§4870. Ranking of privileges
A. The privileges given by this Part are of equal rank and priority, except that the privilege of a contractor is inferior to that of a person to whom the contractor is contractually bound or to whom a contractor or subcontractor of such a contractor is bound.
B. The privileges granted by this Part are superior in rank and priority to all other privileges, security interests, or mortgages against the property they encumber except the following which are of superior rank and priority:
(1) Privileges for ad valorem taxes against the property subject to the privilege.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) The lien and privilege of the commissioner of conservation as provided in R.S. 30:32, 74(A)(3), and 91(B)(2).
Acts 1995, No. 962, §1; Acts 1997, No. 532, §1; Acts 2001, No. 128, §4, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 303, §1.
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