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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3499"
article_number: "3499"
status: active
heading: "Personal action"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIV › Chapter 4 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110525"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1983, No. 173, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1983
    act_number: 173
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1984-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3499. Personal action

Unless otherwise provided by legislation, a personal action is subject to a liberative prescription of ten years.