Code of Civil Procedure
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section1. Jurisdiction definedsection2. Jurisdiction over subject mattersection3. Same; cannot be conferred by consentsection4. Same; determination when dependent on amount in dispute or value of right assertedsection5. Same; effect of reduction of claimsection6. Jurisdiction over the personsection7. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 578, §5.section8. Jurisdiction over property; in remsection9. Same; quasi in rem; attachmentsection10. Jurisdiction over statussection11. Military personnelsection41. Definitionsection42. General rulessection43. Exceptions to general rulessection44. Waiver of objections to venuesection45. Conflict between two or more articles in Chaptersection71. Action against individual who has changed domicilesection72. Certain actions involving propertysection73. Action against joint or solidary obligorssection74. Action on offense or quasi offensesection74.1. Action to establish or disavow filiationsection74.2. Custody proceedings; support; forum non convenienssection74.3. Marriage of persons related by adoptionsection74.3.1. Marriage of persons; waiver of certain informationsection74.4. Action on an open account or a promissory notesection74.5. Adult adoptionsection74.6. Actions to seek court approval by parents during marriagesection75. Action on judicial bondsection76. Action on insurance policysection76.1. Action on contractsection77. Action against person doing business in another parishsection78. Action against partners of existing partnershipsection79. Action to dissolve partnershipsection80. Action involving immovable propertysection81. Action involving successionsection82. Action to partition community propertysection83. Action to partition partnership propertysection84. Action involving certain retirement systems and employee benefit programssection84.1. Actions involving the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement Systemsection85. Action against domestic corporation; charter revoked by secretary of statesection86. Action involving voting trustssection87. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 121, §2.section121. Action brought in improper venue; transfersection122. Change of proper venuesection123. Forum non convenienssection124. Forum non conveniens; transfer to city courtsection151. Groundssection152. Disclosuressection153. Recusal on court's own motionsection154. Procedure for recusal of district court judgesection155. Selection of judge to try motion to recusesection156. Selection of judge after recusalsection157. Recusal of supreme court justicesection158. Recusal of judge of court of appealsection159. Recusal of ad hoc judgesection160. Redesignated as Code of Civil Procedure Article 158 by Acts 2021, No. 143, §1.section161. Redesignated as Code of Civil Procedure Article 159 by Acts 2021, No. 143, §1.section191. Inherent judicial powersection192. Appointment of expert witnesses; expensessection192.1. Interpreters for deaf and severely hearing-impaired personssection192.2. Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking personssection193. Power to adopt local rules; publicationsection194. Power of district court to act; signing orders and judgmentssection195. Judicial proceedings in chamberssection195.1. Judicial proceedings by remote technologysection196. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 68, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.section196.1. Power of judges to sign orders and judgments while outside of the court's territorial jurisdictionsection196.2. Power of supreme court to extend deadlines during emergenciessection197. Testimony of inmatessection221. Kinds of contemptsection222. Direct contemptsection222.1. Direct contempt; fingerprinting and photographing; exceptionsection223. Same; procedure for punishingsection224. Constructive contemptsection225. Same; procedure for punishingsection226. Same; imprisonment until performancesection227. Punishment for contemptsection251. Custodian of court records; certified copies; records publicsection252. Issuance of processsection253. Pleadings, documents, and exhibits to be filed with clerksection253.1. Pleadings; random assignment of casessection253.2. Transfer and reassignment of pending casessection253.3. Duty judge exceptions; authority to hear certain matterssection254. Docket and minute bookssection255. Deputy clerks and other employeessection256. Minute clerksection257. Neglect, failure, or refusal of clerk, deputy, or other employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contemptsection258. Redesignated as R.S. 44:119 by Acts 2024, No. 501, §5.section259. Liability of clerk of courtsection281. Certain articles not applicable to Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleanssection282. Acts which may be done by district court clerksection283. Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerksection284. Judicial powers of district court clerksection285. Powers of district court clerk may be exercised whether judge absent from parish or notsection286. Powers of district court clerk which may not be exercised by deputy; powers of chief deputy clerksection287. District court clerk ex officio notarysection288. Functions which district court clerk may exercise on holidaysection321. Executive officer of district court; serves process, executes writs and mandates directed to him by courtssection322. Exercises civil functions only in own parish; exceptionsection323. Writs executed on holidaysection324. Returns on process served, and writs and judgments executedsection325. Right of entry for execution; may require assistance of others if resistance offered or threatenedsection326. Protection and preservation of property seizedsection327. Seizure of rents, fruits, and revenue of property under seizuresection328. Power of administration of property under seizuresection329. Disbursements for protection, preservation, and administration of seized propertysection330. Collection of fines from, and imprisonment of, persons found guilty of contempt of courtsection331. Deputy sheriffs and other employeessection332. Service or execution by constable or marshalsection333. Criersection334. Neglect, failure, or refusal of sheriff, deputy sheriff, or employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contemptsection371. Attorneysection372. Court reporters; retention and destruction of notes and recordings of civil casessection373. Expert appointed by courtsection374. Legal representativesection375. Neglect, failure, or refusal of expert or legal representative to perform a legal duty when ordered to do so, subjects him to punishment for contempt of courtsection376. Limitation of immunitysection421. Civil action; commencement; amicable demand unnecessarysection422. Personal, real, mixed actionssection423. Implied right to enforce obligation; prematuritysection424. Cause of action as a defensesection425. Preclusion by judgmentsection426. Transmission of action and of right to enforce obligationsection427. Action against obligor's heirs or legateessection428. No abatement on death of partysection461. Cumulation of actions definedsection462. Cumulation by single plaintiff against single defendantsection463. Cumulation, plural plaintiffs or defendantssection464. Improper cumulation, effectsection465. Separate trials of cumulated actionssection466. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, §11.section531. Actions pending in Louisiana court or courtssection532. Motions to stay in suits pending in Louisiana and federal or foreign courtsection561. Abandonment in trial and appellate courtsection562. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 469, §3.section591. Prerequisites; maintainable class actionssection592. Certification procedure; notice; judgment; orderssection593. Venuesection593.1. Class actions; lis pendenssection593.2. Class actions; forum non convenienssection594. Dismissal or compromisesection595. Award of expenses of litigation; security for costssection596. Prescription; suspensionsection597. Effect of judgmentsection611. Derivative actions; prerequisitessection612. Representationsection613. Proceduresection614. Venuesection615. Petition in shareholder's derivative actionsection616. Shareholder's derivative action when not impracticable to join all shareholders, partners, or memberssection617. Unincorporated association; definition; applicabilitysection641. Joinder of parties needed for just adjudicationsection642. Determination by court whenever joinder not feasiblesection643. Solidary obligees and obligors; joindersection644. Party plaintiff who refuses or fails to suesection645. Pleading nonjoinder of a partysection646. Amendment of petition to join a partysection647. Permissive joinder governed by rules of cumulation of actionssection681. Real and actual interest requiredsection682. Individuals having procedural capacitysection683. Unemancipated minorsection684. Interdictsection685. Successionsection686. Marital communitysection687. Person doing business under trade namesection688. Partnershipsection689. Unincorporated associationsection690. Domestic corporation; insurer; limited liability companysection691. Foreign corporation; foreign limited liability company; foreign or alien insurance corporationsection692. Corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in receivership or liquidationsection693. Insurer in receivershipsection694. Agentsection695. Absent or mentally incompetent managing spousesection696. Pledgor and pledgeesection697. Subrogor and subrogeesection698. Assignor and assigneesection699. Trust estatesection700. Authority or qualification of plaintiff suing in representative capacitysection731. Individuals having procedural capacitysection732. Unemancipated minorsection733. Mental incompetent; interdictsection734. Successionsection735. Marital communitysection736. Person doing business under trade namesection737. Partnership; partnerssection738. Unincorporated association; memberssection739. Corporation; limited liability company; insurersection740. Corporation; limited liability company; partnership in receivership or liquidationsection741. Insurer in receivershipsection742. Trust estatesection743. Absent or mentally incompetent managing spousesection771. Rules applicablesection801. Voluntary substitution for deceased party; legal successorsection802. Compulsory substitution for deceased party; summonssection803. Same; service or publication of summonssection804. Same; effect of failure of legal successor to appearsection805. Legal representative; successorsection806. Public officersection807. Transfer of interestsection821. Rules of Chapter applicable to district courts; rules of other appellate courts applicablesection851. Three modes of procedure; Book II governs ordinary proceedingssection852. Pleadings allowed; replicatory pleadings prohibitedsection853. Caption of pleadings; adoption by reference; exhibitssection854. Form of pleadingsection855. Pleading special matters; capacitysection855.1. Pleadings for unconstitutionality of state lawsection856. Same; fraud, mistake, or condition of the mindsection857. Same; suspensive conditionssection858. Same; official document or actsection859. Same; judgment or decisionsection860. Same; time and placesection861. Same; special damagesection862. Relief granted under pleadings; sufficiency of prayersection863. Signing of pleadings; effectsection864. Attorney subject to disciplinary actionsection865. Construction of pleadingssection891. Form of petitionsection892. Alternative causes of actionsection893. Pleading of damagessection921. Exception definedsection922. Kinds of exceptionssection923. Functions of exceptionssection924. Form of exceptionssection925. Objections raised by declinatory exception; waiversection926. Objections raised by dilatory exception; waiversection927. Objections raised by peremptory exceptionsection928. Time of pleading exceptionssection929. Time of trial of exceptionssection930. Evidence on trial of declinatory and dilatory exceptionssection931. Evidence on trial of peremptory exceptionsection932. Effect of sustaining declinatory exceptionsection933. Effect of sustaining dilatory exceptionsection934. Effect of sustaining peremptory exceptionsection961. Written motion required; exceptionsection962. Form of written motionsection963. Ex parte, contradictory, and unopposed motions; rule to show causesection964. Motion to strikesection965. Motion for judgment on pleadingssection966. Motion for summary judgment; proceduresection967. Same; affidavitssection968. Effect of judgment on pleadings and summary judgmentsection969. Judgment on pleadings and summary judgment not permitted in certain cases; exceptionsection970. Motion for judgment on offer of judgmentsection971. Special motion to strikesection1001. Delay for answeringsection1002. Answer or other pleading filed prior to signing of default judgmentsection1003. Form of answersection1004. Denialssection1005. Affirmative defensessection1006. Alternative defensessection1031. Incidental demands allowedsection1032. Form of petitionsection1033. Delay for filing incidental demandsection1034. Exceptions and motionssection1035. Answersection1036. Jurisdiction; mode of proceduresection1037. Action instituted separatelysection1038. Separate trial; separate judgmentsection1039. Effect of dismissal of principal actionsection1040. Words "plaintiff" and "defendant" include plaintiff and defendant in an incidental actionsection1041. When prescribed incidental or third party demand is not barredsection1061. Actions pleaded in reconventional demand; compulsorysection1062. Pleading compensationsection1063. Service of reconventional demand; citation unnecessarysection1064. Additional partiessection1065. Reconventional demand exceeding principal demandsection1066. Action matured or acquired after pleadingsection1067. Redesignated to C.C.P. Art. 1041section1071. Cross-claimssection1072. Service of cross-claim, citation unnecessarysection1073. Additional partiessection1091. Third person may intervenesection1092. Third person asserting ownership of, or mortgage or privilege on, seized propertysection1093. Service of petition; citation unnecessarysection1094. Intervener accepts proceedingssection1111. Defendant may bring in third personsection1112. Defendant in reconvention may bring in third personsection1113. Effect of failure to bring in third partysection1114. Service of citation and pleadingssection1115. Defenses of original defendant available to third party defendantsection1116. Third party defendant may bring in third personsection1151. Amendment of petition and answer; answer to amended petitionsection1152. Amendment of exceptionssection1153. Amendment relates backsection1154. Amendment to conform to evidencesection1155. Supplemental pleadingssection1156. Amended and supplemental pleadings in incidental actionsection1201. Citation; waiver; delay for servicesection1202. Form of citationsection1203. Citation to legal representative of multiple defendantssection1231. Types of service; time of makingsection1232. Personal servicesection1233. Same; where madesection1234. Domiciliary servicesection1235. Service on representativesection1235.1. Service on incarcerated personsection1236. Service on clerical employees of physicianssection1237. Service on individual in multiple capacitiessection1261. Domestic or foreign corporationsection1262. Same; secretary of statesection1263. Partnershipsection1264. Unincorporated associationsection1265. Political entity; public officersection1266. Limited liability companysection1267. Same; service on secretary of statesection1291. Service by sheriffsection1292. Sheriff's returnsection1293. Service by private personsection1311. Service of copy of exhibit to pleading unnecessarysection1312. Service of pleadings subsequent to petition; exceptionssection1313. Service by mail, delivery, or electronic meanssection1314. Same; service by sheriffsection1351. Issuance; formsection1352. Restrictions on subpoenasection1353. Prepayment of feessection1354. Subpoena duces tecumsection1355. Service of subpoenasection1355.1. Reissuance of subpoena; service by certified or registered mailsection1356. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for depositions or inspectionssection1357. Failure to comply with subpoenasection1391. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1392. Proof of statutessection1393. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1394. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1395. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1396. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1397. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section1420. Signing of discovery requests, responses, or objectionssection1421. Discovery methodssection1422. Scope of discovery; in generalsection1422.1. Scope of discovery; records of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Informationsection1423. Scope of discovery; insurance agreementssection1424. Scope of discovery; trial preparation; materialssection1425. Experts; pretrial disclosures; scope of discoverysection1426. Protective orders; motions to quashsection1426.1. Stay of discovery in civil matters by a district attorney in a related criminal mattersection1427. Sequence and timing of discoverysection1428. Supplementation of responsessection1429. Perpetuation of testimony; petitionsection1430. Notice and service of petition; perpetuation of testimonysection1430.1. Ex parte order; death or incapacitating illnesssection1431. Order and examination; perpetuation of testimonysection1432. Use of depositionsection1433. Deposition after trialsection1434. Person before whom deposition takensection1435. Deposition taken in another state, or in a territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction; exceptions; nonresident insurance claims adjusterssection1436. Stipulations; manner of taking; modification of proceduressection1436.1. Depositions by telephonesection1437. Deposition upon oral examination; when deposition may be takensection1438. Notice of examination; time and place; subpoena duces tecumsection1439. Special noticesection1440. Nonstenographic recordation of testimonysection1441. Production of documents and thingssection1442. Deposition of an organizationsection1443. Examination and cross-examination; record of examination; oath; objectionssection1444. Motion to terminate; limit examinationsection1445. Submission to witness; changes; signingsection1446. Certification by officer; custody of deposition; exhibits; copies; notice of availability for inspection or copying; cost of originals and copies of transcriptssection1447. Failure to attend or to serve subpoena; expensessection1448. Serving written questions; noticesection1449. Taking of testimony; preparation of record; notice of filingsection1450. Use of depositionssection1451. Objections to admissibilitysection1452. Effect of taking or using depositions; deposing attorneys of recordsection1453. Objection to irregularities in notice; waiversection1454. Objections as to disqualification of officer; waiversection1455. Objections, competency of witnesses; relevancy of testimony; manner or form of taking depositionsection1456. Objection as to completion and return of depositionsection1457. Interrogatories to parties; availability; additional, hearing requiredsection1458. Interrogatories to parties; procedures for usesection1459. Interrogatories to parties; scope; use at trialsection1460. Option to produce business recordssection1461. Production of documents and things; entry upon land; scopesection1462. Production of documents and things; entry upon land; proceduresection1463. Production of documents and things; entry upon land, persons not partiessection1464. Order for an additional medical opinion for physical or mental examination of personssection1465. Report of examining physiciansection1465.1. Requests for release of medical recordssection1466. Requests for admission; service of requestsection1467. Requests for admission; answers and objectionssection1468. Requests for admissions; effect of admissionsection1469. Motion for order compelling discoverysection1469.1. Order compelling discovery of medical recordssection1469.2. Order compelling discovery of financial records; noticesection1470. Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; contemptsection1471. Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; sanctionssection1472. Failure to admit; expensessection1473. Failure to attend deposition, serve answers or respond to request for inspectionsection1474. Service of written objections, notices, requests, affidavits, interrogatories, and answers theretosection1475. Affidavit for medical cost; counter affidavit; servicesection1551. Pretrial and scheduling conference; ordersection1552. Environmental management orderssection1561. Consolidation for trial or other limited purposessection1562. Separate trials of issues of insurance coverage, liability, and damagessection1563. Limited admission of liability in environmental damage lawsuits; effectsection1571. Assignment by court rulesection1572. Notice of trialsection1573. Assignment of trials; preference; terminally illsection1601. Discretionary groundssection1602. Peremptory groundssection1603. Motion for continuancesection1604. Prevention of continuance by admission of adverse partysection1605. Trial of motion; ordersection1631. Power of court over proceedings; exclusion of witnesses; mistrialsection1632. Order of trialsection1633. Oath or affirmation of witnesses; refusal to testifysection1633.1. Live trial testimony by videosection1634. Cross-examination of a party or person identified with a partysection1635. Exceptions unnecessarysection1636. Evidence held inadmissible; record or statement as to nature thereofsection1637. Completion of trial; pronouncement of judgmentsection1671. Voluntary dismissalsection1672. Involuntary dismissalsection1673. Effect of dismissal with or without prejudicesection1701. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 174, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.section1702. Default judgmentsection1702.1. Default judgment without hearing in open court; required information; certificationssection1703. Scope of judgmentsection1704. Default judgment in suits against the state or a political subdivisionsection1731. Issues triable by jurysection1732. Limitation upon jury trialssection1733. Demand for jury trial; bond for costssection1734. Fixing the bond; calling the jury veniresection1734.1. Cash deposit; proceduresection1735. Specification of issuessection1736. Trial of less than all issues; stipulationsection1751. Qualification and exemptions of jurorssection1761. Procedure in generalsection1762. Swearing of juror before examinationsection1763. Examination of jurorsection1764. Peremptory challengessection1765. Challenges for causesection1766. Time for challenges; methodsection1767. Challenging or excusing jurors after acceptancesection1768. Swearing of jurors; selection of foremansection1769. Alternate jurorssection1791. Comment on facts by judge prohibitedsection1792. Charge to the jurysection1793. Instructions to jury; objectionssection1794. Taking evidence to jury roomsection1795. Jury request to review testimonysection1796. Additional instructionssection1797. Number required for verdictsection1810. Directed verdictssection1810.1. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, §11.section1811. Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdictsection1812. Special verdictssection1813. General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatoriessection1814. Remittitur or additur as alternative to new trial; reformation of verdictsection1841. Judgments; interlocutory and finalsection1842. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 521, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.section1843. Default judgmentsection1844. Judgment of dismissal; effectsection1845. Effects of judgments on state lawsection1871. Declaratory judgments; scopesection1872. Interested parties may obtain declaration of rights, status, or other legal relationssection1873. Construction of contractsection1874. Interested person may obtain declaration of rights; purposesection1875. Powers enumerated not exclusivesection1876. Court may refuse declaratory judgmentsection1877. Review of judgments and decreessection1878. Supplemental relief; expedited hearing for constitutional determination; effect of pendency of other proceedingssection1879. Trial and determination of issue of factsection1880. Partiessection1881. Constructionsection1882. Provisions independent and severablesection1883. Uniformity of interpretationsection1911. Final judgment; signing; appealssection1912. Final judgmentsection1913. Notice of judgmentsection1914. Interlocutory judgments; notice; delay for further actionsection1915. Final and interlocutory judgments; partial judgment; partial exception; partial summary judgmentsection1916. Jury cases; compromise agreements; signature of judgment by the courtsection1917. Findings of the court and reasons for judgmentsection1918. Form of final judgmentsection1919. Judgment affecting immovable property; particular descriptionsection1920. Costs; parties liable; procedure for taxingsection1921. Interest allowed by the judgmentsection1922. Money judgments; judgment debtor; date of birth; social security numbersection1951. Amendment of judgmentsection1971. Granting of new trialsection1972. Peremptory groundssection1973. Discretionary groundssection1974. Delay for applying for new trialsection1975. Application for new trial; verifying affidavitsection1976. Service of noticesection1977. Assignment of new trialsection1978. Procedure in new trialsection1979. Summary decision on motion; maximum delayssection2001. Grounds in generalsection2002. Annulment for vices of form; time for actionsection2003. Same; action lost through acquiescencesection2004. Annulment for vices of substance; peremption of actionsection2005. Annulment of judgments; effect of appealsection2006. Court where action broughtsection2031. Revival of judgmentssection2081. Applicability of Titlesection2082. Definition of appealsection2083. Judgments appealablesection2084. Legal representative may appealsection2085. Limitations on appealssection2086. Right of third person to appealsection2087. Delay for taking devolutive appealsection2088. Divesting of jurisdiction of trial courtsection2089. Description required of immovable property affected by judgments or decreessection2121. Method of appealingsection2122. Appointment or removal of legal representative not suspended by appeal; effect of vacating appointment on appealsection2123. Delay for taking suspensive appealsection2124. Security to be furnished for an appealsection2125. Return daysection2125.1. Notice of extension of return day granted by clerk of trial courtsection2126. Payment of costssection2127. Record on appeal; preparationsection2127.1. Same; certified and datedsection2127.2. Same; preparation and delivery of transcriptsection2127.3. Same; contemptsection2128. Same; determination of contentsection2128.1. Depositionssection2129. Assignment of errors unnecessary; exceptionsection2130. Record on appeal; statement of factssection2131. Same; narrative of factssection2132. Same; correctionsection2133. Answer of appellee; when necessarysection2161. Dismissal for irregularitiessection2162. Dismissal by consent of parties, or because of lack of jurisdiction or right to appeal, or abandonment; transfersection2163. Peremptory exception filed in appellate court; remand if prescription or peremption pleadedsection2164. Scope of appeal and action to be taken; costssection2164.1. Assignment of appellate panelssection2165. Appeals deemed abandonedsection2166. Court of appeal judgment rehearing; finality; staysection2167. Supreme court judgment rehearing; finality; staysection2168. Posting of unpublished opinions; citationsection2201. Supervisory writssection2251. Execution only in trial court; appellate court judgmentsection2252. Delay before proceeding with executionsection2253. Writ from clerk to sheriffsection2254. Execution by sheriff; return; wrongful seizuresection2291. Money judgment; fieri faciassection2292. Privilege of creditor on seized property; successive seizuressection2293. Notice to judgment debtor; appointment of attorneysection2294. Time for seizure; returnsection2294.1. Time for seizure; return; city courts in Orleans Parishsection2295. Order of sale; sale in globosection2296. Reduction of excessive seizuresection2297. Alias fieri faciassection2298. Injunction prohibiting sale; damagessection2299. Order prohibiting payment of proceeds of salesection2331. Publication of notice of salesection2332. Appraisalsection2333. Sale of perishable propertysection2334. Reading of advertisement and certificatessection2335. Superior mortgage or privilegesection2336. Minimum price; second offeringsection2336.1. Determination of superior encumbrances or privilegessection2337. Price insufficient to discharge superior privileges; property not soldsection2338. Judgment creditor having superior privilege; price insufficient to satisfy inferior mortgagesection2339. Judgment debtor and creditor may bidsection2340. Payment of debt prior to adjudicationsection2341. Sale when installment not duesection2342. Act of sale by sheriffsection2343. Sheriff's return after salesection2344. Online auctionssection2371. Effect of adjudicationsection2372. Sale subject to superior real charge or leasesection2373. Distribution of proceeds of salesection2374. Property subject to superior mortgage; payment of pricesection2375. Purchaser's liability; property subject to inferior mortgagessection2376. Release of inferior mortgages, liens, and privilegessection2377. Inferior mortgages; payment; reference to proceedssection2378. Enforcement of mortgage or privilege superior to that of seizing creditorsection2379. Rights of buyer in case of evictionsection2380. Loss of recourse when purchaser fails to give judgment debtor timely noticesection2381. Action by seizing creditor who has been compelled to reimburse purchasersection2411. Garnishee; effect of service; financial institutionssection2412. Method of service; delay for answeringsection2413. Effect of garnishee's failure to answersection2414. Notice of answer; traversingsection2415. Delivery of property or payment of indebtedness to sheriffsection2416. Venue of garnishment proceedingssection2417. Garnishment in court other than one which rendered judgmentsection2451. Examination of judgment debtor and third parties; depositionssection2452. Court where motion filed and examination conductedsection2453. Motion; order; servicesection2454. Oath; testimony not used in criminal proceedingssection2455. Costssection2456. Contemptsection2501. Judgment ordering delivery of possession; writ of possessionsection2502. Writ of distringas; contempt; damagessection2503. Distringas, execution and revocationsection2504. Specific performance; court directing performance by third partysection2541. Execution of foreign judgmentssection2542. Grounds for recognition of foreign defamation judgmentssection2591. Proceedings conducted with rapiditysection2592. Use of summary proceedingssection2593. Pleadingssection2594. Service of processsection2595. Trial; decisionsection2596. Rules of ordinary proceedings applicable; exceptionssection2631. Use of executory proceedingssection2632. Act importing a confession of judgmentsection2633. Venuesection2634. Petitionsection2635. Authentic evidence submitted with petitionsection2636. Authentic evidencesection2637. Evidence which need not be authenticsection2638. Order for issuance of writ of seizure and salesection2639. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1072, §2.section2640. Citation unnecessarysection2641. Service upon, and seizure and sale prosecuted against, attorney for unrepresented defendantsection2642. Assertion of defenses; appealsection2643. Third person claiming mortgage, security interest, or privilege on property seizedsection2644. Conversion to ordinary proceedingsection2671. Proceeding against surviving spouse in communitysection2672. Proceeding against heirs or legateessection2673. Proceeding against legal representativesection2674. Attorney appointed to represent unrepresented defendantsection2675. Case falling within application of two or more articles; plaintiff may bring proceeding under any applicable articlesection2701. Alienation of property to third person disregardedsection2702. Rights of third person who has acquired property and assumed indebtednesssection2703. Rights of third possessorsection2721. Seizure of property; noticesection2722. Advertisement of salesection2723. Appraisal of property, unless waivedsection2724. relating to sales under fieri facias applicablesection2725. Seizure and sale of a motor vehicle out-of-state; proceduresection2751. Grounds for arresting seizure and sale; damagessection2752. Injunction proceduresection2753. Security not required in certain casessection2754. Security otherwise requiredsection2771. When deficiency judgment obtainablesection2772. Procedure to obtain deficiency judgmentsection2781. When judgments may be made executory by other courtssection2782. Procedure; execution of executory judgmentsection2783. Injunction to arrest execution of judgment made executorysection2785. Definitionssection2786. Registration of support orders for modificationsection2787. Objections to registration of support order for modificationsection2788. Confirmation of registered support order for modificationsection2789. Confirmed registered support order for modification; effectsection2790. Confirmed registered support order; enforcementsection2791. Registration of support orders for enforcement onlysection2792. Objections to registration of support order for enforcementsection2793. Confirmation of registered support order for enforcementsection2794. Confirmed registered support order; enforcementsection2795. Joinder of actionssection2811. Court in which succession openedsection2812. Proceedings in different courts; stay; adoption of proceedings by court retaining jurisdictionsection2813. Multiple successions in the same proceedingsection2821. Evidence of jurisdiction, death, and relationshipsection2822. Requirements of affidavit evidencesection2823. Additional evidencesection2824. No affidavit evidence of factual issuessection2825. Costssection2826. Definition of certain terms used in Book VIsection2851. Petition for probatesection2852. Documents submitted with petition for probatesection2853. Filing of purported testamentsection2854. Search for testamentsection2855. Return to order to search for testamentsection2856. Probate hearing; probate forthwith if witness presentsection2857. Proponent must produce witnesses; subpoenassection2881. Ex parte probate if no objectionsection2882. Ex parte probate if objectionsection2883. Olographic testamentsection2884. Nuncupative testament by private actsection2885. Mystic testamentsection2886. Probate of nuncupative testament by private act; mystic testament, when witnesses dead, absent, or incapacitatedsection2887. Notarial testamentsection2888. Foreign testamentsection2889. Depositions of witnessessection2890. Proces verbal of probatesection2891. Notarial testament; nuncupative testament by public act; statutory testament executed without probatesection2892. Use of probate testimony in subsequent actionsection2893. Period within which will must be probatedsection2901. Contradictory trial required; time to file oppositionsection2902. Opposition to petition for probatesection2903. Proponent bears burden of proofsection2904. Admissibility of videotape of execution of testamentsection2911. Retention of testamentssection2931. Annulment of probated testament by direct action; defendants; summary proceedingsection2932. Burden of proof in action to annulsection2933. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, §8, eff. July 1, 1999.section2951. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.section2952. Descriptive list of property, if no inventorysection2953. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.section2954. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.section2971. Pleading and service of processsection2972. Oppositionssection2973. Responsive pleadings to oppositionsection2974. Appealssection3001. Sending into possession without administration when all heirs are competent and acceptsection3002. Same; petition for possessionsection3003. Same; evidence of allegations of petition for possessionsection3004. Discretionary power to send heirs and surviving spouse into possessionsection3005. Same; petition for possession; evidencesection3006. Same; when one of competent heirs cannot join in petition for possessionsection3007. Creditor may demand security when heirs sent into possessionsection3008. Administration in default of securitysection3031. Sending legatees into possession without administrationsection3032. Same; petition for possession; evidencesection3033. Same; compensation of executorsection3034. Creditor may demand security when legatees sent into possession; administration in default of securitysection3035. Particular legatee may demand security for delivery of legacy; administration in default of securitysection3061. Judgment rendered and signed immediatelysection3062. Effect of judgment of possessionsection3081. Petition for confirmationsection3082. Order of confirmation; letterssection3083. Appointment of dative testamentary executorsection3091. Petition for notice of application for appointmentsection3092. Form of petition for notice of application for appointmentsection3093. Notice in compliance with petitionsection3094. Order on application for appointmentsection3095. Opposition to application for appointmentsection3096. Appointment when no opposition; appointment after trial of oppositionsection3097. Disqualificationssection3098. Priority of appointmentsection3111. Appointmentsection3112. Security; oath; tenure; rights and dutiessection3113. Inventory taken or descriptive list filed when appointment madesection3121. Attorney appointed as administrator of vacant successions; exceptionssection3122. Public administrator as administrator of vacant successions in certain parishessection3131. Notary appointed for inventory in each parishsection3132. Public inventorysection3133. Proces verbal of inventorysection3134. Return of proces verbal of inventorysection3135. Proces verbal of inventory prima facie proof; traversesection3136. Descriptive list of property in lieu of inventorysection3137. Descriptive list prima facie correct; amendment or traverse; reduction or increase of securitysection3151. Security of administratorsection3152. Security of provisional administratorsection3153. Security of testamentary executorsection3154. Forced heirs and surviving spouse in community may compel executor to furnish securitysection3154.1. Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 158, §2.section3155. Creditor may compel executor to furnish securitysection3155.1. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, §8, eff. July 1, 1999.section3156. Maximum security of executorsection3157. Special mortgage in lieu of bondsection3158. Oath of succession representativesection3159. Issuance of letters to succession representativesection3171. Appointmentsection3172. Dutiessection3173. Removal; appointment of successorsection3174. Compensationsection3181. Revocation of appointment or confirmation; extension of time to qualifysection3182. Removalsection3191. General duties; appointment of agentsection3192. Duties and powers of multiple representativessection3193. Powers of surviving representativessection3194. Contracts between succession representative and succession prohibited; penalties for failure to complysection3195. Contracts between succession representative and succession; exceptionssection3196. Procedural rights of succession representativesection3197. Duty to close successionsection3198. Compromise and modification of obligationssection3211. Duty to take possession; enforcement of claims and obligationssection3221. Preservation of succession propertysection3222. Deposit of succession funds; unauthorized withdrawals prohibited; penaltysection3223. Investment of succession fundssection3224. Continuation of businesssection3224.1. Continuation of corporation or partnership in which decedent held a majority interestsection3225. Continuation of business; interim order unappealablesection3226. Lease of succession propertysection3227. Execution of contractssection3228. Loans to succession representative for specific purposes; authority to encumber succession property as security thereforsection3229. Notice by publication of application for court order; oppositionsection3241. Presenting claim against successionsection3242. Acknowledgment or rejection of claim by representativesection3243. Effect of acknowledgment of claim by representativesection3244. Effect of inclusion of claim in petition or in tableau of distributionsection3245. Submission of formal proof of claim to suspend prescriptionsection3246. Rejection of claim; prerequisite to judicial enforcementsection3247. Execution against succession property prohibitedsection3248. Enforcement of conventional mortgage or pledgesection3249. Succession representative as party defendantsection3261. Purpose of salesection3262. No priority as between movables and immovablessection3263. Terms of salesection3264. Perishable property; cropssection3265. Prima facie proof of publicationsection3266. Issuance of certificates of no oppositionsection3271. Petition; ordersection3272. Publication of notice of sale; place of salesection3273. Minimum price; second offeringsection3281. Petition for private salesection3282. Publicationsection3283. Who may file oppositionsection3284. Order; hearingsection3285. Bonds and stockssection3286. Court may authorize listingsection3287. Household goodssection3288. Motor vehicles; sale at appraised valuesection3291. Court may authorize exchangesection3292. Petition for authority to exchangesection3293. Copy of petition for authority to be served on heirs and legatees; exceptionsection3294. Publication of notice; opposition; hearing; ordersection3295. Giving in payment of succession propertysection3296. Petitionsection3297. Publicationsection3298. Hearing; ordersection3301. Payment of estate debts; court ordersection3302. Time of payment of estate debts; urgent estate debtssection3303. Petition for authority; tableau of distributionsection3304. Notice of filing of petition; publicationsection3305. Petition for notice of filing of tableau of distributionsection3306. Notice of filing of tableau of distribution; effect of failure to servesection3307. Homologation; paymentsection3308. Appealsection3321. Interim allowance for maintenance during administrationsection3331. Time for filing accountsection3332. Final accountsection3333. Contents of accountsection3334. Failure to file account; penaltysection3335. Notice to heirs and residuary legateessection3336. Opposition; homologationsection3337. Effect of homologationsection3338. Deceased or interdicted succession representativesection3351. Amount of compensation; when duesection3351.1. Amount of compensation; limitation when serving as attorney, corporate officer, or managing partnersection3352. More than one succession representativesection3353. Legacy to executorsection3361. After homologation of final tableau of distributionsection3362. Prior to homologation of final tableau of distributionsection3371. After homologation of final tableau of distributionsection3372. Prior to homologation of final tableau of distributionsection3381. Judgment of possessionsection3391. Discharge of succession representativesection3392. Effect of judgment of dischargesection3393. Reopening of successionsection3394. Refusal or inability to accept funds; deposit in banksection3395. Disposition of movables not accepted by heirsection3396. Definitionssection3396.1. Scopesection3396.2. Provision for independent administration by testatorsection3396.3. Designation of executor but failure to provide for independent administration by testatorsection3396.4. Failure to designate an executorsection3396.5. Independent administration when decedent dies intestatesection3396.6. Independent administration when estate is part testate, part intestatesection3396.7. Trusteeshipssection3396.8. Usufructsection3396.9. Interdict or unemancipated minorsection3396.10. Survivorshipsection3396.11. Possibility of renunciationsection3396.12. Death of successorsection3396.13. Testamentary prohibition of independent administrationsection3396.14. Security of independent administratorsection3396.15. Rights, powers, and duties; performance without court authoritysection3396.16. Enforcement of claims against estatesection3396.17. Accountingsection3396.18. Inventory or sworn descriptive listsection3396.19. Final accountsection3396.20. Removal of succession representative and termination of independent administrationsection3401. Jurisdiction; proceduresection3402. Foreign representative; qualificationsection3403. Capacity to suesection3404. Priority in appointmentsection3405. Testament probated outside Louisianasection3421. Small successions definedsection3422. Court costs; compensationsection3422.1. Small succession immovable property damaged by disaster or catastrophesection3431. Small successions; judicial opening unnecessarysection3432. Affidavit for small succession for a person who died intestate; contentssection3432.1. Affidavit for small succession for a person domiciled in Louisiana who died testate; contentssection3433. Affidavit for small succession for a person domiciled outside of Louisiana who died testate; contentssection3434. Endorsed copy of affidavit authority for delivery of propertysection3441. Acceptance without administration; proceduresection3442. Administration of successions; proceduresection3443. Sale of succession property; publication of notice of salesection3461. Venue; proceduresection3462. Partition of succession propertysection3501. Petition; affidavit; securitysection3502. Issuance of writ before petition filedsection3503. Garnishment under writs of attachment or of sequestrationsection3504. Return of sheriff; inventorysection3505. Reduction of excessive seizuresection3506. Dissolution of writ; damagessection3507. Release of property by defendant; securitysection3507.1. Release of property by plaintiff; securitysection3508. Amount of security for release of attached or sequestered propertysection3509. Release of property by third personsection3510. Necessity for judgment and executionsection3511. Attachment and sequestration; privilegesection3512. Release of plaintiff's securitysection3513. Sale of perishable propertysection3514. Release not to affect right to damagessection3541. Grounds for attachmentsection3542. Actions in which attachment can issuesection3543. Issuance of a writ of attachment before debt duesection3544. Plaintiff's securitysection3545. Nonresident attachment; venuesection3571. Grounds for sequestrationsection3572. Sequestration before rent duesection3573. Sequestration by court on its own motionsection3574. Plaintiff's securitysection3575. Lessor's privilegesection3576. Release of property under sequestrationsection3601. Injunction; grounds for issuance; preliminary injunction; temporary restraining ordersection3602. Preliminary injunction; notice; hearingsection3603. Temporary restraining order; affidavit or affirmation of irreparable injury and notification effortssection3603.1. Governing provisions for issuance of protective orders; grounds; notice; court-appointed counselsection3604. Form, contents, and duration of restraining ordersection3605. Content and scope of injunction or restraining ordersection3606. Temporary restraining order; hearing on preliminary injunctionsection3607. Dissolution or modification of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctionsection3607.1. Registry of temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunctionsection3608. Damages for wrongful issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctionsection3609. Proof at hearings; affidavitssection3610. Security for temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctionsection3611. Penalty for disobedience; damagessection3612. Appealssection3613. Jurisdiction not limitedsection3651. Petitory actionsection3652. Same; parties; venuesection3653. Same; proof of title; immovablesection3654. Proof of title in action for declaratory judgment, concursus, expropriation, or similar proceedingsection3655. Possessory actionsection3656. Same; parties; venuesection3657. Same; cumulation with petitory action or declaratory judgment action; reconventional demand or separate suit asserting ownership or titlesection3658. Same; requisitessection3659. Same; disturbance in fact and in law definedsection3660. Same; possessionsection3661. Same; title not at issue; limited admissibility of evidence of titlesection3662. Same; relief that may be granted successful plaintiff in judgment; appealsection3663. Sequestration; injunctive reliefsection3664. Mineral rights asserted, protected and defended as other immovablessection3665. When mineral right owner may assert possessory actionsection3666. Loss of right to bring possessory action by owner of mineral rightsection3667. When proof of nonuse required in possessory action against owner of mineral rightsection3668. When proof of nonuse not required in possessory action against claimant of mineral rightsection3669. Possessory action unavailable between owner of mineral servitude and owner of dependent mineral royaltysection3670. Real actions against mineral lessee unavailable to mineral lessor or possessor bound by leasesection3671. Real actions involving mineral rights subject to other provisions governing real actions generallysection3691. Boundary actionsection3692. Appointment of surveyor by court; duties of surveyorsection3693. Evidence; judgmentsection3721. Methods of enforcing mortgagesection3722. Enforcement by ordinary proceedingsection3723. Enforcement by executory proceedingsection3741. Right of enforcementsection3742. Notice of seizuresection3743. Rights of third possessorsection3751. Notice to be recorded to affect third personssection3752. Requirements of notice; recordationsection3753. Cancellation of notice of pendencysection3781. Petition; summary trial; issuance of writssection3782. Return datesection3783. Answersection3784. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 250, §4.section3785. Disobedience of writ or judgment; contemptsection3821. Definitionsection3822. Venuesection3823. Persons authorized to make service; proof of servicesection3824. Method of servicesection3825. Answer; production of person in custodysection3826. Transfer of custody; answersection3827. Inability to produce person in custodysection3828. Custody pendente litesection3829. Notice of hearingsection3830. Judgmentsection3831. Appeal not to suspend execution of judgment; delaysection3861. Definitionsection3862. Mandamus; issuance ofsection3863. Person against whom writ directedsection3864. Mandamus against corporation or corporate officer; limited liability company or member or managersection3865. Alternative writsection3866. Judgmentsection3901. Definitionsection3902. Judgmentsection3941. Court where action brought; nullity of judgment of court of improper venuesection3942. Appeal from judgment granting or refusing annulment or divorcesection3943. Appeal from judgment awarding, modifying, or denying custody, visitation, or supportsection3944. Injunctive relief in divorce actions; bond not required in certain casessection3945. Incidental order of temporary child custody; injunctive relief; exceptionssection3946. Execution of support and claims for contributions awards in arrearssection3947. Name confirmationsection3951. Petition for divorcesection3952. show cause and affidavitsection3953. Nullity of judgmentsection3954. Abandonment of actionsection3955. Service of petitionsection3956. Evidence of facts in divorce actionsection3957. Waiver of service of petition and rule to show cause and accompanying noticessection3958. Voluntary dismissalsection3991. Petition for judicial emancipationsection3992. Petition requirementssection3993. Venue for judicial emancipationsection3994. Emancipation hearingsection3995. Judgment of limited emancipationsection3996. Appealsection3997. Modification or termination of emancipationsection3998. Recordationsection4031. Minor domiciled in the statesection4032. Minor not domiciled in the statesection4033. Petitions filed in two or more courts; stay of proceedings in second and subsequent courts; adoption of proceedings by first courtsection4034. Proceedings subsequent to appointment of tutorsection4061. Natural tutor; general obligationssection4061.1. Natural tutor; action for damages on behalf of childsection4062. Tutorship by willsection4063. Legal tutorsection4064. Dative tutorsection4065. Legal or dative tutor; petition for appointment; publication of noticesection4066. Opposition to application of legal or dative tutorsection4067. Appointment of legal or dative tutorsection4068. Appeal from judgment confirming, appointing, or removing tutor or undertutor; effectsection4069. Separate tutor of propertysection4070. Provisional tutorsection4071. Security, oath, and tenure of provisional tutorsection4072. Inventory or detailed descriptive list on appointment of provisional tutorsection4073. Functions, duties, and authority of provisional tutorsection4101. Inventory and appraisement or descriptive listsection4102. Procedure for inventory; proces verbal; returnsection4131. Amountsection4132. Nature of securitysection4133. Special mortgage instead of bondsection4134. Natural tutor; bond; recordation of certificate of inventory or detailed descriptive listsection4135. Security instead of legal mortgagesection4136. Substitution of one kind of security for anothersection4137. Subordination of legal mortgage to conventional mortgagesection4171. Oathsection4172. Issuance of letterssection4201. Appointment; oathsection4202. General duties of undertutorsection4203. Compelling tutor to accountsection4204. Security of tutor, undertutor's duty regarding sufficiencysection4205. Vacancy in tutorship, duty of undertutorsection4206. Termination of dutiessection4231. Disqualification of tutorsection4232. Revocation of appointment; extension of time to qualifysection4233. Resignation of tutorsection4234. Removal of tutorsection4235. Authority and liability of tutor after resignation or removalsection4236. Undertutor, grounds for disqualification, revocation, or removalsection4237. Appointment of successor tutor or undertutorsection4238. Heirs of tutor; responsibilitysection4261. Care of person of minor; expensessection4262. Administration of minor's propertysection4263. Contracts between tutor and minorsection4264. Tutor's administration in his own name; procedural rightssection4265. Compromise and modification of obligationssection4266. Continuation of businesssection4267. Loans to tutor for specific purposes; authority to mortgage and pledge minor's propertysection4268. Lease of minor's property; mineral contractssection4269. Investment and management of minor's propertysection4269.1. Placement of minor's property in trustsection4270. Procedure for investing, reinvesting, or withdrawing funds; checking account on behalf of minorsection4271. Court approval of action affecting minor's interestsection4272. Court approval of payments to minorsection4273. Appointment of agentsection4274. Compensation of tutorsection4275. Donations to or by minorsection4301. Purpose of sale or exchangesection4302. Terms of salesection4303. Perishable property; cropssection4304. Additional bond prior to sale of immovablessection4321. Petition; ordersection4322. Publication; place of salesection4323. Minimum price; subsequent offeringsection4341. Petitionsection4342. Bonds and stockssection4361. Adjudication of minor's interest to parent co-ownersection4362. Recordation of judgment; mortgage in favor of minorsection4363. Security instead of mortgagesection4371. Petition for authority to exchangesection4391. Duty to account; annual accountssection4392. Final accountsection4393. Contents of accountsection4394. Service of accountsection4395. Opposition; homologationsection4396. Effect of homologationsection4397. Deceased or interdicted tutorsection4398. Cost of accountingsection4431. Foreign tutor; authority and powerssection4432. Possession or removal of property from statesection4433. Foreign tutor qualifying in Louisiana; authoritysection4461. Small tutorship definedsection4462. Inventory dispensed withsection4463. Tutor without bond; undertutorsection4464. Court costssection4501. Rights of parents during marriage over minor's propertysection4502. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.section4521. Payments to minorsection4522. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.section4541. Petition for interdictionsection4542. Venuesection4543. Service upon defendant and notice to interested personssection4544. Appointment of attorneysection4545. Appointment of examinersection4546. Fixing of hearings or trialsection4547. Hearingsection4548. Burden of proofsection4549. Temporary and preliminary interdiction; attorneysection4550. Costs and attorney feessection4551. Judgmentsection4552. Recordation of notice of suit and judgmentsection4553. Post-judgment proceedingssection4554. Modification or termination of interdictionsection4555. Appealsection4556. Ancillary interdiction proceduresection4561. Appointment of curatorsection4562. Qualification of curatorsection4563. Inventory and securitysection4564. Letters of curatorshipsection4565. Undercuratorssection4566. Management of affairs of the interdictsection4567. Expenses of interdict and legal dependentssection4568. Removal of curator or undercuratorsection4569. Post-judgment monitoring and reportingsection4570. Cause of action for visitation with the interdictsection4601. Methods of partitionsection4602. Judicial partitionsection4603. Same; procedure; venuesection4604. Inventorysection4605. Preference; appointment of notary; discretion of courtsection4606. Partition in kindsection4607. Partition by licitation or by private salesection4608. Controversy before notary effecting partitionsection4609. Homologation of partitionsection4610. Opposition to homologationsection4611. Supplementary partition when rule to reject or opposition to homologation sustainedsection4612. Finality of partition when rule to reject or opposition unfoundedsection4613. Attorney's fee in uncontested proceedingssection4614. Purchase by co-owner of property or interest soldsection4621. Partition by licitation or private salesection4622. Petitionsection4623. Order; service of citation; contradictory proceedingssection4624. Publication of noticesection4625. Trial; judgment ordering salesection4626. Judgment ordering reimbursement or payment of amounts due co-owner out of proceeds of public salesection4626.1. Judgment ordering reimbursement or payment of amounts due co-owner and payment and allocation of costs of private sale out of proceeds of salesection4627. Effect of judgment and salesection4628. Deposit of absentee's share into registry of courtsection4629. applicable to partition by licitation or private salesection4630. Partition in kind when defendant appears and prays thereforsection4641. Sale of interest of minor or interdict to effect partitionsection4642. Partition in kind, dispensing with drawing of lots when authorized by courtsection4643. Appointment of attorney for incompetent when interests conflictsection4651. Definitionsection4652. Claimants who may be impleadedsection4653. Parish where proceeding broughtsection4654. Petitionsection4655. Service of process; delay for answersection4656. Each defendant both plaintiff and defendant; no responsive pleadings to answer; no default requiredsection4657. Failure of defendant to answer timelysection4657.1. Notice to attorney general when the state is a defendantsection4658. Deposit of money into registry of courtsection4659. Costssection4660. Injunctive reliefsection4661. Applicability of articles to proceedings under certain special statutessection4662. Rules of ordinary proceeding applicablesection4701. Termination of lease; notice to vacate; waiver of noticesection4702. Notice to occupant other than tenant to vacatesection4703. Delivery or service when premises abandoned or closed, or whereabouts of tenant or occupant unknownsection4704. Definitionssection4705. Lessors' rights or real actions not affectedsection4731. show cause why possession should not be delivered; abandonment of premises; federally declared disasterssection4732. Trial of rule; judgment of evictionsection4733. Warrant for possession if judgment of eviction not complied withsection4734. Execution of warrantsection4735. Appeal; bondsection4736. Prohibition of eviction from tax sale propertysection4831. Applicability of Book VIIIsection4832. Trial courts of limited jurisdictionsection4841. Subject matter jurisdictionsection4842. Parish court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by a political subdivisionsection4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or political subdivisionsection4844. Amount in dispute; eviction proceedingssection4845. Amount in dispute; jurisdiction of incidental demands; parish, city, and justice of the peace courts; payment of costs of transfersection4846. Limitations upon jurisdiction; nature of proceedingssection4847. Limitations upon jurisdictionsection4848. Contempt powersection4849. Jurisdiction over the personsection4850. Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem; executory proceedingssection4850.1. City Court of Alexandria; in rem and quasi in rem jurisdictionsection4850.2. First City Court and Second City Court of New Orleans; appellate jurisdictionsection4851. Venuesection4852. Change of venue; city court; forum non convenienssection4853. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, §3.section4854. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, §3.section4857. Traffic Court of New Orleans; appellate jurisdictionsection4861. Recusal of judgessection4862. Motion to recusesection4863. Determination of recusal; appointment of judge ad hocsection4864. Appointment of judge ad hoc after recusalsection4865. Appointment of judge ad hoc in event of temporary inability of parish or city court judge to presidesection4866. Power and authority of judge ad hocsection4871. Jury trial prohibitedsection4872. Transfer to district courtsection4873. Transfer to district court; procedure; contest; effectsection4874. Withdrawal of demand for jury trial after transfersection4875. Entire suit transferredsection4901. Pleadings in parish and city courtssection4902. Citation in parish and city courtssection4903. Delay for answering in parish and city courtssection4904. Default judgment in parish and city courtssection4905. Notice of judgment in parish or city courtssection4906. Form of judgment in parish or city courtssection4907. New trials; delay in parish or city courtssection4908. New trial; procedure in parish or city courtssection4911. Jurisdiction in justice of the peace courts; concurrent with district court; amount in disputesection4912. Possession or ownership of movable property; eviction proceedings; justice of the peace courtssection4913. Limitations upon jurisdiction; nature of proceedings; justice of the peace courtssection4914. Contempt power; justice of the peace courtssection4915. Jurisdiction over the person; justice of the peace courtssection4916. Venue; justice of the peace courtssection4917. Pleadings; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4918. Record of the case; subsequent entries; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4919. Citation; service of citation; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4920. Delay for answering; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4921. Default judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4921.1. Demand for trial; abandonment; applicabilitysection4921.2. Duties of the justice of the peace; trial procedure; rules of evidence; depositionssection4922. Notice of judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4923. Form of judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4924. Appeals from justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection4925. Delay for appeal; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdictionsection5001. Appeals from city and parish courtssection5002. Delay for appealsection5003. Procedure for appealingsection5004. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, §3.section5011. Proceduresection5051. Liberal construction of articlessection5052. Unambiguous language not to be disregardedsection5053. Words and phrasessection5054. Clerical and typographical errors disregardedsection5055. Number; sexsection5056. Conjunctive, disjunctive, or bothsection5057. Headings, source notes, cross referencessection5058. References to code articles or statutory sectionssection5059. Computation of timesection5091. Appointment; contradictory proceedings against attorney; improper designation immaterialsection5091.1. Appointment of attorney in disavowal actionssection5091.2. Curator ad hoc in adoption casessection5092. Qualifications; suggestions for appointment not permittedsection5093. Oath not required; waiver of citation and acceptance of servicesection5094. Duties; notice to nonresident or absenteesection5095. Same; defense of actionsection5096. Compensationsection5097. Attorney appointed to represent claimant in worker's compensation casesection5098. Validity of proceeding not affected by failure of attorney to perform duties; punishment of attorneysection5121. Bond payable to clerk; cash bonds by plaintiffs authorized; person in interest may suesection5121.1. Bond secured by immovable propertysection5122. Oath of surety and principal on bondsection5123. Testing sufficiency and validity of bondsection5124. Furnishing new or supplemental bond to correct defects of originalsection5125. Insufficiency or invalidity of bond; effect on orders or judgments; appeal from order for supplemental bondsection5126. Insufficiency or invalidity of new or supplemental bondsection5127. Release bondsection5151. Discussion definedsection5152. Surety's right to pleadsection5153. Transferee in revocatory action; right to plead discussionsection5154. Third possessor's right to pleadsection5155. Pleading discussionsection5156. Effect of discussionsection5181. Privilege of proceeding without prior payment of costssection5182. Restrictions on privilegesection5183. Affidavits of poverty; documentation; ordersection5184. Traverse of affidavits of povertysection5185. Rights of party permitted to litigate without payment of costssection5186. Account and payment of costssection5187. Compromise; dismissal of proceedings prior to judgmentsection5188. Unsuccessful party condemned to pay costssection5251. Words and terms defined
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