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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1471"
article_number: "1471"
status: active
heading: "Capacity to give, time for existence"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108791"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1991, No. 363, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1991
    act_number: 363
    section: 1
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 1471. Capacity to give, time for existence

Capacity to donate inter vivos must exist at the time the donor makes the donation. Capacity to donate mortis causa must exist at the time the testator executes the testament.