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La. R.S. 56:46

Venue when river divides parishes

Acts 1981, No. 837, §1.

If any offense under this Chapter is alleged to have been committed in a river dividing two parishes and the exact place of commission of the offense cannot be established, any court in either parish has territorial jurisdiction.

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