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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:487"
article_number: "487"
status: active
heading: "Possessor in good faith; definition."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110665"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 180
    section: 1
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 487. Possessor in good faith; definition.

For purposes of accession, a possessor is in good faith when he possesses by virtue of an act translative of ownership and does not know of any defects in his ownership. He ceases to be in good faith when these defects are made known to him or an action is instituted against him by the owner for the recovery of the thing.