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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:524"
article_number: "524"
status: active
heading: "Recovery of lost or stolen things."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110709"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1."
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  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 180
    section: 1
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# Art. 524. Recovery of lost or stolen things.

The owner of a lost or stolen movable may recover it from a possessor who bought it in good faith at a public auction or from a merchant customarily selling similar things on reimbursing the purchase price.

The former owner of a lost, stolen, or abandoned movable that has been sold by authority of law may not recover it from the purchaser.