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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3070"
article_number: "3070"
status: active
heading: "Right to demand new security"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVI › Chapter 7"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110113"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 409, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 409
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3070. Right to demand new security

If a legal surety ceases to possess required qualifications or becomes insolvent or bankrupt, any interested person may demand that the principal obligor furnish additional security in the same amount and upon the same terms as those given by the existing surety for the performance of the obligation.