{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1709","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Necessary Expenses","number":"1709","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1709/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Unjust Enrichment","section":"Section 3. - Expenses","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Whosoever is bound to make restitution shall be reimbursed of the expenses he has incurred in preventing the loss or deterioration of the thing, unless such expenses were not useful or were rendered by his own fault or the fault of a person for whom he is answerable.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1709/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":481,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/481/?article=1709&paragraph=lead#article-1709-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}