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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3494"
article_number: "3494"
status: active
heading: "Actions subject to a three-year prescription"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 4 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110518"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1986, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2018, No. 471, §1."
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  - act_year: 1986
    act_number: 1031
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 2018
    act_number: 471
    section: 1
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# Art. 3494. Actions subject to a three-year prescription

The following actions are subject to a liberative prescription of three years:

(1) An action for the recovery of compensation for services rendered, including payment of salaries, wages, commissions, professional fees, fees and emoluments of public officials, freight, passage, money, lodging, and board;

(2) An action for arrearages of rent and annuities;

(3) An action on money lent;

(4) An action on an open account; and

(5) An action to recover underpayments or overpayments of royalties from the production of minerals, provided that nothing herein applies to any payments, rent, or royalties derived from state-owned properties.