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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1838"
article_number: "1838"
status: active
heading: "Party must acknowledge or deny signature"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109077"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1838. Party must acknowledge or deny signature

A party against whom an act under private signature is asserted must acknowledge his signature or deny that it is his.

In case of denial, any means of proof may be used to establish that the signature belongs to that party.