ancillary venue doctrine in Louisiana

2020In all suits filed against a political subdivision of the state, or any of its departments, offices, boards, commissions, agencies or instrumentalities, citation and service may be obtained on any proper agent or agents designated by the local governing authority and in accordance with the laws of the state provided that the authority has filed notice of the designation of agent for service of process with and paid a fee of ten dollars to the secretary of state, who shall maintain such information with the 2 As the supreme court in Underwood, supra, explained, the doctrine of ancillary venue “

2019S. 32: 1253( H) dictates Jefferson Parish as the mandatory venue for the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and that the ancillary venue doctrine as articulated in Underwood v. Lane Memorial Hosp., 97- 1997 ( La. 7/ 8/ 98), 714 So. 2d 715 , and Black v. St.

1998See also Kellis v. Farber, 523 So.2d 843 , 850 n. 2 (La.1988)(Lemmon, J., concurring)(collecting cases in which other appellate courts have invoked this concept primarily in cases involving cumulated claims against a single defendant).