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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2621",
  "article_number": "2621",
  "heading": "Acceptance, when effective; option turns into contract to sell; rejection",
  "text": "The acceptance or rejection of an offer contained in an option is effective when received by the grantor. Upon such an acceptance the parties are bound by a contract to sell.\n\nRejection of the offer contained in an option terminates the option but a counteroffer does not.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "VII",
      "name": "Sale"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "14",
      "name": "Agreements Preparatory to the Sale"
    },
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      "level": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "Option"
    }
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 14 › Section 1",
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      "act_year": 1960,
      "act_number": 30,
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      "act_year": 1993,
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      "role": "amendment"
    }
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1960, No. 30, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.",
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