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La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1041

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1041, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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When prescribed incidental or third party demand is not barred

Official statutory text

An incidental demand is not barred by prescription or peremption if it was not barred at the time the main demand was filed and is filed within ninety days of date of service of main demand or in the case of a third party defendant within ninety days from service of process of the third party demand.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 472, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 86, §1; Redesignated from C.C.P. Art. 1067 by Acts 2017, No. 419, §5.

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