Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:1561

  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

Whenever, by the laws or regulations of any other state or jurisdiction, any limitation of rights and privileges, conditions precedent, or any other requirements are imposed upon residents of this state who are nonresident applicants or licensees of such other state or jurisdiction in addition to, or in excess of, those imposed on nonresidents under this Subpart, the same such requirements shall be imposed upon such residents of such other state or jurisdiction.  This Section shall not apply to fees, which shall be as authorized by La. Rev. Stat. 22:821.

Acts 2001, No. 158, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:1147 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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