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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:48:446",
  "title_number": "48",
  "section_number": "446",
  "citation": "R.S. 48:446",
  "heading": "Notice to defendant",
  "text": "Upon receipt of the deposit, the clerk of court shall issue a notice to each defendant in the suit, notifying him that the property described in the petition has been expropriated for highway purposes.\n\nThis notice, together with a certified copy of the order, the petition, and the clerk's receipt for the deposit, shall be delivered by the clerk to the proper sheriff for service on each defendant in the manner provided for the service of citations.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "48",
      "name": "ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "XVIII",
      "name": "EXPROPRIATION BY A DECLARATION OF TAKING"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 48 › Chapter 1 › Part XVIII",
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    {
      "act_year": 1954,
      "act_number": 107,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1954-06-24",
      "effective_date_raw": "June 24, 1954",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1954, No. 107, §1, eff. June 24, 1954. Amended by Acts 1974, Ex.Sess., No. 30, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.",
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