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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3046"
article_number: "3046"
status: active
heading: "Defenses available to surety"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110088"
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
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3046. Defenses available to surety

The surety may assert against the creditor any defense to the principal obligation that the principal obligor could assert except lack of capacity or discharge in bankruptcy of the principal obligor.