Louisiana · statute · La. Rev. Stat. tit. 16 · 264 active provisions
A. In each judicial district and in the parish of Orleans, there shall be a district attorney. He shall be elected at the congressional election, beginning in 1984 and every six years thereafter, shall serve a term of six years, and shall take office and begin his term on the second Monday of January following election…
A. The district attorneys of the several judicial districts of Louisiana, other than the parish of Orleans, shall ex officio be the regular attorneys and counsel for the police juries, parish school boards, and city school boards within their respective districts and of every state board or commission domiciled therein…
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 16:2 or of any other law to the contrary, the Recreation and Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge may retain, select, and/or employ, on a full or part time basis or on retainer, an attorney or attorneys to serve as its regular or special attorney or attorneys to serv…
The district attorneys throughout the state shall represent the state in all criminal prosecutions before city courts constituted by law. They shall receive the same fees now provided by law for convictions for the same offenses in the district courts of Louisiana.
The district attorneys throughout the state whose salaries in lieu of fees have not been fixed by law shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their salaries as allowed by the constitution, the following fees: Five dollars for each conviction on which the accused is finally sentenced only to pay a fine; ten dollars…
The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall receive a commission of five per cent on all amounts they may collect in any suit in favor of the state, parish or school boards, and the commissions, as now allowed by law, for collections on forfeited bonds.
The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to an expense allowance for salaries of stenographers, clerks and secretaries, and salaries or charges for special officers, investigators and other employees and an expense allowance for stationery forms, telephone, transportation,…
Each district attorney, in all civil cases in which the state is concerned and wherein appeals have been taken, shall immediately report in writing to the attorney general that the appeals have been taken and the time when they are returnable. When the appeals are returnable to an appellate court sitting at places othe…
The district judges shall appoint a competent attorney to represent the state in civil matters pending before their courts, when, from any cause, the district attorney is recused, necessarily absent, or sick. The compensation for services rendered shall not exceed the fees now allowed by law to district attorneys for s…
A.(1) The annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney. (2) Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state of…
A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, effective July 1, 2006, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at thirty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the…
When a vacancy is caused by death, resignation or removal of a district attorney, the parish of Orleans excepted, and the unexpired term is for a longer period than one year, the attorney general shall forthwith assign the district attorney of another district to act as district attorney of the district wherein such va…
A. Each district attorney of this state is hereby authorized to employ one special investigator in addition to any others previously authorized by law, to be known by the title of "District Attorneys' Investigator". B. The special investigator shall receive an annual salary payable by the state, of six thousand dollars…
The investigators of the district attorneys' offices shall be peace officers with all privileges, immunities, and defenses accorded to peace officers, except that they shall not have the right to make arrests, except as citizens under Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 214. They shall have the same territoria…
A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, there shall be no restriction, limitation or ceiling placed on the amount of additional salary that may be paid to a district attorney or an assistant district attorney by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state as provided for in R.S.…
A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, if the check, draft, or order for payment of money on any bank or depository: (1) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under…
A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a demand for payment or violation notice issued by a public entity which owns and administers a toll bridge or bridge-causeway as authorized by R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2. B. The district attorney may collect t…
A. Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to al…
Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases, over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable…
Notwithstanding any other statute or provision of law to the contrary, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against who…
A. In all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office in Orleans Parish has jurisdiction, there may be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines,…
A. There is hereby created, within each judicial district in the office of the district attorney, a victims assistance program. The purpose of the program shall be to assist victims and their families through the entire criminal justice process and to facilitate the delivery of victims' services and rights as provided…
A. The district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans shall appoint a first assistant district attorney and such other assistant district attorneys for his respective judicial district or for the parish of Orleans as may be necessary, the total number of assistant district attorneys in each ju…
The assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state as provided in R.S. 16:11, an annual salary as fixed by existing statutes and paid by the governing authority of the parish or parishes composing the judicial district.
In addition to the number of assistant district attorneys provided for each judicial district and for the parish of Orleans in R.S. 16:51 the district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans may appoint additional assistant district attorneys. The salary of such additional assistant district att…