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2019 Louisiana Laws
Civil Code
Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses
Universal Citation: LA Civ Code art. 1581 (2019)
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.
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