La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 283
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 283, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk
Official statutory text
A. The clerk of a district court may sign any of the following orders or judgments:
(1) An order or judgment effecting or evidencing the doing of any of the acts authorized in Article 282;
(2) An order for the issuance of executory process, of a writ of attachment or of sequestration, or of garnishment process under a writ of fieri facias, attachment, or of sequestration; the release under bond of property seized under a writ of attachment or of sequestration; or to permit the filing of an intervention;
(3) An order for the execution of a probated testament; the affixing of seals; the taking of an inventory; the public sale of succession property to pay debts, on the written application of the succession representative accompanied by a list of the debts of the succession; the advertisement of the filing of a tableau of distribution or of an account by a legal representative; or requiring a legal representative to file an account; or
(4) An order to permit a party to institute and prosecute, or to defend, a suit without the payment of costs, under the provisions of Articles 5181 through 5188.
B. When an order signed by the clerk requires the services of a notary, the clerk shall appoint the notary suggested by the party obtaining the order.
Acts 2010, No. 175, ยง1.
(1) An order or judgment effecting or evidencing the doing of any of the acts authorized in Article 282;
(2) An order for the issuance of executory process, of a writ of attachment or of sequestration, or of garnishment process under a writ of fieri facias, attachment, or of sequestration; the release under bond of property seized under a writ of attachment or of sequestration; or to permit the filing of an intervention;
(3) An order for the execution of a probated testament; the affixing of seals; the taking of an inventory; the public sale of succession property to pay debts, on the written application of the succession representative accompanied by a list of the debts of the succession; the advertisement of the filing of a tableau of distribution or of an account by a legal representative; or requiring a legal representative to file an account; or
(4) An order to permit a party to institute and prosecute, or to defend, a suit without the payment of costs, under the provisions of Articles 5181 through 5188.
B. When an order signed by the clerk requires the services of a notary, the clerk shall appoint the notary suggested by the party obtaining the order.
Acts 2010, No. 175, ยง1.
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