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Civil Code, Art. 1217

Different Kinds of Obligations · Formerly Art. 1145a of the old Civil Code

Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 1217
Topic
Different Kinds of Obligations
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE I Obligations
Chapter
CHAPTER 3 Different Kinds of Obligations
Formerly
Art. 1145a of the old Civil Code
Year
1949

The provision

Payment made by one of the solidary debtors extinguishes the obligation. If two or more solidary debtors offer to pay, the creditor may choose which offer to accept. He who made the payment may claim from his co-debtors only the share which corresponds to each, with the interest for the payment already made. If the payment is made before the debt is due, no interest for the intervening period may be demanded. When one of the solidary debtors cannot, because of his insolvency, reimburse his share to the debtor paying the obligation, such share shall be borne by all his co-debtors, in proportion to the debt of each. (1145a)

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