Louisiana § 13:999 Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition

Louisiana Statutes

§ 13:999 — Parish Judicial Operational Fund in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary; established; criminal case fees; disposition

Louisiana § 13:999

Title 13Courts and Judicial Procedure

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La. Stat. Ann. § 13:999 (2026).

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A.In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty of a crime or traffic offense, or who forfeits his bond, a sum of fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be collected by the respective sheriffs in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary.

B.Each respective sheriff shall distribute all sums collected or received under this Section to each of their respective parishes to be deposited in a separate judicial account. The accounts shall be designated as the Parish Judicial Operational Fun

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A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty of a crime or traffic offense, or who forfeits his bond, a sum of fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be collected by the respective sheriffs in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary.
B. Each respective sheriff shall distribute all sums collected or received under this Section to each of their respective parishes to be deposited in a separate judicial account. The accounts shall be designated as the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of Iberia, the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Martin, and the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Mary, respectively.
C. The governing authorities of the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary shall use all sums collected to defray the operational expenses of the district court and its related agencies in each of their respective parishes.