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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:9:3353",
  "title_number": "9",
  "section_number": "3353",
  "citation": "R.S. 9:3353",
  "heading": "Inapplicability of other laws; exempted transactions",
  "text": "A. Rental-purchase agreements which comply with this Chapter shall not be governed by the laws relating to the following:\n\n(1) A consumer credit sale as defined in R.S. 9:3516(12) of the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law.\n\n(2) A consumer credit transaction as defined in R.S. 9:3516(13) of the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law.\n\n(3) A consumer loan as defined in R.S. 9:3516(14) of the Louisiana Consumer Credit Law.\n\n(4) A consumer lease as defined in R.S. 9:3306(9) of the Louisiana Lease of Movables Act.\n\n(5) A financed lease as defined in R.S. 9:3306(12) of the Louisiana Lease of Movables Act.\n\n(6) A true lease as defined in R.S. 9:3306(26) of the Louisiana Lease of Movables Act.\n\n(7) A conditional sale as defined in R.S. 9:3306(7) of the Louisiana Lease of Movables Act.\n\n(8) A lease intended for security as defined in R.S. 10:1-201(35) of the Louisiana Commercial Laws.\n\nB. This Chapter shall not apply to the following:\n\n(1) Rental-purchase agreements primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes, or those made with governmental agencies or instrumentalities, or with organizations.\n\n(2) A lease of a safe deposit box.\n\n(3) A lease or bailment of personal property which is incidental to the lease of real property, and which provides that the consumer has no option to purchase the rented property.\n\n(4) A lease of an automobile, van, or truck of less than one ton.",
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      "name": "CIVIL CODE--ANCILLARIES"
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      "name": "OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS PRELIMINARY TITLE - GENERAL DISPOSITIONS (BLANK)"
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      "level": "code_title",
      "number": "IX",
      "name": "OF LEASE"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "3",
      "name": "RENTAL-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title IX › Chapter 3",
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      "act_year": 1991,
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      "effective_date": "1992-01-01",
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      "role": "enactment"
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      "act_year": 2006,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1991, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2006, No. 533, §2.",
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