HLS 17RS-413 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 120
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
SHERIFFS: Provides for fees in civil matters
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5530(A)(1), (2), (4), and (12)(a), (b), and (c), relative to
3 sheriffs; to provide for an increase in certain fees in civil matters; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5530(A)(1), (2), (4), and (12)(a), (b), and (c) are hereby amended
7and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง5530. Fees in civil matters
9 A. Sheriffs shall be entitled to no more than the following fees and
10 compensation of office in all civil matters:
11 (1) For all service and returns of legal documents, notices, and subpoenas,
12 twenty - thirty dollars.
13 (2) For execution of all writs and court orders, - thirty dollars; for each notice
14 of seizure and sale and returns thereon, twenty - thirty dollars; for return of any writ,
15 twenty - thirty dollars.
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17 (4) For preparing advertisement for newspapers, for each one hundred words
18 or part thereof, fifteen - thirty dollars.
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HB NO. 120
1 (12)(a) For executing writ of possession or writ of ejectment, twenty - thirty
2 dollars.
3 (b) For service of each notice to vacate on defendant or occupants, twenty -
4 thirty dollars.
5 (c) If the defendant or occupants do not vacate the premises named in the
6 writ upon service of notice to vacate and the sheriffs are required to do anything
7 further to obtain possession, they shall be entitled to an additional fee of twenty
8 thirty dollars.
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10 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2017; if vetoed by the governor
11and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
122017, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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)]
HB 120 Original 2017 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Provides for an increase in fees in certain civil matters to be paid to sheriffs.
Present law provides for fees in civil matters to be paid to sheriffs as compensation.
Proposed law retains present law but increases the fees as follows:
(1)Service and return of legal documents, notices, and subpoenas from $20 to $30.
(2)Notice of seizure and sale and returns from $20 to $30 and return of any writ from
$20 to $30.
(3)Preparation for advertisement in newspapers from $15 to $30.
(4)Execution for writ of possession or ejectment from $20 to $30.
(5)Service of notice to vacate from $20 to $30.
(6)Other actions to obtain possession of premises from $20 to $30.
Effective July 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 13:5530(A)(1), (2), (4), and (12)(a), (b), and (c))
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