Art. 2254. Execution by sheriff; return; wrongful seizure
A. The sheriff shall proceed promptly to execute the writ and make a return to the
clerk who issued it, stating the manner in which it was executed.
B. The sheriff shall have no liability to the debtor or to any third party for wrongful
or improper seizure of the debtor's or third party's property of the same general type as
described in the debtor's security agreement. If necessary, the sheriff shall request the
secured creditor to identify the property subject to the security agreement and shall act
pursuant to the secured creditor's instructions. The debtor's and other owner's sole remedy
for the wrongful or improper seizure of the property shall be for actual losses sustained under
R.S. 10:9-625 against the secured creditor on whose behalf and pursuant to whose
instructions the sheriff may act.
Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 259, §2.