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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1551"
article_number: "1551"
status: active
heading: "Effects of acceptance"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 5 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108875"
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
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---

# Art. 1551. Effects of acceptance

A donation is effective upon acceptance. When the donation is effective, the ownership or other real right in the thing given is transferred to the donee.