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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2683"
article_number: "2683"
status: active
heading: "The lessee's principal obligations"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IX › Chapter 3 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109744"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 821
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2683. The lessee's principal obligations

The lessee is bound:

(1) To pay the rent in accordance with the agreed terms;

(2) To use the thing as a prudent administrator and in accordance with the purpose for which it was leased; and

(3) To return the thing at the end of the lease in a condition that is the same as it was when the thing was delivered to him, except for normal wear and tear or as otherwise provided hereafter.