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The Louisiana Constitution is the cornerstone of our laws prescribing the rights of individuals, the distribution and powers of state and local government, the establishment of the state and city civil service systems, the creation and operation of a state lottery, and the manner of revising the constitution.
Search the Civil Code:The Louisiana Civil Code is a compilation of civil laws that govern the legal capacity of persons, the contract of and effects of marriage, grounds for divorce, classification of children and parental authority, the acquisition, ownership, use, disposition, or donation of things and property, conventional obligations (contracts), and the resolution of conflict of laws. Many of these laws are supplemented by the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
Search the Revised Statutes:The Louisiana Revised Statutes are statutes of a general nature compiled into 56 Titles arranged alphabetically by topic from Aeronautics to Wildlife and Fisheries
Search the Constitutional Ancillaries:The Constitution Ancillaries are sections of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921 that were continued as statutes by the present Louisiana Constitution of 1974 but have not been incorporated into the Louisiana Revised Statutes or repealed by the legislature. The Constitution Ancillaries do not have constitutional status; they are statutory law. Information about the disposition of individual sections that have been continued as statutes and that have been incorporated into the Revised Statutes or repealed is also included.
Search the Louisiana Adminstrative Code:The Louisiana Administrative Code (LAC) is maintained by the Office of the State Register, which does not provide search capabilities.
The LAC provides a set of rules that have been formally adopted or amended by Louisiana state agencies. The LAC is published in accordance with legislative authority and through legal rulemaking procedure, specifically the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act [pdf]. The LAC implements many of the acts contained in the Revised Statutes and is updated monthly via the Louisiana Register
Search the Louisiana Children's Code:The Louisiana Children's Code generally contains laws affecting juveniles. More specifically, it governs with respect to juvenile court jurisdiction and administration, children in need of care, families in need of services, delinquency, traffic jurisdiction, termination of parental rights, adoption, and interstate compacts affecting children.
Search the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure:The Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure contains procedural laws applicable generally to civil actions and proceedings, jurisdiction and venue, appeals, execution of judgments, probate procedure, real actions, divorce, and tutorship.
Search the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure:The Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure is a consolidation of laws applicable and related to adult criminal proceedings and prosecutions.
Search the Louisiana Code of Evidence:The Louisiana Code of Evidence prescribes the rules of evidence to determine questions of fact in all contradictory civil and criminal proceedings and the scope of testimonial privileges.
Search the Louisiana Senate Rules:The Senate Rules are rules of order governing the organization of the Senate, the filing and consideration of legislative instruments, the orders of business, committee jurisdiction and procedure, confirmation procedures, the keeping of the Senate journal and calendars, and the discipline and expulsion of members.
Search the Louisiana House Rules:The House Rules are rules of order governing the organization of the House of Representatives, standing committee jurisdiction and procedure, the filing and consideration of legislative instruments, the order of business, the keeping of the House journal and calendars, and the discipline and expulsion of members.
Search the Louisiana House and Senate Joint Rules:The Joint Rules are rules of the Senate and House on the calling of joint sessions, creating the Legislative Bureau, preparation of fiscal notes, procedures for passage of duplicate bills, on the allocation of space in the state capitol and Pentagon Barracks, and other rules governing the presentation of bills to the governor, interim study requests, and exceptions to the limitation on bill introductions.