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Louisiana Statutes § 18:1403 Jurisdiction

⤴ Up to Part I: Procedure for Objections to Candidacy and Election Contests

Statute Text

The district courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of actions objecting to candidacy, objecting to the calling of a special election, contesting the certification of a recall petition, and contesting elections. In a judicial district wherein there is a criminal and a civil district court, the civil district court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction.

Source

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010 , No. 621 , § 1 .

History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. 1/1/1978 ; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. 1/1/2000 ; Acts 2010 , No. 621 , § 1 .

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