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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1809"
article_number: "1809"
status: active
heading: "Choice belongs to the obligor"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 3 › Section 6"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109046"
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"
---

# Art. 1809. Choice belongs to the obligor

When an obligation is alternative, the choice of the item of performance belongs to the obligor unless it has been expressly or impliedly granted to the obligee.