General Civil Case Cover Sheet - Preparation Worksheet - Louisiana

Louisiana Litigation & Court Documents Updated August 3, 2026 Free Word and PDF

LOUISIANA GENERAL CIVIL CASE-OPENING AND COVER-SHEET INTAKE

1. MATTER AND FILING COURT

Field Entry
Working case caption [PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF] v. [RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT]
Parish [________________________________]
Judicial district / court [________________________________]
Division or section, if assigned [________________________________]
Existing docket number, if any [________________________________]
Initiating document [PETITION / COMPLAINT / APPEAL / OTHER]
Planned filing date [__/__/____]
Filing method confirmed with court [________________________________]
Official court or clerk source checked [URL / DATE CHECKED]

2. STATEWIDE REPORTING-FORM GATE

Current-law warning: La. R.S. 13:4688 was repealed in its entirety by 2024 La. Acts No. 15, effective May 8, 2024. Do not cite it as a current cover-sheet requirement.

The Supreme Court's published District Court Rule 9.6 continues to describe a Civil Case Cover Sheet for litigation involving an action for an offense or quasi-offense. The Court's 2011 Part G, § 13 order uses the same scope. A post-repeal district-court appendix continues to list Appendix 9.6, but the statewide PDF link was unavailable during the 2026-08-03 verification.

Complete this gate before selecting a form:

☐ The filing is an original petition in a Louisiana judicial district court.

☐ The action seeks damages arising from an offense or quasi-offense.

☐ The filing court confirmed that the Supreme Court-authorized Civil Case Cover Sheet is currently required.

☐ The filing court supplied or confirmed the accepted version of the form.

Result:

☐ Rule 9.6 reporting form applies—complete the current official form using the separate civil_cover_sheet.md worksheet.

☐ Rule 9.6 reporting form does not apply, but another statewide or local cover sheet is required: [FORM / RULE / SOURCE].

☐ No cover sheet requirement was identified after checking the current official sources listed below.

3. CASE CLASSIFICATION INTAKE

Record the classification requested by the current filing system or clerk. Do not import codes or categories from another court's form.

Classification item Entry
Primary nature of action [________________________________]
Secondary claims, if requested [________________________________]
Damages / non-monetary / mixed [________________________________]
Jury / non-jury selection requested by filing system [________________________________]
Related-case response requested [________________________________]
Case-management track or code [________________________________]
Confidential or sealed filing gate [________________________________]
Other court-specific classification [________________________________]

4. FILER AND PARTY DATA

Filing person

Field Entry
Name [________________________________]
Capacity ☐ Attorney ☐ Authorized representative ☐ Self-represented litigant
Louisiana Bar Roll Number, if applicable [________________________________]
Firm / organization [________________________________]
Address [________________________________]
Telephone [________________________________]
Email [________________________________]

Named parties

Role Full legal name Address or service information requested by court
Petitioner / Plaintiff [________________________________] [________________________________]
Petitioner / Plaintiff [________________________________] [________________________________]
Defendant / Respondent [________________________________] [________________________________]
Defendant / Respondent [________________________________] [________________________________]

☐ Additional-party list attached if required.

5. COURT-SPECIFIC FORM AND FILING REGISTER

Item Required? Official source / version date Completed / filed
Rule 9.6 Civil Case Cover Sheet ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Local civil cover or information sheet ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Initiating pleading ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Summons, citation, or service request ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Filing-fee or fee-waiver material ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Confidential-information or sealing material ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Related-case notice ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐
Other ☐ Yes ☐ No [________________________________] ☐

6. FINAL PRE-FILING CHECK

☐ Each asserted requirement traces to a current official court, clerk, rule, statute, or filing-system source.

☐ No repealed La. R.S. 13:4688 citation appears in the filing materials.

☐ The selected cover sheet matches this court and this case type.

☐ The accepted current form—not this intake worksheet—will be filed where a cover sheet is required.

☐ Form version, filing method, fees, signatures, service requests, and local requirements were rechecked on [__/__/____].

Reviewed by: [________________________________]

Review date: [__/__/____]

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Last updated
August 3, 2026
Citations checked
August 3, 2026
Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Category
Litigation & Court Documents

Legal authority

  • Louisiana District Court Rule 9.6 (cover sheet for litigation involving an offense or quasi-offense)
  • Louisiana Supreme Court General Administrative Rules, Part G, § 13 (civil case reporting)
  • 2024 La. Acts No. 15 (repealed La. R.S. 13:4688 effective May 8, 2024)

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