HB216 • 2026

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to service of process

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Robert Carter
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Pending House Civil Law and Procedure - Considered 3/23/26
Effective date: Not listed

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CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to service of process

What This Bill Does

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to service of process

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Bill History

2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-19 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
2026-02-19 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to service of process

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HLS 26RS-886 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 216
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to service of process
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(E), relative to service of process; to provide
3 that counsel of record may elect a preferred method of service; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 1313(E) is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 1313. Service by mail, delivery, or electronic means
9 * * *
10 E. At the onset of a case, counsel of record may inform the court of the
11 counsel's preferred method of service for all future pleadings for the case at hand.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 216 Original 2026 Regular Session Robby Carter
Abstract: Authorizes counsel of record to elect a preferred method of service.
Present law (C.C.P. Art 1313(A)) provides service may be made by mail, delivery, or
electronic means.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that counsel of record may elect a preferred
method of service.
(Adds C.C.P. Art. 1313(E))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.