Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:111

  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.

Whenever a planning commission has adopted a major street or road plan of the territory unincorporated, in the case of a parish planning commission, within its jurisdiction or part thereof and has filed certified copies of such plan with the local legislative body and with the clerk of court of the parish, it shall be incumbent upon any individual or corporation prior to filing or recording such plat to first obtain approval by such planning commission and the approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman or secretary of the commission and failure to so do shall constitute the right of the governing authority wherein said land is located not to accept same as a duly accepted and dedicated subdivision.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the respective clerks of court and recorder of records of the various parishes from recording surveys and/or plats of land presented to them for recording or filing as a public record.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 646, §1.