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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:5321
citation: "R.S. 9:5321"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title XXII › Chapter 2 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1977, number: 251, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1) "Instrument" means any instrument, whether or not negotiable, which evidences the indebtedness of one or more persons.

(2) "Rural Property" means a tract of land which is at least forty acres in area and from which at least seventy-five percent of the income derived is from agricultural or livestock purposes or mineral income and which is not located within the territorial limits of any incorporated municipality.