---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3073"
article_number: "3073"
status: active
heading: "Capacity and form"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XVII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110116"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2007, No. 138, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2007
    act_number: 138
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3073. Capacity and form

When a compromise effects a transfer or renunciation of rights, the parties shall have the capacity, and the contract shall meet the requirement of form, prescribed for the transfer or renunciation.