---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2002"
article_number: "2002"
status: active
heading: "Reasonable efforts to mitigate damages"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109258"
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. 2002. Reasonable efforts to mitigate damages

An obligee must make reasonable efforts to mitigate the damage caused by the obligor's failure to perform. When an obligee fails to make these efforts, the obligor may demand that the damages be accordingly reduced.