Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part III - Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
Subpart 8 - Innocence Compensation
Chapter 83 - Eligibility and Application Process
Section III-8303 - Application Process

A. Petitioners wishing to receive payments from the Innocence Compensation Fund shall file an application with the commission (application available online at www.lcle.la.gov).

B. Applications must be signed and dated by the petitioner and, if applicable, his legal representative. Only original signatures, no copies, will be accepted.

C. Unless the court awarding compensation has served a copy of the judgment upon the commission, the petitioner must attach a certified copy of the court judgment to the application or order awarding compensation pursuant to R.S. 15:572.8.

D. If a court enters a judgment or order that a petitioner is entitled to additional compensation, the petitioner must file a new application attaching a certified copy of the new court order or judgment awarding the additional compensation.

E. If a petitioner becomes eligible for additional compensation, the petitioner may file a new application with the commission for the additional compensation to which he is entitled. If the amount of additional compensation to which the petitioner is entitled is clear from the previous court judgment or order awarding compensation, the petitioner need not obtain a new court judgment or order for the additional compensation. The petitioner must attach a certified copy of the previous court judgment or order awarding compensation.