Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:48 – Venue when offense committed in the Gulf of Mexico
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 56:48
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
If any offense under this Chapter is alleged to have been committed in the Gulf of Mexico within the waters of the state, any district court in any parish bordering on the gulf shall have territorial jurisdiction. In addition, if any offense is alleged to have been committed in the Gulf of Mexico outside the state’s territorial waters where the state holds jurisdictional authority over the fishing vessel under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 USC 1856, any district court in any parish bordering on the gulf shall have territorial jurisdiction.
Acts 1981, No. 837, §1; Acts 1999, No. 547, §1.