La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5108
Prescription, immunity; pleas
Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 13 — Courts and Judicial Procedure · Status: effective
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- La. Rev. Stat. § 13:5108, Prescription, immunity; pleas, Louisiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2695831
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The defendant in any suit filed against the state of Louisiana, a state agency or a political subdivision of the state shall not be entitled to file a plea of prescription or peremption barring such suit or the liability of the entity instituting the suit if the suit in contract or for injury to person or property is filed within the time fixed by law for such suits against private persons, or in other suits authorized by the legislature if the suit is filed within one year after the date on which the resolution authorizing it was adopted or within one year after the date on which the law authorizing it becomes effective.