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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2008"
article_number: "2008"
status: active
heading: "Failure to perform justified"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 8 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109264"
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. 2008. Failure to perform justified

An obligor whose failure to perform the principal obligation is justified by a valid excuse is also relieved of liability for stipulated damages.