Justice of the Peace Patrice T. Harper
Court Costs
LSA-R.S.13:2590 and 2590.1
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(1) New suit: $120, and $25 per additional defendant.
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(2) Eviction proceeding: $120, and $25 per additional defendant.
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(3) Writ of execution: $40, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(4) Appointment of keeper/curator: $60, plus storage cost if necessary.
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(5) Writ of sequestration: $30, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(6) Motion and order to show cause (leased movables): $60, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(7) Petition to make judgment executory (except garnishment): $60, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(8) Reconventional or third-party demand; cross-claim; intervention: $30, and $20 per additional party.
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(9) Writ of fieri facias and execution: $60, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(10) Garnishment, writ of attachment through garnishment: $80, and $25 per additional defendant, plus $25 for attorney answering any interrogatories.
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(11) Service of garnishment pleadings and order on defendant when garnishee is a financial institution: $60, and $25 per additional defendant.
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(12) Interrogatories to be served: $40, and $20 per additional party.
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(13) Motion for new trial: $40, and $20 per additional party.
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(14) Petition for deficiency judgment (executory process): $51.50 and $20 per additional defendant.
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(15) Reissuance of citation and petition: $40, and $20 per additional defendant.
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(16) Request for admissions to be served: $40, and $20 per additional party.
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(17) Rule to show cause: $40, and $20 per additional party.
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(18) Supplemental or amended pleading: $30, and $20 per additional party.
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(19) Motion to amend judgment: $30, and $20 per additional party.
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(20) Judgment debtor rule: $100, and $25 per additional defendant.
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(21) Motion for summary judgment: $40, and $20 per additional party.
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(22) Subpoena or subpoena duces tecum: $40.
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(23) Service of judgment: $20 per party.
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(24) Service of private process server: $20 per party served.
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(25) Act of congress: $11, and $10 per additional party.
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(26) Certified copies: $1 per page.
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(27) Copy of prepared transcript: $0.50 per page.
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(28) Preparation of transcript: $1.00 per page.
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(29) Motion or petition for appeal: $20.
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(30) Additional service of process: $20 per service.
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(31) Notice of seizure in garnishment: $20.
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(32) Any other pleading or motion not listed, $30.