La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2299

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2299, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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Order prohibiting payment of proceeds of sale

Official statutory text

When a third person has intervened and asserted a privilege on the property seized superior to that of the judgment creditor, the court shall order the sheriff to withhold a portion of the proceeds of the judicial sale of the property sufficient to satisfy the intervener's claim, subject to the further orders of the court.

Amended by Acts 1961, No. 23, §1.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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