Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 11:2182

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

§2182. Exemption from execution

           Any annuity, retirement allowance or benefits, or refund of contributions, or any optional benefit or any other benefit paid to any person under the provisions of the Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund is exempt from any state or municipal tax and is exempt from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, except as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 11:292, and is unassignable.

           Added by Acts 1954, No. 239, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 261, §1; Acts 1986, No. 767, §5; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:1458 by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.