Any matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established unless the court on motion permits withdrawal or amendment of the admission. Subject to the provisions of Article 1551 governing amendment of a pretrial order, the court may permit withdrawal or amendment when the presentation of the merits of the action will be subserved thereby and the party who obtained the admission fails to satisfy the court that withdrawal or amendment will prejudice him in maintaining his action or defense on the merits. Any admission made by a party under Articles 1466 and 1467 is for the purpose of the pending action only and is not an admission by him for any other purpose nor may it be used against him in any other proceeding.
Art. 1468.Requests For Admissions; Effect of Admission
Book II. Ordinary Proceedings · Title III. Production of Evidence · Chapter 3. Discovery · Enacted 1976 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 1468 makes an admitted matter conclusively established in the case unless the court allows it to be withdrawn or amended, and confines every admission strictly to the lawsuit in which it was made.
Full Text of Art. 1468
Amendment History
Acts 1976, No. 574, §1.
Plain-English Summary
An admission made in response to a request for admission isn't just useful evidence -- Article 1468 makes it conclusively established for the case, full stop, unless the court permits it to be withdrawn or amended. That's a deliberate choice: the whole point of requests for admission is to let parties rely on what the other side has conceded, without relitigating it later.
The court won't grant withdrawal or amendment lightly. It can do so when allowing the change would serve the presentation of the case on its merits, and the party who obtained the admission fails to show that withdrawing it would prejudice that party's ability to maintain its claim or defense on the merits. Any such change is also subject to Article 1551's rules on amending a pretrial order.
The article also draws a firm boundary around admissions: whatever a party admits under Articles 1466 and 1467 counts only for the case in which it was made. It isn't an admission for any other purpose, and it can't be used against that party in any other proceeding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Once I admit something under a request for admission, can I take it back?
Only with the court's permission, and only if allowing the change serves the merits and doesn't leave the other side unfairly prejudiced.
Can an admission I made in one lawsuit be used against me in a different case?
No. Admissions made under Article 1466 or 1467 apply only to the pending action in which they were made.
What does 'conclusively established' mean in practice?
The admitted matter is treated as settled fact in the case; the other party doesn't have to prove it, and it generally can't be contested at trial.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
· Official source
Also known as: withdraw admissioneffect of admissionconclusively establishedadmission limited to case