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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 457
BY SENATOR PERRY
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
does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.18
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G. In the City Court of Abbeville, the City Court of Baker, the City Court20
of Baton Rouge, the City Court of Kaplan, the City Court of Leesville, the City21
Court of Minden, the City Court of Springhill, the City Court of Slidell, and the City22
Court of Zachary, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases23
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where the amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed1
thirty-five thousand dollars.2
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: