Art. 682. Appointment of substitute for a recused district attorney

            When a district attorney is recused, or recuses himself, the trial judge shall notify the attorney general in writing of the recusation. It shall be the duty of the attorney general to appoint a member of his staff or a district attorney of another district to act in the place of the recused district attorney. The substitute appointed for the recused district attorney shall have all powers of the recused district attorney with reference to the case. 

            Amended by Acts 1972, No. 652, §1; Acts 2009, No. 271, §1; Acts 2026, No. 630, §1.