La. Civ. Code art. 3539

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3539, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.

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Capacity

Official statutory text

A person is capable of contracting if he possesses that capacity under the law of either the state in which he is domiciled at the time of making the contract or the state whose law is applicable to the contract under Article 3537.

Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

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