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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3299"
article_number: "3299"
status: active
heading: "Judicial and legal mortgages"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110349"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1992, No. 1132, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1993."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1992
    act_number: 1132
    section: 2
    effective_date: 1993-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3299. Judicial and legal mortgages

A judicial mortgage secures a judgment for the payment of money. A legal mortgage secures an obligation specified by the law that provides for the mortgage.