Louisiana § RS 23:667 - Limitation of actions
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 23:667 — Limitation of actions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 23:667. Limitation of actions
A. Any action filed in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court to recover unpaid wages or any other form of relief for a violation of this Chapter shall be commenced within one year of the date that an employee is aware or should have been aware that the employee's employer is in violation of this Chapter.
B. This one-year prescriptive period shall be suspended during the sixty-day period allowed the employer by this Chapter to respond to the employee's written notice, during the pendency of any administrative review or investigation of the employee's claim by the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights or the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or both.
Acts 2013, No. 374, §1; Acts 2014, No. 702, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 23:667 ("Limitation of actions") 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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