# Louisiana — Construction prompt payment act deadlines by US state — owner-to-contractor and contractor-to-subcontractor payment windows, retention release deadlines, and late-payment interest rates

For Louisiana, gc-to-sub flow-down deadline (days) is 14; late-payment interest rate is 0.5% per day, up to 15% maximum; project types covered is both; attorney fees recoverable is yes; statutory citation is La. Rev. Stat. §9:2784, verified against its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Louisiana _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **GC-to-sub flow-down deadline (days):** 14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Late-payment interest rate:** 0.5% per day, up to 15% maximum _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Project types covered:** both _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Attorney fees recoverable:** yes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** La. Rev. Stat. §9:2784 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> If the contractor or subcontractor without reasonable cause fails to make any payment to his subcontractors and suppliers within fourteen consecutive days of the receipt of payment from the owner for improvements to an immovable, the contractor or subcontractor shall pay to the subcontractors and suppliers, in addition to the payment, a penalty in the amount of one-half of one percent of the amount due, per day, from the expiration of the period allowed herein for payment after the receipt of payment from the owner. The total penalty shall not exceed fifteen percent of the outstanding balance due.

## Source

- https://www.levelset.com/prompt-payment/louisiana-prompt-payment-faqs/

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
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