Section 1237 – Service on individual in multiple capacities

May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Louisiana

In cases wherein an individual is named in pleadings in more than one capacity, personal service on that individual is sufficient to constitute service of process on that individual in all capacities, including but not limited to as an individual, tutor, or a representative of a legal or quasi legal entity, when it is clear from the pleadings or service instructions the capacities in which the individual is being served.

La. C.P. § 1237

Acts 1995, No. 851, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1257, §1.