RS 9:4888

§4888. Ranking of privileges A. The privileges given by this Subpart are of equal rank. B. The privileges given by this Subpart are superior in rank to all other privileges, security interests, or mortgages against the property they encumber except the following which are of superior rank: (1) Privileges for ad valorem taxes against the property subject to the privilege and the privileges provided in R.S. 30:32, 74(A)(3), and 91(B)(2). (2) Privileges given by Subpart A of this Part. (3) Mortgages and vendor's privileges on the operating interest and other property affected by such mortgages or privileges that are effective as to a third person before the privilege is established. (4) Security interests in collateral subject to the privilege that are perfected before the privilege is established or that are perfected by a financing statement covering the collateral filed before the privilege is established if there is no period thereafter when there is neither filing nor perfection. Acts 1997, No. 1040, §1; Acts 2001, No. 128, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 303, §1.