Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. § 204 (2026)

 Execution of warrant

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Art. 204.  Execution of warrant

The warrant shall be directed to all peace officers in the state.  It shall be executed only by a peace officer, and may be executed in any parish by any peace officer having authority in the territorial jurisdiction where the person arrested is found, or by any peace officer having authority in one territorial jurisdiction in this state who enters another jurisdiction in close pursuit of the person arrested.