Art. 2724.Articles Relating to Sales Under Fieri Facias Applicable
Book V. Summary and Executory Proceedings · Title II. Executory Proceedings · Chapter 4. Execution of Writ of Seizure and Sale · Last amended 2023 · Last verified July 30, 2026
Full Text of Art. 2724
Amendment History
Amended by Acts 2023, No. 390, §1, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 1991, No. 662, §1, eff. 1/1/1992; Acts 2012, No. 127, §1.
Plain-English Summary
Rather than drafting a freestanding set of rules for how an executory-process sale unfolds, Article 2724 borrows one wholesale. It applies Articles 2293(A) through (C), 2333 through 2335, 2337 through 2344, and 2371 through 2381 -- the provisions that already govern a sale of property under a writ of fieri facias, the mechanism used to seize and sell a debtor's property to satisfy an ordinary money judgment -- directly to a sale under the writ of seizure and sale.
Those borrowed articles cover the operational side of a judicial sale: how the sheriff conducts the auction, the terms of payment, what happens when the sale runs through an online platform, and how the sheriff documents and returns the completed sale to the court. An executory-process sale runs through that same machinery rather than a separate procedure written just for mortgage and privilege enforcement.
Article 2724's second paragraph adds one more borrowed rule, Article 2336, but only conditionally: it applies unless appraisement has been waived as Article 2723 allows. That condition tracks the underlying logic of Article 2336's protections, which turn on there being an appraised value in the first place. When the parties bypass appraisal, that rule has nothing left to operate on and drops out along with it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does executory process have its own separate sale procedure in Louisiana?
No. Article 2724 borrows the sale-conduct rules already written for a fieri facias sale rather than creating a separate set of rules for executory process.
What is a writ of fieri facias?
The process used to seize and sell a debtor's property to satisfy an ordinary money judgment, distinct from executory process, whose sale-conduct rules Article 2724 now applies to executory-process sales as well.
Does Article 2336 always apply to an executory-process sale?
Where can the exact rules for how the sheriff conducts the sale be found?
In the cross-referenced fieri facias articles -- Articles 2293(A) through (C), 2333 through 2335, 2337 through 2344, and 2371 through 2381 -- which Article 2724 makes applicable to executory process.