Louisiana § 36:904 Legal proceedings and documents continued

Louisiana Statutes

§ 36:904 — Legal proceedings and documents continued

Louisiana § 36:904

Title 36Organization of the Executive Branch of State Government

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La. Stat. Ann. § 36:904 (2026).

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A.For purposes of this Section "legal proceeding" includes, but is not limited to, any suit, action, incidental demand or action, claim, and any other matter filed or pending before any court, administrative agency, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.

B.For purposes of this Section, "document" includes, but is not limited to, any petition, application, exception, motion, rule, answer, incidental demand, citation, notice, return, affidavit, certificate, oath, bond or other security, summons, subpoena, writ, interrogatory, deposition, inventory, appraisal, evidence, court record, instruction, verdict, judgment, order, injunction, confirmation, appointment, warrant, letter, homologation, and any other pleading or instrument whatsoever permitted or required in any legal proceeding.

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A. For purposes of this Section "legal proceeding" includes, but is not limited to, any suit, action, incidental demand or action, claim, and any other matter filed or pending before any court, administrative agency, or other judicial or quasi-judicial body.
B. For purposes of this Section, "document" includes, but is not limited to, any petition, application, exception, motion, rule, answer, incidental demand, citation, notice, return, affidavit, certificate, oath, bond or other security, summons, subpoena, writ, interrogatory, deposition, inventory, appraisal, evidence, court record, instruction, verdict, judgment, order, injunction, confirmation, appointment, warrant, letter, homologation, and any other pleading or instrument whatsoever permitted or required in any legal proceeding.
C. Any legal proceeding to which any agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part is a party and which is filed, initiated, or otherwise pending before any court on the effective date of such transfer, and all documents involved in or affected by said legal proceeding, shall retain their effectiveness and shall be continued in the name of the agency so transferred. All further legal proceedings and documents in the continuation, disposition, and enforcement of said legal proceeding shall be in the name of the original party agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part, and the department to which the original party agency and its functions are transferred shall be substituted for the original party agency without necessity for amendment of any document to substitute the name of the department or the name or title of any office, official, employee, or other agent or representative of the department. Any legal proceeding, and all documents involved in or affected by such legal proceeding, which has been continued in the name of the department after the effective date of the transfer of an agency transferred in accordance with the provisions of this Part and prior to the effective date of this Section, shall retain their effectiveness, and those provisions of this Section requiring that the continuation, disposition, and enforcement of a legal proceeding and documents related thereto shall be in the name of the agency shall not apply to or affect the validity of such legal proceeding.