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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3050",
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  "heading": "Surety's right of reimbursement for payment of obligation not owed",
  "text": "A surety who in good faith pays the creditor when the principal obligation is extinguished, or when the principal obligor had the means of defeating it, is nevertheless entitled to reimbursement from the principal obligor if the surety made a reasonable effort to notify the principal obligor that the creditor was insisting on payment or if the principal obligor was apprised that the creditor was insisting on payment.\n\nThe surety's rights against the creditor are not thereby excluded.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
    },
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "XVI",
      "name": "Suretyship"
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "The Effects of Suretyship between the Surety and Principal Obligor"
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      "act_year": 1987,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.",
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