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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2717"
article_number: "2717"
status: active
heading: "Death of lessor or lessee"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IX › Chapter 4 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109781"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
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  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 821
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
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# Art. 2717. Death of lessor or lessee

A lease does not terminate by the death of the lessor or the lessee or by the cessation of existence of a juridical person that is party to the lease.