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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2629",
  "article_number": "2629",
  "heading": "Effect against third persons",
  "text": "An option, right of first refusal, or contract to sell that involves immovable property is effective against third persons only from the time the instrument that contains it is filed for registry in the parish where the immovable is located.\n\nAn option, right of first refusal, or contract to sell that involves movable property is effective against third persons who, at the time of acquisition of a conflicting right, had actual knowledge of that transaction.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "VII",
      "name": "Sale"
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      "number": "14",
      "name": "Agreements Preparatory to the Sale"
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      "number": "4",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.",
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