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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	La. Const. Art. 3 Sec. 9	District courts - elected judges	Section 9. Each circuit shall be divided into at least three districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each. The circuits and districts and the number of + See more judges as elected in each circuit on the effective date of this constitution are retained, subject to change by law enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legislature.	District Courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Louisiana	La. Const. Ann. art. V, § 20	Justice of the Peace/Mayor's Court - subject to change by law	Mayors' courts and justice of the peace courts existing on the effective date of this constitution are continued, subject to change by law.	Justice of the Peace Courts/Mayor's Courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 1	Judicial power vested in court system	Judicial power vested in court system. The judicial power of this State is vested in a court system, comprising a Supreme Court, a court of appeals, district courts and justices of + See more the peace. The Legislature may also establish, as part of the system, courts for municipal purposes only in incorporated cities and towns.	All courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 6	District Courts: Jurisdiction; referees; family court	2. The legislature may provide by law for: . . . . (b) The establishment of a family court as a division of any district + See more court and may prescribe its jurisdiction.	Family Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Pennsylvania	42 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. § 1341	Third class city traffic courts authorized	Any city of the third class may establish by ordinance a traffic court which shall be a court not of record. The court shall be held by such of the + See more magisterial district judges of the city as shall be designated by the president judge of the court of common pleas upon petition by the city. If established, the court shall be for the city so establishing it.	Traffic court	Creation of the courts

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