Car Accidents in New Iberia, LA

New Iberia Police work crashes inside the city, the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office covers the rest of the parish, and Louisiana State Police often handles US-90. Out on the parish roads it's usually the sheriff and in town it's usually the city, so the agency named on the paper you were handed at the scene is the one to ask. Reports generally aren't ready right away.

The 16th Judicial District Court. It's a three-parish district — Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary — so a wreck out toward Jeanerette, Loreauville, or Franklin can sit in the same district but a different courthouse than one on Admiral Doyle Drive. Where it happened decides that, not where you live. An attorney handles the filing.

The deadline is the same. What's different is who the claim runs against, because a loaded truck may belong to a farm, to a hauling contractor, or to a mill, and each of those carries its own coverage and its own adjuster. Louisiana divides fault by percentage. Anything they hang on you comes straight off what you recover.

In Louisiana, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 'Prescriptive period' 2 years as of 2024-07-01 (was 1 year — a major recent change). Uses civil-law terminology. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.