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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3285"
article_number: "3285"
status: active
heading: "General and special mortgages distinguished"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110335"
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. 3285. General and special mortgages distinguished

A general mortgage burdens all present and future property of the mortgagor.

A special mortgage burdens only certain specified property of the mortgagor.