HLS 22RS-340 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 28
BY REPRESENTATIVE MUSCARELLO
COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to certain eviction proceedings in the City Court of
Hammond
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844, relative to the City Court of
3 Hammond; to provide for the jurisdictional amount in certain eviction proceedings;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 4844 is hereby amended and reenacted
7to read as follows:
8 Art. 4844. Amount in dispute; eviction proceedings
9 A. A Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a parish court or city court
10 shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court, over suits by owners and
11 landlords for the possession of leased premises as follows:
12 (1) When the lease is by the day and the daily rental is one hundred fifty
13 dollars or less.
14 (2) When the lease is by the week and the weekly rental is five hundred
15 dollars or less.
16 (3) When the lease is by the month and the monthly rental is three thousand
17 dollars or less.
18 (4) When the lease is by the year and the annual rental is thirty-six thousand
19 dollars or less.
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1 (5) When the suit is to evict an occupant as defined by Article 4704, if the
2 annual value of the right of occupancy does not exceed the amount in dispute to
3 which the jurisdiction of the court is limited by Articles 4842 and 4843 or as to the
4 amounts set forth in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this Paragraph.
5 (6) B. In the City Court of East St. Tammany, the city court shall have the
6 same jurisdictional limit for possession of leased premises in eviction proceedings
7 as provided for in Article 4912 for justice of the peace courts.
8 C. In the City Court of Hammond, the city court shall have jurisdiction over
9 suits by owners and landlords for the possession of leased premises when the lease
10 is by the month and the monthly rental is five thousand dollars or less.
11 B. D. In computing the jurisdictional amount for purposes of eviction suits,
12 the daily, weekly, monthly, annual, or other rental provided by the lease, exclusive
13 of interest, penalties, or attorney fees, shall determine the amount in dispute.
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 28 Original 2022 Regular Session Muscarello
Abstract: Increases the jurisdictional amount for certain eviction proceedings in the City
Court of Hammond from $3,000 to $5,000.
Present law provides, in part, that a parish court or city court has jurisdiction, concurrent
with the district court, over suits by owners and landlords for the possession of leased
premises when the lease is by the month and the monthly rental is $3,000 or less.
Proposed law authorizes the City Court of Hammond to have jurisdiction over suits by
owners and landlords for the possession of leased premises when the lease is by the month
and the monthly rental is $5,000 or less.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4844)
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