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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3157"
article_number: "3157"
status: active
heading: "Indivisibility of pledge"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XX-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110206"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015."
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  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
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# Art. 3157. Indivisibility of pledge

The contract of pledge is indivisible, notwithstanding the divisibility of the secured obligations, and the pledgor may not demand return of all or part of the thing pledged until all secured obligations have been extinguished.