La. Civ. Code art. 49

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 49, 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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Legal capacity of absent person

Official statutory text

The establishment of the curatorship does not deprive the absent person of his capacity to make juridical acts. Nevertheless, his acts of disposition of immovable property are not effective towards third persons and the curator unless filed for registry in the public records of the parish in which the immovable property is located.

Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.

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