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SECTION 2. THREE YEAR PRESCRIPTION

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.

            Acts 1986, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2018, No. 471, §1.



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