ENROLLED
ACT No. 135
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 120
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
1 AN ACT
2 To 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; to provide for a
4 contingent effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be 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
7 and 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.
16 * * *
17 (4) For preparing advertisement for newspapers, for each one hundred words
18 or part thereof, fifteen - thirty dollars.
19 * * *
20 (12)(a) For executing writ of possession or writ of ejectment, twenty - thirty
21 dollars.
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1 (b) For service of each notice to vacate on defendant or occupants, twenty -
2 thirty dollars.
3 (c) If the defendant or occupants do not vacate the premises named in the
4 writ upon service of notice to vacate and the sheriffs are required to do anything
5 further to obtain possession, they shall be entitled to an additional fee of twenty
6 thirty dollars.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:62, the increase in court
9 costs or fees as provided for in this Act shall become effective if and when the Judicial
10 Council provides a recommendation that such court costs or fees meet the applicable
11 guidelines in its 2018 Report to the Louisiana Legislature.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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