---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1988"
article_number: "1988"
status: active
heading: "Judgment may stand for act"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109241"
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. 1988. Judgment may stand for act

A failure to perform an obligation to execute an instrument gives the obligee the right to a judgment that shall stand for the act.