La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2452
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2452, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Court where motion filed and examination conducted
Official statutory text
A. Except as provided in Paragraph B, the written motion for the examination of a judgment debtor shall be filed, and the proceedings conducted, in the court which rendered the judgment.
B. If the judgment debtor is an individual who is domiciled in the state but not in the parish where the judgment was rendered, or who has changed his domicile to another parish after the institution of the suit, the written motion for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the parish of his then domicile or where the judgment was rendered or where the debt that has been reduced to judgment was incurred. If the judgment debtor is a nonresident, the petition for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in any parish where he may be found, or in the court which rendered the judgment. In any case mentioned in this Paragraph, a certified copy of the judgment shall be attached to the written motion for examination.
Amended by Acts 1988, No. 37, §1, eff. June 10, 1988; Acts 2007, No. 433, §1.
B. If the judgment debtor is an individual who is domiciled in the state but not in the parish where the judgment was rendered, or who has changed his domicile to another parish after the institution of the suit, the written motion for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the parish of his then domicile or where the judgment was rendered or where the debt that has been reduced to judgment was incurred. If the judgment debtor is a nonresident, the petition for his examination shall be filed, and the examination conducted, in a court of competent jurisdiction in any parish where he may be found, or in the court which rendered the judgment. In any case mentioned in this Paragraph, a certified copy of the judgment shall be attached to the written motion for examination.
Amended by Acts 1988, No. 37, §1, eff. June 10, 1988; Acts 2007, No. 433, §1.
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