Rule text
A. When a judge of a parish or city court recuses himself or is recused, another judge of the same court shall be appointed to try the cause, if that court has more than one division. The manner in which the judge is selected to try the cause shall be provided by rule of court. In all other cases, an ad hoc judge shall be appointed by the supreme court to try the cause.
B. When a justice of the peace recuses himself, another justice of the peace shall be appointed by the supreme court to try the cause.
Notes
Acts 1979, No. 46, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 2021, No. 143, §1.