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Code of Civil Procedure
CCP 1 Jurisdiction defined
CCP 2 Jurisdiction over subject matter
CCP 3 Same; cannot be conferred by consent
CCP 4 Same; determination when dependent on amount in dispute or value of right asserted
CCP 5 Same; effect of reduction of claim
CCP 6 Jurisdiction over the person
CCP 7 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 578, 5.
CCP 8 Jurisdiction over property; in rem
CCP 9 Same; quasi in rem; attachment
CCP 10 Jurisdiction over status
CCP 11 Military personnel
CCP 41 Definition
CCP 42 General rules
CCP 43 Exceptions to general rules
CCP 44 Waiver of objections to venue
CCP 45 Conflict between two or more articles in Chapter
CCP 71 Action against individual who has changed domicile
CCP 72 Certain actions involving property
CCP 73 Action against joint or solidary obligors
CCP 74 Action on offense or quasi offense
CCP 74.1 Action to establish or disavow filiation
CCP 74.2 Custody proceedings; support; forum non conveniens
CCP 74.3 Marriage of persons related by adoption
CCP 74.3.1 Marriage of persons; waiver of certain information
CCP 74.4 Action on an open account or a promissory note
CCP 74.5 Adult adoption
CCP 74.6 Actions to seek court approval by parents during marriage
CCP 75 Action on judicial bond
CCP 76 Action on insurance policy
CCP 76.1 Action on contract
CCP 77 Action against person doing business in another parish
CCP 78 Action against partners of existing partnership
CCP 79 Action to dissolve partnership
CCP 80 Action involving immovable property
CCP 81 Action involving succession
CCP 82 Action to partition community property
CCP 83 Action to partition partnership property
CCP 84 Action involving certain retirement systems and employee benefit programs
CCP 85 Action against domestic corporation; charter revoked by secretary of state
CCP 86 Action involving voting trusts
CCP 87 Repealed
CCP 121 Action brought in improper venue; transfer
CCP 122 Change of proper venue
CCP 123 Forum non conveniens
CCP 124 Forum non conveniens; transfer to city court
CCP 151 Grounds
CCP 152 Disclosures
CCP 153 Recusal on court's own motion
CCP 154 Procedure for recusal of district court judge
CCP 155 Selection of judge to try motion to recuse
CCP 156 Selection of judge after recusal
CCP 157 Recusal of supreme court justice
CCP 158 Recusal of judge of court of appeal
CCP 159 Recusal of ad hoc judge
CCP 160 Recusation of judge of court of appeal
CCP 161 Recusation of judge ad hoc
CCP 191 Inherent judicial power
CCP 192 Appointment of expert witnesses; expenses
CCP 192.1 Interpreters for deaf and severely hearing-impaired persons
CCP 192.2 Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking persons
CCP 193 Power to adopt local rules; publication
CCP 194 Power of district court to act; signing orders and judgments
CCP 195 Judicial proceedings in chambers
CCP 195.1 Judicial proceedings by audio-visual means
CCP 196 Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 68, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
CCP 196.1 Power of judges to sign orders and judgments while outside of the court's territorial jurisdiction
CCP 196.2 Power of Supreme Court to extend deadlines during emergencies
CCP 197 Testimony of inmates
CCP 221 Kinds of contempt
CCP 222 Direct contempt
CCP 222.1 Direct contempt; fingerprinting and photographing; exception
CCP 223 Same; procedure for punishing
CCP 224 Constructive contempt
CCP 225 Same; procedure for punishing
CCP 226 Same; imprisonment until performance
CCP 227 Punishment for contempt
CCP 251 Custodian of court records; certified copies; records public
CCP 252 Issuance of process
CCP 253 Pleadings, documents, and exhibits to be filed with clerk
CCP 253.1 Pleadings; random assignment of cases
CCP 253.2 Transfer and reassignment of pending cases
CCP 253.3 Duty judge exceptions; authority to hear certain matters
CCP 254 Docket and minute books
CCP 255 Deputy clerks and other employees
CCP 256 Minute clerk
CCP 257 Neglect, failure, or refusal of clerk, deputy, or other employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt
CCP 258 Electronic filing and recording of written instruments
CCP 259 Liability of clerk of court
CCP 281 Certain articles not applicable to Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans
CCP 282 Acts which may be done by district court clerk
CCP 283 Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk
CCP 284 Judicial powers of district court clerk
CCP 285 Powers of district court clerk may be exercised whether judge absent from parish or not
CCP 286 Powers of district court clerk which may not be exercised by deputy; powers of chief deputy clerk
CCP 287 District court clerk ex officio notary
CCP 288 Functions which district court clerk may exercise on holiday
CCP 321 Executive officer of district court; serves process, executes writs and mandates directed to him by courts
CCP 322 Exercises civil functions only in own parish; exception
CCP 323 Writs executed on holiday
CCP 324 Returns on process served, and writs and judgments executed
CCP 325 Right of entry for execution; may require assistance of others if resistance offered or threatened
CCP 326 Protection and preservation of property seized
CCP 327 Seizure of rents, fruits, and revenue of property under seizure
CCP 328 Power of administration of property under seizure
CCP 329 Disbursements for protection, preservation, and administration of seized property
CCP 330 Collection of fines from, and imprisonment of, persons found guilty of contempt of court
CCP 331 Deputy sheriffs and other employees
CCP 332 Service or execution by constable or marshal
CCP 333 Crier
CCP 334 Neglect, failure, or refusal of sheriff, deputy sheriff, or employee to perform duty subjects him to punishment for contempt
CCP 371 Attorney
CCP 372 Court reporter
CCP 373 Expert appointed by court
CCP 374 Legal representative
CCP 375 Neglect, failure, or refusal of expert or legal representative to perform a legal duty when ordered to do so, subjects him to punishment for contempt of court
CCP 376 Limitation of immunity
CCP 421 Civil action; commencement; amicable demand unnecessary
CCP 422 Personal, real, mixed actions
CCP 423 Implied right to enforce obligation; prematurity
CCP 424 Cause of action as a defense
CCP 425 Preclusion by judgment
CCP 426 Transmission of action and of right to enforce obligation
CCP 427 Action against obligor's heirs or legatees
CCP 428 No abatement on death of party
CCP 461 Cumulation of actions defined
CCP 462 Cumulation by single plaintiff against single defendant
CCP 463 Cumulation, plural plaintiffs or defendants
CCP 464 Improper cumulation, effect
CCP 465 Separate trials of cumulated actions
CCP 466 Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, 11.
CCP 531 Actions pending in Louisiana court or courts
CCP 532 Motions to stay in suits pending in Louisiana and federal or foreign court
CCP 561 Abandonment in trial and appellate court
CCP 562 Repealed
CCP 591 Prerequisites; maintainable class actions
CCP 592 Certification procedure; notice; judgment; orders
CCP 593 Venue
CCP 593.1 Class actions; lis pendens
CCP 593.2 Class actions; forum non conveniens
CCP 594 Dismissal or compromise
CCP 595 Award of expenses of litigation; security for costs
CCP 596 Prescription; suspension
CCP 597 Effect of judgment
CCP 611 Derivative actions; prerequisites
CCP 612 Representation
CCP 613 Procedure
CCP 614 Venue
CCP 615 Petition in shareholder's derivative action
CCP 616 Shareholder's derivative action when not impracticable to join all shareholders, partners, or members
CCP 617 Unincorporated association; definition; applicability
CCP 641 Joinder of parties needed for just adjudication
CCP 642 Determination by court whenever joinder not feasible
CCP 643 Solidary obligees and obligors; joinder
CCP 644 Party plaintiff who refuses or fails to sue
CCP 645 Pleading nonjoinder of a party
CCP 646 Amendment of petition to join a party
CCP 647 Permissive joinder governed by rules of cumulation of actions
CCP 681 Real and actual interest required
CCP 682 Individuals having procedural capacity
CCP 683 Unemancipated minor
CCP 684 Mental incompetent; interdict
CCP 685 Succession
CCP 686 Marital community
CCP 687 Person doing business under trade name
CCP 688 Partnership
CCP 689 Unincorporated association
CCP 690 Domestic corporation; insurer; limited liability company
CCP 691 Foreign corporation; foreign limited liability company; foreign or alien insurance corporation
CCP 692 Corporation, limited liability company, or partnership in receivership or liquidation
CCP 693 Insurer in receivership
CCP 694 Agent
CCP 695 Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
CCP 696 Pledgor and pledgee
CCP 697 Subrogor and subrogee
CCP 698 Assignor and assignee
CCP 699 Trust estate
CCP 700 Authority or qualification of plaintiff suing in representative capacity
CCP 731 Individuals having procedural capacity
CCP 732 Unemancipated minor
CCP 733 Mental incompetent; interdict
CCP 734 Succession
CCP 735 Marital community
CCP 736 Person doing business under trade name
CCP 737 Partnership; partners
CCP 738 Unincorporated association; members
CCP 739 Corporation; limited liability company; insurer
CCP 740 Corporation; limited liability company; partnership in receivership or liquidation
CCP 741 Insurer in receivership
CCP 742 Trust estate
CCP 743 Absent or mentally incompetent managing spouse
CCP 771 Rules applicable
CCP 801 Voluntary substitution for deceased party; legal successor
CCP 802 Compulsory substitution for deceased party; summons
CCP 803 Same; service or publication of summons
CCP 804 Same; effect of failure of legal successor to appear
CCP 805 Legal representative; successor
CCP 806 Public officer
CCP 807 Transfer of interest
CCP 821 Rules of Chapter applicable to district courts; rules of other appellate courts applicable
CCP 851 Three modes of procedure; Book II governs ordinary proceedings
CCP 852 Pleadings allowed; replicatory pleadings prohibited
CCP 853 Caption of pleadings; adoption by reference; exhibits
CCP 854 Form of pleading
CCP 855 Pleading special matters; capacity
CCP 855.1 Pleadings for unconstitutionality of state law
CCP 856 Same; fraud, mistake, or condition of the mind
CCP 857 Same; suspensive conditions
CCP 858 Same; official document or act
CCP 859 Same; judgment or decision
CCP 860 Same; time and place
CCP 861 Same; special damage
CCP 862 Relief granted under pleadings; sufficiency of prayer
CCP 863 Signing of pleadings; effect
CCP 864 Attorney subject to disciplinary action
CCP 865 Construction of pleadings
CCP 891 Form of petition
CCP 892 Alternative causes of action
CCP 893 Pleading of damages
CCP 921 Exception defined
CCP 922 Kinds of exceptions
CCP 923 Functions of exceptions
CCP 924 Form of exceptions
CCP 925 Objections raised by declinatory exception; waiver
CCP 926 Objections raised by dilatory exception; waiver
CCP 927 Objections raised by peremptory exception
CCP 928 Time of pleading exceptions
CCP 929 Time of trial of exceptions
CCP 930 Evidence on trial of declinatory and dilatory exceptions
CCP 931 Evidence on trial of peremptory exception
CCP 932 Effect of sustaining declinatory exception
CCP 933 Effect of sustaining dilatory exception
CCP 934 Effect of sustaining peremptory exception
CCP 961 Written motion required; exception
CCP 962 Form of written motion
CCP 963 Ex parte, contradictory, and unopposed motions; rule to show cause
CCP 964 Motion to strike
CCP 965 Motion for judgment on pleadings
CCP 966 Motion for summary judgment; procedure
CCP 967 Same; affidavits
CCP 968 Effect of judgment on pleadings and summary judgment
CCP 969 Judgment on pleadings and summary judgment not permitted in certain cases; exception
CCP 970 Motion for judgment on offer of judgment
CCP 971 Special motion to strike
CCP 1001 Delay for answering
CCP 1002 Answer or other pleading filed prior to signing of final default judgment
CCP 1003 Form of answer
CCP 1004 Denials
CCP 1005 Affirmative defenses
CCP 1006 Alternative defenses
CCP 1031 Incidental demands allowed
CCP 1032 Form of petition
CCP 1033 Delay for filing incidental demand
CCP 1034 Exceptions and motions
CCP 1035 Answer
CCP 1036 Jurisdiction; mode of procedure
CCP 1037 Action instituted separately
CCP 1038 Separate trial; separate judgment
CCP 1039 Effect of dismissal of principal action
CCP 1040 Words "plaintiff" and "defendant" include plaintiff and defendant in an incidental action
CCP 1041 When prescribed incidental or third party demand is not barred
CCP 1061 Actions pleaded in reconventional demand; compulsory
CCP 1062 Pleading compensation
CCP 1063 Service of reconventional demand; citation unnecessary
CCP 1064 Additional parties
CCP 1065 Reconventional demand exceeding principal demand
CCP 1066 Action matured or acquired after pleading
CCP 1067 Redesignated to C.C.P. Art. 1041
CCP 1071 Cross-claims
CCP 1072 Service of cross-claim, citation unnecessary
CCP 1073 Additional parties
CCP 1091 Third person may intervene
CCP 1092 Third person asserting ownership of, or mortgage or privilege on, seized property
CCP 1093 Service of petition; citation unnecessary
CCP 1094 Intervener accepts proceedings
CCP 1111 Defendant may bring in third person
CCP 1112 Defendant in reconvention may bring in third person
CCP 1113 Effect of failure to bring in third party
CCP 1114 Service of citation and pleadings
CCP 1115 Defenses of original defendant available to third party defendant
CCP 1116 Third party defendant may bring in third person
CCP 1151 Amendment of petition and answer; answer to amended petition
CCP 1152 Amendment of exceptions
CCP 1153 Amendment relates back
CCP 1154 Amendment to conform to evidence
CCP 1155 Supplemental pleadings
CCP 1156 Amended and supplemental pleadings in incidental action
CCP 1201 Citation; waiver; delay for service
CCP 1202 Form of citation
CCP 1203 Citation to legal representative of multiple defendants
CCP 1231 Types of service; time of making
CCP 1232 Personal service
CCP 1233 Same; where made
CCP 1234 Domiciliary service
CCP 1235 Service on representative
CCP 1235.1 Service on incarcerated person
CCP 1236 Service on clerical employees of physicians
CCP 1237 Service on individual in multiple capacities
CCP 1261 Domestic or foreign corporation
CCP 1262 Same; secretary of state
CCP 1263 Partnership
CCP 1264 Unincorporated association
CCP 1265 Political entity; public officer
CCP 1266 Limited liability company
CCP 1267 Same; service on secretary of state
CCP 1291 Service by sheriff
CCP 1292 Sheriff's return
CCP 1293 Service by private person
CCP 1311 Service of copy of exhibit to pleading unnecessary
CCP 1312 Service of pleadings subsequent to petition; exceptions
CCP 1313 Service by mail, delivery, or electronic means
CCP 1314 Same; service by sheriff
CCP 1351 Issuance; form
CCP 1352 Restrictions on subpoena
CCP 1353 Prepayment of fees
CCP 1354 Subpoena duces tecum
CCP 1355 Service of subpoena
CCP 1355.1 Reissuance of subpoena; service by certified or registered mail
CCP 1356 Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for depositions or inspections
CCP 1357 Failure to comply with subpoena
CCP 1391 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1392 Proof of statutes
CCP 1393 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1394 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1395 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1396 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1397 Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
CCP 1420 Signing of discovery requests, responses, or objections
CCP 1421 Discovery methods
CCP 1422 Scope of discovery; in general
CCP 1422.1 Scope of discovery; records of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
CCP 1423 Scope of discovery; insurance agreements
CCP 1424 Scope of discovery; trial preparation; materials
CCP 1425 Experts; pretrial disclosures; scope of discovery
CCP 1426 Protective orders
CCP 1426.1 Stay of discovery in civil matters by a district attorney in a related criminal matter
CCP 1427 Sequence and timing of discovery
CCP 1428 Supplementation of responses
CCP 1429 Perpetuation of testimony; petition
CCP 1430 Notice and service of petition; perpetuation of testimony
CCP 1430.1 Ex parte order; death or incapacitating illness
CCP 1431 Order and examination; perpetuation of testimony
CCP 1432 Use of deposition
CCP 1433 Deposition after trial
CCP 1434 Person before whom deposition taken
CCP 1435 Deposition taken in another state, or in a territory, district, or foreign jurisdiction; exceptions; nonresident insurance claims adjusters
CCP 1436 Stipulations; manner of taking; modification of procedures
CCP 1436.1 Depositions by telephone
CCP 1437 Deposition upon oral examination; when deposition may be taken
CCP 1438 Notice of examination; time and place; subpoena duces tecum
CCP 1439 Special notice
CCP 1440 Nonstenographic recordation of testimony
CCP 1441 Production of documents and things
CCP 1442 Deposition of an organization
CCP 1443 Examination and cross-examination; record of examination; oath; objections
CCP 1444 Motion to terminate; limit examination
CCP 1445 Submission to witness; changes; signing
CCP 1446 Certification by officer; custody of deposition; exhibits; copies; notice of availability for inspection or copying; cost of originals and copies of transcripts
CCP 1447 Failure to attend or to serve subpoena; expenses
CCP 1448 Serving written questions; notice
CCP 1449 Taking of testimony; preparation of record; notice of filing
CCP 1450 Use of depositions
CCP 1451 Objections to admissibility
CCP 1452 Effect of taking or using depositions; deposing attorneys of record
CCP 1453 Objection to irregularities in notice; waiver
CCP 1454 Objections as to disqualification of officer; waiver
CCP 1455 Objections, competency of witnesses; relevancy of testimony; manner or form of taking deposition
CCP 1456 Objection as to completion and return of deposition
CCP 1457 Interrogatories to parties; availability; additional, hearing required
CCP 1458 Interrogatories to parties; procedures for use
CCP 1459 Interrogatories to parties; scope; use at trial
CCP 1460 Option to produce business records
CCP 1461 Production of documents and things; entry upon land; scope
CCP 1462 Production of documents and things; entry upon land; procedure
CCP 1463 Production of documents and things; entry upon land, persons not parties
CCP 1464 Order for an additional medical opinion for physical or mental examination of persons
CCP 1465 Report of examining physician
CCP 1465.1 Requests for release of medical records
CCP 1466 Requests for admission; service of request
CCP 1467 Requests for admission; answers and objections
CCP 1468 Requests for admissions; effect of admission
CCP 1469 Motion for order compelling discovery
CCP 1469.1 Order compelling discovery of medical records
CCP 1469.2 Order compelling discovery of financial records; notice
CCP 1470 Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; contempt
CCP 1471 Failure to comply with order compelling discovery; sanctions
CCP 1472 Failure to admit; expenses
CCP 1473 Failure to attend deposition, serve answers or respond to request for inspection
CCP 1474 Service of written objections, notices, requests, affidavits, interrogatories, and answers thereto
CCP 1475 Affidavit for medical cost; counter affidavit; service
CCP 1551 Pretrial and scheduling conference; order
CCP 1552 Environmental management orders
CCP 1561 Consolidation for trial or other limited purposes
CCP 1562 Separate trials of issues of insurance coverage, liability, and damages
CCP 1563 Limited admission of liability in environmental damage lawsuits; effect
CCP 1571 Assignment by court rule
CCP 1572 Written request for notice of trial
CCP 1573 Assignment of trials; preference; terminally ill
CCP 1601 Discretionary grounds
CCP 1602 Peremptory grounds
CCP 1603 Motion for continuance
CCP 1604 Prevention of continuance by admission of adverse party
CCP 1605 Trial of motion; order
CCP 1631 Power of court over proceedings; exclusion of witnesses; mistrial
CCP 1632 Order of trial
CCP 1633 Oath or affirmation of witnesses; refusal to testify
CCP 1633.1 Live trial testimony by video
CCP 1634 Cross-examination of a party or person identified with a party
CCP 1635 Exceptions unnecessary
CCP 1636 Evidence held inadmissible; record or statement as to nature thereof
CCP 1637 Completion of trial; pronouncement of judgment
CCP 1671 Voluntary dismissal
CCP 1672 Involuntary dismissal
CCP 1673 Effect of dismissal with or without prejudice
CCP 1701 Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 174, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
CCP 1702 Default judgment
CCP 1702.1 Default judgment without hearing in open court; required information; certifications
CCP 1703 Scope of judgment
CCP 1704 Default judgment in suits against the state or a political subdivision
CCP 1731 Issues triable by jury
CCP 1732 Limitation upon jury trials
CCP 1733 Demand for jury trial; bond for costs
CCP 1734 Fixing the bond; calling the jury venire
CCP 1734.1 Cash deposit; procedure
CCP 1735 Specification of issues
CCP 1736 Trial of less than all issues; stipulation
CCP 1751 Qualification and exemptions of jurors
CCP 1761 Procedure in general
CCP 1762 Swearing of juror before examination
CCP 1763 Examination of juror
CCP 1764 Peremptory challenges
CCP 1765 Challenges for cause
CCP 1766 Time for challenges; method
CCP 1767 Challenging or excusing jurors after acceptance
CCP 1768 Swearing of jurors; selection of foreman
CCP 1769 Alternate jurors
CCP 1791 Comment on facts by judge prohibited
CCP 1792 Charge to the jury
CCP 1793 Instructions to jury; objections
CCP 1794 Taking evidence to jury room
CCP 1795 Jury request to review testimony
CCP 1796 Additional instructions
CCP 1797 Number required for verdict
CCP 1810 Directed verdicts
CCP 1810.1 Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 534, 11.
CCP 1811 Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
CCP 1812 Special verdicts
CCP 1813 General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories
CCP 1814 Remittitur or additur as alternative to new trial; reformation of verdict
CCP 1841 Judgments, interlocutory and final
CCP 1842 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 521, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CCP 1843 Default judgment
CCP 1844 Judgment of dismissal; effect
CCP 1845 Effects of judgments on state law
CCP 1871 Declaratory judgments; scope
CCP 1872 Interested parties may obtain declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations
CCP 1873 Construction of contract
CCP 1874 Interested person may obtain declaration of rights; purpose
CCP 1875 Powers enumerated not exclusive
CCP 1876 Court may refuse declaratory judgment
CCP 1877 Review of judgments and decrees
CCP 1878 Supplemental relief; expedited hearing for constitutional determination; effect of pendency of other proceedings
CCP 1879 Trial and determination of issue of fact
CCP 1880 Parties
CCP 1881 Construction
CCP 1882 Provisions independent and severable
CCP 1883 Uniformity of interpretation
CCP 1911 Final judgment; partial final judgment; signing; appeals
CCP 1912 Final judgment
CCP 1913 Notice of judgment
CCP 1914 Interlocutory judgments; notice; delay for further action
CCP 1915 Partial final judgment; partial judgment; partial exception; partial summary judgment
CCP 1916 Jury cases; compromise agreements; signature of judgment by the court
CCP 1917 Findings of the court and reasons for judgment
CCP 1918 Form of final judgment
CCP 1919 Judgment affecting immovable property; particular description
CCP 1920 Costs; parties liable; procedure for taxing
CCP 1921 Interest allowed by the judgment
CCP 1922 Money judgments; judgment debtor; date of birth; social security number
CCP 1951 Amendment of judgment
CCP 1971 Granting of new trial
CCP 1972 Peremptory grounds
CCP 1973 Discretionary grounds
CCP 1974 Delay for applying for new trial
CCP 1975 Application for new trial; verifying affidavit
CCP 1976 Service of notice
CCP 1977 Assignment of new trial
CCP 1978 Procedure in new trial
CCP 1979 Summary decision on motion; maximum delays
CCP 2001 Grounds in general
CCP 2002 Annulment for vices of form; time for action
CCP 2003 Same; action lost through acquiescence
CCP 2004 Annulment for vices of substance; peremption of action
CCP 2005 Annulment of judgments; effect of appeal
CCP 2006 Court where action brought
CCP 2031 Revival of judgments
CCP 2081 Applicability of Title
CCP 2082 Definition of appeal
CCP 2083 Judgments appealable
CCP 2084 Legal representative may appeal
CCP 2085 Limitations on appeals
CCP 2086 Right of third person to appeal
CCP 2087 Delay for taking devolutive appeal
CCP 2088 Divesting of jurisdiction of trial court
CCP 2089 Description required of immovable property affected by judgments or decrees
CCP 2121 Method of appealing
CCP 2122 Appointment or removal of legal representative not suspended by appeal; effect of vacating appointment on appeal
CCP 2123 Delay for taking suspensive appeal
CCP 2124 Security to be furnished for an appeal
CCP 2125 Return day
CCP 2125.1 Notice of extension of return day granted by clerk of trial court
CCP 2126 Payment of costs
CCP 2127 Record on appeal; preparation
CCP 2127.1 Same; certified and dated
CCP 2127.2 Same; preparation and delivery of transcript
CCP 2127.3 Same; contempt
CCP 2128 Same; determination of content
CCP 2128.1 Depositions
CCP 2129 Assignment of errors unnecessary; exception
CCP 2130 Record on appeal; statement of facts
CCP 2131 Same; narrative of facts
CCP 2132 Same; correction
CCP 2133 Answer of appellee; when necessary
CCP 2161 Dismissal for irregularities
CCP 2162 Dismissal by consent of parties, or because of lack of jurisdiction or right to appeal, or abandonment; transfer
CCP 2163 Peremptory exception filed in appellate court; remand if prescription pleaded
CCP 2164 Scope of appeal and action to be taken; costs
CCP 2164.1 Assignment of appellate panels
CCP 2165 Appeals deemed abandoned
CCP 2166 Rehearing, court of appeal judgment; finality; stay
CCP 2167 Rehearing, supreme court judgment; finality; stay
CCP 2168 Posting of unpublished opinions; citation
CCP 2201 Supervisory writs
CCP 2251 Execution only in trial court; appellate court judgment
CCP 2252 Delay before proceeding with execution
CCP 2253 Writ from clerk to sheriff
CCP 2254 Execution by sheriff; return; wrongful seizure
CCP 2291 Money judgment; fieri facias
CCP 2292 Privilege of creditor on seized property; successive seizures
CCP 2293 Notice to judgment debtor; appointment of attorney
CCP 2294 Time for seizure; return
CCP 2294.1 Time for seizure; return; city courts in Orleans Parish
CCP 2295 Order of sale; sale in globo
CCP 2296 Reduction of excessive seizure
CCP 2297 Alias fieri facias
CCP 2298 Injunction prohibiting sale; damages
CCP 2299 Order prohibiting payment of proceeds of sale
CCP 2331 Publication of notice of sale
CCP 2332 Appraisal
CCP 2333 Sale of perishable property
CCP 2334 Reading of advertisement and certificates
CCP 2335 Superior mortgage or privilege
CCP 2336 Minimum price; second offering
CCP 2336.1 Determination of superior encumbrances or privileges
CCP 2337 Price insufficient to discharge superior privileges; property not sold
CCP 2338 Judgment creditor having superior privilege; price insufficient to satisfy inferior mortgage
CCP 2339 Judgment debtor and creditor may bid
CCP 2340 Payment of debt prior to adjudication
CCP 2341 Sale when installment not due
CCP 2342 Act of sale by sheriff
CCP 2343 Sheriff's return after sale
CCP 2344 Online auctions
CCP 2371 Effect of adjudication
CCP 2372 Sale subject to superior real charge or lease
CCP 2373 Distribution of proceeds of sale
CCP 2374 Property subject to superior mortgage; payment of price
CCP 2375 Purchaser's liability; property subject to inferior mortgages
CCP 2376 Release of inferior mortgages, liens, and privileges
CCP 2377 Inferior mortgages; payment; reference to proceeds
CCP 2378 Enforcement of mortgage or privilege superior to that of seizing creditor
CCP 2379 Rights of buyer in case of eviction
CCP 2380 Loss of recourse when purchaser fails to give judgment debtor timely notice
CCP 2381 Action by seizing creditor who has been compelled to reimburse purchaser
CCP 2411 Garnishee; effect of service; financial institutions
CCP 2412 Method of service; delay for answering
CCP 2413 Effect of garnishee's failure to answer
CCP 2414 Notice of answer; traversing
CCP 2415 Delivery of property or payment of indebtedness to sheriff
CCP 2416 Venue of garnishment proceedings
CCP 2417 Garnishment in court other than one which rendered judgment
CCP 2451 Examination of judgment debtor and third parties; depositions
CCP 2452 Court where motion filed and examination conducted
CCP 2453 Motion; order; service
CCP 2454 Oath; testimony not used in criminal proceedings
CCP 2455 Costs
CCP 2456 Contempt
CCP 2501 Judgment ordering delivery of possession; writ of possession
CCP 2502 Writ of distringas; contempt; damages
CCP 2503 Distringas, execution and revocation
CCP 2504 Specific performance; court directing performance by third party
CCP 2541 Execution of foreign judgments
CCP 2542 Grounds for recognition of foreign defamation judgments
CCP 2591 Proceedings conducted with rapidity
CCP 2592 Use of summary proceedings
CCP 2593 Pleadings
CCP 2594 Service of process
CCP 2595 Trial; decision
CCP 2596 Rules of ordinary proceedings applicable; exceptions
CCP 2631 Use of executory proceedings
CCP 2632 Act importing a confession of judgment
CCP 2633 Venue
CCP 2634 Petition
CCP 2635 Authentic evidence submitted with petition
CCP 2636 Authentic evidence
CCP 2637 Evidence which need not be authentic
CCP 2638 Order for issuance of writ of seizure and sale
CCP 2639 Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 1072, §2.
CCP 2640 Citation unnecessary; service of demand for payment
CCP 2641 Service upon, and seizure and sale prosecuted against, attorney for unrepresented defendant
CCP 2642 Assertion of defenses; appeal
CCP 2643 Third person claiming mortgage, security interest, or privilege on property seized
CCP 2644 Conversion to ordinary proceeding
CCP 2671 Proceeding against surviving spouse in community
CCP 2672 Proceeding against heirs or legatees
CCP 2673 Proceeding against legal representative
CCP 2674 Attorney appointed to represent unrepresented defendant
CCP 2675 Case falling within application of two or more articles; plaintiff may bring proceeding under any applicable article
CCP 2701 Alienation of property to third person disregarded
CCP 2702 Rights of third person who has acquired property and assumed indebtedness
CCP 2703 Rights of third possessor
CCP 2721 Seizure of property; notice
CCP 2722 Advertisement of sale
CCP 2723 Appraisal of property, unless waived
CCP 2724 Articles relating to sales under fieri facias applicable
CCP 2725 Seizure and sale of a motor vehicle out-of-state; procedure
CCP 2751 Grounds for arresting seizure and sale; damages
CCP 2752 Injunction procedure
CCP 2753 Security not required in certain cases
CCP 2754 Security otherwise required
CCP 2771 When deficiency judgment obtainable
CCP 2772 Procedure to obtain deficiency judgment
CCP 2781 When judgments may be made executory by other courts
CCP 2782 Procedure; execution of executory judgment
CCP 2783 Injunction to arrest execution of judgment made executory
CCP 2785 Definitions
CCP 2786 Registration of support orders for modification
CCP 2787 Objections to registration of support order for modification
CCP 2788 Confirmation of registered support order for modification
CCP 2789 Confirmed registered support order for modification; effect
CCP 2790 Confirmed registered support order; enforcement
CCP 2791 Registration of support orders for enforcement only
CCP 2792 Objections to registration of support order for enforcement
CCP 2793 Confirmation of registered support order for enforcement
CCP 2794 Confirmed registered support order; enforcement
CCP 2795 Joinder of actions
CCP 2811 Court in which succession opened
CCP 2812 Proceedings in different courts; stay; adoption of proceedings by court retaining jurisdiction
CCP 2821 Evidence of jurisdiction, death, and relationship
CCP 2822 Requirements of affidavit evidence
CCP 2823 Additional evidence
CCP 2824 No affidavit evidence of factual issues
CCP 2825 Costs
CCP 2826 Definition of certain terms used in Book VI
CCP 2851 Petition for probate
CCP 2852 Documents submitted with petition for probate
CCP 2853 Purported testament must be filed, though possessor doubts validity
CCP 2854 Search for testament
CCP 2855 Return to order to search for testament
CCP 2856 Probate hearing; probate forthwith if witness present
CCP 2857 Proponent must produce witnesses; subpoenas
CCP 2881 Ex parte probate if no objection
CCP 2882 Proceedings at probate hearing
CCP 2883 Olographic testament
CCP 2884 Nuncupative testament by private act
CCP 2885 Mystic testament
CCP 2886 Probate of nuncupative testament by private act; mystic testament, when witnesses dead, absent, or incapacitated
CCP 2887 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
CCP 2888 Foreign testament
CCP 2889 Depositions of witnesses
CCP 2890 Proces verbal of probate
CCP 2891 Notarial testament, nuncupative testament by public act, and statutory testament executed without probate
CCP 2892 Use of probate testimony in subsequent action
CCP 2893 Period within which will must be probated
CCP 2901 Contradictory trial required; time to file opposition
CCP 2902 Opposition to petition for probate
CCP 2903 Proponent bears burden of proof
CCP 2904 Admissibility of videotape of execution of testament
CCP 2931 Annulment of probated testament by direct action; defendants; summary proceeding
CCP 2932 Burden of proof in action to annul
CCP 2933 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
CCP 2951 Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.
CCP 2952 Descriptive list of property, if no inventory
CCP 2953 Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.
CCP 2954 Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.
CCP 2971 Pleading and service of process
CCP 2972 Oppositions
CCP 2973 Responsive pleadings to opposition
CCP 2974 Appeals
CCP 3001 Sending into possession without administration when all heirs are competent and accept
CCP 3002 Same; petition for possession
CCP 3003 Same; evidence of allegations of petition for possession
CCP 3004 Discretionary power to send heirs and surviving spouse into possession
CCP 3005 Same; petition for possession; evidence
CCP 3006 Same; when one of competent heirs cannot join in petition for possession
CCP 3007 Creditor may demand security when heirs sent into possession
CCP 3008 Administration in default of security
CCP 3031 Sending legatees into possession without administration
CCP 3032 Same; petition for possession; evidence
CCP 3033 Same; compensation of executor
CCP 3034 Creditor may demand security when legatees sent into possession; administration in default of security
CCP 3035 Particular legatee may demand security for delivery of legacy; administration in default of security
CCP 3061 Judgment rendered and signed immediately
CCP 3062 Effect of judgment of possession
CCP 3081 Petition for confirmation
CCP 3082 Order of confirmation; letters
CCP 3083 Appointment of dative testamentary executor
CCP 3091 Petition for notice of application for appointment
CCP 3092 Form of petition for notice of application for appointment
CCP 3093 Notice in compliance with petition
CCP 3094 Order on application for appointment
CCP 3095 Opposition to application for appointment
CCP 3096 Appointment when no opposition; appointment after trial of opposition
CCP 3097 Disqualifications
CCP 3098 Priority of appointment
CCP 3111 Appointment
CCP 3112 Security; oath; tenure; rights and duties
CCP 3113 Inventory taken or descriptive list filed when appointment made
CCP 3121 Attorney appointed as administrator of vacant successions; exceptions
CCP 3122 Public administrator as administrator of vacant successions in certain parishes
CCP 3131 Notary appointed for inventory in each parish
CCP 3132 Public inventory
CCP 3133 Proces verbal of inventory
CCP 3134 Return of proces verbal of inventory
CCP 3135 Proces verbal of inventory prima facie proof; traverse
CCP 3136 Descriptive list of property in lieu of inventory
CCP 3137 Descriptive list prima facie correct; amendment or traverse; reduction or increase of security
CCP 3151 Security of administrator
CCP 3152 Security of provisional administrator
CCP 3153 Security of testamentary executor
CCP 3154 Forced heirs and surviving spouse in community may compel executor to furnish security
CCP 3154.1 Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 158, §2.
CCP 3155 Creditor may compel executor to furnish security
CCP 3155.1 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1421, 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
CCP 3156 Maximum security of executor
CCP 3157 Special mortgage in lieu of bond
CCP 3158 Oath of succession representative
CCP 3159 Issuance of letters to succession representative
CCP 3171 Appointment
CCP 3172 Duties
CCP 3173 Removal; appointment of successor
CCP 3174 Compensation
CCP 3181 Revocation of appointment or confirmation; extension of time to qualify
CCP 3182 Removal
CCP 3191 General duties; appointment of agent
CCP 3192 Duties and powers of multiple representatives
CCP 3193 Powers of surviving representatives
CCP 3194 Contracts between succession representative and succession prohibited; penalties for failure to comply
CCP 3195 Contracts between succession representative and succession; exceptions
CCP 3196 Procedural rights of succession representative
CCP 3197 Duty to close succession
CCP 3198 Compromise and modification of obligations
CCP 3211 Duty to take possession; enforcement of claims and obligations
CCP 3221 Preservation of succession property
CCP 3222 Deposit of succession funds; unauthorized withdrawals prohibited; penalty
CCP 3223 Investment of succession funds
CCP 3224 Continuation of business
CCP 3224.1 Continuation of corporation or partnership in which decedent held a majority interest
CCP 3225 Continuation of business,; interim order unappealable
CCP 3226 Lease of succession property
CCP 3227 Execution of contracts
CCP 3228 Loans to succession representative for specific purposes; authority to encumber succession property as security therefor
CCP 3229 Notice by publication of application for court order; opposition
CCP 3241 Presenting claim against succession
CCP 3242 Acknowledgment or rejection of claim by representative
CCP 3243 Effect of acknowledgment of claim by representative
CCP 3244 Effect of inclusion of claim in petition or in tableau of distribution
CCP 3245 Submission of formal proof of claim to suspend prescription
CCP 3246 Rejection of claim; prerequisite to judicial enforcement
CCP 3247 Execution against succession property prohibited
CCP 3248 Enforcement of conventional mortgage or pledge
CCP 3249 Succession representative as party defendant
CCP 3261 Purpose of sale
CCP 3262 No priority as between movables and immovables
CCP 3263 Terms of sale
CCP 3264 Perishable property; crops
CCP 3265 Prima facie proof of publication
CCP 3266 Issuance of certificates of no opposition
CCP 3271 Petition; order
CCP 3272 Publication of notice of sale; place of sale
CCP 3273 Minimum price; second offering
CCP 3281 Petition for private sale
CCP 3282 Publication
CCP 3283 Who may file opposition
CCP 3284 Order; hearing
CCP 3285 Bonds and stocks
CCP 3286 Court may authorize listing
CCP 3287 Household goods
CCP 3288 Motor vehicles; sale at appraised value
CCP 3291 Court may authorize exchange
CCP 3292 Petition for authority to exchange
CCP 3293 Copy of petition for authority to be served on heirs and legatees; exception
CCP 3294 Publication of notice; opposition; hearing; order
CCP 3295 Giving in payment of succession property
CCP 3296 Petition
CCP 3297 Publication
CCP 3298 Hearing; order
CCP 3301 Payment of estate debts; court order
CCP 3302 Time of payment of estate debts; urgent estate debts
CCP 3303 Petition for authority; tableau of distribution
CCP 3304 Notice of filing of petition; publication
CCP 3305 Petition for notice of filing of tableau of distribution
CCP 3306 Notice of filing of tableau of distribution; effect of failure to serve
CCP 3307 Homologation; payment
CCP 3308 Appeal
CCP 3321 Interim allowance for maintenance during administration
CCP 3331 Time for filing account
CCP 3332 Final account
CCP 3333 Contents of account
CCP 3334 Failure to file account; penalty
CCP 3335 Notice to heirs and residuary legatees
CCP 3336 Opposition; homologation
CCP 3337 Effect of homologation
CCP 3338 Deceased or interdicted succession representative
CCP 3351 Amount of compensation; when due
CCP 3351.1 Amount of compensation; limitation when serving as attorney, corporate officer, or managing partner
CCP 3352 More than one succession representative
CCP 3353 Legacy to executor
CCP 3361 After homologation of final tableau of distribution
CCP 3362 Prior to homologation of final tableau of distribution
CCP 3371 After homologation of final tableau of distribution
CCP 3372 Prior to homologation of final tableau of distribution
CCP 3381 Judgment of possession
CCP 3391 Discharge of succession representative
CCP 3392 Effect of judgment of discharge
CCP 3393 Reopening of succession
CCP 3394 Refusal or inability to accept funds; deposit in bank
CCP 3395 Disposition of movables not accepted by heir
CCP 3396 Definitions
CCP 3396.1 Scope
CCP 3396.2 Provision for independent administration by testator
CCP 3396.3 Designation of executor but failure to provide for independent administration by testator
CCP 3396.4 Failure to designate an executor
CCP 3396.5 Independent administration when decedent dies intestate
CCP 3396.6 Independent administration when estate is part testate, part intestate
CCP 3396.7 Trusteeships
CCP 3396.8 Usufruct
CCP 3396.9 Interdict or unemancipated minor
CCP 3396.10 Survivorship
CCP 3396.11 Possibility of renunciation
CCP 3396.12 Death of successor
CCP 3396.13 Testamentary prohibition of independent administration
CCP 3396.14 Security of independent administrator
CCP 3396.15 Rights, powers, and duties; performance without court authority
CCP 3396.16 Enforcement of claims against estate
CCP 3396.17 Accounting
CCP 3396.18 Inventory or sworn descriptive list
CCP 3396.19 Final account
CCP 3396.20 Removal of succession representative and termination of independent administration
CCP 3401 Jurisdiction; procedure
CCP 3402 Foreign representative; qualification
CCP 3403 Capacity to sue
CCP 3404 Priority in appointment
CCP 3405 Testament probated outside Louisiana
CCP 3421 Small successions defined
CCP 3422 Court costs; compensation
CCP 3422.1 Small succession immovable property damaged by disaster or catastrophe
CCP 3431 Small successions; judicial opening unnecessary
CCP 3432 Affidavit for small succession; contents
CCP 3432.1 Affidavit for small succession for a person domiciled outside of Louisiana who died testate; contents
CCP 3433 Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 81 , §2, eff. June 18, 2009.
CCP 3434 Endorsed copy of affidavit authority for delivery of property
CCP 3441 Acceptance without administration; procedure
CCP 3442 Administration of successions; procedure
CCP 3443 Sale of succession property; publication of notice of sale
CCP 3461 Venue; procedure
CCP 3462 Partition of succession property
CCP 3501 Petition; affidavit; security
CCP 3502 Issuance of writ before petition filed
CCP 3503 Garnishment under writs of attachment or of sequestration
CCP 3504 Return of sheriff; inventory
CCP 3505 Reduction of excessive seizure
CCP 3506 Dissolution of writ; damages
CCP 3507 Release of property by defendant; security
CCP 3507.1 Release of property by plaintiff; security
CCP 3508 Amount of security for release of attached or sequestered property
CCP 3509 Release of property by third person
CCP 3510 Necessity for judgment and execution
CCP 3511 Attachment and sequestration; privilege
CCP 3512 Release of plaintiff's security
CCP 3513 Sale of perishable property
CCP 3514 Release not to affect right to damages
CCP 3541 Grounds for attachment
CCP 3542 Actions in which attachment can issue
CCP 3543 Issuance of a writ of attachment before debt due
CCP 3544 Plaintiff's security
CCP 3545 Nonresident attachment; venue
CCP 3571 Grounds for sequestration
CCP 3572 Sequestration before rent due
CCP 3573 Sequestration by court on its own motion
CCP 3574 Plaintiff's security
CCP 3575 Lessor's privilege
CCP 3576 Release of property under sequestration
CCP 3601 Injunction, grounds for issuance; preliminary injunction; temporary restraining order
CCP 3602 Preliminary injunction; notice; hearing
CCP 3603 Temporary restraining order; affidavit or affirmation of irreparable injury and notification efforts
CCP 3603.1 Governing provisions for issuance of protective orders; grounds; notice; court-appointed counsel
CCP 3604 Form, contents, and duration of restraining order
CCP 3605 Content and scope of injunction or restraining order
CCP 3606 Temporary restraining order; hearing on preliminary injunction
CCP 3607 Dissolution or modification of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
CCP 3607.1 Registry of temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction
CCP 3608 Damages for wrongful issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
CCP 3609 Proof at hearings; affidavits
CCP 3610 Security for temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
CCP 3611 Penalty for disobedience; damages
CCP 3612 Appeals
CCP 3613 Jurisdiction not limited
CCP 3651 Petitory action
CCP 3652 Same; parties; venue
CCP 3653 Same; proof of title; immovable
CCP 3654 Proof of title in action for declaratory judgment, concursus, expropriation, or similar proceeding
CCP 3655 Possessory action
CCP 3656 Same; parties; venue
CCP 3657 Same; cumulation with petitory action or declaratory judgment action; reconventional demand or separate suit asserting ownership or title
CCP 3658 Same; requisites
CCP 3659 Same; disturbance in fact and in law defined
CCP 3660 Same; possession
CCP 3661 Same; title not at issue; limited admissibility of evidence of title
CCP 3662 Same; relief that may be granted successful plaintiff in judgment; appeal
CCP 3663 Sequestration; injunctive relief
CCP 3664 Mineral rights asserted, protected and defended as other immovables
CCP 3665 When mineral right owner may assert possessory action
CCP 3666 Loss of right to bring possessory action by owner of mineral right
CCP 3667 When proof of nonuse required in possessory action against owner of mineral right
CCP 3668 When proof of nonuse not required in possessory action against claimant of mineral right
CCP 3669 Possessory action unavailable between owner of mineral servitude and owner of dependent mineral royalty
CCP 3670 Real actions against mineral lessee unavailable to mineral lessor or possessor bound by lease
CCP 3671 Real actions involving mineral rights subject to other provisions governing real actions generally
CCP 3691 Boundary action
CCP 3692 Appointment of surveyor by court; duties of surveyor
CCP 3693 Evidence; judgment
CCP 3721 Methods of enforcing mortgage
CCP 3722 Enforcement by ordinary proceeding
CCP 3723 Enforcement by executory proceeding
CCP 3741 Right of enforcement
CCP 3742 Notice of seizure
CCP 3743 Rights of third possessor
CCP 3751 Notice to be recorded to affect third persons
CCP 3752 Requirements of notice; recordation
CCP 3753 Cancellation of notice of pendency
CCP 3781 Petition; summary trial; issuance of writs
CCP 3782 Return date
CCP 3783 Answer
CCP 3784 Hearing
CCP 3785 Disobedience of writ or judgment; contempt
CCP 3821 Definition
CCP 3822 Venue
CCP 3823 Persons authorized to make service; proof of service
CCP 3824 Method of service
CCP 3825 Answer; production of person in custody
CCP 3826 Transfer of custody; answer
CCP 3827 Inability to produce person in custody
CCP 3828 Custody pendente lite
CCP 3829 Notice of hearing
CCP 3830 Judgment
CCP 3831 Appeal not to suspend execution of judgment; delay
CCP 3861 Definition
CCP 3862 Mandamus; issuance of
CCP 3863 Person against whom writ directed
CCP 3864 Mandamus against corporation or corporate officer; limited liability company or member or manager
CCP 3865 Alternative writ
CCP 3866 Judgment
CCP 3901 Definition
CCP 3902 Judgment
CCP 3941 Court where action brought; nullity of judgment of court of improper venue
CCP 3942 Appeal from judgment granting or refusing annulment or divorce
CCP 3943 Appeal from judgment awarding, modifying, or denying custody, visitation, or support
CCP 3944 Injunctive relief in divorce actions; bond not required in certain cases
CCP 3945 Incidental order of temporary child custody; injunctive relief; exceptions
CCP 3946 Execution of support and claims for contributions awards in arrears
CCP 3947 Name confirmation
CCP 3951 Petition for divorce
CCP 3952 Rule to show cause and affidavit
CCP 3953 Nullity of judgment
CCP 3954 Abandonment of action
CCP 3955 Service of petition
CCP 3956 Evidence of facts in divorce action
CCP 3957 Waiver of service of petition and rule to show cause and accompanying notices
CCP 3958 Voluntary dismissal
CCP 3991 Petition for judicial emancipation
CCP 3992 Petition requirements
CCP 3993 Venue for judicial emancipation
CCP 3994 Emancipation hearing
CCP 3995 Judgment of limited emancipation
CCP 3996 Appeal
CCP 3997 Modification or termination of emancipation
CCP 3998 Recordation
CCP 4031 Minor domiciled in the state
CCP 4032 Minor not domiciled in the state
CCP 4033 Petitions filed in two or more courts; stay of proceedings in second and subsequent courts; adoption of proceedings by first court
CCP 4034 Proceedings subsequent to appointment of tutor
CCP 4061 Natural tutor; general obligations
CCP 4061.1 Natural tutor; action for damages on behalf of child
CCP 4062 Tutorship by will
CCP 4063 Legal tutor
CCP 4064 Dative tutor
CCP 4065 Legal or dative tutor; petition for appointment; publication of notice
CCP 4066 Opposition to application of legal or dative tutor
CCP 4067 Appointment of legal or dative tutor
CCP 4068 Appeal from judgment confirming, appointing, or removing tutor or undertutor; effect
CCP 4069 Separate tutor of property
CCP 4070 Provisional tutor
CCP 4071 Security, oath, and tenure of provisional tutor
CCP 4072 Inventory or detailed descriptive list on appointment of provisional tutor
CCP 4073 Functions, duties, and authority of provisional tutor
CCP 4101 Inventory and appraisement or descriptive list
CCP 4102 Procedure for inventory; proces verbal; return
CCP 4131 Amount
CCP 4132 Nature of security
CCP 4133 Special mortgage instead of bond
CCP 4134 Natural tutor; bond; recordation of certificate of inventory or detailed descriptive list
CCP 4135 Security instead of legal mortgage
CCP 4136 Substitution of one kind of security for another
CCP 4137 Subordination of legal mortgage to conventional mortgage
CCP 4171 Oath
CCP 4172 Issuance of letters
CCP 4201 Appointment; oath
CCP 4202 General duties of undertutor
CCP 4203 Compelling tutor to account
CCP 4204 Security of tutor, undertutor's duty regarding sufficiency
CCP 4205 Vacancy in tutorship, duty of undertutor
CCP 4206 Termination of duties
CCP 4231 Disqualification of tutor
CCP 4232 Revocation of appointment; extension of time to qualify
CCP 4233 Resignation of tutor
CCP 4234 Removal of tutor
CCP 4235 Authority and liability of tutor after resignation or removal
CCP 4236 Undertutor, grounds for disqualification, revocation, or removal
CCP 4237 Appointment of successor tutor or undertutor
CCP 4238 Heirs of tutor; responsibility
CCP 4261 Care of person of minor; expenses
CCP 4262 Administration of minor's property
CCP 4263 Contracts between tutor and minor
CCP 4264 Tutor's administration in his own name; procedural rights
CCP 4265 Compromise and modification of obligations
CCP 4266 Continuation of business
CCP 4267 Loans to tutor for specific purposes; authority to mortgage and pledge minor's property
CCP 4268 Lease of minor's property; mineral contracts
CCP 4269 Investment and management of minor's property
CCP 4269.1 Placement of minor's property in trust
CCP 4270 Procedure for investing, reinvesting, or withdrawing funds; checking account on behalf of minor
CCP 4271 Court approval of action affecting minor's interest
CCP 4272 Court approval of payments to minor
CCP 4273 Appointment of agent
CCP 4274 Compensation of tutor
CCP 4275 Donations to or by minor
CCP 4301 Purpose of sale or exchange
CCP 4302 Terms of sale
CCP 4303 Perishable property; crops
CCP 4304 Additional bond prior to sale of immovables
CCP 4321 Petition; order
CCP 4322 Publication; place of sale
CCP 4323 Minimum price; subsequent offering
CCP 4341 Petition
CCP 4342 Bonds and stocks
CCP 4361 Adjudication of minor's interest to parent co-owner
CCP 4362 Recordation of judgment; mortgage in favor of minor
CCP 4363 Security instead of mortgage
CCP 4371 Petition for authority to exchange
CCP 4391 Duty to account; annual accounts
CCP 4392 Final account
CCP 4393 Contents of account
CCP 4394 Service of account
CCP 4395 Opposition; homologation
CCP 4396 Effect of homologation
CCP 4397 Deceased or interdicted tutor
CCP 4398 Cost of accounting
CCP 4431 Foreign tutor; authority and powers
CCP 4432 Possession or removal of property from state
CCP 4433 Foreign tutor qualifying in Louisiana; authority
CCP 4461 Small tutorship defined
CCP 4462 Inventory dispensed with
CCP 4463 Tutor without bond
CCP 4464 Court costs
CCP 4501 Father or mother as administrator of minor's property
CCP 4502 Repealed
CCP 4521 Payments to minor
CCP 4522 Repealed
CCP 4541 Petition for interdiction
CCP 4542 Venue
CCP 4543 Service upon defendant and notice to interested persons
CCP 4544 Appointment of attorney
CCP 4545 Appointment of examiner
CCP 4546 Fixing of hearings or trial
CCP 4547 Hearing
CCP 4548 Burden of proof
CCP 4549 Temporary and preliminary interdiction; attorney
CCP 4550 Costs and attorney fees
CCP 4551 Judgment
CCP 4552 Recordation of notice of suit and judgment
CCP 4553 Post-judgment proceedings
CCP 4554 Modification or termination of interdiction
CCP 4555 Appeal
CCP 4556 Ancillary interdiction procedure
CCP 4561 Appointment of curator
CCP 4562 Qualification of curator
CCP 4563 Inventory and security
CCP 4564 Letters of curatorship
CCP 4565 Undercurators
CCP 4566 Management of affairs of the interdict
CCP 4567 Expenses of interdict and legal dependents
CCP 4568 Removal of curator or undercurator
CCP 4569 Post-judgment monitoring and reporting
CCP 4570 Cause of action for visitation with the interdict
CCP 4601 Methods of partition
CCP 4602 Judicial partition
CCP 4603 Same; procedure; venue
CCP 4604 Inventory
CCP 4605 Preference; appointment of notary; discretion of court
CCP 4606 Partition in kind
CCP 4607 Partition by licitation or by private sale
CCP 4608 Controversy before notary effecting partition
CCP 4609 Homologation of partition
CCP 4610 Opposition to homologation
CCP 4611 Supplementary partition when rule to reject or opposition to homologation sustained
CCP 4612 Finality of partition when rule to reject or opposition unfounded
CCP 4613 Attorney's fee in uncontested proceedings
CCP 4614 Purchase by co-owner of property or interest sold
CCP 4621 Partition by licitation or private sale
CCP 4622 Petition
CCP 4623 Order; service of citation; contradictory proceedings
CCP 4624 Publication of notice
CCP 4625 Trial; judgment ordering sale
CCP 4626 Judgment ordering reimbursement or payment of amounts due co-owner out of proceeds of public sale
CCP 4626.1 Judgment ordering reimbursement or payment of amounts due co-owner and payment and allocation of costs of private sale out of proceeds of sale
CCP 4627 Effect of judgment and sale
CCP 4628 Deposit of absentee's share into registry of court
CCP 4629 Articles applicable to partition by licitation or private sale
CCP 4630 Partition in kind when defendant appears and prays therefor
CCP 4641 Sale of interest of minor or interdict to effect partition
CCP 4642 Partition in kind, dispensing with drawing of lots when authorized by court
CCP 4643 Appointment of attorney for incompetent when interests conflict
CCP 4651 Definition
CCP 4652 Claimants who may be impleaded
CCP 4653 Parish where proceeding brought
CCP 4654 Petition
CCP 4655 Service of process; delay for answer
CCP 4656 Each defendant both plaintiff and defendant; no responsive pleadings to answer; no default required
CCP 4657 Failure of defendant to answer timely
CCP 4657.1 Notice to attorney general when the state is a defendant
CCP 4658 Deposit of money into registry of court
CCP 4659 Costs
CCP 4660 Injunctive relief
CCP 4661 Applicability of articles to proceedings under certain special statutes
CCP 4662 Rules of ordinary proceeding applicable
CCP 4701 Termination of lease; notice to vacate; waiver of notice
CCP 4702 Notice to occupant other than tenant to vacate
CCP 4703 Delivery or service when premises abandoned or closed, or whereabouts of tenant or occupant unknown
CCP 4704 Definitions
CCP 4705 Lessors' rights or real actions not affected
CCP 4731 Rule to show cause why possession should not be delivered; abandonment of premises; federally declared disasters
CCP 4732 Trial of rule; judgment of eviction
CCP 4733 Warrant for possession if judgment of eviction not complied with
CCP 4734 Execution of warrant
CCP 4735 Appeal; bond
CCP 4736 Prohibition of eviction from tax sale property
CCP 4831 Applicability of Book VIII
CCP 4832 Trial courts of limited jurisdiction
CCP 4841 Subject matter jurisdiction
CCP 4842 Parish court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by a political subdivision
CCP 4843 City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or political subdivision
CCP 4844 Amount in dispute; eviction proceedings
CCP 4845 Amount in dispute; jurisdiction of incidental demands; parish, city, and justice of the peace courts; payment of costs of transfer
CCP 4846 Limitations upon jurisdiction; nature of proceedings
CCP 4847 Limitations upon jurisdiction
CCP 4848 Contempt power
CCP 4849 Jurisdiction over the person
CCP 4850 Jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem; executory proceedings
CCP 4850.1 City Court of Alexandria; in rem and quasi in rem jurisdiction
CCP 4850.2 First City Court and Second City Court of New Orleans; appellate jurisdiction
CCP 4851 Venue
CCP 4852 Change of venue; city court; forum non conveniens
CCP 4853 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, 3.
CCP 4854 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, 3.
CCP 4857 Traffic Court of New Orleans; appellate jurisdiction
CCP 4861 Recusal of judges
CCP 4862 Motion to recuse
CCP 4863 Determination of recusal; appointment of judge ad hoc
CCP 4864 Appointment of judge ad hoc after recusal
CCP 4865 Appointment of judge ad hoc in event of temporary inability of parish or city court judge to preside
CCP 4866 Power and authority of judge ad hoc
CCP 4871 Jury trial prohibited
CCP 4872 Transfer to district court
CCP 4873 Transfer to district court; procedure; contest; effect
CCP 4874 Withdrawal of demand for jury trial after transfer
CCP 4875 Entire suit transferred
CCP 4901 Pleadings in parish and city courts
CCP 4902 Citation in parish and city courts
CCP 4903 Delay for answering in parish and city courts
CCP 4904 Default judgment in parish and city courts
CCP 4905 Notice of judgment in parish or city courts
CCP 4906 Form of judgment in parish or city courts
CCP 4907 New trials; delay in parish or city courts
CCP 4908 New trial; procedure in parish or city courts
CCP 4911 Jurisdiction in justice of the peace courts; concurrent with district court; amount in dispute
CCP 4912 Possession or ownership of movable property; eviction proceedings; justice of the peace courts
CCP 4913 Limitations upon jurisdiction; nature of proceedings; justice of the peace courts
CCP 4914 Contempt power; justice of the peace courts
CCP 4915 Jurisdiction over the person; justice of the peace courts
CCP 4916 Venue; justice of the peace courts
CCP 4917 Pleadings; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4918 Record of the case; subsequent entries; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4919 Citation; service of citation; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4920 Delay for answering; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4921 Default judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4921.1 Demand for trial; abandonment; applicability
CCP 4921.2 Duties of the justice of the peace; trial procedure; rules of evidence; depositions
CCP 4922 Notice of judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4923 Form of judgment; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4924 Appeals from justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 4925 Delay for appeal; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction
CCP 5001 Appeals from city and parish courts
CCP 5002 Delay for appeal
CCP 5003 Procedure for appealing
CCP 5004 Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 156, 3.
CCP 5011 Procedure
CCP 5051 Liberal construction of articles
CCP 5052 Unambiguous language not to be disregarded
CCP 5053 Words and phrases
CCP 5054 Clerical and typographical errors disregarded
CCP 5055 Number; gender
CCP 5056 Conjunctive, disjunctive, or both
CCP 5057 Headings, source notes, cross references
CCP 5058 References to code articles or statutory sections
CCP 5059 Computation of time
CCP 5091 Appointment; contradictory proceedings against attorney; improper designation immaterial
CCP 5091.1 Appointment of attorney in disavowal actions
CCP 5091.2 Curator ad hoc in adoption cases
CCP 5092 Qualifications; suggestions for appointment not permitted
CCP 5093 Oath not required; waiver of citation and acceptance of service
CCP 5094 Duties; notice to nonresident or absentee
CCP 5095 Same; defense of action
CCP 5096 Compensation
CCP 5097 Attorney appointed to represent claimant in worker's compensation case
CCP 5098 Validity of proceeding not affected by failure of attorney to perform duties; punishment of attorney
CCP 5121 Bond payable to clerk; cash bonds by plaintiffs authorized; person in interest may sue
CCP 5121.1 Bond secured by immovable property
CCP 5122 Oath of surety and principal on bond
CCP 5123 Testing sufficiency and validity of bond
CCP 5124 Furnishing new or supplemental bond to correct defects of original
CCP 5125 Insufficiency or invalidity of bond; effect on orders or judgments; appeal from order for supplemental bond
CCP 5126 Insufficiency or invalidity of new or supplemental bond
CCP 5127 Release bond
CCP 5151 Discussion defined
CCP 5152 Surety's right to plead
CCP 5153 Transferee in revocatory action; right to plead discussion
CCP 5154 Third possessor's right to plead
CCP 5155 Pleading discussion
CCP 5156 Effect of discussion
CCP 5181 Privilege of litigating without prior payment of costs
CCP 5182 Restrictions on privilege
CCP 5183 Affidavits of poverty; documentation; order
CCP 5184 Traverse of affidavits of poverty
CCP 5185 Rights of party permitted to litigate without payment of costs
CCP 5186 Account and payment of costs
CCP 5187 Compromise; dismissal of proceedings prior to judgment
CCP 5188 Unsuccessful party condemned to pay costs
CCP 5251 Words and terms defined





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