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      CC 3493.3     

  

Art. 3493.3. Delictual actions; two-year prescription; criminal act

            Delictual actions which arise due to damages sustained as a result of an act defined as a crime of violence under Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, except as provided in Article 3496.2, are subject to a liberative prescription of two years. This prescription commences to run from the day injury or damage is sustained.

            Acts 1999, No. 832, §1; Acts 2016, No. 629, §1; Acts 2024, No. 423, §1; Redesignated from C.C. Art. 3493.10.



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