Rule Text
If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
Amendment history: Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
If you send your paperwork to the wrong court in Louisiana, that court will not just throw it out. Instead, the court has to send your documents to the correct court, whether that's another court in Louisiana or a court in a different state.
The court also has to tell you what it did. This means letting you know which court received your paperwork and when it was sent there. This way, you can follow up with the right court and keep your case moving forward.
This rule helps protect people who make an honest mistake about which court handles their case. Instead of losing time or having your case dismissed, your paperwork gets redirected to where it needs to go.