Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:2612 – Territorial jurisdiction; Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace courts
NOTE: §2612 eff. until Jan. 1, 2027. See Acts 2021, No. 253.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:2612
- 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.
NOTE: The provisions of Acts 2021, No. 253 are effective for election purposes with the opening of the qualifying period for the regularly scheduled 2026 primary election for justices of the peace and constables, and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts in Pointe Coupee Parish at the next regularly scheduled election and their successors shall be elected from the districts provided in Acts 2021, No. 253. The provisions of Acts 2021, No. 253 shall be effective for all other purposes beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
Effective January 1, 1997, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts in Pointe Coupee Parish shall be the same as the parish police jury districts within the parish and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for those courts at the 1996 congressional election shall be elected from those districts. If the police jury district lines are changed thereafter, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts shall also be changed to coincide with the new police jury district lines effective at the beginning of the next regular term of office for justices of the peace and constables. However, in the event that the change in police jury district lines increases or reduces the number of police jury districts, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts shall not be changed but shall remain the same.
NOTE: §2612 as amended by Acts 2021, No. 253, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.
NOTE: The provisions of Acts 2021, No. 253 are effective for election purposes with the opening of the qualifying period for the regularly scheduled 2026 primary election for justices of the peace and constables, and the persons elected to the offices of justice of the peace and constable for such justice of the peace courts in Pointe Coupee Parish at the next regularly scheduled election and their successors shall be elected from the districts provided in Acts 2021, No. 253. The provisions of this Acts 2021, No. 253 shall be effective for all other purposes beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
§2612. Territorial jurisdiction; Pointe Coupee Parish justice of the peace courts and constables
Effective January 1, 2026, the territorial limits of the justice of the peace courts and constables in Pointe Coupee Parish shall be the same as the eight parish council districts within the parish. If the council district lines are changed thereafter, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts and constables shall also be changed to coincide with the new council district lines effective at the beginning of the next regular term of office for justices of the peace and constables. However, in the event that the change in council district lines increases or reduces the number of council districts, the territorial jurisdiction of the justice of the peace courts and constables shall not be changed but shall remain the same.
Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1; Acts 2021, No. 253, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.