Louisiana Statutes

§ 9:5626 — Actions and claims for lands and improvements used or destroyed for levees or levee drainage purposes

Louisiana § 9:5626
JurisdictionLouisiana
Title 9Civil Code-Ancillaries

This text of Louisiana § 9:5626 (Actions and claims for lands and improvements used or destroyed for levees or levee drainage purposes) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Louisiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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La. Stat. Ann. § 9:5626 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, when lands are appropriated for levees or levee drainage purposes all claims and actions for payment for lands and improvements thereon actually used or destroyed for levees or levee drainage purposes shall prescribe within two years from the date on which the property was actually occupied and used or destroyed for construction of levees or levee drainage works. This prescription shall run against all those persons otherwise excepted by law.

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Related

Wynat Dev. Co. v. BD. OF LEVEE COM'RS
710 So. 2d 783 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1998)
8 case citations
Burdin v. Board of Com'rs for Atchafalaya Basin Levee Dist.
533 So. 2d 977 (Louisiana Court of Appeal, 1988)
6 case citations

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1958, Ex.Sess., No. 11, §1; Acts 1999, No. 739, §1, eff. July 2, 1999.

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