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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2995",
  "article_number": "2995",
  "heading": "Incidental, necessary, or professional acts",
  "text": "The mandatary may perform all acts that are incidental to or necessary for the performance of the mandate.\n\nThe authority granted to a mandatary to perform an act that is an ordinary part of his profession or calling, or an act that follows from the nature of his profession or calling, need not be specified.\n\nA mandatary shall not prevent or limit reasonable communication, visitation, or interaction between a principal who is over the age of eighteen years and another person without prior court approval, to be granted only upon a showing of good cause by the mandatary, unless express authority has been provided pursuant to Article 2997(7).",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "XV",
      "name": "Representation and Mandate"
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      "number": "2",
      "name": "Mandate"
    },
    {
      "level": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "General Principles"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 1",
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      "act_year": 1997,
      "act_number": 261,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1998-01-01",
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      "act_year": 2016,
      "act_number": 110,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2016-05-19",
      "effective_date_raw": "May 19, 2016",
      "role": "amendment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2016, No. 110, §1, eff. May 19, 2016.",
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