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LA Civ Code art. 1572 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1572. Testamentary dispositions committed to the choice of a third person

Testamentary dispositions committed to the choice of a third person are null, except as expressly provided by law. A testator may delegate to his executor the authority to allocate specific assets to satisfy a legacy expressed in terms of a value or a quantum, including a fractional share. The testator may expressly delegate to his executor the authority to allocate a legacy to one or more entities or trustees of trusts organized for educational, charitable, religious, or other philanthropic purposes. The entities or trusts may be designated by the testator or, when authorized to do so, by the executor in his discretion. In addition, the testator may expressly delegate to his executor the authority to impose conditions on those legacies. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1573 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1573. Formalities

The formalities prescribed for the execution of a testament must be observed or the testament is absolutely null. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1574 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1574. Forms of testaments

There are two forms of testaments: olographic and notarial. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1575 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1575. Olographic testament

A. An olographic testament is one entirely written, dated, and signed in the handwriting of the testator. Although the date may appear anywhere in the testament, the testator must sign the testament at the end of the testament. If anything is written by the testator after his signature, the testament shall not be invalid and such writing may be considered by the court, in its discretion, as part of the testament. The olographic testament is subject to no other requirement as to form. The date is sufficiently indicated if the day, month, and year are reasonably ascertainable from information in the testament, as clarified by extrinsic evidence, if necessary. B. Additions and deletions on the testament may be given effect only if made by the hand of the testator. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 1576 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1576. Notarial testament

A notarial testament is one that is executed in accordance with the formalities of Articles 1577 through 1580.1. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 745, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1577 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1577. Requirements of form

The notarial testament shall be prepared in writing and dated and shall be executed in the following manner. If the testator knows how to sign his name and to read and is physically able to do both, then: (1) In the presence of a notary and two competent witnesses, the testator shall declare or signify to them that the instrument is his testament and shall sign his name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page. (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and the witnesses shall sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "In our presence the testator has declared or signified that this instrument is his testament and has signed it at the end and on each other separate page, and in the presence of the testator and each other we have hereunto subscribed our names this ____day of _________, ____." Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 1578 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1578. Notarial testament; testator literate and sighted but physically unable to sign

When a testator knows how to sign his name and to read, and is physically able to read but unable to sign his name because of a physical infirmity, the procedure for execution of a notarial testament is as follows: (1) In the presence of the notary and two competent witnesses, the testator shall declare or signify to them that the instrument is his testament, that he is able to see and read but unable to sign because of a physical infirmity, and shall affix his mark where his signature would otherwise be required; and if he is unable to affix his mark he may direct another person to assist him in affixing a mark, or to sign his name in his place. The other person may be one of the witnesses or the notary. (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and the witnesses shall sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "In our presence the testator has declared or signified that this is his testament, and that he is able to see and read and knows how to sign his name but is unable to do so because of a physical infirmity; and in our presence he has affixed, or caused to be affixed, his mark or name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page, and in the presence of the testator and each other, we have subscribed our names this _____day of ____, _____." Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1579 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1579. Notarial testament; testator unable to read

When a testator does not know how to read, or is physically impaired to the extent that he cannot read, whether or not he is able to sign his name, the procedure for execution of a notarial testament is as follows: (1) The written testament must be read aloud in the presence of the testator, the notary, and two competent witnesses. The witnesses, and the notary if he is not the person who reads the testament aloud, must follow the reading on copies of the testament. After the reading, the testator must declare or signify to them that he heard the reading, and that the instrument is his testament. If he knows how, and is able to do so, the testator must sign his name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page of the instrument. (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and witnesses must sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "This testament has been read aloud in our presence and in the presence of the testator, such reading having been followed on copies of the testament by the witnesses [, and the notary if he is not the person who reads it aloud,] and in our presence the testator declared or signified that he heard the reading, and that the instrument is his testament, and that he signed his name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page; and in the presence of the testator and each other, we have subscribed our names this ____day of ____, ______." (3) If the testator does not know how to sign his name or is unable to sign because of a physical infirmity, he must so declare or signify and then affix his mark, or cause it to be affixed, where his signature would otherwise be required; and if he is unable to affix his mark he may direct another person to assist him in affixing a mark or to sign his name in his place. The other person may be one of the witnesses or the notary. In this instance, the required declaration must be modified to recite in addition that the testator declared or signified that he did not know how to sign his name or was unable to do so because of a physical infirmity; and that he affixed, or caused to be affixed, his mark or name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page. (4) A person who may execute a testament authorized by either Article 1577 or 1578 may also execute a testament authorized by this Article. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1580 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1580. Notarial testament in braille form

A testator who knows how to and is physically able to read braille, may execute a notarial testament according to the following procedure: (1) In the presence of a notary and two competent witnesses, the testator must declare or signify that the testament, written in braille, is his testament, and must sign his name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page of the instrument. (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and witnesses must sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "In our presence the testator has signed this testament at the end and on each other separate page and has declared or signified that it is his testament; and in the presence of the testator and each other we have hereunto subscribed our names this ____day of _____, _____." (3) If the testator is unable to sign his name because of a physical infirmity, he must so declare or signify and then affix, or cause to be affixed, his mark where his signature would otherwise be required; and if he is unable to affix his mark he may direct another person to assist him in affixing a mark, or to sign his name in his place. The other person may be one of the witnesses or the notary. In this instance, the required declaration must be modified to recite in addition that the testator declared or signified that he was unable to sign his name because of a physical infirmity; and that he affixed, or caused to be affixed, his mark or name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page. (4) The declaration in the notarial testament in braille form must be in writing, not in braille. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1580.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1580.1. Deaf or deaf and blind notarial testament; form; witnesses

  A. A notarial testament may be executed under this Article only by a person who has been legally declared physically deaf or deaf and blind and who is able to read sign language, braille, or visual English.  B. The notarial testament shall be prepared and shall be dated and executed in the following manner:  (1) In the presence of a notary and two competent witnesses, the testator shall declare or signify to them that the instrument is his testament and shall sign his name at the end of the testament and on each other separate page of the instrument.  (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and the witnesses shall then sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "The testator has signed this testament at the end and on each other separate page, and has declared or signified in our presence that this instrument is his testament, and in the presence of the testator and each other we have hereunto subscribed our names this __________ day of ____________, 2____ ."  C. If the testator is unable to sign his name because of a physical infirmity, the testament shall be dated and executed in the following manner:  (1) In the presence of a notary and two competent witnesses, the testator shall declare or signify by sign or visual English to them that the instrument is his last testament, that he is unable to sign because of a physical infirmity, and shall then affix his mark at the end of the testament and on each other separate page of the instrument.  (2) In the presence of the testator and each other, the notary and the witnesses shall then sign the following declaration, or one substantially similar: "The testator has declared or signified by sign or visual English that he knows how to sign his name but is unable to sign his name because of a physical infirmity and he has affixed his mark at the end and on each other separate page of this testament, and declared or signified in our presence that this instrument is his testament and in the presence of the testator and each other we have hereunto subscribed our names this ___________ day of ___________________, 2_____."  D. The attestation clause required by Subparagraphs (B)(2) and (C)(2) shall be prepared in writing.  E.(1) A competent witness for the purposes of this Article is a person who meets the qualifications of Articles 1581 and 1582, and who knows how to sign his name and to read the required attestation clause, and is physically able to do both. At least one of the witnesses to the testament shall also meet the qualifications of a certified interpreter for the deaf as provided for in R.S. 46:2361 et seq.  (2) The testator shall be given the choice of accommodation services afforded by the use of large print, braille, or a tactile interpreter.  Acts 1999, No. 745, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1581 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1581. Persons incompetent to be witnesses

A person cannot be a witness to any testament if he is insane, blind, under the age of sixteen, or unable to sign his name. A person who is competent but deaf or unable to read cannot be a witness to a notarial testament under Article 1579. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1582 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1582. Effect of witness or notary as legatee

The fact that a witness or the notary is a legatee does not invalidate the testament. A legacy to a witness or the notary is invalid, but if the witness would be an heir in intestacy, the witness may receive the lesser of his intestate share or the legacy in the testament. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1582.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1582.1. Persons prohibited from witnessing; effect

A person may not be a witness to a testament if that person is a spouse of a legatee at the time of the execution of the testament. The fact that a witness is the spouse of a legatee does not invalidate the testament; however, a legacy to a witness' spouse is invalid, if the witness is the spouse of the legatee at the time of the execution of the testament. If the legacy is invalid under the provisions of this Article, and if the legatee would be an heir in intestacy, the legatee may receive the lesser of his intestate share or legacy in the testament. Any testamentary terms or restrictions placed on the legacy shall remain in effect. Acts 2003, No. 707, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 231, §1. NOTE: Acts 2004, No. 231, applies to testaments only executed on or after Jan. 1, 2004.
LA Civ Code art. 1583 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1583. Certain designations not legacies

The designation of a succession representative or a trustee, or an attorney for either of them, is not a legacy. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1584 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1584. Kinds of testamentary dispositions

Testamentary dispositions are particular, general, or universal. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1585 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1585. Universal legacy

A universal legacy is a disposition of all of the estate, or the balance of the estate that remains after particular legacies. A universal legacy may be made jointly for the benefit of more than one legatee without changing its nature. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1586 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1586. General legacy

A general legacy is a disposition by which the testator bequeaths a fraction or a certain proportion of the estate, or a fraction or certain proportion of the balance of the estate that remains after particular legacies. In addition, a disposition of property expressly described by the testator as all, or a fraction or a certain proportion of one of the following categories of property, is also a general legacy: separate or community property, movable or immovable property, or corporeal or incorporeal property. This list of categories is exclusive. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1587 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1587. Particular legacy

A legacy that is neither general nor universal is a particular legacy. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1588 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1588. Joint or separate legacy

A legacy to more than one person is either joint or separate. It is separate when the testator assigns shares and joint when he does not. Nevertheless, the testator may make a legacy joint or separate by expressly designating it as such. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1589 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1589. Lapse of legacies

A legacy lapses when: (1) The legatee predeceases the testator. (2) The legatee is incapable of receiving at the death of the testator. (3) The legacy is subject to a suspensive condition, and the condition can no longer be fulfilled or the legatee dies before fulfillment of the condition. (4) The legatee is declared unworthy. (5) The legacy is renounced, but only to the extent of the renunciation. (6) The legacy is declared invalid. (7) The legacy is declared null, as for example, for fraud, duress, or undue influence. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1590 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1590. Testamentary accretion

Testamentary accretion takes place when a legacy lapses. Accretion takes place according to the testament, or, in the absence of a governing testamentary provision, according to the following Articles. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1591 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1591. Accretion of particular and general legacies

When a particular or a general legacy lapses, accretion takes place in favor of the successor who, under the testament, would have received the thing if the legacy had not been made. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1592 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1592. Accretion among joint legatees

When a legacy to a joint legatee lapses, accretion takes place ratably in favor of the other joint legatees, except as provided in the following Article. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1593 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1593. Exception to rule of testamentary accretion

If a legatee, joint or otherwise, is a child or sibling of the testator, or a descendant of a child or sibling of the testator, then to the extent that the legatee's interest in the legacy lapses, accretion takes place in favor of his descendants by roots who were in existence at the time of the decedent's death. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to a legacy that is declared invalid or is declared null for fraud, duress, or undue influence. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 1595 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1595. Accretion to universal legatee

All legacies that lapse, and are not disposed of under the preceding Articles, accrete ratably to the universal legatees. When a general legacy is phrased as a residue or balance of the estate without specifying that the residue or balance is the remaining fraction or a certain portion of the estate after the other general legacies, even though that is its effect, it shall be treated as a universal legacy for purposes of accretion under this Article. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1596 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1596. Accretion to intestate successors

Any portion of the estate not disposed of under the foregoing rules devolves by intestacy. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1597 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1597. Loss, extinction, or destruction of property given

A. A legacy is extinguished to the extent that property forming all or part of the legacy is lost, extinguished, or destroyed before the death of the testator. However, the legatee is entitled to any part of the property that remains and to any uncollected insurance proceeds attributable to the loss, extinction, or destruction, and to the testator's right of action against any person liable for the loss, extinction, or destruction. B. A legacy of a certain object is not extinguished when the object of the legacy has been transformed into a similar object without an act of the testator. C. If the object of the legacy has been condemned or expropriated prior to the testator's death, the legatee is entitled to any uncollected award and to succeed to any right of action concerning the condemnation or expropriation. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 1598 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1598. Right of legatees to fruits and products

All legacies, whether particular, general, or universal, include the fruits and products attributable to the object of the legacy from the date of death, but the right of any legatee to distribution under this Article is subject to administration of the succession. Nevertheless, the legatee of a specified amount of money is entitled to interest on it, at a reasonable rate, beginning one year after the testator's death, but the executor may, by contradictory proceedings with the legatee and upon good cause shown, obtain an extension of time for such interest to begin to accrue and for such other modification with regard to payment of interest as the court deems appropriate. If, however, the legacy is subject to a usufruct for life of a surviving spouse or is held in trust subject to an income interest for life, to or for the benefit of a surviving spouse, the spouse shall be entitled to interest on the money from the date of death at a reasonable rate. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1599 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1599. Payment of legacies, preference of payment

If the testator has not expressly declared a preference in the payment of legacies, the preference shall be governed by the following Articles. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1600 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1600. Particular legacies; preference of payment

A particular legacy must be discharged in preference to all others. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1601 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1601. Preference of payment among particular legacies

If the property remaining after payment of the debts and satisfaction of the legitime proves insufficient to discharge all particular legacies, the legacies of specific things must be discharged first and then the legacies of groups and collections of things. Any remaining property must be applied toward the discharge of legacies of money, to be divided among the legatees of money in proportion to the amounts of their legacies. When a legacy of money is expressly declared to be in recompense for services, it shall be paid in preference to all other legacies of money. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1602 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1602. Discharge of an unsatisfied particular legacy

Intestate successors and general and universal legatees are personally bound to discharge an unpaid particular legacy, each in proportion to the part of the estate that he receives. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1604 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1604. Discharge of legacies, limitation of liability

In all the foregoing instances, a successor who is obligated to discharge a legacy is personally liable for his failure to do so only to the extent of the value of the property of the estate that he receives, valued as of the time of receipt. He is not personally liable to other successors by way of contribution or reimbursement for any greater amount. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1605 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1605. Probate of testament

A testament has no effect unless it is probated in accordance with the procedures and requisites of the Code of Civil Procedure. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 1606 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 1606. Testator's right of revocation

A testator may revoke his testament at any time. The right of revocation may not be renounced. Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.