Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:5599 – Fees of criminal sheriff
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:5599
- Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The criminal sheriff of Orleans Parish shall collect from the parties, from witnesses, from sureties, and from sureties on bonds forfeited, the following fees and charges:
(1) For arresting any party under a capias or order of court issued on an information or indictment and bringing him into court, twelve dollars.
(2) For producing a party in court on the order of the judge when under confinement other than provided above, for each production, seven dollars.
(3) For serving notice of arraignment or of trial on accused and surety, for each, and return, seven dollars.
(4) For serving subpoena on each witness and return, seven dollars.
(5) For serving attachments to bring witnesses into court, to be paid by the witness in default, twelve dollars.
(6) For taking appearance bond or recognizance bond when required to do so, fifteen dollars, unless suspended by the judges of the Criminal District Court of the Parish of Orleans.
(7) For serving notice of judgment on forfeiture of bonds, seven dollars.
(8) For service of subpoena duces tecum and for return, seven dollars.
(9) For executing writ of fieri facias either against the defendant or security on bond for costs on the amount of bond, twelve dollars.
(10) For mileage when traveling outside of the parish of Orleans, the same mileage as is allowed to the sheriffs of other parishes.
Amended by Acts 1974, No. 550, §1; Acts 1981, No. 335, §1; Acts 1983, No. 619, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1016, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:1520 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.