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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:5703
citation: "R.S. 13:5703"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 36 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1952, number: 151, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1984, number: 570, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Justice of peace to substitute for coroner

A justice of the peace, upon authorization by the coroner of the parish, may perform those duties of the coroner as requested in the authorization.