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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3056"
article_number: "3056"
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heading: "Right of contribution among co-sureties"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110098"
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. 3056. Right of contribution among co-sureties

A surety who pays the creditor may proceed directly or by way of subrogation to recover from his co-sureties the share of the principal obligation each is to bear. If a co-surety becomes insolvent, his share is to be borne by those who would have borne it in his absence.