Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:809

  • 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.

The sheriff of a parish already the domicile of a prison facility may make the prison facilities under his jurisdiction available to one or more parishes on a per prisoner fee basis.  The prison facilities shall in no way come under the requirement of this Part.  

Added by Acts 1970, No. 461, §2.