Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The clerks for
the Office of Workers Compensation Administration shall be entitled to demand
and receive the following fees as court costs in a workers compensation
dispute. Fees not pre-paid shall be due upon dismissal of or final judgment in
the docket number, or on demand by the clerk:
1. filing of LWC-WC-1008-$50;
2. filing of LWC-WC-1011 when no LWC-WC-1008
for the same parties, same accident, and same issue(s) is
pending-$50;
3. service of process
on secretary of state-$50 or as otherwise set by the secretary of
state;
4. copies of any paper in
any suit record-$0.25 per page;
5.
for each certification-$ 1 per page;
6. filing by facsimile or electronic
transmission-$5 transmission fee per hearing rule,
§5701.
C.1 c, in addition to $5 for the first 5
pages and $2.50 for each page thereafter;
7. cost of preparation of record for
appeal-available upon request from the district offices;
8. cost of service by certified mail-$8 per
service;
9. subpoenas/subpoenas
duces tecum-$5;
10. privilege of litigating without prior
payment of costs.
a. If a requestor is unable
to pay the costs of court in advance because of his or her poverty and lack of
means, the requestor shall fully execute an in forma pauperis
request on the LWC request for waiver of advance costs form, and file the form
with the Office of Workers Compensation Administration. If the form is deemed
proper and the relief sought appropriate, a workers compensation judge shall
execute the pauper order, and the filing fee will not be due in advance or as
they accrue. If the request is denied by a workers compensation judge, all
costs shall be pre-paid in full before any documents may be filed.
b. In the event any person seeks to prosecute
a suit in a workers compensation court while incarcerated or imprisoned for the
commission of a felony without paying the costs in advance as they accrue or
furnishing security thereof, the court shall require such person to advance
costs in accordance with Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure,
article 5181(B) and (C).
B. The Office of Workers Compensation
Administration shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees which
shall be pre-paid in full before any records are produced, unless otherwise
ordered by a workers compensation judge or otherwise provided by law:
1. record request-$25 per request per docket
number;
2. certification fee-$25
per request per docket number;
3.
if a requestor is indigent and seeks to have the fee waived, the requestor
shall fully execute an in forma pauperis request on the LWC
request for waiver of advance costs form, and file the form with the Office of
Workers Compensation Administration. If the form is deemed proper and the
relief sought appropriate, a workers compensation judge shall execute the
pauper order, and the records request will be produced without pre-payment. If
the request is denied by a workers compensation judge, all costs shall be
pre-paid in full before any records are produced.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
23:1310.1.
