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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3051"
article_number: "3051"
status: active
heading: "Payment by debtor without notice of payment by surety"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110093"
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. 3051. Payment by debtor without notice of payment by surety

A surety may not recover from the principal obligor, by way of subrogation or reimbursement, the amount paid the creditor if the principal obligor also pays the creditor for want of being warned by the surety of the previous payment.

In these circumstances, the surety may recover from the creditor.