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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2000"
article_number: "2000"
status: active
heading: "Damages for delay measured by interest; no need of proof; attorney fees"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109256"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 137, §1, eff. July 3, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 883, §1; Acts 2004, No. 743, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 137, §2."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1985
    act_number: 137
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-07-03
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 883
    section: 1
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 743
    section: 3
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
    role: amendment
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# Art. 2000. Damages for delay measured by interest; no need of proof; attorney fees

When the object of the performance is a sum of money, damages for delay in performance are measured by the interest on that sum from the time it is due, at the rate agreed by the parties or, in the absence of agreement, at the rate of legal interest as fixed by R.S. 9:3500. The obligee may recover these damages without having to prove any loss, and whatever loss he may have suffered he can recover no more. If the parties, by written contract, have expressly agreed that the obligor shall also be liable for the obligee's attorney fees in a fixed or determinable amount, the obligee is entitled to that amount as well.