La. Civ. Code art. 3499 : Civil Code — OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS — PRESCRIPTION — LIBERATIVE PRESCRIPTION — TEN YEAR PRESCRIPTION — Personal action TEXT PDF Unless otherwise provided by legislation, a personal action is subject to a liberative prescription of ten years. La. C.C. § 3499 Acts 1983, No. 173, §1, eff. 1/1/1984.