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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:3203 (2026)

Venue

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§3203.  Venue

A suit on a cause of action described in R.S. 13:3201 may be instituted in the parish where the plaintiff is domiciled, or in any parish of proper venue.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 47, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1056, §2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 53 cases, 1971–2018 · leading case: Green v. Auto Club Grp. Ins. Co., 24 So. 3d 182 (La. 2009).
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Green v. Auto Club Grp. Ins. Co., 24 So. 3d 182 (La. 2009). · cites it 6× “73 and LA R.S. 13:3203 are exceptions to CCP Art. 42, and unequivocably grant him the right to proceed against all defendants in his parish of domicile.”
Frederic v. Zodiac Dev., 839 So. 2d 448 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 5× “R.S. 13:3203. We initially that note in this appeal, defendants have raised no assertions challenging the applicability of La.”
Boeck v. Performance Toyota of Louisiana, 562 So. 2d 458 (La. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 12× “73 may be used in conjunction with the Louisiana Long Arm Statute, LSA-R.S. 13:3203, to properly establish venue in Jefferson Parish as to defendant, an East Baton Rouge Parish car dealership.”
Bridges v. Mosaic Global Holdings, Inc., 23 So. 3d 305 (La. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “R.S. 13:3203 because the action brought by [the Department] against Mosaic is not an action ‘described in La.”
Garcia v. Poseidon Shipping Co. Ltd., 746 So. 2d 633 (La. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “R.S. 13:3203. This argument is specious. Although the trial court pretermitted the issue of procedural capacity, we find that plaintiffs allegations, on their face, fail to support her argument that she has procedural capacity pursuant to R.”
Solow v. Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLP, 937 So. 2d 875 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “R.S. 13:3203, which permits a Long-Arm suit to be brought in the parish where the plaintiff is domiciled.”
A & P Boat Rentals, Inc. v. Am. Lloyd's, 592 So. 2d 1361 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 4× “R.S. 13:3203, because A & P's petition fails to state a cause of action against the named non-resident defendant directors and officers of Oxford Underwriters, Inc.”
Ahlers v. Ahlers, 384 So. 2d 474 (La. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “To allow a defendant to defeat service of process by refusing to accept a registered letter .”
Davis v. Glen Eagle Ship Mgmt. Corp., 700 So. 2d 228 (La. Ct. App. 1997). “R.S. 13:3203. Denholm contends that Davis failed to meet his burden of proving that he was domiciled in Orleans Parish on 23 August 1995, when he filed suit.”
Copeland v. Gordon Jewelry Corp., 288 So. 2d 404 (La. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “As to venue, LSA-R.S. 13:3203 provides: "A suit on a cause of action described in R.”
Jewell v. Dudley L. Moore Ins. Co., 676 So. 2d 223 (La. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 7× “R.S. 13:3203 allows suit on a cause of action brought via the long arm statute to be brought in the parish of plaintiff's domicile.”
Ross v. Schultz, 542 So. 2d 125 (La. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “Schultz, venue at the plaintiffs’ domicile is proper under LSA-R.S. 13:3203. Because plaintiffs alleged that Mrs.”
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