{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2459","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Prescription","number":"2459","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2459/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE IV - CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURITY","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Suretyship","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Proceedings instituted against the principal debtor shall interrupt the period of prescription as regards the surety.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2459/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":683,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/683/?article=2459&paragraph=lead#article-2459-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."}