La. Civ. Code art. 3191

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
Section 3191 - General privileges on all movables, enumeration and ranking

The debts which are privileged on all the movables in general, are those hereafter enumerated, and are paid in the following order:

1. Funeral charges.
2. Law charges.
3. Charges, of whatever nature, occasioned by the last sickness, concurrently among those to whom they are due.
4. The wages of servants for the year past, and so much as is due for the current year.
5. Supplies of provisions made to the debtor or his family, during the last six months, by retail dealers, such as bakers, butchers, grocers; and, during the last year, by keepers of boarding houses and taverns.
6. The salaries of clerks, secretaries, and other persons of that kind.

La. C.C. § 3191

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, §1.
Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, §1.