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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3456"
article_number: "3456"
status: active
heading: "Computation of time by years"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 1 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110479"
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. 3456. Computation of time by years

If a prescriptive period consists of one or more years, prescription accrues upon the expiration of the day of the last year that corresponds with the date of the commencement of prescription.