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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:13:4712",
  "title_number": "13",
  "section_number": "4712",
  "citation": "R.S. 13:4712",
  "heading": "Right to petition for injunction or order of abatement",
  "text": "The issuance of an injunction or order of abatement pursuant to this Subpart may be petitioned for by the following parties: the attorney general of the state of Louisiana, in the name of the state and of the respective parish and without payment of any costs; the district attorney, in the name of the respective parish and without payment of any costs; the sheriff, through his attorney or designated representative, in the name of the respective parish and without the payment of any costs; the governing authority of the respective municipality, parish, or consolidated city-parish government, through its attorney or other designated representative in the name of the respective municipality, parish, or city-parish government and without payment of any costs; the mayor of the respective municipality, through his attorney or other designated representative in the name of the respective municipality; the chief of police of the respective municipality, through his attorney or other designated representative in the name of the respective municipality and without payment of any costs; or any seven residents of the election precinct wherein any nuisance described in this Subpart exists and without payment of costs.",
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      "number": "13",
      "name": "COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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      "number": "32",
      "name": "PARTICULAR CLASSES OF ACTIONS AND CASES"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "I",
      "name": "ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "A",
      "name": "PROSTITUTION, OBSCENITY, AND DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 32 › Part I › Subpart A",
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      "act_year": 2007,
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      "act_year": 2008,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1977, No. 717, §2, eff. July 20, 1977; Acts 2003, No. 498, §1; Acts 2007, No. 238, §1; Acts 2008, No. 650, §1.",
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