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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3490"
article_number: "3490"
status: active
heading: "Prescription of three years"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 3 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110513"
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. 3490. Prescription of three years

One who has possessed a movable as owner, in good faith, under an act sufficient to transfer ownership, and without interruption for three years, acquires ownership by prescription.