La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 314
This is the official text of La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 314, part of Louisiana’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Louisiana.
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Authority to fix bail; bail order
Official statutory text
A. The following magistrates, throughout their several territorial jurisdictions, shall have authority to fix bail:
(1) District courts and their commissioners having criminal jurisdiction, in all cases.
(2) City or parish courts and municipal and traffic courts of New Orleans having criminal jurisdiction, in cases not capital.
(3) Mayor's courts and traffic courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.
(4) Juvenile and family courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.
(5) Justices of the peace in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
B. An order fixing bail shall be in writing, set the type and a single amount of bail for each charge, designate the officer or officers authorized to accept the bail, and shall be signed electronically or by any other means by the magistrate. An order fixing bail may issue on request of the state or defendant, or on the initiative of the magistrate.
Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 18, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1981, No. 438, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 613, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
(1) District courts and their commissioners having criminal jurisdiction, in all cases.
(2) City or parish courts and municipal and traffic courts of New Orleans having criminal jurisdiction, in cases not capital.
(3) Mayor's courts and traffic courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.
(4) Juvenile and family courts in criminal cases within their trial jurisdiction.
(5) Justices of the peace in cases not capital or necessarily punishable at hard labor.
B. An order fixing bail shall be in writing, set the type and a single amount of bail for each charge, designate the officer or officers authorized to accept the bail, and shall be signed electronically or by any other means by the magistrate. An order fixing bail may issue on request of the state or defendant, or on the initiative of the magistrate.
Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess. No. 18, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1981, No. 438, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 2016, No. 613, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
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