2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 445
BY SENATOR JACKSON-ANDREW S
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4843(E), relative to thresholds for
3 certain actions; to provide for the amount in dispute when the civil jurisdiction is
4 concurrent with the district court; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4843(E) is hereby amended and reenacted
7 to read as follows:
8 Art. 4843. City court jurisdiction; amount in dispute; injunctive actions by state or
9 political subdivision
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11 E. In the City Court of Bogalusa, the City Court of Bunkie, the City Court of
12 Eunice, the City Court of Marksville, the City Court of Natchitoches, a city court in
13 New Orleans, the City Court of Opelousas, the City Court of Port Allen, the City
14 Court of Ville Platte, and the City Court of Winnsboro, and the City Court of
15 Bastrop, the civil jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the
16 amount in dispute, or the value of the property involved, does not exceed twenty-five
17 thousand dollars.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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