CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions

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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 226
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBBY CARTER AND TAYLOR
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Civil Procedure Article 1467(A) and to enact Code of Civil
3 Procedure Article 1467(C), relative to requests for admissions; to provide that a Rule
4 10.1 Conference in accordance with certain district court rules be held before a
5 request is deemed admitted; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. Code of Civil Procedure Article 1467(A) is hereby amended and
8 reenacted and Code of Civil Procedure Article 1467(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 Art. 1467. Requests for admission; answers and objections
10 A. Each matter of which an admission is requested shall be separately set
11 forth. The matter is admitted unless, within thirty days after service of the request,
12 or within such shorter or longer time as the court may allow, the party to whom the
13 request is directed serves upon the party requesting the admission a written answer
14 or objection addressed to the matter, signed by the party or by his attorney. The
15 written answer or reasons for objection to each request for admission shall
16 immediately follow a restatement of the request for admission to which the answer
17 or objection is responding. If objection is made, the reasons therefor shall be stated.
18 The answer shall specifically deny the matter or set forth in detail the reasons why
19 the answering party cannot truthfully admit or deny the matter. A denial shall fairly
20 meet the substance of the requested admission, and when good faith requires that a
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1 party qualify his answer or deny only a part of the matter of which an admission is
2 requested, he shall specify so much of it as is true and qualify or deny the remainder.
3 An answering party may not give lack of information or knowledge as a reason for
4 failure to admit or deny unless he states that he has made reasonable inquiry and that
5 the information known or readily obtainable by him is insufficient to enable him to
6 admit or deny. A party who considers that a matter of which an admission has been
7 requested presents a genuine issue for trial may not, on that ground alone, object to
8 the request; however, he may, subject to the provisions of Article 1472, deny the
9 matter or set forth reasons why he cannot admit or deny it.
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11 C. Except for a default judgment, there shall be a "Rule 10.1 Certificate of
12 Conference" issued in accordance with Rule 10.1 under Title II of the Rules for Civil
13 Proceedings in District Courts of the Rules for Louisiana District Courts and Juvenile
14 Courts and Louisiana Family Law Proceedings before a request for admission is
15 deemed admitted.
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 226 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Robby Carter
Abstract: Provides that a Rule 10.1 conference be held before a request for admission is
deemed admitted.
Present law (C.C.P. Art. 1467(A)) provides that for requests for admissions, the matter is
deemed admitted unless within 30 days after service of the request, the party to whom the
request is directed serves upon the party requesting the admission a written answer or
objection addressed to the matter.
Proposed law repeals present law and requires that except for default judgments, a Rule 10.1
conference under the Rules for La. District Courts be held before a request for admission is
deemed admitted.
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 1467(A); Adds C.C.P. Art. 1467(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the original bill:
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1. Provide that a Rule 10.1 Conference be held before a request for admission is
deemed admitted.
2. Make technical changes.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Specify that the Rule 10.1 conference is not required to be held for default
judgments.
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