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urn: urn:us-la:rs:51:1436
citation: "R.S. 51:1436"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 51 › Chapter 13-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1981, number: 462, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Prescriptive period

An action for misappropriation must be brought within three years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purpose of this Section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.