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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3481",
  "article_number": "3481",
  "heading": "Presumption of good faith",
  "text": "Good faith is presumed. Neither error of fact nor error of law defeats this presumption. This presumption is rebutted on proof that the possessor knows, or should know, that he is not owner of the thing he possesses.",
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      "level": "book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "XXIV",
      "name": "Prescription"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "3",
      "name": "Acquisitive Prescription"
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      "level": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "Immovables: Prescription of Ten Years in Good Faith and Under Just Title"
    }
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      "act_year": 1982,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.",
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