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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3528"
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heading: "Formal validity of testamentary dispositions"
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992."
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  - act_year: 1991
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    section: 1
    effective_date: 1992-01-01
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# Art. 3528. Formal validity of testamentary dispositions

A testamentary disposition is valid as to form if it is in writing and is made in conformity with: (1) the law of this state; or (2) the law of the state of making at the time of making; or (3) the law of the state in which the testator was domiciled at the time of making or at the time of death; or (4) with regard to immovables, the law that would be applied by the courts of the state in which the immovables are situated.