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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 118
BY SENATOR LONG
COURTS. Increases the jurisdictional limits of the Winnfield City Court from $15,000 to
$30,000. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(F), relative to city courts; to2
increase the civil jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city court of Winnfield; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(F) is hereby amended and reenacted6
to read as follows:7
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or8
political subdivision9
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F. In the City Court of Hammond, the City Court of Jennings, and the City11
Court of Oakdale, and the City Court of Winnfield the civil jurisdiction is12
concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value13
of the property involved, does not exceed thirty thousand dollars.14
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Camille Sebastien Perry.
DIGEST
Present law provides that, unless specified otherwise, the civil jurisdiction of a city court is
concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the
property involved, does not exceed $15,000.
Present law provides that in the city courts of Hammond, Jennings, and Oakdale, the civil
jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute or the
value of property involved does not exceed $30,000.
Proposed law adds the City Court of Winnfield to those city courts having civil jurisdiction
where the amount in dispute or the value of property involved does not exceed $30,000.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(F))