---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3156"
article_number: "3156"
status: active
heading: "Pledgee's right of retention"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110205"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1981, No. 315, §1; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1981
    act_number: 315
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3156. Pledgee's right of retention

If the thing pledged has been delivered to the pledgee or a third person for the benefit of the pledgee, the pledgee is not obligated to return it until all secured obligations have been extinguished.