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<h2>Rules of the Louisiana Supreme Court</h2>Current through amendments effective July 1, 2025.&nbsp;Forms <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-1.pdf">Appendix A-1 FIRST UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018; amended effective February 21, 2024 <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-2.pdf">Appendix A-2 SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018; amended effective February 21, 2024 <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-3.pdf">Appendix A-3 UNIFORM MOTION TO CORRECT AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018 <a href="/rules/supreme/appendixb.pdf">Appendix B UNIFORM CAPITAL SENTENCE REPORT</a>&nbsp; <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_C.pdf">Appendix C CIVIL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_C_fillable.pdf">Appendix C CIVIL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a> (fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_D.pdf">Appendix D CRIMINAL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_D_fillable.pdf">Appendix D CRIMINAL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_E.pdf">Appendix E CIVIL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_E_fillable.pdf">Appendix E CIVIL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_F.pdf">Appendix F CRIMINAL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_F_fillable.pdf">Appendix F CRIMINAL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable)Forms may be in Adobe PDF Format. Download the free Acrobat Reader.&nbsp;<a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html" target="_blank" title="Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC"><img src="/rules/images/getacro.gif" alt="" /></a>&nbsp;Rules of Supreme Court of Louisiana Part A. PRACTICE and PROCEDURE <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleI">Rule I. Preparation of Records</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleII">Rule II. Docketing of Cases, Motions, Applications; Designation of Lead Counsel; Sessions of Court</a> - Amended effective July 1, 2013 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleIII">Rule III. Withdrawal of Records</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleIV">Rule IV. Fees</a> &nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2013&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleV">Rule V. Motions and Other Pleadings; Motions to Dismiss; Motions to Seal</a> - Amended effective July 1, 2013; amended effective July 29, 2022 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleVI">Rule VI. Assigning Cases for Argument</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective December 6, 2022 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleVII">Rule VII. Briefs</a> &nbsp;- Amended effective March 29, 2006; amended effective July 1, 2013; amended effective November 16, 2015; amended effective July 29, 2022 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleVIII">Rule VIII. Oral Argument</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective December 6, 2022 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleIX">Rule IX. Rehearings</a> - Amended effective July 1, 2013; amended effective November 16, 2015; amended effective July 29, 2022; amended effective June 1, 2024 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleX">Rule X. Writ Applications</a> - Amended effective January 21, 2011; amended effective July 1, 2013; amended effective October 12, 2015; amended effective November 16, 2015; amended effective November 29, 2021; amended effective September 1, 2022; amended effective July 29, 2022; amended effective April 1, 2024 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXI">Rule XI. Certified Questions from the Louisiana Courts of Appeal</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXII">Rule XII. Certified Questions from Federal Courts</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective June 2, 2023 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIII">Rule XIII. Substitution of Parties</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIV">Rule XIV. Continuous Revision Committee</a> Part B. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXV">Rule XV. Clerks and Other Personnel</a> - Amended effective December 11, 2006&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXVI">Rule XVI. Exhibits</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXVII">Rule XVII. Requirements for Admission to the Bar</a> - Amended effective January 22, 2018; amended effective October 25, 2018; amended effective July 29, 2022; amended effective September 19, 2022; amended effective September 23, 2022; amended effective November 2, 2022; amended effective November 30, 2022 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXVIII">Rule XVIII. Roll of Attorneys</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective April 9, 2020; amended effective September 14, 2021; amended effective September 22, 2023 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIX">Rule XIX. Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement</a> (in full) - Amended effective August 8, 2011; amended effective January 1, 2012; amended effective April 27, 2012; amended effective September 18, 2014; amended effective January 13, 2015; amended effective March 30, 2015; amended effective January 27, 2016; amended effective May 15, 2019; amended November 21, 2019; amended effective July 1, 2021; amended effective May 4, 2022; amended effective July 1, 2025 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIXAppendixA">Appendix A. Procedural Rules for Disciplinary Board</a> - amended effective June 15, 2005; amended effective September 18, 2014; amended effective May 15, 2019; amended effective July 1, 2025 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIXAppendixB">Appendix B. Procedural Rules for Hearing Committees</a> - amended effective September 16, 2005; amended effective May 15, 2019 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIXAppendixC">Appendix C. Procedural Rules for Probation Monitors</a> - amended effective June 5, 2006; amended effective May 15, 2019; Amended effective July 1, 2025 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIXAppendixD">Appendix D. Guidlines Depicting Conduct Which Might Warrant Permanent Disbarment, Suggested by the Committee to Study Permanent Disbarment</a>&nbsp;- amended effective May 15, 2019 <a href="/rules/supreme/RuleXIXApp.E.pdf">Appendix E. Trust Account Disclosure and Overdraft Notification Authorization Form</a>&nbsp;- amended effective May 15, 2019 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIX#2001Commentary">Commentary of the Court to accompany Order dated July 19, 2001 amending Rule XIX </a><a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXIX#2022Commentary">Commentary of the Court to accompany Order dated May 4, 2022 amending Rule XIX</a> <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXX">Rule XX. Limited Participation of Law Students in Trial Work</a> - Effective April 15, 1999; amended effective June 21, 2023&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXI">Rule XXI. Voluntary Retirement of Judges for Physical or Mental Incapacity</a> Part C. THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXII">Rule XXII. The Judicial Council</a>&nbsp;- amended effective November 14, 2018 Part D. THE JUDICIARY COMMISSION <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXIII">Rule XXIII. The Judiciary Commission</a> - amended effective November 19, 2021; amended effective July 29, 2022; amended effective April 9, 2025; amended effective May 16, 2025 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RulesJudiciaryCommission">Rules of the Judiciary Commission</a> - amended June 26, 2020 Part E. DETERMINATION OF INABILITY OF STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXIV">Rule XXIV. Determination of Inability of Statewide Elected Official to Discharge the Powers and Duties of His Office</a> Part F. GENERAL RULES OF PROCEDURE <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXV">Rule XXV. Jury Service</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXVI">Rule XXVI. Constituting a General Venire</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXVII">Rule XXVII. Post-conviction Proceedings</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXVIII">Rule XXVIII. Capital Sentence Review</a> <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=Rule_XXIX">Rule XXIX. Legislative Continuances</a>&nbsp;- enacted effective October 30, 2024 Part G. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1">Section 1. Travel and Office Expenses</a> - Amended effective March 4, 2021 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-1">Section 1.1 Travel Expenses as Authorized by R.S. 13:694</a> - Amended effective June 18, 2015 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-2">Section 1.2 Office Expenses Authorized by R.S. 13:698 or 13:1341.2</a> - Effective June 1, 2000&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-3">Section 1.3 Reimbursement Claims</a> - Effective June 1, 2000&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-4">Section 1.4 Salaries and Expenses of Assigned Judges</a> - Effective June 1, 2000&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-5">Section 1.5 Associations/Organizations Dues and Assessments</a> - Effective June 1, 2000&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-6">Section 1.6 Suspended and Disqualified Judges</a> - added effective March 26, 2004 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection1-7">Section 1.7 Parameters on the Expenditure of Public Funds for Professional Development; Other Discretionary Judicial Travel</a>&nbsp;- Effective July 1, 2013; amended effective July 1, 2014 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection2">Section 2. Cases Under Advisement; Reports from Circuit Courts of Appeal</a> - Amended effective June 23, 2009&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection3">Section 3. Order of Appeal; Return Date; Extension</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection4">Section 4. Judicial Budgetary Control Board</a> &nbsp; [Amended effective October 22, 2008] <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection5">Section 5. Appointment of Judges Pro Tempore to City, Municipal, Traffic, Parish, Juvenile or Family Courts</a> - amended effective January 1, 2013; amended effective May 28, 2020 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection6">Section 6. Time Standards</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection7">Section 7. Transcript Format Rules</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection8">Section 8. Citation of Louisiana Appellate Decisions</a> - amended effective January 14, 2013; amended effective May 17, 2022. <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection9">Section 9. Schedule of Fees for Child in Need of Care and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection10">Section 10. Performance Standards</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection11">Section 11. The Code of Professionalism in the Courts</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection12">Section 12. Reassignment Procedures</a> -- &nbsp;Part D (21st Judicial District Court) added effective September 13, 2001, amended effective January 1, 2004; amended effective July 1, 2004; Part E (22nd Judicial District Court) added effective October 1, 2003; Part F (17th Judicial District Court) added effective January 9, 2006; Part G (24th Judicial District Court) added effective July 7, 2006. Section 13. Reporting on Actions for Offenses and Quasi-Offenses [Effective January 1, 2012; amended effective July 1, 2023; repealed effective May 31, 2024] <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection14">Section 14. Language Access</a> [Effective September 1, 2012, Effective January 4, 2023] <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=PartGSection15">Section 15.&nbsp; Revenue and Expense Reporting</a> [Effective April 13, 2022; amended effective May 1, 2024] Part H. RULES FOR CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXX">Rule XXX. Rules for Continuing Legal Education</a> - with amendments effective May 15, 2017; amended effective November 27, 2018; amended effective June 23, 2021; amended effective November 12, 2021; amended effective April 14, 2022; amended effective April 18, 2022; amended effective November 11, 2022; amended effective June 26, 2023; amended effective February 9, 2024; amended Septembmer 24, 2024 effective January 1, 2025; amended effective October 31, 2024; amended effective May 21, 2025; amended effective May 30, 2025; Amended effective July 1, 2025. Part I. RULES PERTAINING TO THE DEFENSE OF INDIGENTS <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXI">Rule XXXI. Louisiana Indigent Defense Board</a> Part J. SPECIAL RULES FOR CASES INVOLVING THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN -- effective February 1, 1999 <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXII">Rule XXXII. General Provisions</a>&nbsp; <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXIII">Rule XXXIII Special Rules for Child Abuse and Neglect Cases</a> &nbsp;[amended effective July 1, 2005] <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXIV">Rule XXXIV Special Supreme Court Appeal and Writ Procedures</a> [amended effective February 28, 2015][amended effective November 9, 2006] Part K. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXV">Rule XXXV. Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee</a> - effective April 15, 2002 with amendments effective March 9, 2006; Amended effective July 1, 2008; Amended effective September 23, 2008; Amended effective April 26, 2012. Part L. RECUSAL OF A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, OR OF A JUDGE OF A COURT OF APPEAL, DISTRICT, FAMILY, JUVENILE, PARISH, CITY, TRAFFIC OR MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXVI">Rule XXXVI. Recusal of a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, or of a Judge of a Court of Appeal, District, Family, Juvenile, Parish, City, Traffic or Municipal Court of the State of Louisiana</a> [added June 4, 2002; effective September 1, 2002, amended effective October 1, 2023] Part M. ACCESS TO JUDICIAL AND LAWYER DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXVII">RULE XXXVII. Access to Judicial Disciplinary Information when Considering the Appointment and Assignment of Judges</a> [enacted effective January 17, 2008] <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXVIII">RULE XXXVIII. Access to Lawyer Disciplinary Information when Considering the Appointment of Attorneys</a> [enacted effective January 17, 2008] PART N. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY JUDGES <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXXXIX">Rule XXXIX. Financial Disclosure</a> - Amended effective March 20, 2019 <ul><li>Personal Financial Disclosure Statement for Judges - amended effective March 20, 2019</li></ul><ul style="margin-left:30px;"><li><a href="/rules/supreme/Personal_Financial_Disclosure_Form.pdf">Fill in online and print</a></li><li><a href="/rules/supreme/Personal_Financial_Disclosure_Form_blank.pdf">Print blank form</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/rules/supreme/Instructions_to_Personal_Financial_Disclosure_Fom.pdf">Personal Financial Disclosure Form Instruction Guide</a> - amended effective March 20, 2019</li></ul><a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXL">Rule XL. Financial Disclosure by Candidates for Judicial Office</a> - amended effective June 16, 2014 [enacted effective January 1, 2009, however Section 3 of this Rule shall become effective on January 1, 2010.] PART O. PROVISION OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOLLOWING DETERMINATION OF MAJOR DISASTER <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXLI">Rule XLI. Provision of Civil Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster</a> - enacted effective April 27, 2011 PART P. ELECTRONIC FILING <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXLII">Rule XLII. Electronic Filing</a> - enacted effective August 1, 2012, Amended effective June 28, 2023 PART Q. CLASS ACTION LITIGATION; DISPOSITION OF CY PRES FUNDS <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXLIII">Rule XLIII. CY PRES AWARD</a> - enacted effective September 27, 2012 PART R. PLAIN CIVIL JURY INSTRUCTIONS <a href="/Supreme_Court_Rules?p=RuleXLIV">Rule XLIV. Plain Civil Jury Instructions</a> - enacted effective October 15, 2014 Appendices to the Rules <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-1.pdf">Appendix A-1 FIRST UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018 <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-2.pdf">Appendix A-2 SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT UNIFORM APPLICATION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018 <a href="/rules/supreme/appA-3.pdf">Appendix A-3 UNIFORM MOTION TO CORRECT AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE</a>&nbsp;- Amended effective July 1, 2018 <a href="/rules/supreme/appendixb.pdf">Appendix B UNIFORM CAPITAL SENTENCE REPORT</a>&nbsp; <a href="/rules/supreme/filingsh.pdf"></a><a href="https://www.lasc.org/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_C.pdf"></a><a href="https://www.lasc.org/rules/supreme/filingsh.pdf"></a><a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_C.pdf">Appendix C CIVIL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_C_fillable.pdf">Appendix C CIVIL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_D.pdf">Appendix D CRIMINAL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_D_fillable.pdf">Appendix D CRIMINAL WRIT APPLICATION FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_E.pdf">Appendix E CIVIL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_E_fillable.pdf">Appendix E CIVIL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable) <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_F.pdf">Appendix F CRIMINAL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;- Amended November 11, 2022, effective December 15, 2022 <a href="/rules/supreme/APPENDIX_F_fillable.pdf">Appendix F CRIMINAL PRIORITY FILING SHEET</a>&nbsp;(fillable)<a href="https://www.lasc.org/rules/supreme/crimpri.pdf"></a><a href="/rules/supreme/crimpri.pdf"></a>&nbsp;Other Rules <a href="/Court_Rules?p=CJC">Code of Judicial Conduct</a> [Amended effective February 27, 2019] <a href="https://www.ladb.org/docs/Publication/ROPC/ROPC.pdf" target="_blank">Rules of Professional Conduct</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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