§ 13:1883 — Compensation of marshal

§1883. Compensation of marshal
A. The marshals of the city courts enumerated in this Subsection shall receive as
compensation for their services the following minimum salaries, payable monthly on their
own warrant and which, except as otherwise indicated, shall be paid in equal proportions by
the respective governing authorities of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities,
where the court has territorial jurisdiction:
(1) Abbeville $ 3,000
(2) Alexandria $ 4,200
(3) Bossier City $ 7,200 ($5,000 by city and $2,200 by parish;
provided, however, that unless and until the
city council of Bossier City ratifies and
approves payment of the $2,000 increase in
compensation, provided for herein, the city of
Bossier shall only be required to pay the sum
of $3,000 of the compensation of the marshal
of the city court of Bossier.)
(4) Eunice $ 15,000 ($7,500 by city and $7,500 by parish)
(5) Hammond $ 6,000 (Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
law, the marshal of the city court of
Hammond shall be paid by the governing
authorities of the city and parish a minimum
salary in an amount equal to the amount of
the salary which he is receiving on the
effective date of this Paragraph.)
(6) Lafayette $ 5,400 ($2,970 by city and $2,430 by parish)
(7) Lake Charles $ 7,500
(8) Minden $ 3,000
(9) Monroe $ 14,400 ($7,200 by city and $7,200 by parish)
(10) Morgan City $ 1,800 (The marshal of the city court of Morgan City
shall be paid by the governing authorities of
the city of Morgan City and the parish of St.
Mary in a proportion which the population of
the city of Morgan City within Ward 6 of St.
Mary Parish and the population of the
unincorporated portions of Ward 6 of St.
Mary Parish bear to the total population of
Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish as determined and
adjusted from time to time by the decennial
United States census.)
(11) New Iberia $ 9,600 (payable by city only)
(12) Rayne $ 3,000
(13) Ruston $ 2,400
(14) Shreveport $ 12,500 (by city only)
(15) Springhill $ 3,600
(16) Sulphur $ 6,000
(17) West Monroe $ 14,400 ($7,200 by city and $7,200 by parish)
(18) Houma $ 36,000 (Source is all civil fees as enumerated in R.S.
33:5808 if sufficient. If insufficient, the
general fund of the Terrebonne Parish
Consolidated Government shall subsidize in
the form of a salary. Any surplus from the
civil fees over and above the minimum salary
shall be remitted into the general fund of the
Terrebonne Parish Consolidated
Government.)
B. The marshals of the following city courts shall receive an annual salary, payable
monthly on their own warrants, which shall be fixed and paid by the respective governing
authorities of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities, where the court has
territorial jurisdiction, in the proportions that they may determine: Bastrop, Bogalusa,
Bunkie, Crowley. The annual salary paid by the city of Bunkie shall not be less than six
hundred dollars.
C. Except as provided in R.S. 13:2071, in all other cases the marshal's salary shall
be paid by the governing body of the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities,
where the court has territorial jurisdiction, in such amounts as they may determine, except
that where the population of the territorial jurisdiction of the court is more than ten thousand
inhabitants, the marshal shall receive a minimum annual salary of three thousand six hundred
dollars payable monthly in equal proportions by the governing authorities of the city and
parish on the warrant of the marshal.
D.(1) The marshals of the city courts enumerated in Subsections A, B, and C of this
Section shall also receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace
courts.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the
salary paid to him by the city of Lafayette, the marshal of the City Court of Lafayette may
receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace courts, not to exceed
fifty percent of the salary paid to the marshal by the city of Lafayette. The remainder of the
fees and commissions collected shall be used to defray the operational and necessary related
expenses of the office of the marshal.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in addition to the
salary paid to him by the city of Shreveport, the marshal of the City Court of Shreveport may
receive the same fees as are payable to constables of justice of the peace courts, not to exceed
fifty percent of the salary paid to the marshal by the city of Shreveport. The remainder of the
fees and commissions collected shall be used to defray the operational and necessary related
expenses of the office of the marshal.
E. The governing authority of the city of Shreveport may increase the compensation
of the marshal of the city court in such amount over and above that fixed by Subsection A
of this Section as it may determine.
F. Either the governing authority of the city of Minden or the governing authority of
the parish of Webster, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay to the
marshal of the City Court of Minden in such an amount over and above that fixed by
Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.
G. Either the governing authority of the city of Springhill or the governing authority
of the parish of Webster, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay to the
marshal of the City Court of Springhill in such an amount over and above that fixed by
Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.
H. Either the governing authority of the city of Morgan City or the governing
authority of the parish of St. Mary, or both, may increase the compensation that it or they pay
to the marshal of the City Court of Morgan City in such an amount over and above that fixed
by Subsection A of this Section as it or they may determine.
I. The marshal of the City Court of Natchitoches shall be paid fifty-two thousand
dollars annually by the governing authority of the city of Natchitoches. The governing
authority of the parish of Natchitoches shall contribute one thousand two hundred dollars
annually towards the salary of the marshal and shall remit this amount to the governing
authority of the city of Natchitoches to be deposited into the general fund of the city.
J. Either the governing authority of the city of Rayne or the governing authority of
the parish of Acadia, or both, may increase the compensation that either or both pay to the
marshal of the City Court of Rayne in such an amount over and above that fixed by
Subsection A of this Section as either or both may determine.

Legislative History

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1962 No. 202, §1; 1962, No. 295, §1; Acts 1962, No. 414, §1; Acts 1967, No. 34, §1; Acts 1968, No. 205, §1; Acts 1972, No. 367, §1; Acts 1974, No. 118, §1; Acts 1974, No. 119, §1; Acts 1974, No. 365, §2; Acts 1979, No. 742, §1; Acts 1980, No. 188, §1; Acts 1983, No. 372, §1; Acts 1986, No. 171, §1; Acts 1986, No. 352, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 268, §1, eff. July 7, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 526, §1; Acts 2003, No. 392, §§1 and 3; Acts 2008, No. 845, §1; Acts 2018, No. 601, §1, eff. May 30, 2018; Acts 2021, No. 97, §1, eff. June 4, 2021; Acts 2022, No. 230, §1; Acts 2024, No. 134, §1.