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  "title_number": "13",
  "section_number": "3741",
  "citation": "R.S. 13:3741",
  "heading": "Advertisement to recover lost instrument; exceptions; bond",
  "text": "In every case where a lost instrument is made the foundation of a suit or defense, it must appear that the loss has been advertised within a reasonable time in a public newspaper and proper means taken to recover the possession of the instrument; provided, that advertisement of a lost note shall not be necessary in any case where a surety bond given by a person who owns property liable to seizure, and who is domiciled in the parish where the security is to be given, or a commercial bond issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state of Louisiana, is furnished to protect the maker and/or his endorsers of said note from loss resulting from said note falling into the hands of a holder in due course provided that the bond must be in amount equal to the face of the note plus twenty-five percent thereof.",
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      "number": "13",
      "name": "COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
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      "number": "17",
      "name": "WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "EVIDENCE IN GENERAL"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 17 › Part II",
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      "act_year": 1986,
      "act_number": 172,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1986, No. 172, §1.",
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