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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1978"
article_number: "1978"
status: active
heading: "Stipulation for the benefit of a third person"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 7"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109230"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2025
    act_number: 488
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1978. Stipulation for the benefit of a third person

A contracting party may stipulate a benefit for a third person called a third-party beneficiary.

Once the third-party beneficiary has manifested his intention to avail himself of the benefit, the parties may not dissolve the contract by mutual consent without the beneficiary's agreement.