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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3136"
article_number: "3136"
status: active
heading: "Security defined"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110185"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 3136. Security defined

Security is an accessory right established by legislation or contract over property, or an obligation undertaken by a person other than the principal obligor, to secure performance of an obligation. It is accessory to the obligation it secures and is transferred with the obligation without a special provision to that effect.