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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:520"
article_number: "520"
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heading: "Transfer of ownership by merchant"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2023, No. 401, §1."
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  - act_year: 2023
    act_number: 401
    section: 1
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# Art. 520. Transfer of ownership by merchant

Except as otherwise provided by legislation, a transferee in good faith and for fair value acquires ownership of a corporeal movable from a transferor who is not the owner only if the transferor has possession of the thing with consent of the owner, is a merchant customarily selling similar things, and transfers the thing in the regular course of the transferor's business.