Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4534 – No charge for issuance, service, or execution of process defective through clerk’s error
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4534
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
No clerk of a court may charge for the issuance of any citation, writ, mandate, summons, subpoena, order, or other process of the court which is invalid as the result of an error or omission of the clerk, a deputy clerk, or other employee of the clerk in the drafting or issuance thereof. The clerk shall reimburse the sheriff, constable, or marshal, as the case may be, the costs and expenses incurred in the service or execution thereof, or the attempted service or execution thereof. No party to the action or proceeding may be charged with any of the costs of issuance, service, or execution thereof.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.