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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 34, § 862. Detaining effects of seamen for debt

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

No keeper of a public or lodging house for seamen shall withhold or detain any chest, bed or bedding, clothes, or tools, or other effects of any seaman, for any debt alleged to be due by the seaman. Any magistrate may, by warrant, cause the detained property to be seized and delivered to the seaman.

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