Art. 4913. Limitations upon jurisdiction; nature of proceedings; justice of the peace courts
A. In addition to the limitation by the amount in dispute as set forth above, the
jurisdiction of justice of the peace courts is limited by the nature of the proceeding, as set
forth below.
B. A justice of the peace court has no jurisdiction in any of the following cases or
proceedings:
(1) A case involving title to immovable property.
(2) A case involving the right to public office or position.
(3) A case in which the plaintiff asserts civil or political rights under the federal or
state constitutions.
(4) A claim for annulment of marriage, separation from bed and board, divorce,
separation of property, custody, visitation, spousal support, or child support.
(5) A succession, interdiction, receivership, liquidation, habeas corpus, or quo
warranto proceeding.
(6) A case in which the state, or a parish, municipal, or other political corporation
is a defendant.
(7) An executory proceeding.
(8) An adoption, tutorship, emancipation, or partition proceeding.
(9) An in rem or quasi in rem proceeding.
(10) Any other case or proceeding excepted from the jurisdiction of these courts by
law.
C. In addition, a justice of the peace court may not issue any injunctive order, except
to arrest the execution of its own writ and to enforce the execution of a judgment issued by
a justice of the peace court or made executory in a justice of the peace court.
Acts 1986, No. 156, §1; Acts 1991, No. 545, §1; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.