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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2895"
article_number: "2895"
status: active
heading: "Ordinary wear and tear; damage caused by the failure to keep, preserve, or use as a prudent administrator"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XII › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109923"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 743, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 743
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 2895. Ordinary wear and tear; damage caused by the failure to keep, preserve, or use as a prudent administrator

The borrower is not liable for ordinary wear and tear of the thing lent. He is liable for damage to the thing lent caused by his failure to keep, preserve, or use it as a prudent administrator.