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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3035"
article_number: "3035"
status: active
heading: "Definition of suretyship"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 1"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 409
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
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# Art. 3035. Definition of suretyship

Suretyship is an accessory contract by which a person binds himself to a creditor to fulfill the obligation of another upon the failure of the latter to do so.