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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3081"
article_number: "3081"
status: active
heading: "Effect on novation"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110125"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2007, No. 138, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2007
    act_number: 138
    section: 1
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 3081. Effect on novation

A compromise does not effect a novation of the antecedent obligation. When a party fails to perform a compromise, the other party may act either to enforce the compromise or to dissolve it and enforce his original claim.