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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3149"
article_number: "3149"
status: active
heading: "Formal requirements of contract of pledge"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110198"
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
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# Art. 3149. Formal requirements of contract of pledge

The pledge of a corporeal movable is effective between the parties only if the thing pledged has been delivered to the pledgee or a third person who has agreed to hold the thing for the benefit of the pledgee. The pledge of other things is effective between the parties only if established by written contract, but delivery is not required.