1) A claim of title to immovable property. (2) A case involving the right to public office or position. (3) A case in whic…

§1445. Juvenile jurisdiction The parish court shall be a juvenile court for the parish and shall exercise jurisdiction, concurrent with that of the district court, over juvenile matters, except where a separate juvenile or family court with exclusive jurisdiction is established b…

§1446. Criminal jurisdiction A. The parish court shall have criminal jurisdiction over all violations of state law and parish or municipal ordinances committed within its territorial jurisdiction which are punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment…

§1447. Powers; contempt; marriage ceremonies The parish court possesses inherently all of the power necessary for the exercise of its civil jurisdiction, even though not granted expressly by law. It possesses the powers provided by Article 192 and Articles 194 through 196 of the …

§1448. Jurisdiction over persons and property A. A parish court may exercise jurisdiction over the person to the same extent and in the same manner as a district court. B. A parish court may exercise jurisdiction quasi in rem over movable or immovable property, or jurisdiction in…

§1449. Venue Venue in suits in a parish court shall be determined in the same manner as venue in suits brought in the district court. Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.

§1450. No trial by jury A. There shall be no trial by jury in any case in a parish court. B. Where a principal demand is commenced in a parish court in which the defendant otherwise would be entitled to trial by jury under the provisions of Article 1731 of the Code of Civil Proce…

§1451. Civil procedure Except as provided by R.S. 13:1452 for appeals of civil cases: (1) If the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved in the civil case does not exceed three thousand dollars, the procedure in such a civil case in a parish court shall be governe…

§1452. Appeals in civil cases Appeal from a civil judgment rendered by a parish court may be taken to the court of appeal. The appeal shall be on the record and shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal from the district court, except that a suspensive or a devolutive appeal…

§1452.1. Appeals from decisions of traffic hearing officer In any parish court having a traffic hearing officer, an appeal may be taken from any determination by the officer that a person is in violation of any traffic law or ordinance of the state, parish, or municipality within…

§1453. Criminal procedure The procedure in a criminal proceeding in a parish court shall be as provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure. Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.

§1454. Review of criminal proceedings Appeal from or other review of judgments of parish courts in criminal proceedings shall be as provided by Article V, Section 5 of the Louisiana Constitution. Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.

§1455. Application; preexisting parish courts The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to all parish courts, whether established before or after the effective date of this Chapter; however, nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to change the territorial jurisdiction o…

§1456. Citation of Chapter This Chapter shall be designated and may be cited as the "Uniform Parish Court Jurisdiction and Procedure Act." Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.

§1457. Bailiffs of parish courts A. The judge of a parish court except in the parish of Ascension may appoint bailiffs for the parish court and fix their compensation. If the parish court has more than one division, the court may appoint bailiffs for each of the divisions. B. The…

§1458. Minute clerks of parish courts A. The judge of the parish court except in the parish of Ascension may appoint minute clerks for the parish court and fix their compensation. If the parish court has more than one division, each judge may appoint minute clerks for his divisio…

§1561. Gun court docket; probation supervision program Each court exercising juvenile jurisdiction may by local rule designate as a gun division one or more divisions to which gun and weapon-related offenses are assigned and may establish an intensive probation program to be admi…

§1564. Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; judges; qualifications; election; term; salary A. There shall be three judges of the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish who shall have full and exclusive authority as judges of the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish, and they shall preside over s…

§1565. Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business; expenses A. The judge of the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish having the longest continuous service as judge of the court shall be chief judge of the court, and as chief judge he shall exerc…

§1565.1. Clerk A. The clerk of the First Judicial District Court shall be ex officio clerk of the juvenile court. B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Caddo Parish shall be responsible for reasonable and necessary expenses of the ope…

§1565.2. Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; judicial expense fund; existing fees in juvenile matters; disposition A. There is hereby established a Judicial Expense Fund for the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish. From existing fees collected by the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish purs…

§1566. Orleans Parish juvenile court; salary of judges A. There shall be in the parish of Orleans a separate juvenile court, which shall be a court of record and shall be known as the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. Each judge of said court shall receive the annual salary provided…

§1567. Juvenile court for parish of Orleans; vacations; inability to serve; appointments Each judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be entitled to a vacation of thirty days. Whenever a judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court is unable to serve for any reason other t…

§1568. Juvenile court for parish of Orleans; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business; expenses; police detail A. The juvenile court for the parish of Orleans shall be in continuous session throughout the year. B. The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable quarters f…

§1568.1. Juvenile court for the parish of Orleans; retention of unclaimed bonds; procedure; fee A. The Orleans Parish Juvenile Court by a majority of its judges acting en banc may appropriate and use for the necessary expenses and operation of the court all sums of money represen…

§1568.2. Juvenile court for the parish of Orleans; distribution of unclaimed restitution funds; procedure A. The Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, by a majority of its judges acting en banc, may distribute unclaimed restitution funds held in escrow to elderly persons who have been v…

§1568.3. Special divisions of court A. In accordance with the jurisdiction provided for in the Children's Code, in a juvenile court located in Orleans Parish, there shall be special divisions of court with exclusive jurisdiction over child in need of care proceedings, as specific…

§1571.5. Transfer and acceptance by another state based on change or probable change of residence A. If the court finds that a child who has been adjudged to have committed a delinquent act, to be uncontrollable or ungovernable, dependent or neglected, is or is about to become a …

§1571.7. Out of state supervision Subject to the provisions of this chapter governing disposition, and to the extent that funds from all sources are available, the court may place a child in the custody of a suitable person in another state. On obtaining the written consent of a …

§1571.8. Supervision under out of state court order A. Upon receiving a request of a juvenile court of another state to provide supervision of a child under the jurisdiction of that court, a court of this state may issue its written acceptance to the requesting court and designat…