La. Civ. Code art. 2771

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 2771, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.

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Masons, carpenters and other artificers as contractors.

Official statutory text

Masons, carpenters, blacksmiths*and all other artificers, who undertake work by the job, are bound by the provisions contained in the present section, for they may be considered as undertakers each in his particular line of business.

*Note error in English translation of French text; "blacksmiths" should be "locksmiths."

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