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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1588"
article_number: "1588"
status: active
heading: "Joint or separate legacy"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108914"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1588. Joint or separate legacy

A legacy to more than one person is either joint or separate. It is separate when the testator assigns shares and joint when he does not. Nevertheless, the testator may make a legacy joint or separate by expressly designating it as such.