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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3427"
article_number: "3427"
status: active
heading: "Presumption of intent to own the thing"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110450"
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
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3427. Presumption of intent to own the thing

One is presumed to intend to possess as owner unless he began to possess in the name of and for another.