RS 9:5533 Disposal of mortgaged ship with fraudulent intent; penalty - Louisiana Statutes

§5533.  Disposal of mortgaged ship with fraudulent intent; penalty

Any person who, having executed a mortgage or security agreement under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws on a ship subject to this Chapter, sells, assigns, exchanges, injures, destroys, conceals, or otherwise disposes of the work or the completed ship with fraudulent intent to defeat the mortgage or security interest, or removes the work or the completed ship from the location designated in the act of mortgage or security agreement at which the ship is to be constructed without the written consent of the mortgagee or secured party and with fraudulent intent to defeat the mortgage or security interest, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 368, §1.  Acts 1989, No. 137, §7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.