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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2951"
article_number: "2951"
status: active
heading: "Judicial depositary"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XIII › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109984"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2003, No. 491, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2003
    act_number: 491
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2004-01-01
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---

# Art. 2951. Judicial depositary

The judicial depositary is the public official charged with the duty to execute the orders of the court. He is subject to the obligations of a conventional depositary. He is bound to deliver the thing to the person designated by the court. He is entitled to a fee to be paid by the person ordered to pay that fee by the court.