Louisiana § CC 1894 - Obligation not subject to compensation
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § CC 1894 — Obligation not subject to compensation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ CC 1894. Obligation not subject to compensation
Compensation takes place regardless of the sources of the obligations.
Compensation does not take place, however, if one of the obligations is to return a thing of which the owner has been unjustly dispossessed, or is to return a thing given in deposit or loan for use, or if the object of one of the obligations is exempt from seizure.
Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § CC 1894 cover?
Section CC 1894 ("Obligation not subject to compensation") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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