The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
SB 50 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Carter
Present law (C.C. Art. 3419) provides that anyone who finds a corporeal movable that has been lost
is bound to make a diligent effort to locate its owner or possessor and to return the thing to him. If
a diligent effort is made and the owner is not found within three years, the finder acquires ownership.
Present law (C.C. Art. 3490) provides that anyone who has possessed a movable as owner, in good
faith, under an act sufficient to transfer ownership, and without interruption for three years, acquires
ownership by prescription.
Proposed law requires the possessor of a domestic animal to prove that the animal, when acquired,
lacked a microchip or other owner-identifying information such as a collar, rabies tag, or tattoo to
claim ownership. The presence of such information creates a rebuttable presumption that the
possessor has not satisfied the requirements for ownership required by present law. Otherwise retains
present law.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Adds C.C. Art. 3419.1)