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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3049"
article_number: "3049"
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heading: "Surety's right of reimbursement for payment of obligation"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110091"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
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  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 409
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
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# Art. 3049. Surety's right of reimbursement for payment of obligation

A surety who pays the creditor is entitled to reimbursement from the principal obligor. He may not recover reimbursement until the principal obligation is due and exigible.

A surety for multiple solidary obligors may recover from any of them reimbursement of the whole amount he has paid the creditor.