HLS 20RS-1320 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 841
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to service of process in certain circumstances
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(C), relative to service of
3 process; to provide for service of pleadings or orders setting a court date; to provide
4 for service by email; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(C) is hereby amended and
7reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 1313. Service by mail, delivery, or electronic means
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10 C. Notwithstanding Paragraph A of this Article, if a pleading or order sets
11 a court date, then service shall be made either by:
12 (1) Registered registered or certified mail or as provided in Article 1314, or
13 by actual delivery by a commercial courier.
14 (2) Email when the counsel of record or, if there is no counsel of record, the
15 adverse party files an email address into the record expressly designated in a
16 pleading or other writing for receipt of electronic service. Email service shall be
17 made by the clerk of court.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-1320 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 841
DIGEST
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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 841 Original 2020 Regular Session Duplessis
Abstract: Authorizes service of pleadings or orders setting a court date to be made by
email.
Present law provides that service of a pleading or order that sets a court date shall be made
by registered or certified mail, by the sheriff, or by actual delivery by a commercial courier.
Proposed law further authorizes service by email when the counsel of record or, if there is
no counsel of record, the adverse party files an email address into the record expressly
designated in a pleading or other writing for receipt of electronic service. Requires that email
service be made by the clerk of court.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1313(C))
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