CCRP 337 - Juvenile records to determine bail
Art. 337. Juvenile records to determine bail
A. For the purpose of fixing bail, a magistrate may make a written request of any juvenile court for an abstract containing only the delinquent acts of a defendant currently before the requesting magistrate. The request shall be promptly complied with; however, not more than forty-eight hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, shall lapse before the requested information is deposited in the mail, addressed to the requesting court.
B. The requesting court shall not copy, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce such juvenile records, and these shall be deposited in the mail and addressed to the issuing juvenile court within seventy-two hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after bail is determined.
C. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Article shall subject the violating court to disciplinary action by the Supreme Court of Louisiana upon receipt by the judicial administrator of the supreme court of a written complaint, subsequently substantiated.
Amended by Acts 1981, No. 218, §1; Acts 1987, No. 728, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §1, eff. June 22, 1993.