La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2254
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2254, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Execution by sheriff; return; wrongful seizure
Official statutory text
A. The sheriff shall proceed promptly to execute the writ and make a return to the clerk who issued it, stating the manner in which it was executed.
B. The sheriff shall have no liability to the debtor or to any third party for wrongful or improper seizure of the debtor's or third party's property of the same general type as described in the debtor's security agreement. If necessary, the sheriff shall request the secured creditor to identify the property subject to the security agreement and shall act pursuant to the secured creditor's instructions. The debtor's and other owner's sole remedy for the wrongful or improper seizure of the property shall be for actual losses sustained under R.S. 10:9-625 against the secured creditor on whose behalf and pursuant to whose instructions the sheriff may act.
Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.
B. The sheriff shall have no liability to the debtor or to any third party for wrongful or improper seizure of the debtor's or third party's property of the same general type as described in the debtor's security agreement. If necessary, the sheriff shall request the secured creditor to identify the property subject to the security agreement and shall act pursuant to the secured creditor's instructions. The debtor's and other owner's sole remedy for the wrongful or improper seizure of the property shall be for actual losses sustained under R.S. 10:9-625 against the secured creditor on whose behalf and pursuant to whose instructions the sheriff may act.
Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.
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