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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3418"
article_number: "3418"
status: active
heading: "Abandoned things"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110441"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983"
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1982
    act_number: 187
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1983-01-01
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 3418. Abandoned things

One who takes possession of an abandoned thing with the intent to own it acquires ownership by occupancy. A thing is abandoned when its owner relinquishes possession with the intent to give up ownership.