La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4850.2

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4850.2, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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First City Court and Second City Court of New Orleans; appellate jurisdiction

Official statutory text

The First City Court and the Second City Court shall have jurisdiction over appeals by any person aggrieved by a decision of the Traffic Court of New Orleans concerning a traffic violation enforced by the city of New Orleans' automated traffic enforcement system. Appeals from the traffic court shall extend to the law and the facts and shall be tried upon the records made and the evidence offered in court by the judge to whom the appeal shall be allotted. Any aggrieved person shall file such appeal within thirty days of such decision. The First City Court and the Second City Court shall adopt rules regulating the manner of taking, hearing, and deciding such appeals. All traffic violations on appeal shall maintain their status as civil penalties.

Acts 2012, No. 502, §1.

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