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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1993"
article_number: "1993"
status: active
heading: "Reciprocal obligations"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109247"
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. 1993. Reciprocal obligations

In case of reciprocal obligations, the obligor of one may not be put in default unless the obligor of the other has performed or is ready to perform his own obligation.