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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2629"
article_number: "2629"
status: active
heading: "Effect against third persons"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 14 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109689"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1993
    act_number: 841
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1995-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2629. Effect against third persons

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.

An 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.