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La. Civ. Code art. 2691 — 房东须在租期内将房屋维持在适于约定用途的状态，并作必要维修。
art. 2696-2697：房东担保房屋无影响约定用途的 vices/defects（含房东不知情的 latent defects，严格责任）。art. 2699：住宅健康安全担保不得以租约放弃。
La. Civ. Code art. 2691 ↗维持房屋适于约定用途并作必要维修。
La. Civ. Code art. 2691 ↗担保房屋无 vices/defects（含 latent defects，严格责任）。
La. Civ. Code art. 2696-2697 ↗租客书面要求后，房东须在「合理时间」内维修（无固定天数）。
La. Civ. Code art. 2694 (reasonableness) ↗Repair-and-deduct（art. 2694）：房东合理时间内不修，租客可自行维修并扣租（维修须必要、费用合理）。
La. Civ. Code art. 2694 ↗解除租约（art. 2700）：缺陷严重使房屋不适于约定用途，租客可要求解除租约。
La. Civ. Code art. 2700 ↗租金减免（art. 2693）：缺陷实质影响使用，租客可请求按比例减租。
La. Civ. Code art. 2693 ↗路易斯安那无成文进入通知天数；房东须合理通知并在合理时间进入，紧急情况除外。
La. Civ. Code (reasonableness, common law) ↗缺陷系租客造成的，房东无维修义务。
La. Civ. Code art. 2691 ↗Every figure on this page comes from the official text or a state court opinion, not from a summary. The table below lists each provision used and the date it was last checked.
| Statute | Last verified | Source |
|---|---|---|
| La. Civ. Code art. 2691 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 2696-2697 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 2694 (reasonableness) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 2694 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 2700 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 2693 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code (reasonableness, common law) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
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La. Civ. Code art. 2691 — 房东须在租期内将房屋维持在适于约定用途的状态，并作必要维修。
Repair-and-deduct（art. 2694）：房东合理时间内不修，租客可自行维修并扣租（维修须必要、费用合理）。 解除租约（art. 2700）：缺陷严重使房屋不适于约定用途，租客可要求解除租约。 租金减免（art. 2693）：缺陷实质影响使用，租客可请求按比例减租。