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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3496"
article_number: "3496"
status: active
heading: "Action against attorney for return of papers"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 4 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110520"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1983, No. 173, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984."
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  - act_year: 1983
    act_number: 173
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1984-01-01
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# Art. 3496. Action against attorney for return of papers

An action by a client against an attorney for the return of papers delivered to him for purposes of a law suit is subject to a liberative prescription of three years. This prescription commences to run from the rendition of a final judgment in the law suit or the termination of the attorney-client relationship.