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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1939"
article_number: "1939"
status: active
heading: "Acceptance by performance"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109187"
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. 1939. Acceptance by performance

When an offeror invites an offeree to accept by performance and, according to usage or the nature or the terms of the contract, it is contemplated that the performance will be completed if commenced, a contract is formed when the offeree begins the requested performance.