La. Civ. Code art. 3498

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session, Chs. 3, 6-496, effective on or before 7/1/2024

Section 3498 - Actions on negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments

Actions on instruments, whether negotiable or not, and on promissory notes, whether negotiable or not, are subject to a liberative prescription of five years. This prescription commences to run from the day payment is exigible.

La. C.C. § 3498

Acts 1993, No. 901, §§1 and 2, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §§6 and 9, eff. June 25, 1993.

Acts 1993, No. 901, §§1 and 2, eff. 7/1/1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §§6 and 9, eff. 6/25/1993.

ACTS 1992, NO. 1133, §1 ADDED SECTION 3-A OF CHAPTER 4, TITLE XXIV, BOOK III CONTAINING ART. 3498. THIS PROVISION WAS REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, NO. 901, §2, EFF. JULY 1, 1993, AND BY ACTS 1993, NO. 948, §9, EFF. JUNE 25, 1993.