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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:9:5538",
  "title_number": "9",
  "section_number": "5538",
  "citation": "R.S. 9:5538",
  "heading": "Relation to Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws",
  "text": "A. This Chapter shall apply to Louisiana ship mortgages that were entered into prior to the time Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (R.S. 10:9-101, et seq.) became effective, including without limitation those continuing mortgages that affect a property acquired after the effective date and those mortgages that may secure future obligations, lines of credit and other ongoing credit facilities.\n\nB. The provisions of R.S. 9:5522, 5523, 5524, 5525, 5531, 5532, 5533, and 5534 shall continue to apply to the security interests and agreements concerning ships under construction that are entered into under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "9",
      "name": "CIVIL CODE--ANCILLARIES"
    },
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      "level": "code_book",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS PRELIMINARY TITLE - GENERAL DISPOSITIONS (BLANK)"
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      "level": "code_title",
      "number": "XXII",
      "name": "OF MORTGAGES"
    },
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "SHIP MORTGAGE LAW"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title XXII › Chapter 4",
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      "act_year": 1989,
      "act_number": 137,
      "section": 7,
      "effective_date": "1989-09-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "Sept. 1, 1989",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1989, No. 137, §7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.",
  "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108264",
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