BOOK VIII

TRIAL COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION

TITLE I

GENERAL DISPOSITIONS

CHAPTER 1.  APPLICABILITY: COURTS OF

LIMITED JURISDICTION

Art. 4831.  Applicability of Book VIII

The provisions of this Book apply only to suits in trial courts of limited jurisdiction and to suits in the district courts within their jurisdiction concurrent with that of justices of the peace.  Except as otherwise provided in this Book, civil proceedings in a trial court of limited jurisdiction, and the enforcement of judgments rendered therein, shall be governed as far as practicable by the other provisions of this Code.

Acts 1979, No. 46, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.