Louisiana § RS 11:1397 - Pensions for widows of Confederate veterans
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 11:1397 — Pensions for widows of Confederate veterans, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 11:1397. Pensions for widows of Confederate veterans
Pensions not exceeding sixty dollars per month, payable monthly, shall be paid to persons possessing the following qualifications:
(1) Widows of Confederate veterans who served from the date of their enlistment until the close of the late Civil War or until honorably discharged, whose marriages were contracted prior to December 31, 1905, and who have been bona fide residents of the state of Louisiana for at least five years next preceding the date of their application for a pension. Such pensions shall cease upon remarriage.
(2) Widows of Confederate veterans who served from the date of their enlistment until the close of the late Civil War, or until honorably discharged, whose marriages were contracted subsequent to December 31, 1905, who have not remarried and who have attained the age of sixty years, and who have been bona fide residents of the state of Louisiana for at least five years next preceding the date of their application for a pension. Such pensions shall cease upon remarriage.
Added by Acts 1975, 1st, Ex.Sess., No. 30, §1, eff. Feb. 20, 1975; Redesignated from R.S. 29:468 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 11:1397 ("Pensions for widows of Confederate veterans") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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