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  "title_number": "13",
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  "citation": "R.S. 13:4990",
  "heading": "Diligence in locating co-owners; known co-owners made parties",
  "text": "In any judicial proceeding in which real property is sought to be partitioned upon the trial of the cause on the merits or upon rendition of a default judgment therein, due proof shall be made of a diligent effort on the part of the plaintiff to locate all co-owners of the property to be partitioned and of the fact that all known co-owners have been made parties thereto.",
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "32",
      "name": "PARTICULAR CLASSES OF ACTIONS AND CASES"
    },
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      "number": "X",
      "name": "PARTITION"
    }
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 13 › Chapter 32 › Part X",
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      "act_year": 1952,
      "act_number": 403,
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      "act_year": 2021,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1952, No. 403, §6; Acts 2021, No. 174, eff. Jan 1, 2022.",
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