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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3282"
article_number: "3282"
status: active
heading: "Accessory nature"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110332"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1991, No. 652, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1991
    act_number: 652
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1992-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3282. Accessory nature

Mortgage is accessory to the obligation that it secures. Consequently, except as provided by law, the mortgagee may enforce the mortgage only to the extent that he may enforce any obligation it secures.