La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4914
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session, Chs. 3, 6-496, effective on or before 7/1/2024
A justice of the peace may punish a direct contempt of court, as defined in Article 222, by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the parish jail for not more than twenty-four hours, or both.
La. C.P. § 4914