---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:1797
citation: "R.S. 40:1797"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 9 › Part II-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1999, number: 621, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Law enforcement officers; possession of a firearm in courtroom; prohibition

No state or local law enforcement officer shall carry a firearm, whether concealed or not on his person, into a courtroom while attending any session of state, parish, city, municipal, family, juvenile, drug, or traffic court as a party to a proceeding.