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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1805"
article_number: "1805"
status: active
heading: "Enforcement of contribution"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 3 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109042"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1."
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  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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  - act_year: 2025
    act_number: 488
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# Art. 1805. Enforcement of contribution

A party sued on an obligation that would be solidary if it exists may seek to enforce contribution against any solidary co-obligor by making him a third-party defendant according to the rules of procedure, whether or not that third-party defendant has been initially sued, and whether the party seeking to enforce contribution admits or denies liability on the obligation alleged by plaintiff.