Louisiana
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure + R.S. Title 15
1,828 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 327 — Those who may not be sureties
- § 327.1 — Repealed
- § 328 — Bail undertaking
- § 329 — Declaration of residence; waiver of notice
- § 33 — Automatic discharge
- § 330 — Notice of defendant's required appearance
- § 330.1 — Posting bail when arrested outside of originating jurisdiction
- § 330.2 — Repealed
- § 330.3 — Repealed
- § 331 — Discharge of bail obligation
- § 332 — Court order for arrest of defendant
- § 333 — Failure to appear; issuance of arrest warrant
- § 334 — Notice of warrant of arrest
- § 334.1 — Repealed
- § 334.2 — Repealed
- § 334.3 — Repealed
- § 334.4 — Repealed
- § 334.5 — Repealed
- § 334.6 — Repealed
- § 335 — Rule to show cause; bond forfeiture
- § 335.1 — Repealed
- § 335.2 — Repealed
- § 336 — Proof necessary at bond forfeiture hearing
- § 336.1 — Repealed
- § 336.2 — Repealed
- § 337 — Interruption of the period for obtaining a bond forfeiture judgment
- § 338 — Cases of nonforfeiture
- § 339 — Notice of judgment
- § 340 — Recordation of judgment
- § 341 — Appeals
- § 342 — Enforcement of judgment
- § 343 — Repealed
- § 344 — Repealed
- § 345 — Repealed
- § 346 — Repealed
- § 347 — Repealed
- § 348 — Repealed
- § 349 — Repealed
- § 349.1 — Repealed
- § 349.2 — Repealed
- § 349.3 — Repealed
- § 349.4 — Repealed
- § 349.5 — Repealed
- § 349.6 — Repealed
- § 349.7 — Repealed
- § 349.8 — Repealed
- § 349.9 — Repealed
- § 351 — Habeas corpus; definition
- § 352 — Venue
- § 353 — Application for writ; form and contents
- § 354 — Granting of writ; time and place for answer
- § 355 — Persons authorized to make service; proof of service
- § 356 — Method of service
- § 357 — Answer; production of person in custody
- § 358 — Transfer of custody; answer
- § 359 — Nonproduction of person confined; justification
- § 360 — Hearing
- § 361 — Custody without court order
- § 362 — Custody with court order
- § 363 — Effect of appeal
- § 364 — New warrant; when issued
- § 365 — Burden of proof
- § 366 — Custody pendente lite
- § 367 — Rearrest after discharge
- § 368 — Disobedience of writ or judgment; contempt
- § 369 — Appeal not permitted
- § 370 — Custody pending application for writs
- § 381 — Nature of criminal prosecution
- § 382 — Methods of instituting criminal prosecutions
- § 383 — Indictment
- § 384 — Information
- § 385 — Affidavit
- § 386 — Institution of prosecution after discharge at preliminary examination; after failure of grand jury to indict
- § 387 — Additional information required when prosecuting certain offenses
- § 388 — Additional information provided when prosecuting offenses
- § 389 — Information to be provided to supreme court; daily reports
- § 390 — Burden of proof; justification of self-defense raised; probable cause
- § 4 — Number; gender
- § 401 — General qualifications of jurors
- § 401.1 — Court instructions for interpreter
- § 402 — Repealed by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 20, 1, eff. January 1, 1975
- § 403 — Exemption from jury service
- § 403.1 — Disqualification for undue hardship
- § 404 — Appointment of jury commissions; term of office; oath; quorum; performance of functions of jury commissions in certain parishes
- § 404.1 — Powers, duties, and functions of the board of jury commissioners in Orleans Parish
- § 405 — Notice of jury commission meetings
- § 406 — Powers of jury commission; penalty for disobedience of commission process
- § 407 — Administration of oath to witnesses
- § 408 — Selection of general venire in parishes other than Orleans
- § 408.1 — Initial selection of general venire; source
- § 409 — Selection of general venire in Orleans Parish
- § 409.1 — Orleans parish central jury pool
- § 409.2 — Jefferson Parish central jury pool
- § 409.3 — Central jury pools; local rules
- § 409.4 — Nineteenth Judicial District Court central jury pool
- § 409.5 — One day/one trial jury system
- § 410 — Revising and supplementing the general venire
- § 411 — Drawing of grand jury venire; disposition of slips; jury box; subpoena of persons on grand jury venire
- § 412 — Repealed
- § 413 — Method of impaneling of grand jury; selection of foreman
- § 414 — Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service
- § 415 — Method of filling vacancies on grand jury
- § 415.1 — Selection of additional grand juries
- § 415.2 — Duration of additional grand juries; extension of impanelment
- § 416 — Drawing petit jury venire in parishes other than Orleans; term of service
- § 416.1 — One-step qualification/summoning
- § 417 — Proces verbal; summoning of petit jurors; parishes other than Orleans
- § 418 — Drawing petit jury venire in Orleans parish; number chosen; term of service; petit jury venire list
- § 419 — Challenge of venire not permitted except for fraud or irreparable injury or systematic exclusion based on race
- § 431 — Oath of grand jury
- § 432 — Charge to grand jury
- § 433 — Persons present during grand jury sessions
- § 434 — Secrecy of grand jury meetings; procedures for crimes in other parishes
- § 434.1 — Exceptions to grand jury secrecy
- § 435 — Meetings of grand jury
- § 436 — The foreman; rules of procedure
- § 437 — Inquiry into offenses; authority and duties
- § 438 — Duty of grand juror having knowledge of offense; investigation
- § 439 — Subpoena of witnesses to appear before the grand jury
- § 439.1 — Witnesses; authority to compel testimony and evidence
- § 440 — Administration of oath to witnesses
- § 441 — Administration of oath to other persons
- § 442 — Evidence to be received by grand jury
- § 443 — When indictment to be found
- § 444 — Action by grand jury
- § 461 — Special definitions
- § 462 — Form of grand jury indictment
- § 463 — Form of information
- § 464 — Nature and contents of indictment
- § 465 — Specific indictment forms
- § 466 — Name of defendant
- § 467 — Naming corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association
- § 468 — Date and time
- § 469 — Venue and place
- § 470 — Value, price, or damage
- § 471 — Ownership
- § 472 — General intent
- § 473 — Identification of victim
- § 474 — Property described as money
- § 475 — Description of written instruments and printed objects
- § 476 — Description of spoken or written matter
- § 477 — Meaning of words and phrases
- § 478 — Judgments and other determinations
- § 479 — Exceptions
- § 480 — Conjunctive charging
- § 481 — Theft
- § 482 — Alternative offenses; special joinder rules
- § 483 — Allegations of prior convictions
- § 484 — Bill of particulars
- § 485 — Effect of inconsistent or limiting allegations of bill of particulars
- § 486 — Repugnancy; surplusage
- § 487 — Defective indictment; amendment
- § 487.1 — Indictment for driving while intoxicated; amendment
- § 488 — Variances; amendment
- § 489 — Continuance where amendment prejudicial
- § 490 — Counts
- § 491 — Arts. 491, 492 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 528, 1
- § 493 — Joinder of offenses
- § 493.1 — Joinder of misdemeanors; penalties
- § 493.2 — Joinder of felonies; mode of trial
- § 494 — Joinder of defendants
- § 495 — Objections to misjoinder
- § 495.1 — Severance of offenses
- § 496 — Warrant of arrest on indictment or information
- § 497 — Summons in misdemeanor cases
- § 498 — Copy of indictment or information
- § 499 — AIDS testing of the accused
- § 5 — Mandatory and permissive language
- § 511 — Right to counsel
- § 512 — Assignment of counsel in capital cases
- § 513 — Assignment of counsel in other cases
- § 514 — Minute entry regarding counsel
- § 515 — Substitution of counsel
- § 516 — Belated pleas and motions; when authorized
- § 517 — Joint representation of co-defendants; duty of court
- § 521 — Time for filing of pretrial motions
- § 522 — Hearings on motions; audio-visual appearance
- § 523 — Notice for hearing of pretrial motions; dismissal
- § 531 — Motion to quash; nature of motion
- § 532 — General grounds for motion to quash
- § 533 — Special grounds for motion to quash grand jury indictment
- § 534 — Special grounds for motion to quash information
- § 535 — Time to file motion to quash
- § 536 — Form and contents of motion to quash; place to file
- § 537 — Trial of issues arising on motion to quash
- § 538 — Effect of sustaining motion to quash
- § 551 — Arraignment of defendant
- § 551.1 — Substitution of railroad defendant at arraignment
- § 552 — Pleas at the arraignment
- § 553 — Method of pleading
- § 554 — Effect of failure to plead
- § 555 — Waivers
- § 556 — Plea of guilty or nolo contendere in misdemeanor cases; duty of court
- § 556.1 — Plea of guilty or nolo contendere in felony cases; duties of the court and defense counsel
- § 557 — Plea of guilty in capital cases
- § 558 — Plea of guilty of lesser included offense
- § 558.1 — Adjudication of not guilty by reason of insanity
- § 559 — Withdrawal or setting aside of plea of guilty
- § 560 — Change of plea of not guilty to guilty
- § 561 — Change of plea of "not guilty" to "not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity"