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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1857"
article_number: "1857"
status: active
heading: "Performance rendered to the obligee"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 6 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109098"
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
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# Art. 1857. Performance rendered to the obligee

Performance must be rendered to the obligee or to a person authorized by him.

However, a performance rendered to an unauthorized person is valid if the obligee ratifies it.

In the absence of ratification, a performance rendered to an unauthorized person is valid if the obligee has derived a benefit from it, but only for the amount of the benefit.