RS 2:15 Procedure for appeal
§15. Procedure for appeal
The party taking the appeal shall file a praecipe in the office of the clerk of court for the parish in which the property affected by the order is located, and summons shall thereupon be issued by the clerk and shall be served upon the secretary of the department or the deputy secretary for public safety services. Upon the filing of the praecipe, the appeal shall be docketed for trial not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the service of the summons and shall be tried by the district court without formal pleadings in term time or in vacation. Upon the trial of the appeal, the court shall hear evidence as to matters concerning the order in question, as to the condition of the property in question and the manner of its operation, and shall enter judgment either affirming or setting aside the order of the department, or the court may remand the matter to the department for further hearing. The filing of the praecipe shall operate as a supersedeas.
Acts 1985, No. 889, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 889, §3.}}