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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:13:2159",
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  "citation": "R.S. 13:2159",
  "heading": "Payment of costs; recovery, and security for costs",
  "text": "Each party in any cause requiring the official services of the clerk or constable shall pay the costs therefor, but shall be entitled to recover the same upon the final disposition of the cause, as is provided in R.S. 13:1214. The defendant may demand security for such costs as is provided in R.S. 13:1215.",
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      "number": "7",
      "name": "CITY COURTS"
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      "name": "NEW ORLEANS CITY COURTS"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.",
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