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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3357"
article_number: "3357"
status: active
heading: "Duration; general rule"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXII-A › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110405"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 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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  - act_year: 2005
    act_number: 169
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2006-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2014
    act_number: 281
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2015-01-01
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# Art. 3357. Duration; general rule

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the effect of recordation of an instrument creating a mortgage or pledge or evidencing a privilege ceases ten years after the date of the instrument.