§ Art. 4847 Limitations upon jurisdiction

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Art. 4847. Limitations upon jurisdiction

    A. Except as otherwise provided by law, a parish court or city court has no jurisdiction in any of the following cases or
proceedings:

        (1) A case involving title to immovable property.

        (2) A case involving the right to public office or position.

        (3) A case in which the plaintiff asserts civil or political rights under the federal or state constitutions.

        (4) A claim for annulment of marriage, divorce, separation of property, or alimony.

        (5) A succession, interdiction, receivership, liquidation, habeas corpus, or quo warranto proceeding.

        (6) A case in which the state, or a parish, municipal, or other political corporation is a defendant.

        (7) Any other case or proceeding excepted from the jurisdiction of these courts by law.

    B. In addition, city courts shall not have jurisdiction in tutorship, curatorship, emancipation, and partition proceedings.