{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2461","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Legal Costs","number":"2461","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2461/","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":"The surety shall be liable, even beyond the limits of the maximum amount stated in the instrument of suretyship, for the costs of any actions brought against the principal debtor, provided he received sufficient notice thereof enabling him to forestall them by performing the obligation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2461/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":683,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/683/?article=2461&paragraph=lead#article-2461-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."}