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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2022"
article_number: "2022"
status: active
heading: "Refusal to perform"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 9"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109280"
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
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# Art. 2022. Refusal to perform

Either party to a commutative contract may refuse to perform his obligation if the other has failed to perform or does not offer to perform his own at the same time, if the performances are due simultaneously.