Title 13, Courts and Judicial Procedure
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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5710 Coroner's experts; fees
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§5710. Coroner's experts; fees The coroner may contract with any competent physician or other expert to assist in the conduct of an investigation or autopsy. The physician or other expert, upon the certificate of the coroner, shall be paid by the parish or municipality such compe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5711 Right to fee as expert witness
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§5711. Right to fee as expert witness No coroner, deputy coroner, or assistant coroner testifying in his official capacity shall be required to give expert opinion or testimony in any court, except in the line of duty as coroner. Any coroner, deputy coroner, or assistant coroner …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5712 Notification of death under suspicious circumstances; penalties for failure to comply
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§5712. Notification of death under suspicious circumstances; penalties for failure to comply A. A physician or other person having knowledge of a death under sudden, accidental, violent, or suspicious circumstances or without medical attendance within twenty-four hours prior to d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5713 Duties; autopsies and investigations
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§5713. Duties; autopsies and investigations A. The coroner shall either view the body or make an investigation into the cause and manner of death in all cases involving the following: (1) Suspicious, unexpected, or unusual deaths. (2) Sudden or violent deaths. (3) Deaths due to u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5714 Notification of next of kin
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§5714. Notification of next of kin A. The coroner or his designee shall make every reasonable effort to notify the next of kin in all cases of deaths for which he has jurisdiction including but not limited to deaths enumerated in R.S. 13:5713(A). B. In all other cases, including …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5715 Delivery of body; disposition of paupers; anatomical gifts; kidney or eye removal;
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§5715. Delivery of body; disposition of paupers; anatomical gifts; kidney or eye removal; limitation of liability A.(1) Upon completion of an autopsy or completion of the coroner's investigation, if the investigation reveals that an autopsy is not required, the coroner shall rele…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5716 Cremation of bodies
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§5716. Cremation of bodies A. If the cremation of a body is requested, the funeral director shall immediately notify the coroner who has jurisdiction in the death. B. If, after the necessary investigation, the coroner is satisfied that there are no suspicious circumstances surrou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5717 Retention of decedent's personal effects; moving or disturbing the body of a deceased person; prohibitions
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§5717. Retention of decedent's personal effects; moving or disturbing the body of a deceased person; prohibitions A. The coroner shall take charge of the personal effects and property of the deceased at the scene of death. As soon as practicable all of the effects and property sh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5718 Execution of writs and orders directed to predecessor
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§5718. Execution of writs and orders directed to predecessor A coroner may carry into execution all writs and judicial orders directed to his predecessor, which have not been acted upon by him and may make thereon all necessary returns. Added by Acts 1966, No. 312, §2, eff. Jan. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5719 Establishment of parish or municipal laboratory
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§5719. Establishment of parish or municipal laboratory Any parish or municipality may establish a laboratory for the use of the coroner. In any parish where there is no coroner's laboratory, the coroner may contract with the coroner or laboratory of another parish to perform such…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5720 Establishment of forensic laboratory by mutual consent; cost to be shared
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§5720. Establishment of forensic laboratory by mutual consent; cost to be shared A. By agreement of the coroners of any two or more parishes, subject to approval of the governing authorities of their respective parishes, there may be established a forensic laboratory. The laborat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5721 Regional forensic science center
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§5721. Regional forensic science center A.(1) A regional forensic science center is hereby established to be composed of the parishes of Assumption, Jefferson, Orleans, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Terrebonne, and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5722 Coroner's Operational Fund established
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§5722. Coroner's Operational Fund established A.(1) Except as provided in R.S. 13:996.9 and R.S. 13:996.34, in addition to the criminal costs authorized by law, each judge, including those of city courts, may impose a ten dollar fee on every defendant who is convicted after trial…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5723 Title to property in office of coroner
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§5723. Title to property in office of coroner Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:4713, the coroner of the parish of Jefferson, or his designee, may purchase and equip such real property as is necessary in the performance of his duties, including but not limited to a morgue…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5724 Repealed by Acts 2013, No
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§5724. Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 181, §2, eff. June 7, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5725 Repealed by Acts 2021, No
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§5725. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 151, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5726 Repealed by Acts 2024, No
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§5726. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 526, §2, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5727 Alternative funding source for coroners
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§5727. Alternative funding source for coroners A. Notwithstanding any other law or jurisprudence to the contrary, the governing authority of the parishes as provided by Subsection B of this Section shall allow and assist any elected coroner in those parishes to seek and place on …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5731 Supervision of sanitary conditions at city penal institutions
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§5731. Supervision of sanitary conditions at city penal institutions The coroner of the Parish of Orleans, as ex officio city physician shall exercise general supervision over the sanitary conditions of all houses of detention and the parish prison in Orleans Parish. He shall hav…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5741 Payment of tax proceeds directly to coroner's office; compensation of coroner and helpers
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§5741. Payment of tax proceeds directly to coroner's office; compensation of coroner and helpers The proceeds of the tax authorized for the purposes of the coroner's office of the parish of Jefferson by Section 10 of Article X of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921* shall be paid …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5742 Annual report
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§5742. Annual report The coroner of Jefferson Parish shall prepare and present to the governing body of the parish an annual report showing the operations of his office, the monies received by it, and the purposes for which the monies were expended. The coroner shall include in e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5751 Definitions
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§5751. Definitions The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Group self-insurance fund" means a pool of public monies established by an interlocal risk management agency from contributions of its …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5752 Authority of coroners to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records
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§5752. Authority of coroners to form, join, and participate in interlocal risk management agency; establishment of self-insurance fund; contributions; records A. Any two or more coroners may make and execute an intergovernmental agreement among themselves to establish an interloc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5753 Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer
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§5753. Interlocal risk management agency not an insurance company or insurer An interlocal risk management agency operating an interlocal risk management program is not an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this state and the designation by the agency of the Louisi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5754 Limited liability of members
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§5754. Limited liability of members A coroner shall not by reason of being a member of an interlocal risk management agency and contributing to the group self-insurance fund be liable to such interlocal risk management agency, to any other member, or to any claimant against the a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5755 Excess insurance
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§5755. Excess insurance The interlocal risk management agency may enter into contracts for excess insurance, with the payment of premiums being made from the contributions of the participating coroners to the group self-insurance fund. Acts 1999, No. 835, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; R…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5761 Assessment district; creation; boundaries; and governance
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§5761. Assessment district; creation; boundaries; and governance A. There is hereby created within the parish of Webster, as more specifically provided in Subsection B of this Section, a body politic and corporate which shall be known as the "Coroner's Office Funding District", h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5762 Authority to tax
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§5762. Authority to tax A. The district, through its governing authority, may levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed eight mills on the dollar of assessed valuation on all taxable property situated within the boundaries of the district. The district may levy the tax onl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5763 Tax proceeds; compensation of coroner and employees
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§5763. Tax proceeds; compensation of coroner and employees The proceeds of the tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes and benefit of the district and in accordance with the provisions of this Section. (1) An annual salary shall be paid to the coroner for his se…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5764 Powers and duties
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§5764. Powers and duties A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the coroner or his designee, may purchase or rent immovable property as necessary for the performance of the coroner's official duties. The ownership of such property shall be vested in the name of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5771 St
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§5771. St. Tammany Parish coroner; qualifications A. In addition to the qualifications provided for in R.S. 13:5704, in St. Tammany Parish, a person shall satisfy all of the following in order to serve as coroner: (1) Be a citizen of the United States. (2) Be at least twenty-one …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5772 St
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§5772. St. Tammany Parish coroner; duties; accountability A. In addition to the duties provided for in R.S. 13:5713, the coroner in St. Tammany Parish shall maintain records to account for his time, work product, and expenditures and submit the data to the parish council in a man…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5773 St
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§5773. St. Tammany Parish; coroner; ad valorem tax; compensation of coroner and employees A.(1) The sheriff of St. Tammany Parish shall collect and transfer to the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish all tax revenues from the ad valorem tax levied by St. Tammany Parish for …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5801 Proper bond not to operate as mortgage
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§5801. Proper bond not to operate as mortgage If the bond of the constable, except in Orleans Parish, is given with three good and solvent sureties, bound in solido, residing within the parish wherein the constable is to exercise the functions of his office, or with an approved s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5802 Salary for constables and justices of the peace
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§5802. Salary for constables and justices of the peace The police jury in all parishes having a population of over five thousand shall fix the pay of constables and justices of the peace and said salary shall be not less than thirty dollars per month. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 36…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5802.1 Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in Ouachita parish
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§5802.1. Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in Ouachita parish Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the police jury of the parish of Ouachita shall pay the constables and justices of the peace thereof a salary of not less than thirty do…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5802.2 Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in St
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§5802.2. Minimum salary for constables and justices of the peace in St. Landry Parish Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the police jury of the parish of St. Landry shall pay the constables and justices of the peace thereof a salary of not less than o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5802.3 Maximum salary for the marshal in the city of Ruston
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§5802.3. Maximum salary for the marshal in the city of Ruston Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the marshal of the City Court of Ruston shall not receive an annual salary greater than the annual salary of the sheriff of Lincoln Parish. Acts 2004, No. 489…
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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5806 Fees in suits for collection of licenses
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§5806. Fees in suits for collection of licenses A. The fees of constables in all suits for the collection of licenses filed by municipalities having a population in excess of one hundred thousand shall be as follows: (1) For the service of citation the sum of seventy-five cents. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807 Fees and costs
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§5807. Fees and costs A. Constables and marshals, except in Orleans Parish and as provided by R.S. 13:5807.1, 5807.3, 5807.4, and 5807.5, shall be entitled to the following fees of office, and no more, in civil matters: (1) For making service or attempted service and return of ci…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.1 Fees and costs; particular city marshals
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§5807.1. Fees and costs; particular city marshals A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Minden, the marshal of the city of Springhill, the marshal of the city of Franklin, and the marshal of the city of Winnfield shall each be entitled to t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.2 2 eff
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§5807.2 eff. until the issuance of a recommendation by the Judicial Council. See Acts 2018, No. 457. §5807.2. Fees and costs; Hammond city marshal A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Hammond shall be entitled to the following fees of offi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.3 Fees and costs; Slidell city marshal
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§5807.3. Fees and costs; Slidell city marshal A.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Slidell shall establish his own fees of office in civil matters which fees shall not exceed the following amounts: (a) For making service and return of c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.4 Fees and costs; Bogalusa city marshal
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§5807.4.. Fees and costs; Bogalusa city marshal Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the city of Bogalusa shall be entitled to the following fees of office and no more in civil matters: (1) For making service or attempted service and return of citation w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5807.5 Fees and costs
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§5807.5. Fees and costs NOTE: §5807.5(intro. para.) eff. until the Judicial Council provides a favorable recommendation to the Louisiana Legislature. Acts 2023, No. 70. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the City Court of Ruston and the marshal of the …
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