2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:126 Fees chargeable

§126.  Fees chargeable

The clerk of the supreme court shall be entitled to receive the following fees:

(1)  For every certificate of admission of any attorney or counselor at law, twenty-five dollars.  

(2)  In all civil cases and in all proceedings connected with civil cases, he shall be entitled to receive from the appellant or petitioner the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per case which shall cover all costs due him.  

(3)  In cases to remove district judges, to disbar attorneys, and other original proceedings, the clerk is permitted to charge the same fees allowed clerks of the district courts for issuing petitions, citations, etc.  

(4)  For copies of records and documents not covered by the foregoing provisions, he is allowed to charge one dollar per page, plus a fee of five dollars for certifying any record or document.  

(5)  In all criminal cases and in all proceedings connected with criminal cases, and in all cases involving sentences imposed for the violation of municipal or parochial ordinances, the entire costs of the clerk of the supreme court shall be twenty-five dollars per case which shall be paid by the parish in which the cases or proceedings shall have originated, and in cases involving sentences imposed for the violation of ordinances, shall be paid by the parish or municipality, as the case may be, which shall have adopted the ordinance in contestation.  

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 55, §1; Acts 1976, No. 165, §1; Acts 1982, No. 573, §1, eff. July 22, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 3, §1; Acts 1985, No. 700, §1; Acts 1986, No. 104, §1.  

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