§ Art. 283 Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk

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Art. 283. Orders and judgments which may be signed by district court clerk

    A. The clerk of a district court may sign any of the following orders or judgments:

        (1) An order or judgment effecting or evidencing the doing of any of the acts authorized in Article 282;

        (2) An order for the issuance of executory process, of a writ of attachment or of sequestration, or of garnishment process under a writ of fieri facias, attachment, or of sequestration; the release under bond of property seized under a writ of attachment or of sequestration; or to permit the filing of an intervention;

        (3) An order for the execution of a probated testament; the affixing of seals; the taking of an inventory; the public sale of succession property to pay debts, on the written application of the succession representative accompanied by a list of the debts of the succession; the advertisement of the filing of a tableau of distribution or of an account by a legal representative; or requiring a legal representative to file an account; or

        (4) An order to permit a party to institute and prosecute, or to defend, a suit without the payment of costs, under the provisions of Articles 5181 through 5188.

    B. When an order signed by the clerk requires the services of a notary, the clerk shall appoint the notary suggested by the party obtaining the order.