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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 457
BY SENATOR PERRY
COURTS. Provides relative to the jurisdiction of certain city courts. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843 (E) and (G), relative to city2
courts; to provide relative to jurisdiction; to increase the civil jurisdictional3
maximum amount in dispute in the city courts of Abbeville and Kaplan.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843 (E) and (G) are hereby amended6
and reenacted to read as follows:7
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state of8
political subdivision9
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E. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court11
of Bunkie, the City Court of Eunice, the City Court of Kaplan, the City Court of12
Lake Charles, the City Court of Marksville, the City Court of Natchitoches, a city13
court in New Orleans, the City Court of Opelousas, the City Court of Plaquemine,14
the City Court of Port Allen, the City Court of Shreveport, the City Court of Sulphur,15
and the City Court of Winnsboro, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district16
court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved,17 SB NO. 457
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does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.1
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G. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court3
of Baton Rouge, the City Court of Kaplan, the City Court of Leesville, the City4
Court of Minden, the City Court of Springhill, the City Court of Slidell, and the City5
Court of Zachary, civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases6
where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed7
thirty-five thousand dollars.8
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the city courts of Abbeville and Kaplan have civil jurisdiction
concurrent with the district court where the amount in dispute or the value of property
involved does not exceed $25,000.
Proposed law provides that the city courts of Abbeville and Kaplan have civil jurisdiction
concurrent with the district court where the amount in dispute or the value of the property
involved does not exceed $35,000.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(E) and (G))