Art. 323.Writs Executed On Holiday

Courts close on legal holidays, and Article 323 extends that pause to most sheriff's civil executions as well. Routine writs, mandates, orders, and judgments wait until the next business day rather than being carried out on a holiday.

The exceptions share one trait: waiting could let the harm happen or let the property disappear. A writ of attachment seizes a debtor's property at the start of a suit to secure a possible judgment; a writ of sequestration takes custody of property that is itself in dispute so it cannot be hidden, sold, or damaged before trial; a writ of fieri facias directs the sheriff to seize and sell a debtor's property to satisfy a money judgment already rendered; executory process is the accelerated procedure typically used to enforce a mortgage or similar secured claim; and an injunction commands or forbids specific conduct that cannot always wait for a business day to start or stop.

Because these five categories can be time-sensitive by nature, Article 323 lets the sheriff act on a holiday rather than risk losing the property or letting the harm continue unchecked.