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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3345"
article_number: "3345"
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heading: "Recordation of a duplicate"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII-A › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110394"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005. NOTE: Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, changed the effective date of Acts 2005, No. 169, to July 1, 2006."
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    section: 1
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# Art. 3345. Recordation of a duplicate

The recordation of a duplicate of an instrument, as defined in Code of Evidence Article 1001(5), that does not bear the original signature of a party, shall nonetheless have the same effect as recordation of the original instrument. Recordation does not dispense with proving that the recorded instrument is a duplicate.