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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3438"
article_number: "3438"
status: active
heading: "Presumption of precariousness"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 2 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110461"
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. 3438. Presumption of precariousness

A precarious possessor, such as a lessee or a depositary, is presumed to possess for another although he may intend to possess for himself.