---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:522
citation: "R.S. 15:522"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 2 › Part XIII"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2003, number: 631, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Admissibility

In all criminal cases and in all cases in juvenile or family courts which are of a criminal nature, and in civil forfeiture proceedings arising from criminal activity, the courts of this state shall receive as evidence any certificate made in accordance with R.S. 15:521 subject to the conditions contained in this Section and R.S. 15:523. The certificate shall be received in evidence as prima facie proof of the facts shown thereon.