---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3159"
article_number: "3159"
status: active
heading: "Fruits of things pledged"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110208"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1900, No. 157, §2; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1900
    act_number: 157
    section: 2
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3159. Fruits of things pledged

The pledgee is entitled to receive the fruits of the thing pledged and to retain them as security. He may also apply them to the secured obligation, even if not yet due.