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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:548"
article_number: "548"
status: active
heading: "Existence of usufructuaries."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110735"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1976, No. 103, §1."
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  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 103
    section: 1
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# Art. 548. Existence of usufructuaries.

When the usufruct is established by an act inter vivos, the usufructuary must exist or be conceived at the time of the execution of the instrument. When the usufruct is established by an act mortis causa, the usufructuary must exist or be conceived at the time of the death of the testator.