Louisiana Statutes
§ 13:5719 — Establishment of parish or municipal laboratory
Louisiana § 13:5719
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 13Courts and Judicial Procedure
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Bluebook
La. Stat. Ann. § 13:5719 (2026).
Text
Any parish or municipality may establish a laboratory for the use of the coroner. In any parish where there is no coroner's laboratory, the coroner may contract with the coroner or laboratory of another parish to perform such examinations, analyses, or tests as he deems necessary and advisable. The fees for such examinations, analyses, or tests shall not exceed those customarily charged in other similarly qualified laboratories. The fees shall be paid by the governing authority of the parish of origin on approval of the coroner of that parish.
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Legislative History
Acts 1984, No. 570, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1569 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 13:5701
§ 13:5701§ 13:5702
Conservator of the peace§ 13:5704
Qualifications§ 13:5706
Fees for coroner's services§ 13:5710
Coroner's experts; fees§ 13:5711
Right to fee as expert witness§ 13:5713
Duties; autopsies and investigations§ 13:5714
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Louisiana § 13:5719, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/la/13%3A5719.