Article 3069

Necessity for judgment against legal surety ACTIVE

No judgment shall be rendered against a legal surety unless the creditor obtains judgment against the principal obligor fixing the amount of the latter's liability to the creditor or unless the amount of that liability has otherwise been fixed. The creditor may join the surety and principal obligor in the same action.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988

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La. Civ. Code art. 3069 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-3069,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 3069},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/3069},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}