La. Civ. Code art. 3051

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3051, 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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Payment by debtor without notice of payment by surety

Official statutory text

A surety may not recover from the principal obligor, by way of subrogation or reimbursement, the amount paid the creditor if the principal obligor also pays the creditor for want of being warned by the surety of the previous payment.

In these circumstances, the surety may recover from the creditor.

Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

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