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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2305"
article_number: "2305"
status: active
heading: "Liability when the thing is alienated"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title V › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109358"
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. 2305. Liability when the thing is alienated

A person who in good faith alienated a thing not owed to him is only bound to restore whatever he obtained from the alienation. If he received the thing in bad faith, he owes, in addition, damages to the person to whom restoration is due.