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SECTION 3. OF THE COMPETENCE OF WITNESSES AND OF CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS IN TESTAMENTS

Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses

A person cannot be a witness to any testament if he is insane, blind, under the age of sixteen, or unable to sign his name. A person who is competent but deaf or unable to read cannot be a witness to a notarial testament under Article 1579.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Louisiana > Cc > Cc1581

SECTION 3. OF THE COMPETENCE OF WITNESSES AND OF CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS IN TESTAMENTS

Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses

A person cannot be a witness to any testament if he is insane, blind, under the age of sixteen, or unable to sign his name. A person who is competent but deaf or unable to read cannot be a witness to a notarial testament under Article 1579.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Louisiana > Cc > Cc1581

SECTION 3. OF THE COMPETENCE OF WITNESSES AND OF CERTAIN DESIGNATIONS IN TESTAMENTS

Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses

A person cannot be a witness to any testament if he is insane, blind, under the age of sixteen, or unable to sign his name. A person who is competent but deaf or unable to read cannot be a witness to a notarial testament under Article 1579.

Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.