RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 789 (HB 803) 2024 Regular Session Muscarello
Existing law (C.C.P. Art. 42(5)) provides that actions against a foreign corporation or a
foreign limited liability company not licensed to do business in the state, or a nonresident
who has not appointed an agent for the service of process in the manner provided by law,
other than a foreign or alien insurer, shall be brought in the parish of the plaintiff's domicile
or in a parish where the process may be, and subsequently is, served on the defendant.
New law removes the distinction for foreign or alien insurers in existing law and provides
that actions against a foreign corporation or a foreign limited liability company not licensed
to do business in the state, or a nonresident who has not appointed an agent for the service
of process in the manner provided by law, shall not be brought in the parish of the plaintiff's
domicile or parish where service may be made and is subsequently made on the defendant
when service is made pursuant to R.S. 22:335.
Existing law (C.C.P. Art. 42(6)) provides that a nonresident, other than a foreign corporation
or a foreign or alien insurer, who has appointed an agent for the service of process in the
manner provided by law, shall be brought in the parish of the designated post office address
of an agent for the service of process.
New law removes the distinction for foreign or alien insurers in existing law.
New law repeals Sections 1 and 2 of House Bill No. 88 of the 2024 Regular Session of the
Legislature.
New law provides an effective date of June 14, 2024, for the Act that originated as Senate
Bill No. 246 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends C.C.P. Arts. 42(5) and (6); Repeals Sections 1 and 2 of House Bill No. 88 of the
2024 Regular Session of the Legislature)