La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4844

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647

Section 4844 - [Effective 8/1/2024] Amount in dispute; eviction proceedings

Notwithstanding Articles 4842(A) and 4843, a parish court or city court shall, within its territorial jurisdiction, have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court, over the following matters, regardless of the amount of daily, monthly, or yearly rent or the rent for the unexpired term of the lease or the annual value of the right of occupancy:

(1) Suits by owners and landlords for the possession of leased premises.

(2) Suits by landowners or lessors for eviction of occupants or tenants of leased residential premises.

(3) Suits to evict an occupant as defined by Article 4704.

(4) Suits by landowners or lessors for the eviction of occupants or tenants of leased commercial premises and leased farmlands.

La. C.P. § 4844

Acts 1986, No. 156, §1; Acts 1995, No. 204, §1; Acts 1999, No. 102, §1; Acts 2010, No. 219, §1; Acts 2020, No. 205, §3, eff. June 11, 2020; Acts 2022, No. 361, §1.

Amended by Acts 2024, No. 129,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2024.

Amended by Acts 2022, No. 361,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.

Amended by Acts 2020, No. 205,s. 3, eff. 6/11/2020.

Acts 1986, No. 156, §1; Acts 1995, No. 204, §1; Acts 1999, No. 102, §1; Acts 2010, No. 219, §1.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.