Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 13, § 5536. Deputy sheriffs; qualifications for employment

A. All the applicants for the office of deputy sheriff except auxiliary and reserve deputy sheriffs, process servers, deputized unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, bailiffs, and keepers of property shall meet the following qualifications:

B. The educational requirements set forth in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section and physical requirements set in Subsection A, Paragraph (4) [repealed] hereof, shall not apply to resident deputies employed at schools and railroad crossings, jailers, deputized unpaid volunteer litter-watch agents, bailiffs, and radio operators.

C. The maximum age limitation shall not apply to jailers, bailiffs and resident deputies employed at schools.

D. None of the provisions contained in this Section shall apply to deputies commissioned prior to July 31, 1974, nor shall any of the provisions of this Section apply to any deputy who on July 31, 1974, at noon, has a commission or who subsequently acquires a commission under the provisions of this Act, and who is recommissioned as a deputy.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section, the sheriff of St. Martin Parish is hereby authorized to employ and commission as deputies for that portion of Ward One of St. Martin Parish which was formerly designated as Ward Six, persons who reside outside of St. Martin Parish.