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Federal supplemental exemptions can be used in conjunction with your Louisiana exemptions and can be viewed here.
Also see Louisiana bankruptcy forms.
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ASSET
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EXEMPTION DESCRIPTION
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LAW SECTION
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HOMESTEAD
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Property you occupy to $15,000; cannot exceed 160 acres on 1 tract,
or on 2 or more tracts if there’s a home on 1 tract and field, garden
or pasture on others (husband and wife may not double)
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20:1
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Spouse or child of deceased owner may claim homestead exemption;
spouse given home in divorce gets homestead
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20:1
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INSURANCE
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Fraternal benefit society benefits
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22:558
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Group insurance policies or proceeds
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22:649
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Health, accident or disability proceeds or avails
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22:646
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Life insurance proceeds or avails; if policy issued within 9 months
of filing, exempt only to $35,000
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22:647
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MISC.
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Property of minor child
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13:3881A(3), Civil 223
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PENSIONS
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Gratuitous payments to employee or heirs whenever paid
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20:33(2)
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ERISA-qualified benefits if contributions made over 1 year before
filing for bankruptcy
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13:388D(1), 20:33(4)
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PERSONAL PROPERTY
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Arms, military accouterments, bedding, linens and bedroom furniture,
chinaware, glassware, utensils, silverware, (non-sterling), clothing,
family portraits, musical instruments, heating and cooling equipment,
living room and dining room furniture, poultry, fowl 1 cow, household
pets, pressing irons, sewing machine, refrigerator, freezer, stove,
washer and dryer
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13:3881A(4)
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Cemetery plot, monuments
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8:313
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Engagement and wedding rings to $5,000
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13:3881A(5)
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PUBLIC BENEFITS
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Aid to blind, aged disabled , AFDC
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46:111
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Crime victims’ compensation
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46:1811
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Unemployment compensation
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23:1693
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Workers’ compensation
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23:1205
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TOOLS OF TRADE
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Tools, instrument, books, pickup truck (maximum 3 tons) non-luxury
auto and trailer, needed to work
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13:3881A(2)
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WAGES
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Minimum 75% of earned but unpaid wages; bankruptcy judge may
authorize more for low-income debtor
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13:3881A(1)
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