Louisiana § RS 9:4721 - Sugar refinery and mill employees
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 9:4721 — Sugar refinery and mill employees, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 9:4721. Sugar refinery and mill employees
All managers, mechanics, or laborers employed in sugar refineries, sugar mills, or syrup mills have a privilege on all sugar, syrup, or molasses manufactured during the season by the refineries or mills where they are employed for the payment of their salaries or wages for a period of thirty days from the maturity of the debt.
This privilege may be enforced by the writ of sequestration, without the necessity of furnishing security therefor. This privilege has no effect against bona fide purchasers, but it is superior to the privilege granted by R.S. 9:4543 to unpaid vendors of sugar cane during the season.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 31, §1; eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 9:4721 ("Sugar refinery and mill employees") 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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