---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3013"
article_number: "3013"
status: active
heading: "Compensation for loss sustained by the mandatary"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XV › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110054"
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. 3013. Compensation for loss sustained by the mandatary

The principal is bound to compensate the mandatary for loss the mandatary sustains as a result of the mandate, but not for loss caused by the fault of the mandatary.