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RS 13:1441

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RS 13:1441

CHAPTER 5-C. UNIFORM PARISH COURT JURISDICTION

AND PROCEDURE ACT

§1441. Declaration of purpose

The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for uniform subject matter jurisdiction and procedure for parish courts. This Chapter is intended to implement the constitutional requirement that such courts shall have parishwide territorial jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction which shall be uniform throughout the state, all as provided by Article V, Section 15(A) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.