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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1989"
article_number: "1989"
status: active
heading: "Damages for delay"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109242"
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
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---

# Art. 1989. Damages for delay

Damages for delay in the performance of an obligation are owed from the time the obligor is put in default.

Other damages are owed from the time the obligor has failed to perform.