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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1882"
article_number: "1882"
status: active
heading: "Subjective novation"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 6 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109126"
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. 1882. Subjective novation

Novation takes place when a new obligor is substituted for a prior obligor who is discharged by the obligee. In that case, the novation is accomplished even without the consent of the prior obligor, unless he had an interest in performing the obligation himself.