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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2303"
article_number: "2303"
status: active
heading: "Liability of the person receiving payment"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title V › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109356"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1995, No. 1041, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1995
    act_number: 1041
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1996-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2303. Liability of the person receiving payment

A person who in bad faith received a payment or a thing not owed to him is bound to restore it with its fruits and products.