Louisiana procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to a Louisiana petition: 21 days, 30 if discovery came with itLouisiana C.C.P. art. 1001 gives 21 days after service of citation to file an answer — 30 days if the plaintiff served a discovery request with the petition — and art. 1002 lets you answer at any time before a default judgment is signed.
• Louisiana default judgments after the 2022 overhaul: one step, and seven days' noticeLouisiana abolished the preliminary default. Article 1702 now requires a prima facie case by competent evidence plus seven days' written notice before a default judgment can be rendered.
• Answering a Louisiana petition: 21 days, or 30 if discovery came with itLa. C.C.P. art. 1001 gives a defendant 21 days after service of citation to answer — 30 days if the plaintiff served a discovery request with the petition, and 15 after an exception is overruled.
• Louisiana exceptions: three kinds, two deadlines, and two that waive themselvesLouisiana raises threshold objections by exception — declinatory, dilatory and peremptory. The first two are waived unless pleaded before or in the answer; the peremptory can come at almost any time.
• Louisiana summary judgment: sixty-five days before trial, and a closed list of what you may fileLouisiana C.C.P. art. 966 sets every deadline by statute — 65 days before trial to move, 15 before the hearing to oppose — and lists exhaustively what documents may be filed.
• The Louisiana motion to compel: one court for everyone, including non-partiesLouisiana C.C.P. art. 1469 sends every motion to compel — including one against a non-party deponent — to the court where the action is pending, and shifts fees both ways.
• Louisiana garnishment: a bank seizure catches only what is there that day, and a wage garnishment dies at 180 daysLouisiana C.C.P. art. 2411 makes non-wage garnishment a one-time snapshot, and ends a wage seizure automatically if no garnishment judgment is obtained within 180 days.

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