RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 129 (HB 100) 2024 Regular Session Carlson
Existing law provides that a parish court or city court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with
the district court, in eviction proceedings based on the value of the lease or the annual value
of the right of occupancy.
Existing law provides that the City Court of East St. Tammany is concurrent with the district
court in cases where the amount in dispute or the value of the property involved does not
exceed $50,000 and over suits by owners and landlords of leased premises.
Existing 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.
New law removes the jurisdictional amounts for eviction proceedings in city and parish
courts and provides that a parish court or city court shall, within its territorial jurisdiction,
have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court, over the following matters, regardless
of the amount of daily, monthly, or yearly rent or the rent for the unexpired term of the lease
or the annual value of the right of occupancy:
(1)Suits by owners and landlords for the possession of leased premises.
(2)Suits by landowners or lessors for eviction of occupants or tenants of leased
residential premises.
(3)Suits to evict an occupant as defined by Article 4704.
(4)Suits by landowners or lessors for the eviction of occupants or tenants of leased
commercial premises and leased farmlands.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4844 and R.S. 13:443(B))