Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 2026

Access the law at your fingertips. Formatted and compiled with the practitioners and law students in mind, this 2026 edition of the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure has easy to read text on letter size pages that reads across the whole page (no dual columns) and a detailed table of contents that allows you to quickly access the provision you need. Contains all articles as amended through the 2025 Legislative Sessions.Summary of ContentsTITLE I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND GENERAL POWERS OF COURTSCHAPTER 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTIONTITLE II. DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY GENERALTITLE III.THE CORONER AND OTHER OFFICERSTITLE IV. SEARCH WARRANTSTITLE V. ARRESTTITLE V-A. EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURESTITLE VI. EXTRADITIONTITLE VII. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONTITLE VIII. BAILTITLE IX. HABEAS CORPUSTITLE X. INSTITUTING CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONSTITLE XI. QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION OF GRAND AND PETIT JURORSTITLE XII. THE GRAND JURYTITLE XIII. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATIONTITLE XIV. RIGHT TO COUNSELTITLE XIV-A. PRETRIAL MOTIONSTITLE XV. MOTION TO QUASHTITLE XVI. ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEASTITLE XVII. TIME LIMITATIONSTITLE XVIII. DOUBLE JEOPARDYTITLE XIX. JURISDICTION AND VENUETITLE XX. CHANGE OF VENUETITLE XXI. INSANITY PROCEEDINGSTITLE XXII. RECUSAL OF JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYSTITLE XXIII. DISMISSAL OF PROSECUTIONTITLE XXIV. PROCEDURES PRIOR TO TRIALTITLE XXV. COMPULSORY PROCESS.TITLE XXVI. TRIAL PROCEDURETITLE XXVIII. BILL OF EXCEPTIONSTITLE XXIX. MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIAL AND IN ARREST OF JUDGMENTTITLE XXX. SENTENCETITLE XXXI. APPEALTITLE XXXI-A. POST CONVICTION RELIEFTITLE XXXII. DEFINITIONSTITLE XXXIII. EMERGENCY OR DISASTER PROVISIONSTITLE XXXIV. EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDSTITLE XXXV. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION FIREARM TRANSFER Read more