Louisiana Laws and Statutes
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- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- SIMULATION
- -OF COLLATIONS
- REVOCATORY ACTION AND OBLIQUE ACTION
- PAYMENT OF THE DEBTS
- AGREEMENTS PREPARATORY TO THE SALE
- ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS
- OF THE GIVING IN PAYMENT
- EDUCATION
- LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE
- EXPROPRIATION
- INTERPRETATION OF LAWS
- HOMESTEADS AND EXEMPTIONS
- HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES
- INSURANCE CODE
- LABOR AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION
- LEGISLATURE AND LAWS
- LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC
- LIQUORS-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL LAW
- BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
- MILITARY, NAVAL, AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
- INCIDENTS AND EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE
- MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS AND
- MINERAL CODE
- MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
- Municipalities and Parishes
- NAVIGATION AND SHIPPING
- NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
- ORGANIZATION OF
- PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
- PUBLIC CONTRACTS, WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS
- PUBLIC FINANCE
- TERMINATION OF MARRIAGE
- PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
- PUBLIC LANDS
- PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- PUBLIC PRINTING AND ADVERTISEMENTS
- PUBLIC RECORDS AND RECORDERS
- PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
- PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE
- REVENUE AND TAXATION
- ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES
- STATE ADMINISTRATION
- PARENTAL AUTHORITY OF MARRIED PERSONS
- SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS
- TRADE AND COMMERCE
- UNITED STATES
- WAR EMERGENCY
- Warehouses
- WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
- OBLIGATIONS OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS
- OF PARTITIONS MADE BY PARENTS AND OTHER
- -OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF VACANT
- OF INTERSPOUSAL DONATIONS INTER VIVOS
- -GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Louisiana Civil Code
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The code is divided into subject-matter parts (often called titles or chapters), and each part is split into numbered sections. Citations typically read "Louisiana Code § [number]".
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