Article 3019

Liability when authority is exceeded ACTIVE

A mandatary who exceeds his authority is personally bound to the third person with whom he contracts, unless that person knew at the time the contract was made that the mandatary had exceeded his authority or unless the principal ratifies the contract.

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History

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

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La. Civ. Code art. 3019 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-3019,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 3019},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/3019},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}