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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:5031

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

No lien or privilege shall be cancelled, removed from the public records, or in any manner affected by any public or private sale of property subject thereto in any succession, liquidation, insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, or partition proceeding.  However, the provisions of this Section shall not apply to the execution of judgments governed by Book IV of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 2251 et seq., or to judicial sales in executory proceedings under the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Articles 2631 et seq.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 356, §1.  Amended by Acts 1981, No. 894, §1.