PART III.  EFFECT ON DONEES AND THIRD PARTIES

§2371.  Recordation of donations inter vivos; effect

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a subsequent alienation or encumbrance of an immovable by a donee shall be considered an acceptance in accordance with the provisions of Civil Code Article 1544, and shall be effective against third persons upon recordation of any act or other document which alienates or encumbers the property, regardless of  form, filed in the parish in which the immovable is situated.

Acts 1962, No. 22; Acts 1964, No. 122, §2; Acts 1995, No. 1031, §1 Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2010, No. 225, §1.