Pleading a statute

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LA Code › Code code-of-criminal-procedure › Article 12

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In pleading a state statute of Louisiana or an ordinance of a political subdivision thereof, a state statute of another state of the United States, or a federal statute, or a right derived therefrom or an obligation created thereby, it is sufficient to refer to the statute or ordinance by an official method of citation, by its title, or in any other manner which identifies the statute or ordinance.

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