---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1985"
article_number: "1985"
status: active
heading: "Effects for third persons"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109238"
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. 1985. Effects for third persons

Contracts may produce effects for third persons only when provided by law.