Conduct of trials; rules of evidence; prescription.
New Orleans City Code § 154-143
in effectSec. 154-143. - Conduct of trials; rules of evidence; prescription.
The trial of all cases in the municipal and traffic courts, and the rules of evidence applicable thereto, shall be the same as govern the trials of misdemeanors under title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and under the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure, as they presently exist or as they may be hereinafter amended. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an offense committed in violation of the traffic ordinance unless the prosecution is instituted within two years after the offense has been committed. This prescriptive period shall include all offenses chargeable under the traffic ordinance, including parking offenses.
(Code 1956, § 38-35)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTIIITRCONEOR_DIV2PR_S154-143COTRRUEVPRFetched: 10/28/2026