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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1786"
article_number: "1786"
status: active
heading: "Several, joint, and solidary obligations"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 3 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109021"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 1786. Several, joint, and solidary obligations

When an obligation binds more than one obligor to one obligee, or binds one obligor to more than one obligee, or binds more than one obligor to more than one obligee, the obligation may be several, joint, or solidary.