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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2628",
  "article_number": "2628",
  "heading": "Time limitation for option and right of first refusal",
  "text": "An option or a right of first refusal that concerns an immovable thing may not be granted for a term longer than ten years. If a longer time for an option or a right of first refusal has been stipulated in a contract, that time shall be reduced to ten years. Nevertheless, if the option or right of first refusal is granted in connection with a contract that gives rise to obligations of continuous or periodic performance, an option or a right of first refusal may be granted for as long a period as required for the performance of those obligations.",
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    {
      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "VII",
      "name": "Sale"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "14",
      "name": "Agreements Preparatory to the Sale"
    },
    {
      "level": "section",
      "number": "4",
      "name": "Effects"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 14 › Section 4",
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      "act_year": 1993,
      "act_number": 841,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1995-01-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "Jan. 1, 1995",
      "role": "enactment"
    },
    {
      "act_year": 2003,
      "act_number": 1005,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2003-07-02",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 2, 2003. NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1005, §2, relative to application. NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 24, §§2 and 3, relative to application",
      "role": "amendment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 1005, §1, eff. July 2, 2003. NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 1005, §2, relative to application. NOTE: See Acts 2004, No. 24, §§2 and 3, relative to application.",
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