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urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:586
citation: "R.S. 13:586"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 4 › Part III › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1952, number: 134, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Absence of district judge; authority of judge of adjoining district

When it is proved that all the judges of any judicial district are absent from their judicial district, or are otherwise unable to act, any district judge of an adjoining judicial district may grant any orders that the absent or incapacitated judges could grant, if present.