La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 335
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
If the defendant fails to make an appearance and has not been surrendered or constructively surrendered within one hundred eighty days of the execution of the certificate that notice of warrant for arrest was sent, the prosecuting attorney may file a rule to show cause requesting that a bond forfeiture judgment be rendered. The rule to show cause shall be mailed to the defendant and served on all other parties against whom a judgment is sought. The rule to show cause shall be set for a contradictory hearing. The time period for filing a rule to show cause to obtain a judgment of bond forfeiture shall be within five years after the notice of warrant for arrest is sent.
La. Cr.P. § 335