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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1181
BY REPRESENTATIVES SHADOIN AND DIXON
CIVIL/JURY TRIALS: Provides relative to the jurisdictional limitation of certain city
courts
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(H), relative to courts of limited2
jurisdiction; to provide for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in certain city courts;3
to provide for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city courts of Alexandria,4
Pineville, Slidell, and Ruston; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4843(H) is hereby amended and7
reenacted to read as follows: 8
Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or9
political subdivision10
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H. In the City Court of Alexandria, the City Court of Pineville, the City12
Court of Slidell, and the City Court of Ruston, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent13
with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value of the14
property involved, does not exceed the amount provided in Article 1732(1) for15
purposes of demanding a jury trial fifty thousand dollars.16 HLS 14RS-2525 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1181
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Shadoin HB No. 1181
Abstract: Provides for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city courts of Alexandria,
Pineville, Slidell, and Ruston.
Present law provides that in the city courts of Alexandria, Pineville, Slidell, and Ruston, the
civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute,
or the value of the property involved, does not exceed the amount provided in Article
1732(1) for purposes of demanding a jury trial, which is $50,000 pursuant to present law.
Proposed law sets the jurisdictional amount in dispute at $50,000 and removes the reference
to the amount in dispute provided by Article 1732(1).
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(H))