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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2007"
article_number: "2007"
status: active
heading: "Stipulated damages or performance"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109263"
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. 2007. Stipulated damages or performance

An obligee may demand either the stipulated damages or performance of the principal obligation, but he may not demand both unless the damages have been stipulated for mere delay.