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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2689"
article_number: "2689"
status: active
heading: "Payment of taxes and other charges"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IX › Chapter 3 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109751"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 821
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
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# Art. 2689. Payment of taxes and other charges

The lessor is bound to pay all taxes, assessments, and other charges that burden the thing, except those that arise from the use of the thing by the lessee.