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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1904"
article_number: "1904"
status: active
heading: "Obligation of the surety"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 6 › Section 6"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109150"
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. 1904. Obligation of the surety

Confusion of the qualities of obligee and obligor in the person of the principal obligor extinguishes the obligation of the surety.

Confusion of the qualities of obligee and obligor in the person of the surety does not extinguish the obligation of the principal obligor.