PART III. CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT

SUBPART A. JUDGES

§1335. Criminal district court for the parish of Orleans

            A. There shall be one criminal district court for the parish of Orleans, which shall be composed of nine judges.

            B.(1) Divisions A, E, and J of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall be abolished in accordance with this Section.

            (2) No qualifying shall be opened for any successor to a judgeship that is abolished pursuant to this Subsection, and no election shall be held for any judgeship abolished pursuant to this Subsection.

            Added by Acts 1975, No. 143, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 86, §1; Acts 1995, No. 217, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 879, §1; Acts 2011, No. 340, §2, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2026, No. 748, §1, eff. June 3, 2026.