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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3001"
article_number: "3001"
status: active
heading: "Mandatary's duty of performance; standard of care"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110041"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1979, No. 711, §1; Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 711
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 261
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1998-01-01
    role: amendment
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# Art. 3001. Mandatary's duty of performance; standard of care

The mandatary is bound to fulfill with prudence and diligence the mandate he has accepted. He is responsible to the principal for the loss that the principal sustains as a result of the mandatary's failure to perform.