La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3511

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3511, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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Attachment and sequestration; privilege

Official statutory text

To the extent not otherwise provided under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.), a creditor who seizes property under a writ of attachment or of sequestration acquires a privilege from the time of seizure if judgment is rendered maintaining the attachment or sequestration.

Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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