--- title: "Louisiana Eviction Process and Court Timeline | MCC" description: "Louisiana eviction court steps: answer At the hearing, writ 24 hours, sheriff, constable or marshal. From official pages, with the earliest dates and links." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/tools/eviction-process-louisiana" --- Eviction process · Louisiana # Louisiana eviction process and court timeline What happens after the landlord files: hearing after filing, time to answer or appear, judgment to writ, who carries out the lockout and right to counsel (statewide), from the state's own pages. **Short answer.** The tenant answers or appears at the trial of the rule; judgment of eviction is rendered immediately if the landlord prevails or the tenant doesn't appear. Who carries out a lockout: sheriff, constable or marshal. ## At a glance Hearing after filing The rule to show cause can be tried no earlier than the third day after service (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day). "The court shall make the rule returnable not earlier than the third day after service thereof" Source 1 Time to answer or appear The tenant answers or appears at the trial of the rule; judgment of eviction is rendered immediately if the landlord prevails or the tenant doesn't appear. "the court shall render immediately a judgment of eviction" Source 1 Judgment to writ If the tenant doesn't comply within 24 hours after the judgment of eviction, the court issues the warrant of possession. "does not comply with the judgment of eviction within twenty-four hours after its rendition" Source 2 Who carries out the lockout Sheriff, constable or marshal. The sheriff, constable or marshal executes the warrant. "The sheriff, constable, or marshal shall execute a warrant rendered under Article 4733." Source 2 Right to counsel (statewide) No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here. Local: New Orleans (2022) have their own right-to-counsel laws. "An eviction right to counsel is created by an enacted law that, at a minimum:" Source 3, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (secondary source) ## Want us to handle it? A runner files your papers in person at the clerk's window and sends you a scan of the stamped copy. We file what you prepared; we don't give legal advice. **Price:** Outside New Jersey it goes through our contractor network: quote-based, confirmed before any work starts, and booked once a local contractor accepts. In New Jersey it is from $75 per filing, court fees at cost. Starting rates. Your exact price is quoted after we confirm a local notary/runner, before you pay. [Request a court filing](/notary/court-filing#request) ## Sample timeline: filed Monday, December 7, 2026 **Earliest under the statute; courts' calendars often take longer.** Need the other side served? [Process serving with an affidavit of service](/notary/process-serving). - **Answer or appear:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Hearing or trial:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Judgment:** Thursday, December 10, 2026 - **Writ or warrant of possession:** Friday, December 11, 2026 - **Earliest lockout:** no date (Not confirmed on an official page) Another date: [open the estimator](/tools/eviction-timeline-estimator?state=la). **Not stated on the pages we read:** court, filing fee, writ to lockout, paying to stop the case, diversion or mediation (statewide). ## Sources - [Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Art. 4732: Trial of rule; judgment of eviction](https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=112079) (checked November 2026) - [Louisiana Supreme Court, Uniform Forms Committee: Forms for City and Parish Courts](https://www.lasc.org/rules/City_Parish/Uniform_Forms_for_City_Parish_Courts.pdf) (checked November 2026) - [National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (secondary source): National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel: Enacted Eviction Right to Counsel and Eviction Defense Programs (last modified November 2026)](https://civilrighttocounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RTC_Enacted_Legislation_in_Eviction_Proceedings_FINAL.pdf) (checked November 2026) Sourced from official pages; a few facts from vetted secondary sources, marked "(secondary source)". General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. Not a court form. Earliest under the statute; courts' calendars often take longer. ## Common questions **How long does a tenant in Louisiana have to respond?** The tenant answers or appears at the trial of the rule; judgment of eviction is rendered immediately if the landlord prevails or the tenant doesn't appear. **How soon after filing is the Louisiana hearing?** The rule to show cause can be tried no earlier than the third day after service (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day). That's the statute's window; the court's own calendar decides the actual date. **When can a Louisiana landlord get the writ after winning?** If the tenant doesn't comply within 24 hours after the judgment of eviction, the court issues the warrant of possession. **Who carries out an eviction in Louisiana?** Sheriff, constable or marshal. The sheriff, constable or marshal executes the warrant. 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