---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2530"
article_number: "2530"
status: active
heading: "Defect must exist before delivery"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 9"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109581"
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. 2530. Defect must exist before delivery

The warranty against redhibitory defects covers only defects that exist at the time of delivery. The defect shall be presumed to have existed at the time of delivery if it appears within three days from that time.