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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2644"
article_number: "2644"
status: active
heading: "Performance by debtor before knowledge of assignment"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 15"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109705"
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. 2644. Performance by debtor before knowledge of assignment

When the debtor, without knowledge or notice of the assignment, renders performance to the assignor, such performance extinguishes the obligation of the debtor and is effective against the assignee and third persons.