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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1803"
article_number: "1803"
status: active
heading: "Remission of debt to or transaction or compromise with one obligor"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 3 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109040"
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
schema_version: "1.0.0"
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# Art. 1803. Remission of debt to or transaction or compromise with one obligor

Remission of debt by the obligee in favor of one obligor, or a transaction or compromise between the obligee and one obligor, benefits the other solidary obligors in the amount of the portion of that obligor.

Surrender to one solidary obligor of the instrument evidencing the obligation gives rise to a presumption that the remission of debt was intended for the benefit of all the solidary obligors.