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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3455"
article_number: "3455"
status: active
heading: "Computation of time by months"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 1 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110478"
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
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# Art. 3455. Computation of time by months

If the prescriptive period consists of one or more months, prescription accrues upon the expiration of the day of the last month of the period that corresponds with the date of the commencement of prescription, and if there is no corresponding day, prescription accrues upon the expiration of the last day of the period.