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Article 3008

Liability for acts beyond authority; ratification ACTIVE

If the mandatary exceeds his authority, he is answerable to the principal for resulting loss that the principal sustains.

The principal is not answerable to the mandatary for loss that the mandatary sustains because of acts that exceed his authority unless the principal ratifies those acts.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998

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La. Civ. Code art. 3008 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-3008,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 3008},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/3008},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}