Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:3730

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Whoever wilfully violates any provision of this Subpart shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not longer than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.  The court of original and unlimited jurisdiction in civil suits shall have jurisdiction of offenses defined by this Subpart.  

Acts 1968, No. 641, §2; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:2370 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.