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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3452"
article_number: "3452"
status: active
heading: "Necessity for pleading prescription"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 1 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110475"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2021, No. 259, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1982
    act_number: 187
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1983-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2021
    act_number: 259
    section: 1
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# Art. 3452. Necessity for pleading prescription

Prescription must be pleaded. Except as otherwise provided by legislation, courts may not supply a plea of prescription.