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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in dispute or value of right asserted CCP 5 Same; effect of reduction of claim CCP 6 Jurisdiction over the person CCP 7 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 578, 5.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Action against domestic corporation; charter revoked by secretary of state CCP 86 Action involving voting trusts CCP 87 Repealed CCP 121 Action brought in improper venue; transfer CCP 122 Change of proper venue CCP 123 Forum non conveniens CCP 124 Forum non conveniens; transfer to city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 remote technology 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 Art. 258. Redesignated as R.S. 44:119 by Acts 2024, No. 501, §5. 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 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; signing; appeals CCP 1912 Final judgment CCP 1913 Notice of judgment CCP 1914 Interlocutory judgments; notice; delay for further action CCP 1915 Final and interlocutory judgments; 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 or peremption 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 Filing of purported testament 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 Ex parte probate if objection 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 Notarial testament CCP 2888 Foreign testament CCP 2889 Depositions of witnesses CCP 2890 Proces verbal of probate CCP 2891 Notarial testament; nuncupative testament by public act; 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 2911 Retention of testaments 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 for a person who died intestate; contents CCP 3432.1 Affidavit for small succession for a person domiciled in Louisiana who died testate; contents CCP 3433 Affidavit for small succession for a person domiciled outside of Louisiana who died testate; contents. 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 Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 250, §4. 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 proceeding 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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