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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2903"
article_number: "2903"
status: active
heading: "Liberative prescription"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XII › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109932"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 743
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
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# Art. 2903. Liberative prescription

An action of the lender for damages because of alteration or deterioration of the thing lent and an action of the borrower for reimbursement of expenses are subject to a liberative prescription of one year. These prescriptions commence to run from the day of the return of the thing.