The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay Luekel.
DIGEST
Martiny (SB 111)
Present law provides for the enumeration of miscellaneous fees by clerks of court in civil
matters.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that any clerk of court that establishes
procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of a list of certain documents involved in the
filing of civil matters by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of
electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the document was
received, filed, or issued in paper.
Proposed law further provides that documents up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches,
including but not limited to exhibits, attachments, suit records, transcripts, and depositions, shall
be two dollars per page.
Proposed law also provides that all paper documents larger than eight and one-half inches by
fourteen inches and other exhibits, shall be five dollars.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 13:841(A)(intro para) and (2)(c) and (d))