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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2509"
article_number: "2509"
status: active
heading: "Reimbursement to buyer for useful improvements, liability of seller in bad faith"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 8"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109557"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1993
    act_number: 841
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1995-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2509. Reimbursement to buyer for useful improvements, liability of seller in bad faith

A seller liable for eviction must reimburse the buyer for the cost of useful improvements to the thing made by the buyer. If the seller knew at the time of the sale that the thing belonged to a third person, he must reimburse the buyer for the cost of all improvements.