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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3004"
article_number: "3004"
status: active
heading: "Obligation to deliver; right of retention"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110044"
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
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3004. Obligation to deliver; right of retention

The mandatary is bound to deliver to the principal everything he received by virtue of the mandate, including things he received unduly.

The mandatary may retain in his possession sufficient property of the principal to pay the mandatary's expenses and remuneration.