---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:89"
article_number: "89"
status: active
heading: "Impediment of same sex"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title IV › Chapter 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111041"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1987, No. 886, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1999, No. 890, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1987
    act_number: 886
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1988-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1999
    act_number: 890
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 89. Impediment of same sex

Persons of the same sex may not contract marriage with each other. A purported marriage between persons of the same sex contracted in another state shall be governed by the provisions of Title II of Book IV of the Civil Code.