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When no written pleadings are required, the justice of the peace or the clerk of court shall record in a permanent book or case file the title of the case, the docket number, the name and address of all parties, a brief statement of the nature and amount of the claim, the issuance and service of citation, the defenses pleaded, motions and other pleas made, the names of witnesses who testified, a list of the documents offered at the trial, the rendition of judgment, and any appeal therefrom.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Tit. II, Art. 4918. Record of the case; subsequent entries; justice of the peace courts; district courts with concurrent jurisdiction - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/code-of-civil-procedure/la-code-civ-proc-tit-ii-art-4918/
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