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Article 2140Chattel Mortgage
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By a chattel mortgage, personal property is
recorded in the Chattel Mortgage Register as a security
for the performance of an obligation. If the movable,
instead of being recorded, is delivered to the creditor or a
third person, the contract is a pledge and not a chattel
mortgage. (n)
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