Louisiana Code of Evidence

The Louisiana Code of Evidence is the statutory code governing the law of evidence in the courts of the state of Louisiana, a jurisdiction whose private law is organized under the civil law tradition. It was enacted by section 1 of Act 515 of 1988, which began as Senate Bill 155, introduced by Senator Ben Bagert. The Code took effect on January 1, 1989. It governs proceedings in Louisiana courts to the extent and with the exceptions stated in its own Article 1101, so its reach is defined by the Code itself rather than being universal across every forum. As a code of evidence, it collects the rules on how facts may be proved in litigation into a single enacted text.