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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1887"
article_number: "1887"
status: active
heading: "Discharge of any prior obligor does not affect security"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 6 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109131"
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. 1887. Discharge of any prior obligor does not affect security

If the new obligor has assumed the obligation and acquired the thing given as security, the discharge of any prior obligor by the obligee does not affect the security or its rank.