Louisiana § RS 13:991 - Judicial expense fund for Nineteenth Judicial District
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 13:991 — Judicial expense fund for Nineteenth Judicial District, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 13:991. Judicial expense fund for Nineteenth Judicial District
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs a sum of sixty dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond a sum likewise determined but which shall not exceed five dollars, shall be in addition to all other fines, costs or forfeitures lawfully imposed, and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition in accordance with this Section.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. They shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.
Added by Acts 1969, No. 135, §1; Acts 2024, No. 233, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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