Louisiana § RS 9:4601 - Hauling or trucking
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 9:4601 — Hauling or trucking, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 9:4601. Hauling or trucking
A. Any person engaged in the business of hauling has a privilege on the property hauled for the charges or labor performed in connection therewith for a period of one hundred eighty days from the last day of hauling or performing such labor.
B. This privilege may be enforced by the writ of sequestration, without the necessity of furnishing security therefor. This privilege is inferior to a vendor's privilege, a chattel mortgage previously recorded, a previously perfected security interest under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws, or against a bona fide purchaser to whom possession has been delivered and who has paid the purchase price without previous notice of the existence of the privilege.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 31, §1; eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1985, No. 296, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 9:4601 ("Hauling or trucking") 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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