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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3481"
article_number: "3481"
status: active
heading: "Presumption of good faith"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 3 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110504"
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
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3481. Presumption of good faith

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.