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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3012"
article_number: "3012"
status: active
heading: "Reimbursement of expenses and remuneration"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110053"
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. 3012. Reimbursement of expenses and remuneration

The principal is bound to reimburse the mandatary for the expenses and charges he has incurred and to pay him the remuneration to which he is entitled.

The principal is bound to reimburse and pay the mandatary even though without the mandatary's fault the purpose of the mandate was not accomplished.