---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1546"
article_number: "1546"
status: active
heading: "Acceptance during lifetime of donee"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 5 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108869"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1966, No. 44, §1; Acts 2008, No. 204, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1966
    act_number: 44
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2008
    act_number: 204
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2009-01-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1546. Acceptance during lifetime of donee

The acceptance shall be made during the lifetime of the donee. If the donee dies without having accepted the donation, his successors may not accept for him.