La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2702

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2702, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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Rights of third person who has acquired property and assumed indebtedness

Official statutory text

When property sold or otherwise alienated by the original debtor or his legal successor has been seized and is about to be sold under executory process, a person who has acquired the property and assumed the indebtedness secured by the mortgage or privilege thereon may:

(1) Pay the balance due on the indebtedness, in principal, interest, attorney's fees, and costs; or

(2) Arrest the seizure and sale on any of the grounds mentioned in Article 2751.

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