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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2999"
article_number: "2999"
status: active
heading: "Person of limited capacity"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110036"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 261
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1998-01-01
    role: enactment
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# Art. 2999. Person of limited capacity

A person of limited capacity may act as a mandatary for matters for which he is capable of contracting. In such a case, the rights of the principal against the mandatary are subject to the rules governing the obligations of persons of limited capacity.