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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2998"
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heading: "Contracting with one's self"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110035"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998."
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  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 261
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1998-01-01
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# Art. 2998. Contracting with one's self

A mandatary who represents the principal as the other contracting party may not contract with himself unless he is authorized by the principal, or, in making such contract, he is merely fulfilling a duty to the principal.