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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3163"
article_number: "3163"
status: active
heading: "Clause prohibiting pledge"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110212"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3163. Clause prohibiting pledge

A clause in a contract restricting the pledge of the rights of a party to payments that are or will become due under the contract, making the pledge or its enforcement a default under the contract, or providing that the other party is excused from performance or may terminate the contract on account of the pledge, is without effect.