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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1829"
article_number: "1829"
status: active
heading: "Subrogation by operation of law"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 4 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109068"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1989, No. 137, §16, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 572, §1."
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  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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  - act_year: 1989
    act_number: 137
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  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 572
    section: 1
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# Art. 1829. Subrogation by operation of law

Subrogation takes place by operation of law:

(1) In favor of an obligee who pays another obligee whose right is preferred to his because of a privilege, pledge, mortgage, or security interest;

(2) In favor of a purchaser of movable or immovable property who uses the purchase money to pay creditors holding any privilege, pledge, mortgage, or security interest on the property;

(3) In favor of an obligor who pays a debt he owes with others or for others and who has recourse against those others as a result of the payment;

(4) In favor of a successor who pays estate debts with his own funds; and

(5) In the other cases provided by law.