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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1581"
article_number: "1581"
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heading: "Persons incompetent to be witnesses"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108907"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2025, No. 30, §1."
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    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
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  - act_year: 2025
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# Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses

A person cannot be a witness to any testament if the person is insane, blind, under the age of sixteen, or unable to sign his name.