Title 13, Courts and Judicial Procedure
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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1 Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish
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§1. Duties of the minute clerks of courts of Orleans Parish The minute clerks of the court of appeals and of the civil and criminal district courts of the parish of Orleans shall attend the sessions of the court for which they are appointed, and shall, under the supervision of th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10 Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement
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§10. Judicial administrator; emoluments and benefits; retirement The supreme court may fix the salary of the judicial administrator by rule. The judicial administrator shall be entitled to all emoluments and benefits applicable by law to district judges and shall be subject to th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.1 Completion of term to which elected; certain judges reaching mandatory retirement age within twelve months of election
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§10.1. Completion of term to which elected; certain judges reaching mandatory retirement age within twelve months of election Any judge who was in office on December 31, 1974, and who reaches his mandatory retirement age within twelve months prior to the primary election at which…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.2 Official court reporters; oath of office; bond
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§10.2. Official court reporters; oath of office; bond A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each court reporter appointed as an official court reporter by any judge of any court shall be required to take an oath of office and to furnish bond for the fa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.3 Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund; creation; sources of funds
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§10.3. Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund; creation; sources of funds A. The Judges' Supplemental Compensation Fund, hereinafter referred to as "the fund", is hereby created. The proceeds from the fund shall be used solely and exclusively for salary supplements to judges and …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:10.4 Court costs; witness protection
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§10.4. Court costs; witness protection A. In every state district court having criminal jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana, there shall be assessed as an additional cost against every defendant who is convicted after trial, or who pleads guilty, or forfeits bond, a sum not to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000 Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters
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§1000. Legal assistance program; additional filing fee in civil matters A. The judges of the district courts and family courts, including the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, by court rule may establish a legal assistance program to provide fiscal support for quali…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.1 Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs
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§1000.1. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA programs A. In Rapides Parish, in all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the district court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.10 Repealed by Acts 2016, No
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§1000.10. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.11 Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations
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§1000.11. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; specialized divisions; additional costs; certain violations A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to any fines, forfeitures, costs, or penalties, a judge in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial Distri…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.12 Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee;
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§1000.12. Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; additional support obligation fee; Domestic Commissioner's Fund A. The Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court may assess a one-time fee not to exceed fifty dollars in all domestic filings. The collected fees shall be deposited into …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.13 Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees
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§1000.13. Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees A. The Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court may levy and impose a warrant recall fee not to exceed fifty dollars on all persons who fail to appear as ordered on all felony offenses, misdemeanor off…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.2 Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee
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§1000.2. Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court worthless check collection fee A. The Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court or the clerk of court of Jefferson Parish may collect a filing fee whenever the district attorney's office brings a suit before the district court to collect…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.3 Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs
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§1000.3. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and CAC programs A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Fourteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.4 Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA program
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§1000.4. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA program A. In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.5 Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and FINS programs
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§1000.5. Criminal matters; additional costs for CASA and FINS programs A. In all criminal cases, excluding Title 32 traffic offenses, of which the Twenty-second Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.6 Nineteenth Judicial District Court, drug division; additional fees for treatment programs
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§1000.6. Nineteenth Judicial District Court, drug division; additional fees for treatment programs A. In all criminal cases of which the drug division of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there may be assessed as an additional fee against every defendant wh…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.7 Repealed by Acts 2016, No
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§1000.7. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 644, §5, eff. Aug. 1, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.8 Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Fourth Judicial District; creation;
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§1000.8. Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Fourth Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax A. The Drug Rehabilitation Services District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall be a political subdivision.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1000.9 Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Twenty-third Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax
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§1000.9. Drug Rehabilitation Services District of the Twenty-third Judicial District; creation; composition; powers; ad valorem tax A. The Drug Rehabilitation Services District, hereinafter referred to as the "district", is hereby created. The district shall be a political subdiv…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1001 Cross-references
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§1001. Cross-references The following provisions shall apply to all district judges of Orleans Parish: R.S. 13:10.2, R.S. 13:581, 13:582, 13:693, 13:696, and 13:697. Acts 1984, No. 538, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101 Repealed by Acts 2024, No
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§101. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101.1 Repealed by Acts 2024, No
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§101.1. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101.2 Supreme court districts; justices
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§101.2. Supreme court districts; justices The state shall be divided into seven supreme court districts. The supreme court shall be composed of one justice elected from each of the seven districts as set forth below: (1) District 1 is composed of Livingston Parish; Precincts 9-41…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101.3 Assignment of districts; vacancies; elections
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§101.3. Assignment of districts; vacancies; elections A. Each justice of the supreme court in office on May 1, 2024, shall be assigned to the district composed as provided by R.S. 13:101.2 having the same designation as the district from which the justice was elected and may comp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:102 Salaries of chief justice and associate justices
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§102. Salaries of chief justice and associate justices The salary of the chief justice and each associate justice of the supreme court shall be eighty-five thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly on his own warrant. However, the chief justice shall be entitled to a pay differ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:103 Expenses of chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court; reimbursement
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§103. Expenses of chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court; reimbursement A. The chief justice and each associate justice of the supreme court shall be reimbursed for reasonable housing and other otherwise unreimbursed unvouchered expenses incurred while on offic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1031 Bonds
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§1031. Bonds The clerks of the civil and criminal district courts shall give bond before they enter upon the discharge of the duties of their office. The clerk of the criminal district court in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and the clerk of the civil district court shall give …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1032 Sureties
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§1032. Sureties The sureties on the clerk's bond shall be residents of the state of Louisiana. Prior to being accepted as surety, they shall make an oath in writing upon the bond before the judge of the court receiving the bond. The oath shall state that after their debts and lia…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1033 Approval; recordation
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§1033. Approval; recordation The bond of the clerk of the civil district court shall be examined by a majority of the judges of the court and approved by them, if they deem it good and sufficient, and the bond of the clerk of the criminal district court shall be examined by the t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:104 Expenses of the supreme court
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§104. Expenses of the supreme court A. Any justice whose primary residence is more than fifty miles from the courthouse may elect all or part of any amount due under R.S. 13:103 to be reimbursed as a vouchered expense or otherwise allowed pursuant to an accountable plan maintaine…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1136 Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; judges
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§1136. Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; judges A. There shall be one civil district court for the parish of Orleans. It shall be composed of fourteen judges. The judges of division A through J of said court on July 1, 1979, shall continue to serve the terms for whi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1137 Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; jurisdiction
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§1137. Civil district court for the parish of Orleans; jurisdiction A. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans has the same civil jurisdiction as the district courts throughout the state, except as otherwise provided by law. B. The court of appeal with jurisdiction ove…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1138 Domestic Relations Divisions
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§1138. Domestic Relations Divisions A. The judges of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans who are in office on July 1, 1979, shall create the Domestic Relations Section of that court, by rule of court adopted on or before December 1, 1979, by the judges sitting en b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1139 Transfer of cases
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§1139. Transfer of cases It is the express intent of this Section that the jurisdiction conferred by law, particularly the Children's Code, upon Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the same as it was prior to the enactment of Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1140 Jurisdiction of civil district court for the parish of Orleans
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§1140. Jurisdiction of civil district court for the parish of Orleans A. Pursuant to the authority vested by Sections 16, 18 and 32 of Article V of the Constitution, the civil district court for the parish of Orleans is hereby vested with jurisdiction of certain cases previously …
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1140.1 Separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or successor court
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§1140.1. Separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans or successor court A separate environmental docket of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, or the successor to such court, is established into which the public authority, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1141 Domestic Relations Section; nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition
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§1141. Domestic Relations Section; nonrefundable fee; assessment and disposition A. In addition to all other fees and costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1143 Compensation of retired judge
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§1143. Compensation of retired judge When a judge of the civil district court retires as authorized by the constitution, he shall receive from the city of New Orleans and from the judicial expense fund two-thirds of the remuneration which he was receiving from these sources immed…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1144 Provision in budget
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§1144. Provision in budget The city of New Orleans shall provide in its budget a sum sufficient for the payment of the remuneration to retired judges of the civil district court. This sum shall be payable to the retired judge monthly upon his own warrant. Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1145 Assignment of cases
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§1145. Assignment of cases All cases, after being filed in the civil district court shall be assigned or allotted, and from time to time may be reassigned or reallotted, among the judges thereof, in accordance with rules adopted by the court. Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1146 Judgments homologating accounts; absence or disability of judge to whom allotted
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§1146. Judgments homologating accounts; absence or disability of judge to whom allotted Judgments of the civil district court homologating accounts, which have been duly advertised, and in other cases as may be designated by rules of the court, may be rendered and signed either i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1147 Rules; sitting en banc
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§1147. Rules; sitting en banc The judges of the civil district court may adopt rules regulating the allotment, assignment and disposition of cases, and the proceedings in such trials, and may sit en banc for the purpose of testing the bonds and sureties of the clerk of the court,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1148 §§1148 to 1150 Repealed by Acts 1975, No
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§1148. §§1148 to 1150 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 129, §2
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1171 REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO
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§1171. REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 8, §3, EFF. JAN. 1, 1991.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:121 Number, appointment, and removal
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§121. Number, appointment, and removal There shall be one clerk of the Supreme Court, and five deputy clerks, who shall be appointed by the court and removable at its pleasure. Acts 1999, No. 994, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1211 Qualifications; duties; bond; collection of fees; deputies; minute clerks
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§1211. Qualifications; duties; bond; collection of fees; deputies; minute clerks The qualifications and duties of the Orleans clerk of court shall be as now fixed by law. He shall furnish bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, which shall be examined by the court, and all te…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1211.1 Clerk; election; term of office
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§1211.1. Clerk; election; term of office A. There shall be one clerk of court for the parish of Orleans, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of Orleans Parish. He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1212 Salary
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§1212. Salary A. The Orleans clerk of court shall receive a salary as established in R.S. 13:782(A) based on the applicable population of the parish according to the latest United States census which shall be payable out of the clerk's salary fund beginning with Fiscal Year 1997-…
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:1212.1 Expenses
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§1212.1. Expenses In addition to his salary, the clerk of court for the parish of Orleans shall receive a sum not to exceed ten percent of his annual salary as an expense allowance. This allowance shall be payable out of the clerk's salary fund upon the warrant of the clerk. Adde…