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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1542"
article_number: "1542"
status: active
heading: "Identification of donor, donee, and the thing donated required"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 5 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108865"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2008
    act_number: 204
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2009-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1542. Identification of donor, donee, and the thing donated required

The act of donation shall identify the donor and the donee and describe the thing donated. These requirements are satisfied if the identities and description are contained in the act of donation or are reasonably ascertainable from information contained in it, as clarified by extrinsic evidence, if necessary.