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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3494",
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  "heading": "Actions subject to a three-year prescription",
  "text": "The following actions are subject to a liberative prescription of three years:\n\n(1) An action for the recovery of compensation for services rendered, including payment of salaries, wages, commissions, professional fees, fees and emoluments of public officials, freight, passage, money, lodging, and board;\n\n(2) An action for arrearages of rent and annuities;\n\n(3) An action on money lent;\n\n(4) An action on an open account; and\n\n(5) An action to recover underpayments or overpayments of royalties from the production of minerals, provided that nothing herein applies to any payments, rent, or royalties derived from state-owned properties.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "XXIV",
      "name": "Prescription"
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "Liberative Prescription"
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      "number": "2",
      "name": "Three Year Prescription"
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  "breadcrumb": "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 4 › Section 2",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1986, No. 1031, §1; Acts 2018, No. 471, §1.",
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