La. Civ. Code art. 3054
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3054, 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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Failure to provide security
Official statutory text
If, within ten days after the delivery of a written demand for the security, the principal obligor fails to provide the required security or fails to secure the discharge of the surety, the surety has an action to require the principal obligor to deposit into the registry of the court funds sufficient to satisfy the surety's obligation to the creditor as a pledge for the principal obligor's duty to reimburse the surety.
Acts 1987, No. 409, ยง1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
Acts 1987, No. 409, ยง1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
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