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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3008"
article_number: "3008"
status: active
heading: "Liability for acts beyond authority; ratification"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110048"
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. 3008. Liability for acts beyond authority; ratification

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.