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Civil Code
CC 1 Sources of law
CC 2 Legislation
CC 3 Custom
CC 4 Absence of legislation or custom
CC 5 Ignorance of law
CC 6 Retroactivity of laws
CC 7 Laws for the preservation of the public interest
CC 8 Repeal of laws
CC 9 Clear and unambiguous law
CC 10 Language susceptible of different meanings
CC 11 Meaning of words
CC 12 Ambiguous words
CC 13 Laws on the same subject matter
CC 14 Multistate cases
CC 24 Kinds of persons
CC 25 Commencement and end of natural personality
CC 26 Art. 26. Unborn child
CC 27 General legal capacity
CC 28 Capacity to make juridical acts
CC 29 Age of majority
CC 30 Presumption of death
CC 31 Existence of a person at time of accrual of a right
CC 38 Domicile
CC 39 Domicile and residence
CC 40 Domicile of spouses
CC 41 Domicile of unemancipated minor.
CC 42 Domicile of interdict
CC 43 Domicile of person under continued or permanent tutorship
CC 44 Change of domicile
CC 45 Proof of intent to change domicile
CC 46 Person holding temporary position
CC 47 Curator of an absent person's property
CC 48 Powers, rights, and duties of curator
CC 49 Legal capacity of absent person
CC 50 Termination of curatorship of right
CC 51 Termination by judgment of declaration of death
CC 52 Effects of termination of curatorship
CC 53 Validity of acts of curator after termination of the curatorship
CC 54 Absent person; declaration of death
CC 55 Declaration of death; effect
CC 56 New evidence as to time of death
CC 57 Reappearance of absent person; recovery of his property
CC 58 Succession rights of person presumed dead or declared dead
CC 59 Reappearance of absent person; recovery of his inheritance
CC 60 Arts. 60 to 85 repealed by Acts 1990, No. 989, 1, eff. January 1, 1991.
CC 86 Marriage; definition
CC 87 Contract of marriage; requirements
CC 88 Impediment of existing marriage
CC 89 Impediment of same sex
CC 90 Impediments of relationship
CC 90.1 Impediment of age
CC 91 Marriage ceremony required
CC 92 Marriage by procuration prohibited
CC 93 Vices of consent
CC 94 Absolutely null marriage
CC 95 Relatively null marriage; confirmation
CC 96 Civil effects of absolutely null marriage; putative marriage
CC 97 Civil effects of relatively null marriage
CC 98 Mutual duties of married persons
CC 99 Family authority
CC 100 Surname of married persons
CC 101 Termination of marriage
CC 102 Judgment of divorce; living separate and apart prior to rule
CC 103 Judgment of divorce; other grounds
CC 103.1 Judgment of divorce; time periods
CC 104 Reconciliation
CC 105 Determination of incidental matters
CC 111 Spousal support; authority of court
CC 112 Determination of final periodic support
CC 113 Interim spousal support
CC 114 Modification or termination of award of support
CC 115 Extinguishment of support obligation
CC 116 Modification of spousal support obligation
CC 117 Peremptive period for obligation
CC 118 Repealed
CC 121 Claim for contributions to education or training; authority of court
CC 122 Nature of action
CC 123 Form of award; effect of remarriage or death
CC 124 Prescription of spousal claim for contributions
CC 131 Court to determine custody
CC 132 Award of custody to parents
CC 133 Award of custody to person other than a parent; order of preference
CC 134 Factors in determining child's best interest
CC 135 Closed custody hearing
CC 136 Award of visitation rights
CC 136.1 Award of visitation rights
CC 137 Denial of visitation; sex offense; death of a parent
CC 141 Child support; authority of court
CC 142 Modification or termination of child support award
CC 149 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 150 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 151 Proceeding for declaration of nullity of a marriage; interim incidental relief
CC 152 Proceeding for declaration of nullity of a marriage; final incidental relief
CC 153 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 154 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 155 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 156 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 159 Effect of divorce on community property regime
CC 160 Blank]
CC 161 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1008, 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
CC 162 Arts. 162 to 175 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 705, 1.
CC 178 Definition
CC 179 Establishment of filiation
CC 184 Maternity
CC 185 Presumption of paternity of husband
CC 186 Presumption if child is born after divorce or after death of husband; effect of disavowal
CC 187 Disavowal action; proof
CC 188 Disavowal precluded in case of assisted conception
CC 189 Time limit for disavowal by the husband
CC 190 Time limit for disavowal by heir or legatee
CC 190.1 Three-party acknowledgment; alternative to disavowal; time period
CC 191 Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother
CC 192 Contestation action; proof
CC 193 Contestation and establishment of paternity; time period
CC 194 Judgment in contestation action
CC 195 Presumption by marriage and acknowledgment; child not filiated to another man; proof; time period
CC 196 Formal acknowledgment; presumption
CC 197 Child's action to establish paternity; proof; time period
CC 198 Father's action to establish paternity; time period
CC 199 Effect of adoption.
CC 200 Adoption of minors
CC 201 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 202 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, 4.
CC 203 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 204 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, 4.
CC 205 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 206 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 207 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 208 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 209 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 210 Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 549, 2.
CC 211 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
CC 212 Adult adoption requirements
CC 213 Adult adoption; form
CC 214 Adult adoption; recordation requirement
CC 215 Repealed
CC 216 Repealed
CC 217 Repealed
CC 218 Repealed
CC 219 Repealed
CC 220 Repealed
CC 221 Authority of married parents
CC 222 Representation of minor
CC 223 Rights and obligations of parental authority
CC 224 Parental obligation of support and education
CC 225 Parental liability for child's offenses and quasi-offenses
CC 226 Parental obligation of direction
CC 227 Parental control
CC 228 Child's obligation of obedience; parental correction
CC 229 Administration of the property of the child
CC 230 Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the property of the child; expenditure of fruits
CC 231 Parents' obligation to deliver and account
CC 232 Parental authority
CC 233 Delegation of parental authority
CC 234 Parental authority; custody award
CC 235 Termination of parental authority
CC 236 Filial honor and respect
CC 237 Obligation of providing the basic necessities of life; ascendants and descendants; exceptions
CC 238 Amount of support
CC 239 Modification or termination of support
CC 240 Repealed
CC 241 Repealed
CC 242 Repealed
CC 243 Repealed
CC 244 Repealed
CC 245 Repealed
CC 246 Occasion for tutorship.
CC 247 Kinds of tutorships.
CC 248 Modes of establishment of tutorships.
CC 249 Accountability of tutor.
CC 250 Persons entitled to tutorship
CC 251 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 252 Unborn and posthumous children.
CC 253 Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 163, 2.
CC 254 Arts. 254, 255 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2
CC 256 Children born outside of marriage
CC 257 Surviving parent's right of appointment.
CC 258 Right of appointment where parents are divorced or separated
CC 259 Option of acceptance of tutorship.
CC 260 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 261 Child born outside of marriage
CC 262 Appointment of several tutors; order of priority.
CC 263 Qualified ascendants; collaterals by blood; surviving spouse.
CC 270 Occasion for tutorship.
CC 273 Necessity for appointment.
CC 278 Liability concerning minor's legal mortgage.
CC 279 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 280 Termination of undertutorship.
CC 281 Arts. 281 to 291 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 292 Excuse by reason of office or function.
CC 293 Waiver of excuse by subsequent acceptance of tutorship.
CC 294 Subsequently acquired excuse.
CC 295 Excuse for remote relationship.
CC 296 Excuse for age.
CC 297 Excuse for infirmity.
CC 298 Excuse for prior tutorships
CC 299 Time to present excuse.
CC 300 Provisional administration pending consideration of excuse.
CC 301 Parent's unconditional obligation of tutorship.
CC 302 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2
CC 307 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 308 Duty to apply for appointment.
CC 309 Minors exempt from taking application.
CC 310 Liability for failure to make application.
CC 311 Action for damages; prescription.
CC 322 Minor's legal mortgage on tutor's property.
CC 333 Sale of mortgaged property by one claimant; inscription of legal mortgage of remaining minors.
CC 336 Alienation of minor's immovables.
CC 337 Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 572, 2.
CC 338 Interest.
CC 339 Agreements between tutor and minor.
CC 340 Prescription of minor's action against tutor.
CC 354 Placing under continuing tutorship
CC 355 Petition for full or limited continuing tutorship
CC 356 Title of proceedings; procedural rules; parents as tutor and undertutor.
CC 357 Decree; place of recording; notice
CC 358 Full continuing tutorship; authority; privileges and duties of tutor and undertutor
CC 358.1 Limited continuing tutorship; authority; privileges and duties of tutor and undertutor
CC 358.2 Termination of continuing tutorship
CC 359 Restriction on legal capacity.
CC 360 Parents' rights of administration.
CC 361 Contest of decree restricting legal capacity.
CC 362 Persons subject to interdiction
CC 365 Emancipation
CC 366 Judicial emancipation
CC 367 Emancipation by marriage
CC 368 Limited emancipation by authentic act
CC 369 Emancipation; when effective
CC 370 Modification and termination of judicial emancipation
CC 371 Modification or termination of limited emancipation by authentic act
CC 389 Full interdiction
CC 390 Limited interdiction
CC 391 Temporary and preliminary interdiction
CC 392 Curators
CC 393 Undercurators
CC 394 Pre-interdiction juridical acts
CC 395 Capacity to make juridical acts
CC 396 Effective date of judgment of interdiction
CC 397 Modification and termination of interdiction
CC 398 Effective date of modification or termination of a judgment of interdiction
CC 399 Responsibility for wrongful filing of interdiction petition
CC 448 Division of things.
CC 449 Common things.
CC 450 Public things.
CC 451 Seashore.
CC 452 Public things and common things subject to public use.
CC 453 Private things.
CC 454 Freedom of disposition by private persons.
CC 455 Private things subject to public use.
CC 456 Banks of navigable rivers or streams.
CC 457 Roads; public or private.
CC 458 Works obstructing the public use.
CC 459 Building encroaching on public way.
CC 460 Construction of navigation facilities on public places by port commissions or municipalities.
CC 461 Corporeals and incorporeals.
CC 462 Tracts of land.
CC 463 Component parts of tracts of land.
CC 464 Buildings and standing timber as separate immovables.
CC 465 Things incorporated into an immovable.
CC 466 Component parts of a building or other construction
CC 467 Immovables by declaration.
CC 468 Deimmobilization.
CC 469 Transfer or encumbrance of immovable.
CC 470 Incorporeal immovables.
CC 471 Corporeal movables.
CC 472 Building materials.
CC 473 Incorporeal movables.
CC 474 Movables by anticipation.
CC 475 Things not immovable.
CC 476 Rights in things.
CC 477 Ownership; content
CC 478 Resolutory condition; real right in favor of other person.
CC 479 Necessity of a person.
CC 480 Co-ownership.
CC 481 Ownership and possession distinguished.
CC 482 Accession.
CC 483 Ownership of fruits by accession.
CC 484 Young of animals.
CC 485 Fruits produced by a third person; reimbursement.
CC 486 Possessor's right to fruits.
CC 487 Possessor in good faith; definition.
CC 488 Products; reimbursement of expenses.
CC 489 Apportionment of fruits.
CC 490 Accession above and below the surface.
CC 491 Buildings, other constructions, standing timber, and crops.
CC 492 Separate ownership of part of a building.
CC 493 Ownership of improvements
CC 493.1 Ownership of component parts
CC 493.2 Loss of ownership by accession; claims of former owner
CC 494 Constructions by landowner with materials of another.
CC 495 Things incorporated in, or attached to, an immovable with the consent of the owner of the immovable.
CC 496 Constructions by possessor in good faith.
CC 497 Constructions by bad faith possessor.
CC 498 Claims against third persons
CC 499 Alluvion and dereliction.
CC 500 Shore of the sea or of a lake.
CC 501 Division of alluvion.
CC 502 Sudden action of waters.
CC 503 Island formed by river opening a new channel.
CC 504 Ownership of abandoned bed when river changes course.
CC 505 Islands and sandbars in navigable rivers.
CC 506 Ownership of beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams.
CC 507 Accession as between movables.
CC 508 Things principal and accessory.
CC 509 Value or bulk as a basis to determine principal thing.
CC 510 Union of a principal and an accessory thing.
CC 511 Ownership of new thing made with materials of another.
CC 512 Effect of bad faith.
CC 513 Use of materials of two owners; separation or co-ownership.
CC 514 Mixture of materials.
CC 515 Recovery of materials or value in lieu of ownership.
CC 516 Liability for unauthorized use of a movable.
CC 517 Voluntary transfer of ownership of an immovable
CC 518 Voluntary transfer of the ownership of a movable
CC 519 Transfer of action for recovery of movable.
CC 520 Transfer of ownership by merchant
CC 521 Lost or stolen thing.
CC 522 Transfer of ownership by owner under annullable title.
CC 523 Good faith; definition.
CC 524 Recovery of lost or stolen things.
CC 525 Registered movables
CC 526 Recognition of ownership; recovery of the thing.
CC 527 Necessary expenses.
CC 528 Useful expenses.
CC 529 Right of retention.
CC 530 Presumption of ownership of movable.
CC 531 Proof of ownership of immovable
CC 532 Common author.
CC 533 Kinds of servitudes.
CC 534 Personal servitude.
CC 535 Usufruct.
CC 536 Consumable things.
CC 537 Nonconsumable things.
CC 538 Usufruct of consumable things
CC 539 Usufruct of nonconsumable things.
CC 540 Nature of usufruct.
CC 541 Divisibility of usufruct.
CC 542 Divisibility of naked ownership.
CC 543 Partition of the property in kind or by licitation
CC 544 Methods of establishing usufruct; things susceptible of usufruct.
CC 545 Modifications of usufruct.
CC 546 Usufruct in favor of successive usufructuaries.
CC 547 Usufruct in favor of several usufructuaries.
CC 548 Existence of usufructuaries.
CC 549 Capacity to receive usufruct
CC 550 Right to all fruits.
CC 551 Kinds of fruits.
CC 552 Corporate distributions.
CC 553 Voting of shares of stock and other rights
CC 554 Commencement of the right to fruits.
CC 555 Nonapportionment of natural fruits.
CC 556 Apportionment of civil fruits.
CC 557 Possession and use of the things.
CC 558 Improvements and alterations
CC 559 Accessories.
CC 560 Trees, stones, and other materials.
CC 561 Mines and quarries.
CC 562 Usufruct of timberlands.
CC 563 Alluvion.
CC 564 Treasure.
CC 565 Predial servitudes.
CC 566 Actions.
CC 567 Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability
CC 568 Disposition of nonconsumable things
CC 568.1 Donation and alienation
CC 568.2 Right to lease
CC 568.3 Requirement to remove encumbrance
CC 569 Duties with regard to things gradually or totally impaired
CC 570 Inventory.
CC 571 Security
CC 572 Amount of security.
CC 573 Dispensation of security
CC 574 Delay in giving security
CC 575 Failure to give security
CC 576 Standard of care.
CC 577 Liability for repairs
CC 578 Ordinary and extraordinary repairs.
CC 579 Rights of action for repairs.
CC 580 Reimbursement for necessary repairs
CC 581 Liability for necessary expenses
CC 582 Abandonment of usufruct.
CC 583 Ruin from accident, force majeure, or age
CC 584 Periodic charges
CC 585 Extraordinary charges.
CC 586 Liability for debts; usufruct inter vivos
CC 587 Liability for debts; usufruct established mortis causa
CC 588 Discharge of debt on encumbered property; usufruct established inter vivos
CC 589 Discharge of debt on encumbered property by mortis causa usufructuary
CC 590 Encumbered property; discharge of debt on encumbered property by naked owner
CC 591 Continuation of usufruct after sale of property
CC 592 Multiple usufructuaries; contribution to payment of estate debts
CC 593 Discharge of legacy of annuity
CC 594 Court costs; expenses of litigation
CC 595 Expenses of litigation; legal usufruct.
CC 596 Expenses of litigation; conventional usufruct.
CC 597 Liability of the usufructuary for servitudes.
CC 598 Duty to give information to owner.
CC 599 Usufruct of a herd of animals.
CC 600 Disposition of animals.
CC 601 Removal of improvements
CC 602 Set off against damages.
CC 603 Disposition of the naked ownership; alienation or encumbrance of the property
CC 604 Servitudes
CC 605 Toleration of the enjoyment.
CC 606 Improvements.
CC 607 Death of the usufructuary.
CC 608 Dissolution of juridical person; thirty year limitation
CC 609 Termination of legacy of revenues.
CC 610 Usufruct for a term or under condition.
CC 611 Term; transfer of usufruct to another person.
CC 612 Term; third person reaching a certain age.
CC 613 Loss, extinction, or destruction of property
CC 614 Fault of a third person.
CC 615 Change of the form of property
CC 616 Sale or exchange of the property; taxes
CC 617 Proceeds of insurance.
CC 618 Security for proceeds
CC 619 Changes made by the testator
CC 620 Sale of the property or of the usufruct
CC 621 Prescription of nonuse.
CC 622 Confusion of usufruct and naked ownership.
CC 623 Abuse of the enjoyment; consequences
CC 624 Security to prevent termination
CC 625 Intervention by creditors of the usufructuary
CC 626 Renunciation; rights of creditors.
CC 627 Right of retention.
CC 628 Consequences of termination; usufruct of nonconsumables.
CC 629 Consequences of termination; usufruct of consumables.
CC 630 Habitation.
CC 631 Establishment and extinction.
CC 632 Regulation by title.
CC 633 Persons residing in the house.
CC 634 Extent of right of habitation.
CC 635 Degree of care; duty to restore the property.
CC 636 Taxes, repairs, and other charges.
CC 637 Nontransferable and nonheritable right.
CC 638 Duration of habitation.
CC 639 Right of use.
CC 640 Content of the servitude.
CC 641 Persons having the servitude.
CC 642 Extent of the servitude.
CC 643 Transferable right.
CC 644 Heritable right.
CC 645 Regulation of the servitude.
CC 646 Predial servitude; definition.
CC 647 Benefit to dominant estate.
CC 648 Contiguity or proximity of the estates.
CC 649 Nature; incorporeal immovable.
CC 650 Inseparability of servitude
CC 651 Obligations of the owner of the servient estate
CC 652 Indivisibility of servitude.
CC 653 Division of advantages.
CC 654 Kinds of predial servitudes.
CC 655 Natural drainage.
CC 656 Obligations of the owners.
CC 657 Estate bordering on running water.
CC 658 Estate through which water runs.
CC 659 Legal servitudes; notion.
CC 660 Keeping buildings in repair
CC 661 Building in danger of falling.
CC 662 Building near a wall.
CC 663 Projections over boundary.
CC 664 Rain drip from roof.
CC 665 Legal public servitudes.
CC 666 River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable.
CC 667 Limitations on use of property
CC 668 Inconvenience to neighbor.
CC 669 Regulation of inconvenience.
CC 670 Encroaching building.
CC 671 Destruction of private property to arrest fire.
CC 672 Other legal servitudes.
CC 673 Common wall servitude.
CC 674 Contribution by neighbor.
CC 675 Presumption of common wall.
CC 676 Adjoining wall.
CC 677 Rights and obligations of co-owners.
CC 678 Cost of repairs.
CC 679 Abandonment of common wall.
CC 680 Rights in common walls.
CC 681
CC 682 Raising the height of common wall.
CC 683 Neighbor's right to make the raised part common.
CC 684 Enclosures.
CC 685 Common fences.
CC 686 Common ditches.
CC 687 Trees, bushes, and plants on the boundary.
CC 688 Branches or roots of trees, bushes, or plants on neighboring property.
CC 689 Enclosed estate; right of passage
CC 690 Extent of passage
CC 691 Constructions
CC 692 Location of passage
CC 693 Enclosed estate; voluntary act.
CC 694 Enclosed estate; voluntary alienation or partition
CC 695 Relocation of servitude.
CC 696 Prescriptibility of action for indemnity.
CC 696.1 Utility
CC 697 Right to establish predial servitudes; limitations.
CC 698 Property susceptible of servitudes.
CC 699 Examples of predial servitudes.
CC 700 Servitude of support.
CC 701 Servitude of view.
CC 702 Prohibition of view.
CC 703 Servitude of light.
CC 704 Prohibition of light.
CC 705 Servitude of passage
CC 706 Servitudes; affirmative or negative.
CC 707 Servitudes; apparent or nonapparent.
CC 708 Establishment of predial servitude.
CC 709 Mandatary.
CC 710 Naked owner.
CC 711 Usufructuary.
CC 712 Owner for a term or under condition.
CC 713 Purchaser with reservation of redemption.
CC 714 Co-owner; servitude on entire estate.
CC 715 Exercise of the servitude.
CC 716 Servitude on undivided part.
CC 717 Partition in kind.
CC 718 Partition by licitation.
CC 719 Successor of the co-owner.
CC 720 Additional servitudes.
CC 721 Servitude on mortgaged property.
CC 722 Modes of establishment.
CC 723 Servitudes on public things.
CC 724 Multiple dominant or servient estates.
CC 725 Reciprocal servitudes.
CC 726 Servitude on after-acquired property.
CC 727 Servitude on part of an estate.
CC 728 Limitation of use.
CC 729 Conventional alteration of legal or natural servitude.
CC 730 Interpretation of servitude.
CC 731 Charge expressly for the benefit of an estate.
CC 732 Interpretation in the absence of express declaration.
CC 733 Interpretation; benefit of dominant estate.
CC 734 Interpretation; convenience of a person.
CC 735 Persons acquiring servitude.
CC 736 Capacity to acquire servitude.
CC 737 Renunciation of servitude by owner of dominant estate.
CC 738 No revocation by grantor.
CC 739 Acquisition by title only.
CC 740 Modes of acquisition of servitudes.
CC 741 Destination of the owner.
CC 742 Acquisitive prescription.
CC 743 Accessory rights.
CC 744 Necessary works; cost of repairs.
CC 745 Right to enter into the servient estate.
CC 746 Exoneration from responsibility by abandonment of the servient estate.
CC 747 Division of dominant estate.
CC 748 Noninterference by the owner of servient estate.
CC 749 Extent and manner of use of servitude when title is silent.
CC 750 Location of servitude when the title is silent.
CC 751 Destruction of dominant or of servient estate.
CC 752 Reestablishment of things.
CC 753 Prescription for nonuse.
CC 754 Commencement of nonuse.
CC 755 Obstacle to servitude.
CC 756 Failure to rebuild dominant or servient estate.
CC 757 Sufficiency of acts by third persons.
CC 758 Imprescriptibility of natural servitudes.
CC 759 Partial use.
CC 760 More extensive use than title.
CC 761 Use of accessory right.
CC 762 Use by co-owner.
CC 763 Minority or other disability.
CC 764 Burden of proof of use.
CC 765 Confusion.
CC 766 Resolutory condition.
CC 767 Acceptance of succession; confusion
CC 768 Confusion; separate and community property.
CC 769 Irrevocability of extinction by confusion.
CC 770 Abandonment of servient estate.
CC 771 Renunciation of servitude.
CC 772 Renunciation by owner.
CC 773 Expiration of time or happening of condition.
CC 774 Dissolution of the right of the grantor.
CC 775 Building restrictions.
CC 776 Establishment
CC 777 Nature and regulation.
CC 778 Affirmative duties
CC 779 Injunctive relief.
CC 780 Amendment and termination of building restrictions
CC 781 Termination; liberative prescription
CC 782 Abandonment of plan or of restriction.
CC 783 Matters of interpretation and application
CC 784 Boundary; marker.
CC 785 Fixing of the boundary.
CC 786 Persons who may compel fixing of boundary.
CC 787 Lessee may compel lessor.
CC 788 Imprescriptibility of the right.
CC 789 Fixing of boundary judicially or extrajudicially.
CC 790 Costs.
CC 791 Liability for unauthorized removal of markers.
CC 792 Fixing of boundary according to ownership or possession
CC 793 Determination of ownership according to titles.
CC 794 Determination of ownership according to prescription.
CC 795 Effect of boundary agreement.
CC 796 Error in the location of markers; rectification.
CC 797 Ownership in indivision; definition
CC 798 Right to fruits and products
CC 799 Liability of a co-owner
CC 800 Preservation of the thing
CC 801 Use and management by agreement
CC 802 Right to use the thing
CC 803 Use and management of the thing in the absence of agreement
CC 804 Substantial alterations or improvements
CC 805 Disposition of undivided share
CC 806 Expenses of maintenance and management
CC 807 Right to partition; exclusion by agreement
CC 808 Partition excluded
CC 809 Judicial and extrajudicial partition
CC 810 Partition in kind
CC 811 Partition by licitation or by private sale
CC 812 Effect of partition on real rights
CC 813 Partition in kind
CC 814 Rescission of partition for lesion
CC 815 Partition by licitation
CC 816 Partition in kind; warranty
CC 817 Imprescriptibility of action
CC 818 Other rights held in indivision
CC 819 Arts. 819 to 822 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 514, 1.
CC 823 Arts. 823 to 855 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 170, 1
CC 856 Arts. 856 to 869 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 169, 1.
CC 870 Modes of acquiring ownership
CC 871 Meaning of succession
CC 872 Meaning of estate
CC 873 Kinds of succession
CC 874 Testate succession
CC 875 Intestate succession
CC 876 Kinds of successors
CC 877
CC 878
CC 879
CC 880 Intestate succession
CC 881 Representation: effect
CC 882 Representation in direct line of descendants
CC 883 Representation of ascendants not permissible
CC 884 Representation in collateral line
CC 885 Basis of partition in cases of representation
CC 886 Representation of deceased persons only
CC 887 Representation of decedent whose succession was renounced
CC 888 Succession rights of descendants
CC 889 Devolution of community property
CC 890 Usufruct of surviving spouse
CC 891 Devolution of separate property; parents and brothers and sisters
CC 892 Devolution of separate property in absence of parents or in absence of brothers and sisters
CC 893 Brothers and sisters related by half-blood
CC 894 Separate property; rights of surviving spouse
CC 895 Separate property; rights of other ascendants
CC 896 Separate property; rights of other collaterals
CC 897 Repealed
CC 898 Repealed
CC 899 Nearest in degree among more remote relations
CC 900 Degrees of relationship
CC 901 Direct and collateral relationship
CC 902 Rights of the state
CC 903 Arts. 903 to 933 Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 919, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
CC 934 Commencement of succession
CC 935 Acquisition of ownership; seizin
CC 936 Continuation of the possession of decedent
CC 937 Transmission of rights of successor
CC 938 Exercise of succession rights
CC 939 Existence of successor
CC 940 Same; unborn child
CC 941 Declaration of unworthiness
CC 942 Persons who may bring action
CC 943 Reconciliation or forgiveness
CC 944 Prescription
CC 945 Effects of declaration of unworthiness
CC 946 Devolution of succession rights of successor declared unworthy
CC 947 Right of successor to accept or renounce
CC 948 Minor successor deemed to accept
CC 949 Death of decedent as prerequisite to acceptance or renunciation
CC 950 Knowledge required of successor as prerequisite to acceptance or renunciation
CC 951 Nullity of premature acceptance or renunciation
CC 952 Probate or annulment of testament after acceptance or renunciation of succession
CC 953 Legacy subject to a suspensive condition
CC 954 Retroactive effects of acceptance and renunciation
CC 955 Reserved]
CC 956 Claims of successor who is a creditor of the estate
CC 957 Formal or informal acceptance
CC 958 Informal acceptance; use or disposition of property
CC 959 Informal acceptance; act of ownership
CC 960 Donative renunciation deemed acceptance
CC 961 Effect of acceptance
CC 962 Presumption of acceptance
CC 963 Requirement of formality
CC 964 Accretion upon renunciation in intestate successions
CC 965 Accretion upon renunciation in testate successions
CC 966 Acceptance or renunciation of accretion
CC 967 Acceptance of succession by creditor
CC 968 Reserved]
CC 969 Arts. 969-1074 [Blank]
CC 1075 Arts. 1075 to 1094 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1095 Vacant succession, definition.
CC 1096 Intestate succession, definition.
CC 1097 Vacant succession; administration by administrators.
CC 1098 Arts. 1098, 1099 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1100 Liability for unauthorized possession of vacant succession.
CC 1101 Arts. 1101, 1102 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1103 Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 150, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
CC 1104 Arts. 1104 to 1112 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1113 Arts. 1113 to 1132 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1133 Arts. 1133 to 1137 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1138 Arts. 1138 to 1145 Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 150, 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
CC 1146 Arts. 1146, 1147 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1148 Interest on succession funds; liability for private use.
CC 1149 Arts. 1149 to 1157 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1158 Arts. 1158 to 1161 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1162 Arts. 1162 to 1170 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1171 Persons authorized to make sale.
CC 1172 Arts. 1172 to 1187 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1188 Unpaid new creditors' action against paid creditors; prescription.
CC 1189 Arts. 1189, 1190 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1191 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1192 Termination of curator's duties on appearance of heirs.
CC 1193 Arts. 1193 to 1209 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1210 Arts. 1210 to 1219 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1220 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1221 Arts. 1221 to 1223 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1224 Arts. 1224 to 1226 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1227 Collation, definition.
CC 1228 Collation by descendants
CC 1229 Reasons for collation.
CC 1230 Presumption in favor of collation.
CC 1231 Express exclusion of collation; extra portion.
CC 1232 Method of declaring dispensation from collation
CC 1233 Sufficiency of declaration.
CC 1234 Reduction of donations exceeding disposable portion; calculation of legitime.
CC 1235 Persons entitled to demand collation
CC 1236 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 147, 3, eff. July 1, 1990.
CC 1237 Renouncing heir's right to donations not exceeding disposable portion.
CC 1238 Grandchildren; collation of donations made by grandparent after death of parent
CC 1239 Grandchildren; right to donations made by grandparent during life of parent
CC 1240 Grandchildren; collation of donations made by grandparent to parent.
CC 1241 Collation by great grandchildren and more remote descendants.
CC 1242 Collation; succession of donor.
CC 1243 Expenditures subject to collation
CC 1244 Expenditures not subject to collation.
CC 1245 Manual gifts.
CC 1246 Profits from contracts with ascendant.
CC 1247 Share of partnership with ascendant.
CC 1248 Advantages other than donation.
CC 1249 Wages for services to ascendant.
CC 1250 Immovables destroyed while in possession of donee.
CC 1251 Methods of making collations.
CC 1252 Collation in kind, definition.
CC 1253 Collation by taking less, definition.
CC 1254 Movables or immovables.
CC 1255 Collation of immovables.
CC 1256 Immovables collated in kind; reimbursement for improvements.
CC 1257 Immovables collated in kind; allowance for expenses of preservation.
CC 1258 Immovables collated in kind; removal by donee of works erected for his pleasure.
CC 1259 Kinds of expenses made on immovable property.
CC 1260 Deterioration and damage to immovable, liability of donee.
CC 1261 Destruction of immovable after election to collate in kind.
CC 1262 Partial destruction of immovable after election to collate in kind.
CC 1263 Destruction of immovable after election to collate by taking less.
CC 1264 Creditors' rights on immovable collated in kind.
CC 1265 Preservation of creditor's mortgage rights after partition.
CC 1266 Immovables in excess of disposable portion; collation in kind.
CC 1267 Immovables in excess of disposable portion; collation by taking less.
CC 1268 Collation in kind; retention of immovable until reimbursement of expenses.
CC 1269 Collation by taking less; valuation of immovable.
CC 1270 Voluntary alienation or negligent loss of immovables subject to collation.
CC 1271 Forced alienation of immovables subject to collation.
CC 1272 Sale by donee and subsequent destruction of immovable subject to collation.
CC 1273 Collation by taking less; coheirs' election of collation by sale or in kind.
CC 1274 Failure of coheirs to make timely election.
CC 1275 Payment of collation by sale of succession effects.
CC 1276 Payment of collation with property of succession.
CC 1277 Payment of collation by donee where succession effects insufficient.
CC 1278 Time and security for payment.
CC 1279 Rights of coheirs against defaulting heir; foreclosure of special mortgage.
CC 1280 Privilege of seizing coheirs on proceeds of mortgage sale.
CC 1281 Alienation of immovable by donee by onerous title; creation of real right in immovable by donee or operation of law
CC 1282 Purchaser's retention of immovable upon payment of collations.
CC 1283 Collation of movables.
CC 1284 Donation of movables as absolute transfer of rights.
CC 1285 Collation of money.
CC 1286 Collation of movables or money by taking less; payment in money.
CC 1287 Collation of movables or money by taking less; payment in succession effects.
CC 1288 Payment of collation by donee where succession effects insufficient.
CC 1289 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1290 Extent and application of rules; venue of action.
CC 1291 Venue of action where property partly in different parishes.
CC 1292 Undivided ownership rights until partition.
CC 1293 Partition of a succession, definition.
CC 1294 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1295 Definitive and provisional partitions, definitions.
CC 1296 Definitive and provisional partitions, distinguished.
CC 1297 Stipulations against partition.
CC 1298 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1299 Perpetual prohibition against partition by donor.
CC 1300 Limited or conditional prohibition against partition by donor.
CC 1301 Testator's right to prohibit partition during minority of heirs.
CC 1302 Testamentary partition
CC 1303 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1304 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1305 Prescription where possession is separate.
CC 1306 Prescription where one heir possesses separately and others possess in common.
CC 1307 Partition between heirs and legatees.
CC 1308 Partition between owners in common.
CC 1309 Partition between possessors in common.
CC 1310 Nature of possession required.
CC 1311 Action maintainable by one or more co-owners.
CC 1312 Partition suits by tutors and curators.
CC 1313 Partition suits by emancipated minors.
CC 1314 Defense of suits by tutors, curators and emancipated minors.
CC 1315 Partition suits by curators of absent heirs.
CC 1316 Arts. 1316, 1317 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1318 Partition by or against heir or successor of co-owner.
CC 1319 Retrocession repealed.
CC 1320 Ownership as basis for action of partition.
CC 1321 Separate possession of one co-owner, partition before prescription.
CC 1322 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1323 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1324 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1325 Inventory within one year of partition suit.
CC 1326 New appraisement.
CC 1327 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1328 Summary proceeding for action of partition.
CC 1329 Parties plaintiff and defendant.
CC 1330 Plaintiff's admission of defendant's heirship.
CC 1331 Collation in action of partition; time for deliberating.
CC 1332 Election to collate in kind.
CC 1333 Election to collate by taking less; failure to elect.
CC 1334 Appraisement of property to be collated.
CC 1335 Matters incidental to partition; procedure.
CC 1336 Judicial regulation of mode of partition.
CC 1337 Partition in kind; sale of movables to pay debts.
CC 1338 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1339 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1340 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1341 Terms of sale of succession effects where all heirs are absent or minors.
CC 1342 Terms of sale of succession effects where heirs present demand sale for cash.
CC 1343 Partition sale; coheir's right to purchase hereditary portion.
CC 1344 Partition sale; purchase of minor's hereditary portion by tutor or curator.
CC 1345 Reference to recorder or notary for continuation of proceedings.
CC 1346 Amicable continuation of proceedings by heirs.
CC 1347 Notice to parties.
CC 1348 Continuances of proceedings.
CC 1349 Settlement of accounts due by heirs to succession.
CC 1350 Items included in accounts.
CC 1351 Deduction of donations not subject to collation.
CC 1352 Court order as to mode of collation exhibited to officer
CC 1353 Inclusion of property collated in kind.
CC 1354 Inclusion of value of property collated by taking less.
CC 1355 Formation of active mass.
CC 1356 Composition of active mass.
CC 1357 Deductions from active mass.
CC 1358 Deductions, definition.
CC 1359 Deductions allowed.
CC 1360 Deductions in absence of collation or when collation is in kind.
CC 1361 Deductions, when collation is by taking less.
CC 1362 Coheir's right to take succession effects in payment of collation.
CC 1363 Disagreement among heirs entitled to receive collation in property.
CC 1364 Division into lots according to number of heirs or roots.
CC 1365 Equality in formation of lots.
CC 1366 Equalization by money when one lot more valuable than others.
CC 1367 Formation of lots by experts.
CC 1368 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1369 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 70.
CC 1370 Subdivision among coheirs of same root.
CC 1371 Coheirs' proportionate liability for succession debts.
CC 1372 Observance of formalities.
CC 1373 Provisional partitions; persons authorized to demand new partition
CC 1374 Arts. 1374 to 1377 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 1378 Errors of form, effect.
CC 1379 Delivery of property and title papers after partition.
CC 1380 Subsequent discovery of property, amendment of partition.
CC 1381 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 989, 7, eff. January 1, 1991.
CC 1382 Partition compared to exchange.
CC 1383 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1384 Reciprocal warranty against disturbance or eviction.
CC 1385 Exclusion of warranty.
CC 1386 Eviction through fault of coheir.
CC 1387 Proportionate liability of coheirs.
CC 1388 Amount of indemnity.
CC 1389 Liability of coheirs for portion of insolvent coheir.
CC 1390 Scope of warranty as to corporeal and incorporeal things.
CC 1391 Warranties always implied.
CC 1392 Warranty of solvency of debtor of rent charge, prescription.
CC 1393 Subsequent deterioration or destruction of property.
CC 1394 New debts or charges.
CC 1395 Tacit mortgage abolished.
CC 1396 Prescription of action of warranty.
CC 1397 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1398 Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 689, 1.
CC 1399 Definitive partitions involving minors, interdicts, or absent persons
CC 1400 Provisional partitions involving minors, interdicts, or absent persons
CC 1401 Omission of succession effects not cause for rescission.
CC 1402 Rescission of transactions effecting partition.
CC 1403 Rescission inadmissible after compromise.
CC 1404 Rescission inadmissible against sale of succession rights.
CC 1405 Sale of succession rights to coheir at risk of vendor, rescission inadmissible.
CC 1406 Sale to coheir of immovable rights only, rescission for lesion.
CC 1407 Facts required to obtain rescission for lesion.
CC 1408 Termination of partition suit by defendant's tender.
CC 1409 Amount of tender.
CC 1410 Rescission for fraud or violence inadmissible after alienation.
CC 1411 Rescission inadmissible against partition regulated by father.
CC 1412 Rescission in favor of minor effective for all parties.
CC 1413 Prescription of action of rescission.
CC 1414 Prescription against minors after judicial partition.
CC 1415 Estate debts; administrative expenses
CC 1416 Liability of universal successors to creditors
CC 1417 Reserved]
CC 1418 Successors who are creditors, order of preference
CC 1419 Rights of pursuit of creditor
CC 1420 Regulation of payment of debts by testament or by agreement among successors
CC 1421 Estate debts, charged
CC 1422 Debts attributable to identifiable or encumbered property
CC 1423 Decedent's debts charged ratably
CC 1424 Administration expenses, how charged
CC 1425 Liability of successors for contribution or reimbursement
CC 1426 Classification of receipts and expenditures in absence of controlling dispositions
CC 1427 Reporting and deducting as authorized by tax law
CC 1428 Rights and obligations of usufructuary not superseded
CC 1429 Rights and obligations of income interest in trust not superseded
CC 1467 Methods of acquiring or disposing gratuitously
CC 1468 Donations inter vivos; definition
CC 1469 Donation mortis causa; definition
CC 1470 Persons capable of giving or receiving
CC 1471 Capacity to give, time for existence
CC 1472 Capacity to receive, time for existence
CC 1473 Capacity to receive conditional donation, time for existence
CC 1474 Unborn children, capacity to receive
CC 1475 Nullity of donation to person incapable of receiving
CC 1476 Minors; incapacity to make donations, exceptions
CC 1477 Capacity to donate, mental condition of donor
CC 1478 Nullity of donation procured by fraud or duress
CC 1479 Nullity of donation procured through undue influence
CC 1480 Nullity due to fraud, duress, or undue influence; severability of valid provision
CC 1481 Fiduciary appointment, termination
CC 1482 Proof of incapacity to donate
CC 1483 Proof of fraud, duress, or undue influence
CC 1484 Interpretation of revocation or modification
CC 1485 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 147, 3, eff. July 1, 1990.
CC 1486 Arts. 1486, 1487 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, 4
CC 1488 Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 362, 1.
CC 1489 Arts. 1489 to 1491 [Blank]
CC 1492 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 147, 3, eff. July 1, 1990.
CC 1493 Forced heirs; representation of forced heirs
CC 1493.1 Children conceived through donation of gametes
CC 1494 Forced heir entitled to legitime; exception
CC 1495 Amount of forced portion and disposable portion
CC 1495.1 Calculation of the legitime
CC 1496 Permissible burdens on legitime
CC 1497 Disposable portion in absence of forced heirs
CC 1498 Nullity of donation inter vivos of entire patrimony
CC 1499 Usufruct to surviving spouse
CC 1500 Forced portion in cases of judicial divestment, disinherison, or renunciation of succession rights
CC 1501 Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 706, 1.
CC 1502 Inability to satisfy legitime by usufruct or income interest in trust only
CC 1503 Reduction of excessive donations
CC 1504 Reduction of donations, exclusive right of forced heirs
CC 1505 Calculation of disposable portion on mass of succession
CC 1506 Reserved]
CC 1507 Reduction of legacies before donations inter vivos, order of reduction
CC 1508 Reduction of donations inter vivos
CC 1509 Insolvency of a donee
CC 1510 Remunerative donations, extent of reduction
CC 1511 Onerous donation, extent of reduction
CC 1512 Retention of fruits and products of donation by donee until demand for reduction
CC 1513 Reduction in kind when property is owned by the donee or successors by gratuitous title; effects of alienation by donee
CC 1514 Usufruct of surviving spouse affecting legitime; security
CC 1515 [Blank]
CC 1516 [Blank]
CC 1517 [Blank]
CC 1518 [Blank]
CC 1519 Impossible, illegal or immoral conditions.
CC 1520 Prohibited substitutions, definitions
CC 1521 Vulgar substitutions
CC 1522 Separate donations of usufruct and naked ownership
CC 1526 Onerous donation
CC 1527 Remunerative donations
CC 1528 Charges or conditions imposed by donor
CC 1529 Donation of future property; nullity
CC 1530 Donation conditional on will of donor; nullity
CC 1531 Donation conditional on payment of future or unexpressed debts and charges; nullity
CC 1532 Stipulation for right of return to donor
CC 1533 Right of return; effect
CC 1541 Form required for donations
CC 1542 Identification of donor, donee, and the thing donated required
CC 1543 Manual gift
CC 1544 Donation effective from time of acceptance
CC 1545 Acceptance in person or by mandatary
CC 1546 Acceptance during lifetime of donee
CC 1547 Acceptance by creditor prohibited
CC 1548 Unemancipated minor; persons authorized to accept
CC 1549 Thing acquired subject to existing charges
CC 1550 Form for donation of certain incorporeal movables
CC 1551 Effects of acceptance
CC 1556 Causes for revocation or dissolution
CC 1557 Revocation for ingratitude
CC 1558 Revocation for ingratitude; prescription, parties
CC 1559 Revocation for ingratitude, effect on alienations, leases, or encumbrances
CC 1560 Revocation for ingratitude, restoration
CC 1561 Reserved
CC 1562 Dissolution for nonfulfillment of suspensive condition or for occurrence of resolutory condition
CC 1563 Nonfulfillment of conditions or nonperformance of charges that donee can perform or prevent
CC 1564 Dissolution for non-execution of other condition; prescription
CC 1565 Dissolution for non-execution of condition
CC 1566 Revocation or dissolution, donee's liability for fruits
CC 1567 Donee unable to return thing in same condition
CC 1570 Testaments; form
CC 1571 Testaments with others or by others prohibited
CC 1572 Testamentary dispositions committed to the choice of a third person
CC 1573 Formalities
CC 1574 Forms of testaments
CC 1575 Olographic testament
CC 1576 Notarial testament
CC 1577 Requirements of form
CC 1578 Notarial testament; testator literate and sighted but physically unable to sign
CC 1579 Notarial testament; testator unable to read
CC 1580 Notarial testament in braille form
CC 1580.1 Deaf or deaf and blind notarial testament; form; witnesses
CC 1581 Persons incompetent to be witnesses
CC 1582 Effect of witness or notary as legatee
CC 1582.1 Persons prohibited from witnessing; effect
CC 1583 Certain designations not legacies
CC 1584 Kinds of testamentary dispositions
CC 1585 Universal legacy
CC 1586 General legacy
CC 1587 Particular legacy
CC 1588 Joint or separate legacy
CC 1589 Lapse of legacies
CC 1590 Testamentary accretion
CC 1591 Accretion of particular and general legacies
CC 1592 Accretion among joint legatees
CC 1593 Exception to rule of testamentary accretion
CC 1594 Reserved]
CC 1595 Accretion to universal legatee
CC 1596 Accretion to intestate successors
CC 1597 Loss, extinction, or destruction of property given
CC 1598 Right of legatees to fruits and products
CC 1599 Payment of legacies, preference of payment
CC 1600 Particular legacies; preference of payment
CC 1601 Preference of payment among particular legacies
CC 1602 Discharge of an unsatisfied particular legacy
CC 1603 Reserved]
CC 1604 Discharge of legacies, limitation of liability
CC 1605 Probate of testament
CC 1606 Testator's right of revocation
CC 1607 Revocation of entire testament by testator
CC 1608 Revocation of a legacy or other testamentary provision
CC 1609 Revocation of juridical act prior to testator's death
CC 1610 Other modifications
CC 1610.1 Grounds for revocation of testamentary dispositions
CC 1611 Intent of testator controls
CC 1612 Preference for interpretation that gives effect
CC 1613 Mistake in identification of object bequeathed
CC 1614 Interpretation as to after-acquired property
CC 1615 Contradictory provisions
CC 1616 Legacy to creditor
CC 1617 Disinherison of forced heirs
CC 1618 Formalities for disinherison
CC 1619 Disinherison, express and for just cause
CC 1620 Limitation of causes for disinherison
CC 1621 Children; causes for disinherison by parents
CC 1622 Grandparents; causes for disinherison of grandchildren
CC 1623 Timing of action; no defense
CC 1624 Mention of cause for disinherison; burden of proof; reconciliation
CC 1625 Reconciliation
CC 1626 Defenses to disinherison
CC 1724 Right of parents and ascendants to partition property among descendants
CC 1725 Method of making partition
CC 1726 Partition by act inter vivos, formalities.
CC 1727 Testamentary partitions, formalities.
CC 1728 Property not included in partition.
CC 1729 Necessity for partition to include all descendants.
CC 1730 Limitation in relation to disposable portion.
CC 1731 Action to rescind partition, payment of costs.
CC 1732 Tender by defendant in action of rescission.
CC 1733 Donation of extra portion not affected by rescission.
CC 1734 Donations in contemplation of marriage by third persons; in general
CC 1735 Form
CC 1736 Condition
CC 1737 Beneficiaries
CC 1738 Beneficiaries
CC 1739 Limited irrevocability
CC 1740 Division following substitution of common descendants
CC 1741 Caducity; causes and effects
CC 1742 Acceptance or renunciation of succession
CC 1743 Universal succession; liability for estate debts
CC 1744 Donations between future or present spouses; in general
CC 1745 Applicability of rules on donations in contemplation of marriage by third person
CC 1746 Objects and beneficiaries
CC 1747 Form
CC 1748 Right of return not presumed
CC 1749 Donation of property to be left at death; caducity
CC 1750 Donations of property to be left at death made during marriage; revocability
CC 1751 Disguised donations and donations to persons interposed
CC 1752 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 147, 3, eff. July 1, 1990.
CC 1753 Repealed by Acts 1918, No. 238, 1.
CC 1754 Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
CC 1755 Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
CC 1756 Obligations; definition
CC 1757 Sources of obligations
CC 1758 General effects
CC 1759 Good faith
CC 1760 Moral duties that may give rise to a natural obligation
CC 1761 Effects of a natural obligation
CC 1762 Examples of circumstances giving rise to a natural obligation
CC 1763 Definition
CC 1764 Effects of real obligation
CC 1765 Heritable obligation
CC 1766 Strictly personal obligation
CC 1767 Suspensive and resolutory condition
CC 1768 Expressed and implied conditions
CC 1769 Unlawful or impossible condition
CC 1770 Condition that depends on the whim or the will of the obligor
CC 1771 Obligee's right pending condition
CC 1772 Fault of a party
CC 1773 Time for fulfillment of condition that an event shall occur
CC 1774 Time for fulfillment of condition that an event shall not occur
CC 1775 Effects retroactive
CC 1776 Contract for continuous or periodic performance
CC 1777 Express or implied term
CC 1778 Term for performance
CC 1779 Term presumed to benefit the obligor
CC 1780 Renunciation of a term
CC 1781 Performance before end of term
CC 1782 If the obligor is insolvent
CC 1783 Impairment or failure of security
CC 1784 Term for performance not fixed
CC 1785 Performance on term
CC 1786 Several, joint, and solidary obligations
CC 1787 Several obligations; effects
CC 1788 Joint obligations for obligors or obligees
CC 1789 Divisible and indivisible joint obligation
CC 1790 Solidary obligations for obligees
CC 1791 Extinction of obligation by performance
CC 1792 Remission by one obligee
CC 1793 Interruption of prescription
CC 1794 Solidary obligation for obligors
CC 1795 Solidary obligor may not request division; action against one obligor after action against another
CC 1796 Solidarity not presumed
CC 1797 Solidary obligation arising from different sources
CC 1798 Obligation subject to condition or term
CC 1799 Interruption of prescription
CC 1800 Solidary liability for damages
CC 1801 Defenses that solidary obligor may raise
CC 1802 Renunciation of solidarity
CC 1803 Remission of debt to or transaction or compromise with one obligor
CC 1804 Liability of solidary obligors between themselves
CC 1805 Enforcement of contribution
CC 1806 Insolvency of a solidary obligor
CC 1807 Conjunctive obligation
CC 1808 Alternative obligation
CC 1809 Choice belongs to the obligor
CC 1810 Delay in exercising choice
CC 1811 Obligor may not choose part of one item
CC 1812 Impossibility or unlawfulness of one item of performance
CC 1813 Impossibility or unlawfulness of all items of performance
CC 1814 Obligor's liability for damages
CC 1815 Divisible and indivisible obligation
CC 1816 Effect of divisible obligation between single obligor and obligee
CC 1817 Effects of divisible obligation among successors
CC 1818 Effects of indivisible obligations between more than one obligor or obligee
CC 1819 Effect of indivisible obligation among successors
CC 1820 Solidarity is not indivisibility
CC 1821 Assumption by agreement between obligor and third person
CC 1822 Third person bound for amount assumed
CC 1823 Assumption by agreement between obligee and third person
CC 1824 Defenses
CC 1825 Definition
CC 1826 Effects
CC 1827 Conventional subrogation by the obligee
CC 1828 Conventional subrogation by the obligor
CC 1829 Subrogation by operation of law
CC 1830 Effects of legal subrogation
CC 1831 Party must prove obligation
CC 1832 Written form required by law
CC 1833 Authentic act
CC 1834 Act that fails to be authentic
CC 1835 Authentic act constitutes full proof between parties and heirs
CC 1836 Act under private signature duly acknowledged
CC 1837 Act under private signature
CC 1838 Party must acknowledge or deny signature
CC 1839 Transfer of immovable property
CC 1840 Copy of authentic act
CC 1841 Copy of recorded writing
CC 1842 Confirmation
CC 1843 Ratification
CC 1844 Effects of confirmation and ratification
CC 1845 Confirmation of donation
CC 1846 Contract not in excess of five hundred dollars
CC 1847 Debt of a third person and debt extinguished by prescription
CC 1848 Testimonial or other evidence not admitted to disprove a writing
CC 1849 Proof of simulation
CC 1850
CC 1851
CC 1852
CC 1853 Judicial confession
CC 1854 Extinction by performance
CC 1855 Performance by a third person
CC 1856 Valid transfer of object of performance
CC 1857 Performance rendered to the obligee
CC 1858 Lack of capacity of obligee
CC 1859 Performance in violation of seizure
CC 1860 Quality of thing to be given
CC 1861 Partial performance
CC 1862 Place of performance
CC 1863 Expenses
CC 1864 Imputation by obligor
CC 1865 Imputation to debt not yet due
CC 1866 Payment imputed to interest
CC 1867 Imputation by obligee
CC 1868 Imputation not made by the parties
CC 1869 Offer to perform and deposit by obligor
CC 1870 Notice as tender
CC 1871 Deposit of things by obligor
CC 1872 Sale of a thing and deposit of proceeds
CC 1873 Obligor not liable when failure caused by fortuitous event
CC 1874 Fortuitous event that would have destroyed object in hands of obligee
CC 1875 Fortuitous event
CC 1876 Contract dissolved when performance becomes impossible
CC 1877 Fortuitous event that has made performance impossible in part
CC 1878 Fortuitous event after obligor performed in part
CC 1879 Extinguishment of existing obligation
CC 1880 Novation not presumed
CC 1881 Objective novation
CC 1882 Subjective novation
CC 1883 No effect when obligation is invalid
CC 1884 Security for extinguished obligation
CC 1885 Novation of solidary obligation
CC 1886 Delegation of performance
CC 1887 Discharge of any prior obligor does not affect security
CC 1888 Express or tacit remission
CC 1889 Presumption of remission
CC 1890 Remission effective when communication is received by the obligor
CC 1891 Release of real security
CC 1892 Remission granted to sureties
CC 1893 Compensation extinguishes obligations
CC 1894 Obligation not subject to compensation
CC 1895 Obligations not to be performed at the same place
CC 1896 Rules of imputation of payment
CC 1897 Compensation extinguishes obligation of surety
CC 1898 Compensation between obligee and solidary obligor
CC 1899 Rights acquired by third parties
CC 1900 Assignment by obligee
CC 1901 Compensation by agreement
CC 1902 Compensation by judicial declaration
CC 1903 Union of qualities of obligee and obligor
CC 1904 Obligation of the surety
CC 1905 Solidary obligations
CC 1906 Definition of contract
CC 1907 Unilateral contracts
CC 1908 Bilateral or synallagmatic contracts
CC 1909 Onerous contracts
CC 1910 Gratuitous contracts
CC 1911 Commutative contracts
CC 1912 Aleatory contracts
CC 1913 Principal and accessory contracts
CC 1914 Nominate and innominate contracts
CC 1915 Rules applicable to all contracts
CC 1916 Rules applicable to nominate contracts
CC 1917 Rules applicable to all kinds of obligations
CC 1918 General statement of capacity
CC 1919 Right to plead rescission
CC 1920 Right to require confirmation or rescission of the contract
CC 1921 Rescission of contract for incapacity
CC 1922 Fully emancipated minor
CC 1923 Incapacity of unemancipated minor; exceptions
CC 1924 Mere representation of majority; reliance
CC 1925 Noninterdicted person deprived of reason; protection of innocent contracting party by onerous title
CC 1926 Attack on noninterdicted decedent's contracts
CC 1927 Consent
CC 1928 Irrevocable offer
CC 1929 Expiration of irrevocable offer for lack of acceptance
CC 1930 Revocable offer
CC 1931 Expiration of revocable offer
CC 1932 Expiration of offer by death or incapacity of either party
CC 1933 Option contracts
CC 1934 Time when acceptance of an irrevocable offer is effective
CC 1935 Time when acceptance of a revocable offer is effective
CC 1936 Reasonableness of manner and medium of acceptance
CC 1937 Time when revocation is effective
CC 1938 Reception of revocation, rejection, or acceptance
CC 1939 Acceptance by performance
CC 1940 Acceptance only by completed performance
CC 1941 Notice of commencement of performance
CC 1942 Acceptance by silence
CC 1943 Acceptance not in accordance with offer
CC 1944 Offer of reward made to the public
CC 1945 Revocation of an offer of reward made to the public
CC 1946 Performance by several persons
CC 1947 Form contemplated by parties
CC 1948 Vitiated consent
CC 1949 Error vitiates consent
CC 1950 Error that concerns cause
CC 1951 Other party willing to perform
CC 1952 Rescission; liability for damages
CC 1953 Fraud may result from misrepresentation or from silence
CC 1954 Confidence between the parties
CC 1955 Error induced by fraud
CC 1956 Fraud committed by a third person
CC 1957 Proof
CC 1958 Damages
CC 1959 Nature
CC 1960 Duress directed against third persons
CC 1961 Duress by third person
CC 1962 Threat of exercising a right
CC 1963 Contract with party in good faith
CC 1964 Damages
CC 1965 Lesion
CC 1966 No obligation without cause
CC 1967 Cause defined; detrimental reliance
CC 1968 Unlawful cause
CC 1969 Cause not expressed
CC 1970 Untrue expression of cause
CC 1971 Freedom of parties
CC 1972 Possible or impossible object
CC 1973 Object determined as to kind
CC 1974 Determination by third person
CC 1975 Output or requirements
CC 1976 Future things
CC 1977 Obligation or performance by a third person
CC 1978 Stipulation for a third party
CC 1979 Revocation
CC 1980 Revocation or refusal
CC 1981 Rights of beneficiary and stipulator
CC 1982 Defenses of the promisor
CC 1983 Law for the parties; performance in good faith
CC 1984 Rights and obligations will pass to successors
CC 1985 Effects for third parties
CC 1986 Right of the obligee
CC 1987 Right to restrain obligor
CC 1988 Judgment may stand for act
CC 1989 Damages for delay
CC 1990 Obligor put in default by arrival of term
CC 1991 Manners of putting in default
CC 1992 Risk devolves upon the obligor
CC 1993 Reciprocal obligations
CC 1994 Obligor liable for failure to perform
CC 1995 Measure of damages
CC 1996 Obligor in good faith
CC 1997 Obligor in bad faith
CC 1998 Damages for nonpecuniary loss
CC 1999 Assessment of damages left to the court
CC 2000 Damages for delay measured by interest; no need of proof; attorney fees
CC 2001 Interest on interest
CC 2002 Reasonable efforts to mitigate damages
CC 2003 Obligee in bad faith
CC 2004 Clause that excludes or limits liability
CC 2005 Secondary obligation
CC 2006 Nullity of the principal obligation
CC 2007 Stipulated damages or performance
CC 2008 Failure to perform justified
CC 2009 Obligee not bound to prove damage
CC 2010 Obligor put in default
CC 2011 Benefit from partial performance
CC 2012 Stipulated damages may not be modified
CC 2013 Obligee's right to dissolution
CC 2014 Importance of failure to perform
CC 2015 Dissolution after notice to perform
CC 2016 Dissolution without notice to perform
CC 2017 Express dissolution clause
CC 2018 Effects of dissolution
CC 2019 Contracts for continuous or periodic performance
CC 2020 Contracts made by more than two parties
CC 2021 Rights of third party in good faith
CC 2022 Refusal to perform
CC 2023 Security for performance
CC 2024 Contract terminated by a party's initiative
CC 2025 Definition; simulation and counterletter
CC 2026 Absolute simulation
CC 2027 Relative simulation
CC 2028 Effects as to third persons
CC 2029 Nullity of contracts
CC 2030 Absolute nullity of contracts
CC 2031 Relative nullity of contracts
CC 2032 Prescription of action
CC 2033 Effects
CC 2034 Nullity of a provision
CC 2035 Rights of third party in good faith
CC 2036 Act of the obligor that causes or increases his insolvency
CC 2037 Insolvency
CC 2038 Onerous contract made by the obligor
CC 2039 Gratuitous contract made by the obligor
CC 2040 Contract made in course of business
CC 2041 Action must be brought within one year
CC 2042 Obligee must join obligor and third persons
CC 2043 Assets transferred must be returned
CC 2044 Insolvency by failure to exercise right
CC 2045 Determination of the intent of the parties
CC 2046 No further interpretation when intent is clear
CC 2047 Meaning of words
CC 2048 Words susceptible of different meanings
CC 2049 Provision susceptible of different meanings
CC 2050 Provisions interpreted in light of each other
CC 2051 Contract worded in general terms
CC 2052 Situation to which the contract applies
CC 2053 Nature of contract, equity, usages, conduct of the parties, and other contracts between same parties
CC 2054 No provision of the parties for a particular situation
CC 2055 Equity and usage
CC 2056 Standard-form contracts
CC 2057 Contract interpreted in favor of obligor
CC 2058 Arts. 2058 to 2291 Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 331, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
CC 2292 Management of affairs; definition
CC 2293 Application of rules governing mandate
CC 2294 Duties of the manager; notice to the owner
CC 2295 Duties of the manager; liability for loss
CC 2296 Capacity
CC 2297 Obligations of the owner
CC 2298 Enrichment without cause; compensation
CC 2299 Obligation to restore
CC 2300 Obligation that does not exist
CC 2301 Obligation under suspensive condition
CC 2302 Payment of the debt of another person
CC 2303 Liability of the person receiving payment
CC 2304 Restoration of a thing or its value
CC 2305 Liability when the thing is alienated
CC 2306 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2307 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2308 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2309 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2310 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2311 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2312 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2313 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 1041, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
CC 2314 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 180, 3.
CC 2315 Liability for acts causing damages
CC 2315.1 Survival action
CC 2315.2 Wrongful death action
CC 2315.3 Additional damages; child pornography
CC 2315.4 Additional damages; intoxicated defendant
CC 2315.5 Wrongful death and survival action; exception
CC 2315.6 Liability for damages caused by injury to another
CC 2315.7 Liability for damages caused by criminal sexual activity occurring during childhood
CC 2315.8 Liability for damages caused by domestic abuse
CC 2315.9 Liability for damages caused by acts of terror
CC 2315.10 Liability for death caused by hazing; additional damages
CC 2315.11 Liability for damages caused by sexual assault
CC 2316 Negligence, imprudence or want of skill.
CC 2317 Acts of others and of things in custody.
CC 2317.1 Damage caused by ruin, vice, or defect in things
CC 2318 Acts of a minor
CC 2319 Acts of interdicts
CC 2320 Acts of servants, students or apprentices
CC 2321 Damage caused by animals; livestock
CC 2322 Damage caused by ruin of building
CC 2322.1 Users of blood or tissue; a medical service
CC 2323 Comparative fault
CC 2324 Liability as solidary or joint and divisible obligation
CC 2324.1 Damages; discretion of judge or jury
CC 2324.2 Reduction of recovery
CC 2325 Matrimonial regime.
CC 2326 Kinds of matrimonial regimes.
CC 2327 Legal regime.
CC 2328 Contractual regime; matrimonial agreement.
CC 2329 Exclusion or modification of matrimonial regime.
CC 2330 Limits of contractual freedom.
CC 2331 Form of matrimonial agreement.
CC 2332 Effect toward third persons.
CC 2333 Minors.
CC 2334 Persons; scope of application of the legal regime.
CC 2335 Classification of property
CC 2336 Ownership of community property
CC 2337 Disposition of undivided interest.
CC 2338 Community property.
CC 2339 Fruits and revenues of separate property
CC 2340 Presumption of community.
CC 2341 Separate property.
CC 2341.1 Acquisition of undivided interests; separate and community property
CC 2342 Declaration of acquisition of separate property
CC 2343 Donation by spouse of interest in community.
CC 2343.1 Transfer of separate property to the community.
CC 2344 Offenses and quasi-offenses; damages as community or separate property.
CC 2345 Satisfaction of obligation during community.
CC 2346 Management of community property.
CC 2347 Alienation of community property; concurrence of other spouse.
CC 2348 Renunciation of right to concur.
CC 2349 Donation of community property; concurrence of other spouse.
CC 2350 Alienation of movable assets of business
CC 2351 Alienation of registered movables.
CC 2352 Management and disposition of partnership and limited liability company interest
CC 2353 Unauthorized alienation of community property.
CC 2354 Liability for fraud or bad faith.
CC 2355 Judicial authorization to act without the consent of the other spouse
CC 2355.1 Judicial authorization to manage the community
CC 2356 Causes of termination
CC 2357 Satisfaction of obligation after termination of regime
CC 2358 Claims for reimbursement between spouses
CC 2358.1 Source of reimbursement
CC 2359 Obligations; community or separate.
CC 2360 Community obligation.
CC 2361 Obligations incurred during marriage; presumption.
CC 2362 Alimentary obligation.
CC 2362.1 Obligation incurred in an action for divorce
CC 2363 Separate obligation
CC 2364 Satisfaction of separate obligation with community property or former community property.
CC 2364.1 Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 204, §3.
CC 2365 Satisfaction of community obligation with separate property
CC 2366 Use of community property or former community property for the benefit of separate property
CC 2367 Use of separate property for the benefit of community property
CC 2367.1 Use of separate property for the benefit of separate property
CC 2367.2 Component parts of separate property
CC 2367.3 Satisfaction of separate obligation with separate property
CC 2368 Increase of the value of separate property.
CC 2369 Accounting between spouses; prescription.
CC 2369.1 Application of co-ownership provisions
CC 2369.2 Ownership interest
CC 2369.3 Duty to preserve; standard of care
CC 2369.4 Alienation, encumbrance, or lease prohibited
CC 2369.5 Alienation of registered movables
CC 2369.6 Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of movable assets of former community enterprise
CC 2369.7 Court authorization to act alone
CC 2369.8 Right to partition; no exclusion by agreement; judicial partition
CC 2370 Separation of property regime.
CC 2371 Management of property.
CC 2372 Necessaries.
CC 2373 Expenses of the marriage.
CC 2374 Judgment of separation of property
CC 2375 Effect of judgment
CC 2376 Rights of creditors.
CC 2377 Arts. 2377 to 2431 Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 627, 6; Acts 1979, No. 709, 1
CC 2432 Right to marital portion.
CC 2433 Incident of marriage; charge on the succession.
CC 2434 Quantum
CC 2435 Deduction of legacy.
CC 2436 Nonheritable right; prescription.
CC 2437 Periodic allowance.
CC 2438 Rules of other titles
CC 2439 Definition
CC 2440 Sale of immovable, method of making
CC 2441 Reserved]
CC 2442 Recordation of sale of immovable to affect third parties
CC 2443 Purchase of a thing already owned
CC 2444 Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 277, §2.
CC 2445 Reserved]
CC 2446 Reserved]
CC 2447 Sale of litigious rights, prohibitions
CC 2448 Things that may be sold
CC 2449 Reserved]
CC 2450 Sale of future things
CC 2451 Sale of a hope
CC 2452 Sale of the thing of another
CC 2453 Sale of thing pending litigation of ownership
CC 2454 Reserved]
CC 2455 Reserved]
CC 2456 Transfer of ownership
CC 2457 Transfer of ownership; things not individualized
CC 2458 Sale by weight, tale or measure; lump sales
CC 2459 Reserved]
CC 2460 Sale on view or trial
CC 2461 Inclusion of accessories
CC 2462 Reserved]
CC 2463 Expenses
CC 2464 Price, essential elements
CC 2465 Price left to determination by third person
CC 2466 No price fixed by the parties
CC 2467 Transfer of risk
CC 2468 Reserved]
CC 2469 Reserved]
CC 2470 Reserved]
CC 2471 Reserved]
CC 2472 Reserved]
CC 2473 Reserved]
CC 2474 Construction of ambiguities respecting obligations of seller
CC 2475 Seller's obligations of delivery and warranty.
CC 2476 Reserved]
CC 2477 Methods of making delivery
CC 2478 Reserved]
CC 2479 Reserved]
CC 2480 Retention of possession by seller, presumption of simulation
CC 2481 Incorporeals, method of making delivery
CC 2482 Things not in possession of seller
CC 2483 Costs of delivery and of removal
CC 2484 Place of delivery
CC 2485 Buyer's rights upon default, damages
CC 2486 Reserved]
CC 2487 Delivery excused until payment of price and for insolvency
CC 2488 Reserved]
CC 2489 Condition of thing at time of delivery
CC 2490 Reserved]
CC 2491 Immovables, extent of delivery
CC 2492 Sale of immovables at a price per measure
CC 2493 Reserved]
CC 2494 Sale of immovable for lump price
CC 2495 Sale of a certain and limited body or of a distinct object for a lump price
CC 2496 Reserved]
CC 2497 Restitution of price and expenses in case of rescission
CC 2498 Prescription of actions for supplement or diminution of price or for dissolution
CC 2499 Reserved]
CC 2500 Eviction, definition, scope of warranty
CC 2501 Reserved]
CC 2502 Transfer of rights to a thing
CC 2503 Modification or exclusion of warranty, seller's liability for personal acts, restitution of price in case of eviction
CC 2504 Reserved]
CC 2505 Reserved]
CC 2506 Rights of buyer against seller in case of eviction
CC 2507 Restitution of full price despite deterioration, deduction of damage when benefit to buyer
CC 2508 Reserved]
CC 2509 Reimbursement to buyer for useful improvements, liability of seller in bad faith
CC 2510 Reserved]
CC 2511 Partial eviction, rights of buyer
CC 2512 Warranty against eviction from proceeds
CC 2513 Scope of warranty in sale of succession rights
CC 2514 Reserved]
CC 2515 Reserved]
CC 2516 Reserved]
CC 2517 Call in warranty, failure of buyer to call seller in warranty, suit to quiet possession
CC 2518 Reserved]
CC 2519 Reserved]
CC 2520 Warranty against redhibitory defects
CC 2521 Defects that are made known to the buyer or that are apparent
CC 2522 Notice of existence of defect
CC 2523 Reserved]
CC 2524 Thing fit for ordinary use
CC 2525 Reserved]
CC 2526 Reserved]
CC 2527 Reserved]
CC 2528 Reserved]
CC 2529 Thing not of the kind specified in the contract
CC 2530 Defect must exist before delivery
CC 2531 Liability of seller who knew not of the defect
CC 2532 Return of the thing; destruction of the thing
CC 2533 Reserved]
CC 2534 Prescription
CC 2535 Reserved]
CC 2536 Reserved]
CC 2537 Judicial sales
CC 2538 Multiple sellers, multiple buyers, successors
CC 2539 Reserved]
CC 2540 Redhibitory vice of one of several matched things sold together
CC 2541 Reduction of the price
CC 2542 Reserved]
CC 2543 Reserved]
CC 2544 Reserved]
CC 2545 Liability of seller who knows of the defect; presumption of knowledge
CC 2546 Reserved]
CC 2547 Reserved]
CC 2548 Exclusion or limitation of warranty; subrogation
CC 2549 Obligations of the buyer
CC 2550 Time and place of payment of price
CC 2551 Reserved]
CC 2552 Reserved]
CC 2553 Interest on price
CC 2554 Reserved]
CC 2555 Liability of the buyer who fails to take delivery
CC 2556 Reserved]
CC 2557 Eviction and threat of eviction as grounds for suspension of payment
CC 2558 Reserved]
CC 2559 Reserved]
CC 2560 Payment of the price before disturbance of possession
CC 2561 Dissolution of sale for nonpayment of price
CC 2562 Dissolution of sale of immovables for nonpayment of price; extension of time for payment
CC 2563 Payment of price after expiration of term but prior to default
CC 2564 Dissolution of sale of movables
CC 2565 Reserved]
CC 2566 Reserved]
CC 2567 Right of redemption, definition
CC 2568 Limitation on duration
CC 2569 Redemption, presumption of security
CC 2570 Effect of failure to exercise right within time stipulated
CC 2571 Application of time limit against all persons including minors
CC 2572 Redemption against second purchaser
CC 2573 Reserved]
CC 2574 Buyer's benefit of discussion against creditors of the seller
CC 2575 Ownership of fruits and products pending redemption
CC 2576 Reserved]
CC 2577 Ownership of improvements and augmentations pending redemption
CC 2578 Liability for deterioration at the time of redemption
CC 2579 Reserved]
CC 2580 Reserved]
CC 2581 Reserved]
CC 2582 Reserved]
CC 2583 Reserved]
CC 2584 Multiple successors, applicability of rules governing lesion
CC 2585 Reserved]
CC 2586 Reserved]
CC 2587 Reimbursement to buyer on redemption
CC 2588 Encumbrances created by buyer
CC 2589 Rescission for lesion beyond moiety
CC 2590 Time of valuation for determination of lesion
CC 2591 Option of buyer to supplement price
CC 2592 Lesion, return of fruits by buyer and payment of interest by seller
CC 2593 Reserved]
CC 2594 Lesion, action against vendee who has resold the immovable
CC 2595 Peremption of action for lesion
CC 2596 Lesion, action against vendee who has granted a right on the immovable
CC 2597 Condition in which property is returned to seller; reimbursement of buyer for improvements
CC 2598 Reserved]
CC 2599 Buyer's right of retention pending reimbursement
CC 2600 Divisibility of action in lesion among joint sellers and successors, joinder
CC 2601 Additional terms in acceptance of offer to sell a movable
CC 2602 Contract by conduct of the parties
CC 2603 Obligation to deliver conforming things
CC 2604 Buyer's right of inspection
CC 2605 Rejection of nonconforming things by the buyer
CC 2606 Buyer's acceptance of nonconforming things
CC 2607 Buyer may accept part of things delivered
CC 2608 Merchant buyer's duty upon rejection of things
CC 2609 Purchase of substitute things by the buyer
CC 2610 Cure of nonconformity
CC 2611 Resale by the seller
CC 2612 Deposit of the things by seller
CC 2613 Things in transit, ownership
CC 2614 Stoppage in transit
CC 2615 Judicial dissolution
CC 2616 Things in transit, risk of loss
CC 2617 Payment against documents
CC 2618 Reserved]
CC 2619 Reserved]
CC 2620 Option to buy or sell
CC 2621 Acceptance, when effective; option turns into contract to sell; rejection
CC 2622 Warranty of assignor
CC 2623 Bilateral promise of sale; contract to sell
CC 2624 Deposit, earnest money
CC 2625 Right of first refusal
CC 2626 Terms of offered sale
CC 2627 Right of first refusal, time for acceptance
CC 2628 Time limitation for option and right of first refusal
CC 2629 Effect against third persons
CC 2630 Indivisibility of right
CC 2631 Reserved]
CC 2632 Reserved]
CC 2633 Reserved]
CC 2634 Reserved]
CC 2635 Reserved]
CC 2636 Reserved]
CC 2637 Reserved]
CC 2638 Reserved]
CC 2639 Reserved]
CC 2640 Reserved]
CC 2641 Reserved]
CC 2642 Assignability of rights
CC 2643 Assignment effective from the time of knowledge or notice
CC 2644 Performance by debtor before knowledge of assignment
CC 2645 Accessories included in assignment of right
CC 2646 Warranty of existence of debt, solvency of debtor
CC 2647 Reserved]
CC 2648 Scope of warranty of debtor's solvency
CC 2649 Assignor's knowledge of the debtor's insolvency; effects
CC 2650 Warranty in assignment of succession rights
CC 2651 Reserved]
CC 2652 Sale of litigious rights
CC 2653 Assignability prohibited by contract; exceptions
CC 2654 Documents evidencing the right
CC 2655 Giving in payment, definition
CC 2656 Delivery essential to a giving in payment
CC 2657 Giving in partial payment
CC 2658 Reserved]
CC 2659 Application of general rules of sale
CC 2660 Exchange, definition
CC 2661 Rights and obligations of the parties
CC 2662 Rights of party evicted
CC 2663 Rescission for lesion in contracts of exchange
CC 2664 Application of the rules of sale
CC 2665 [Reserved.]
CC 2666 [Reserved.]
CC 2667 [Reserved.]
CC 2668 Contract of lease defined
CC 2669 Relation with other titles
CC 2670 Contract to lease
CC 2671 Types of leases
CC 2672 Mineral lease
CC 2673 The thing
CC 2674 Ownership of the thing
CC 2675 The rent
CC 2676 Agreement as to the rent
CC 2677 Crop rent
CC 2678 Term
CC 2679 Limits of contractual freedom in fixing the term
CC 2680 Duration supplied by law; legal term
CC 2681 Form
CC 2682 The lessor's principal obligations
CC 2683 The lessee's principal obligations
CC 2684 Obligations to deliver the thing at the agreed time and in good condition
CC 2685 Discrepancy between agreed and delivered quantity
CC 2686 Misuse of the thing
CC 2687 Damage caused by fault
CC 2688 Obligation to inform lessor
CC 2689 Payment of taxes and other charges
CC 2690 Alterations by the lessor prohibited
CC 2691 Lessor's obligation for repairs
CC 2692 Lessee's obligation to make repairs
CC 2693 Lessor's right to make repairs
CC 2694 Lessee's right to make repairs
CC 2695 Attachments, additions, or other improvements to leased thing
CC 2696 Warranty against vices or defects
CC 2697 Warranty for unknown vices or defects
CC 2698 Persons protected by warranty
CC 2699 Waiver of warranty for vices or defects
CC 2700 Warranty of peaceful possession
CC 2701 Call in warranty
CC 2702 Disturbance by third persons without claim of right
CC 2703 When and where rent is due
CC 2704 Nonpayment of rent
CC 2705 Abatement of rent for unforeseen loss of crops
CC 2706 Loss of crop rent
CC 2707 Lessor's privilege
CC 2708 Lessor's privilege over sublessee's movables
CC 2709 Lessor's right to seize movables of third persons
CC 2710 Enforcement of the lessor's privilege
CC 2711 Transfer of thing does not terminate lease
CC 2712 Transfer of immovable subject to unrecorded lease
CC 2713 Lessee's right to sublease, assign, or encumber
CC 2714 Expropriation; loss or destruction
CC 2715 Partial destruction, loss, expropriation, or other substantial impairment of use
CC 2716 Termination of lease granted by a usufructuary
CC 2717 Death of lessor or lessee
CC 2718 Leases with reservation of right to terminate
CC 2719 Dissolution for other causes
CC 2720 Termination of lease with a fixed term
CC 2721 Reconduction
CC 2722 Term of reconducted agricultural lease
CC 2723 Term of reconducted nonagricultural lease
CC 2724 Continuity of the reconducted lease
CC 2725 Extension
CC 2726 Amendment
CC 2727 Termination of lease with an indeterminate term
CC 2728 Notice of termination; timing
CC 2729 Notice of termination; form
CC 2745 Kinds of lease of services or labor.
CC 2746 Limited duration of contract.
CC 2747 Contract of servant terminable at will of parties.
CC 2748 Contract of farm or factory laborer, restrictions on termination.
CC 2749 Liability for dismissal of laborer without cause.
CC 2750 Liability of laborer leaving employment without cause.
CC 2751 Obligations of carriers and watermen
CC 2752 Liability for things delivered for shipment.
CC 2753 Birth of child during sea voyage.
CC 2754 Liability for loss or damage.
CC 2755 Master's and crew's privilege on vessel for payment of wages.
CC 2756 Building by plot and work by job, definitions.
CC 2757 Agreement to furnish work or materials or both.
CC 2758 Destruction of work before delivery, liability of contractor furnishing materials.
CC 2759 Destruction of work before delivery, liability of contractor furnishing work only.
CC 2760 Destruction of work before delivery, contractor's right to payment of salary.
CC 2761 Delivery of work in separate parts.
CC 2762 Liability of contractor for damages due to badness of workmanship.
CC 2763 Changes or extensions of original plans, effect.
CC 2764 Substantial and necessary alterations.
CC 2765 Cancellation of contract by owner.
CC 2766 Termination of contract by death of workman.
CC 2767 Payment to heirs of contractor for work or materials completed.
CC 2768 Contractor's liability for acts of employees.
CC 2769 Contractor's liability for non-compliance with contract.
CC 2770 Workmen employed by contractor, rights against owner.
CC 2771 Masons, carpenters and other artificers as contractors.
CC 2772 Repealed
CC 2773 Repealed
CC 2774 Repealed
CC 2775 Repealed
CC 2776 Repealed
CC 2777 Privilege of workmen on ships and boats.
CC 2778 Annuity contract; definition
CC 2779 Applicability of the rules governing obligations
CC 2780 Recipient of payments
CC 2781 Annuity for life or time period
CC 2782 Termination of annuity; absence of a designated term
CC 2783 Assignable and heritable rights and obligations
CC 2784 Annuity in favor of successive recipients
CC 2785 Annuity contract in favor of several recipients of payments
CC 2786 Existence of recipient
CC 2787 Annuity charge
CC 2788 Annuity charge; recordation
CC 2789 Applicable law
CC 2790 Annuity charge for life or time period
CC 2791 Enforcement of the annuity charge
CC 2801 Partnership; definition.
CC 2802 Applicability of rules of conventional obligations.
CC 2803 Participation of partners.
CC 2804 Participation in one category only.
CC 2805 Name of the partnership.
CC 2806 Ownership of immovable property; retroactivity of partnership's existence; acquisition of immovable property prior to partnership's existence
CC 2807 Decisions affecting the partnership.
CC 2808 Obligation of a partner to contribute.
CC 2809 Fiduciary duty; activities prejudicial to the partnership.
CC 2810 Other rights not prejudiced.
CC 2811 Partner as creditor of the partnership.
CC 2812 The sharing of a partner's interest with a third person.
CC 2813 The right of a partner to obtain information.
CC 2814 Partner as mandatary of the partnership
CC 2815 Effect of loss stipulation on third persons.
CC 2816 Contract by partner in his own name; effect on the partnership.
CC 2817 Partnership debts; liability.
CC 2818 Causes of cessation of membership
CC 2819 Seizure of the interest of a partner.
CC 2820 Expulsion of a partner for just cause.
CC 2821 Partnership constituted for term; withdrawal.
CC 2822 Partnership without term; withdrawal.
CC 2823 Rights of a partner after withdrawal.
CC 2824 Payment of interest of partner.
CC 2825 Judicial determination of amount.
CC 2826 Termination of a partnership; causes
CC 2827 Continuation of a partnership.
CC 2828 Continuation for liquidation; sole proprietorship.
CC 2829 Change in number or identity of partners.
CC 2830 Effects of termination; authority of partners.
CC 2831 Termination of the partnership; rights of third parties.
CC 2832 Creditors of the partnership; preference.
CC 2833 Division of the partnership assets.
CC 2834 Liquidation of the partnership.
CC 2835 Final liquidation.
CC 2836 Provisions applicable to partnerships in commendam.
CC 2837 Partnership in commendam; definition.
CC 2838 Name; designation as partnership in commendam.
CC 2839 Name of partner in commendam; use
CC 2840 Partner in commendam; liability; agreed contribution.
CC 2841 Contract form; registry.
CC 2842 Restrictions on the right of a partner in commendam to receive contributions.
CC 2843 Restrictions on the partner in commendam with regard to management or administration of the partnership.
CC 2844 Liability of the partner in commendam to third parties
CC 2845 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 847, 5, eff. June 27, 1995.
CC 2846 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 847, 5, eff. June 27, 1995.
CC 2847 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 847, 5, eff. June 27, 1995.
CC 2848 Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 847, 5, eff. June 27, 1995.
CC 2891 Loan for use; definition
CC 2892 Applicability of the rules governing obligations
CC 2893 Things that may be lent
CC 2894 Preservation and limited use
CC 2895 Ordinary wear and tear; damage caused by the failure to keep, preserve, or use as a prudent administrator
CC 2896 Use for longer time or in other manner
CC 2897 Heritability of contract obligations.Loss caused by fortuitous event
CC 2898 Valuation of the thing
CC 2899 Reimbursement for expenses
CC 2900 Liability of joint borrowers
CC 2901 Retaking before or after conclusion of use or expiration of time
CC 2902 Lender's liability for damage caused by defects in the thing
CC 2903 Liberative prescription
CC 2904 Loan for consumption; definition
CC 2905 Ownership and risk of loss of the thing lent
CC 2906 Loan of nonfungible things
CC 2907 Loan of money or commodities
CC 2908 Lender's liability for damage caused by defects in the thing
CC 2909 Inability to demand performance until expiration of term
CC 2910 Substance and place of performance
CC 2911 Payment of value when restitution is impossible
CC 2912 Payment of interest in case of default
CC 2913 Payment of interest presumed in release of principal
CC 2926 Deposit, definition
CC 2927 Kinds of deposit.
CC 2928 Nature of the contract
CC 2929 Formation of the contract; delivery
CC 2930 Diligence and prudence required
CC 2931 Use of the thing deposited
CC 2932 Use of consumable
CC 2933 Return of the thing deposited
CC 2934 Delivery of value received
CC 2935 Delivery of civil and natural fruits
CC 2936 Proof of ownership of the thing deposited not required; a stolen thing
CC 2937 Place and expense of return
CC 2938 Time of return
CC 2939 Retention of the deposit
CC 2940 Reimbursement of the depositary
CC 2941 Obligation of innkeeper to accept the deposit
CC 2942 Innkeeper as compensated depositary
CC 2943 Availability of a safe
CC 2944 Damaged or stolen things
CC 2945 Limitation of innkeeper's liability
CC 2946 Conventional sequestration; definition
CC 2947 Applicable law
CC 2948 Termination of conventional sequestration by the depositary
CC 2949 Judicial sequestration
CC 2950 Applicable law
CC 2951 Judicial depositary
CC 2982 Repealed
CC 2983 Repealed
CC 2984 Repealed
CC 2985 Representation
CC 2986 The authority of the representative
CC 2987 Procuration defined; person to whom addressed
CC 2988 Applicability of the rules of mandate
CC 2989 Mandate defined
CC 2990 Applicability of the rules governing obligations
CC 2991 Interest served
CC 2992 Onerous or gratuitous contract
CC 2993 Form
CC 2994 General authority
CC 2995 Incidental, necessary, or professional acts
CC 2996 Authority to alienate, acquire, encumber, or lease
CC 2997 Express authority required
CC 2998 Contracting with one's self
CC 2999 Person of limited capacity
CC 3000 Mandatary of both parties
CC 3001 Mandatary's duty of performance; standard of care
CC 3002 Gratuitous mandate; liability of a mandatary
CC 3003 Obligation to provide information
CC 3004 Obligation to deliver; right of retention
CC 3005 Interest on money used by mandatary
CC 3006 Fulfillment of the mandate by the mandatary
CC 3007 Mandatary's liability for acts of the substitute
CC 3008 Liability for acts beyond authority; ratification
CC 3009 Liability of multiple mandataries
CC 3010 Performance of obligations contracted by the mandatary
CC 3011 Advantageous performance despite divergence from authority
CC 3012 Reimbursement of expenses and remuneration
CC 3013 Compensation for loss sustained by the mandatary
CC 3014 Interest on sums expended by the mandatary
CC 3015 Liability of several principals
CC 3016 Disclosed mandate and principal
CC 3017 Undisclosed mandate
CC 3018 Disclosed mandate; undisclosed principal
CC 3019 Liability when authority is exceeded
CC 3020 Obligations of the principal to third persons
CC 3021 Putative mandatary
CC 3022 Disclosed mandate or principal; third person bound
CC 3023 Undisclosed mandate or principal; obligations of third person
CC 3024 Termination of the mandate and of the mandatary's authority
CC 3025 Termination by principal
CC 3026 Incapacity of the principal
CC 3027 Reliance on public records
CC 3028 Rights of third persons without notice of revocation
CC 3029 Termination by the mandatary
CC 3030 Acts of the mandatary after principal's death
CC 3031 Contracts made after termination of the mandate or the mandatary's authority
CC 3032 Obligation to account
CC 3033 Blank
CC 3034 Blank
CC 3035 Definition of suretyship
CC 3036 Obligations for which suretyship may be established
CC 3037 Surety ostensibly bound as a principal with another; effect of knowledge of the creditor
CC 3038 Formal requirements of suretyship
CC 3039 Suretyship requires no formal acceptance
CC 3040 Rules may be varied
CC 3041 Kinds of suretyship
CC 3042 Commercial suretyship
CC 3043 Legal suretyship
CC 3044 Ordinary suretyship; interpretation
CC 3045 Liability of sureties to creditor; division and discussion abolished
CC 3046 Defenses available to surety
CC 3047 Rights of the surety
CC 3048 Surety's right of subrogation
CC 3049 Surety's right of reimbursement for payment of obligation
CC 3050 Surety's right of reimbursement for payment of obligation not owed
CC 3051 Payment by debtor without notice of payment by surety
CC 3052 Limitation on right of surety to recover what he paid creditor
CC 3053 Surety's right to require security
CC 3054 Failure to provide security
CC 3055 Liability among co-sureties
CC 3056 Right of contribution among co-sureties
CC 3057 Limitation upon right of contribution
CC 3058 Extinction of the suretyship
CC 3059 Extinction of principal obligation
CC 3060 Prescription of the surety's obligation, right of reimbursement, and contribution
CC 3061 Termination of suretyship
CC 3062 Effect of modifications of principal obligation
CC 3063 Commercial suretyship rules apply to legal suretyship
CC 3064 Supplementary nature of this Chapter
CC 3065 Qualifications of legal surety; evidenced by affidavit; lack thereof not a defense
CC 3066 Legal suretyship to conform to law
CC 3067 Permissible variations
CC 3068 Pledge of funds in lieu of suretyship
CC 3069 Necessity for judgment against legal surety
CC 3070 Right to demand new security
CC 3071 Compromise; definition
CC 3072 Formal requirements; effects
CC 3073 Capacity and form
CC 3074 Lawful object
CC 3075 Relative effect
CC 3076 Scope of the act
CC 3077 Reserved
CC 3078 After-acquired rights
CC 3079 Tender and acceptance of less than the amount of the claim
CC 3080 Preclusive effect of compromise
CC 3081 Effect on novation
CC 3082 Rescission
CC 3083 Compromise suspends prescription
CC 3084 Repealed
CC 3085 Repealed
CC 3086 Repealed
CC 3087 Repealed
CC 3088 Repealed
CC 3089 Repealed
CC 3090 Repealed
CC 3091 Repealed
CC 3092 Repealed
CC 3093 Repealed
CC 3094 Repealed
CC 3095 Repealed
CC 3096 Repealed
CC 3097 Repealed.
CC 3098 Repealed
CC 3099 Submission to arbitrate.
CC 3100 Writing necessary.
CC 3101 Capacity of parties; authority of mandataries, tutors and curators.
CC 3102 Scope of submission.
CC 3103 Arbitration of damages incurred by public offense.
CC 3104 Power of arbitrators.
CC 3105 Duration of power of arbitrators; prescription
CC 3106 Penal clauses in submission.
CC 3107 Capacity of arbitrators.
CC 3108 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 709, 2.
CC 3109 Arbitrators and amicable compounders.
CC 3110 Powers of arbitrators and amicable compounders.
CC 3111 Oath of arbitrators.
CC 3112 Presentation and proof of claims by parties.
CC 3113 Time, place and notice of hearing.
CC 3114 Attendance of parties and witnesses.
CC 3115 Attendance and swearing in of witnesses.
CC 3116 Disagreement among arbitrators; umpire.
CC 3117 Nomination of umpire.
CC 3118 Appointment of umpire.
CC 3119 Oath of umpire.
CC 3120 Time for decision of arbitrators.
CC 3121 Arbitrators acting in excess of power, effect.
CC 3122 Scope of arbitrators' authority.
CC 3123 Award null after time limit.
CC 3124 Extension of time for making award.
CC 3125 Award made prior to time specified for examination.
CC 3126 Participation in proceedings; signature of award.
CC 3127 Amount of award.
CC 3128 Interest and costs
CC 3129 Approval of award by judge.
CC 3130 Appeal from award; prepayment and repayment of penalty.
CC 3131 Retraction or change of award prohibited.
CC 3132 Termination of arbitration.
CC 3133 Liability of an obligor for his obligations
CC 3133.1 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3134 Ratable treatment of creditors
CC 3135 Limitations upon recourse
CC 3136 Security defined
CC 3137 Personal or real security
CC 3138 Kinds of security
CC 3139 Law governing security interest
CC 3140 Nullity of agreement of forfeiture
CC 3141 Pledge defined
CC 3142 Property susceptible of pledge
CC 3143 Pledge of property susceptible of encumbrance by security interest
CC 3144 Accessory nature of pledge
CC 3145 Preference afforded by pledge
CC 3146 Obligations for which pledge may be given
CC 3147 Pledge securing obligation that is not for the payment of money
CC 3148 Pledge securing an obligation of another person
CC 3149 Formal requirements of contract of pledge
CC 3150 Acceptance
CC 3151 Power to pledge
CC 3152 Delivery and possession of thing pledged
CC 3153 Delivery of incorporeal rights
CC 3154 Things subject to pawn
CC 3155 Incorporeal movables
CC 3156 Claims against other persons
CC 3157 Privilege and preference of pledge creditor
CC 3158 Enforcement of pledge of a movable
CC 3159 Acts of pledge in favor of banks
CC 3160 Pledge of obligation of a third person
CC 3161 Performance by obligor of a pledged obligation
CC 3162 Delivery to creditor or to third person
CC 3163 Partial payment of debt secured by pledge of several things
CC 3164 Right of retention until payment of debt
CC 3165 Rights of pledgee on default of debtor; procedure
CC 3166 Ownership of thing pledged
CC 3167 Pledgee's liability for loss or decay of thing pledged; reimbursement of expenses of preservation
CC 3168 Ownership of fruits of thing pledged
CC 3169 Imputation of interest earned by credit pledged
CC 3170 Pledgee's right to enforce payment of credit pledged; imputation of proceeds
CC 3171 Indivisibility of pawn as to heirs of debtor and creditor
CC 3172 Surplus or deficiency after sale
CC 3173 Debtor taking pledge without creditor's consent
CC 3174 Rights of creditor deceived as to pledge
CC 3175 Acquisitive prescription of pledge impossible
CC 3176 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3177 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3178 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3179 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3180 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3181 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3182 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3183 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3184 Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 281, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
CC 3185 Privileges established only by law, stricti juris.
CC 3186 Privilege, definition.
CC 3187 Basis of preferences among privileges.
CC 3188 Concurrent privileges.
CC 3189 Property affected by privileges.
CC 3190 General or special privileges on movables.
CC 3191 General privileges on all movables, enumeration and ranking.
CC 3192 Funeral charges, definition.
CC 3193 Reduction of funeral charges of insolvent decedent.
CC 3194 Limitation in event of reduction.
CC 3195 Law charges, definition.
CC 3196 Costs which enjoy privilege.
CC 3197 Costs for the general benefit of creditors.
CC 3198 Costs not taxed in suit.
CC 3199 Last sickness, definition.
CC 3200 Chronic sickness.
CC 3201 Maximum period of privileged expenses.
CC 3202 List of expenses privileged.
CC 3203 Amount due for expenses, fixed by contract or by judge.
CC 3204 Last sickness of debtor's children.
CC 3205 Servants, definition.
CC 3206 Prescription of action; extent of privilege.
CC 3207 Wages recoverable but not privileged.
CC 3208 Supplies furnished by retail dealers.
CC 3209 Prescription of action; extent of privilege.
CC 3210 Wholesale dealers.
CC 3211 Innkeepers and masters of boarding houses.
CC 3212 Teachers and preceptors.
CC 3213 Extent of privilege for supplies.
CC 3214 Clerks and secretaries, extent and rank of privilege for salaries.
CC 3215 Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 709, 2.
CC 3216 Special privileges on movables.
CC 3217 List of special privileges on particular movables.
CC 3218 Repealed by Acts 2004, No. 821, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
CC 3219 Method of enforcement of lessor's privilege
CC 3220 Privilege of pledgee.
CC 3221 Enforcement of pledge
CC 3222 Privilege of depositor on thing deposited.
CC 3223 Depositor's privilege on price in case of sale.
CC 3224 Preservation of property of another.
CC 3225 Rights of pledge and retention against owner.
CC 3226 Right of preference against creditors.
CC 3227 Vendor's privilege on movables; agricultural products of the United States.
CC 3228 Loss of privilege by sale with other property of purchaser.
CC 3229 Vendor's claim for restitution.
CC 3230 Restitution dependent on identification.
CC 3231 Restitution of things easily recognized.
CC 3232 Innkeepers, definition.
CC 3233 Innkeepers' rights on property of guests.
CC 3234 Property covered by innkeepers' privilege.
CC 3235 Travelers, definition.
CC 3236 Sale or donation of unclaimed and unredeemed property, procedure.
CC 3237 Privileges on ships and vessels, enumeration and ranking; prescription.
CC 3238 Proportionate payment to creditors of same rank.
CC 3239 Right of pursuit after sale of ship.
CC 3240 Privilege on price of adjudication in case of forced sale.
CC 3241 Voluntary sale, distinction between sale in port or on voyage.
CC 3242 Voluntary sale of ship in port, rights of privileged creditors.
CC 3243 Loss of privilege after voyage in name of purchaser.
CC 3244 Voluntary sale of ship while on voyage, rights of privileged creditors.
CC 3245 Voyage, definition.
CC 3246 Captain's privilege on cargo for freight charges.
CC 3247 Privilege of consignee or agent on merchandise consigned.
CC 3248 Rights of consignor on insolvency of consignee or agent.
CC 3249 Special privileges on immovables
CC 3250 Extent of vendor's privilege.
CC 3251 Successive sales, preference among vendors
CC 3252 General privileges on both movables and immovables.
CC 3253 Order of payment of privileges; debtor's movables taken before immovables.
CC 3254 Special privileges prime general privileges on movables; ranking among general privileges when movables sufficient.
CC 3255 Order of payment when available movables insufficient.
CC 3256 Lessor's privilege primed by costs of sale.
CC 3257 Lessor's privilege primed by funeral charges.
CC 3258 Lessor's privilege primes other general privileges.
CC 3259 Lessor's privilege on crops primed by supplies and labor.
CC 3260 Ranking between privileges of lessor and depositor.
CC 3261 Depositor's privilege and other privileges.
CC 3262 Privilege for expenses of preservation and other privileges.
CC 3263 Vendor's privilege and other privileges.
CC 3264 Privilege of innkeepers.
CC 3265 Privilege of carriers.
CC 3266 Immovables liable when movables insufficient.
CC 3267 Special privileges on immovables and other privileges
CC 3268 Repealed
CC 3269 Order of payment out of immovables; distribution of loss among mortgage creditors.
CC 3270 Effect of priorities among privileges.
CC 3271 Vendor's privilege on immovables, recordation.
CC 3272 Repealed
CC 3273 Recordation, effect against third persons.
CC 3274 Time and place of recordation; effectiveness.
CC 3275 Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 227, §2.
CC 3276 Priority of claims against succession arising after death.
CC 3277 Methods of extinction.
CC 3278 Mortgage defined
CC 3279 Rights created by mortgage
CC 3280 Mortgage is an indivisible real right
CC 3281 Mortgage established only in authorized cases
CC 3282 Accessory nature
CC 3283 Kinds of mortgages
CC 3284 Conventional, legal, and judicial mortgages
CC 3285 General and special mortgages distinguished
CC 3286 Property susceptible of mortgage
CC 3287 Conventional mortgage
CC 3288 Requirements of contract of mortgage
CC 3289 Acceptance
CC 3290 Power to mortgage
CC 3291 Presumption that things are subject to conventional mortgage
CC 3292 Mortgage of future property permitted in certain cases
CC 3293 Obligations for which mortgage may be established
CC 3294 Mortgage securing obligation that is not for the payment of money
CC 3295 Mortgage securing another's obligation
CC 3296 Right of mortgagor to raise defenses
CC 3297 Restrictions upon recourse of mortgagee
CC 3298 Mortgage may secure future obligations
CC 3299 Judicial and legal mortgages
CC 3300 Creation of judicial mortgage
CC 3301 Creation of legal mortgage
CC 3302 Property burdened by judicial and legal mortgages
CC 3303 Nature of judicial and legal mortgages
CC 3304 Judgment; suspensive appeal
CC 3305 Judgments of other jurisdictions
CC 3306 Judgment against person deceased
CC 3307 The effect and rank of mortgages
CC 3308 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3309 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3310 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3311 Mortgage securing several obligations
CC 3312 Transfer of the secured obligation
CC 3313 Transfer does not imply subordination
CC 3314 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3315 Third possessor defined
CC 3316 Liability of third possessor
CC 3317 Rights of third possessor
CC 3318 Right of third possessor for costs of improvements
CC 3319 Methods of extinction
CC 3320 Recordation; limits of effectiveness
CC 3321 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3322 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3323 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3324 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3325 Paraph of notes or written obligations secured by a mortgage, privilege, or other encumbrance
CC 3326 Effect of mortgage filed after death of mortgagor
CC 3327 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3328 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3329 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3330 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3331 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3332 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3333 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3334 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3335 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3336 Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CC 3337 Cancellation of mortgages and privileges from the records
CC 3338 Instruments creating real rights in immovables; recordation required to affect third persons
CC 3339 Matters not of record
CC 3340 Effect of recording other documents
CC 3341 Limits on the effect of recordation
CC 3342 Parties to an instrument are precluded from raising certain matters
CC 3343 Third person defined
CC 3344 Refusal for failure of original signature or proper certification; effect of recordation; necessity of proof of signature recordation of a duplicate
CC 3345 Recordation of a duplicate
CC 3346 Place of recordation; duty of the recorder
CC 3347 Effect of recordation arises upon filing
CC 3348 Time of filing; determination
CC 3349 Failure to endorse; effect
CC 3350 Presumption as to time of filing
CC 3351 Ancient documents; presumptions
CC 3352 Recorded acts; required information
CC 3353 Effect of indefinite or incomplete name
CC 3354 Applicability
CC 3355 Mortgage, pledge, or privilege affecting property in several parishes
CC 3356 Transfers, amendments, and releases
CC 3357 Duration; general rule
CC 3358 Duration of recordation of certain mortgages, pledges, and privileges
CC 3359 Duration of recordation of judicial mortgage
CC 3360 Duration of recordation of mortgage given by tutor, curator, or succession representative
CC 3361 Effect of amendment
CC 3362 Method of reinscription
CC 3363 Method of reinscription exclusive
CC 3364 Effect of timely recordation of notice of reinscription
CC 3365 Effect of request recorded after cessation of effect of recordation
CC 3366 Cancellation upon written request; form and content
CC 3367 Cancellation of recordation after effect of recordation has ceased
CC 3368 Cancellation of prescribed judicial mortgage
CC 3369 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3370 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3397 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3398 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3399 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3400 Arts 3400 to 3404 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
CC 3405 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3406 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3407 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3408 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3409 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3410 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3411 Repealed by Acts 1992, No. 1132, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
CC 3412 Occupancy
CC 3413 Wild animals, birds, fish, and shellfish
CC 3414 Loss of ownership of wildlife
CC 3415 Wildlife in enclosures
CC 3416 Tamed wild animals
CC 3417 Domestic animals
CC 3418 Abandoned things
CC 3419 Lost things
CC 3419.1 Lost things; domestic animals
CC 3420 Treasure
CC 3421 Possession
CC 3422 Nature of possession; right to possess
CC 3423 Rights of possessors
CC 3424 Acquisition of possession
CC 3425 Corporeal possession
CC 3426 Constructive possession
CC 3427 Presumption of intent to own the thing
CC 3428 Acquisition of possession through another
CC 3429 Exercise of possession by another
CC 3430 Juridical persons
CC 3431 Retention of possession; civil possession
CC 3432 Presumption of retention of possession
CC 3433 Loss of possession
CC 3434 Loss of the right to possess
CC 3435 Vices of possession
CC 3436 Violent, clandestine, discontinuous, and equivocal possession
CC 3437 Precarious possession
CC 3438 Presumption of precariousness
CC 3439 Termination of precarious possession
CC 3440 Protection of precarious possession
CC 3441 Transfer of possession
CC 3442 Tacking of possession
CC 3443 Presumption of continuity of possession
CC 3444 Possessory action
CC 3445 Kinds of prescription
CC 3446 Acquisitive prescription
CC 3447 Liberative prescription
CC 3448 Prescription of nonuse
CC 3449 Renunciation of prescription
CC 3450 Express or tacit renunciation
CC 3451 Capacity to renounce
CC 3452 Necessity for pleading prescription
CC 3453 Rights of creditors and other interested parties
CC 3454 Computation of time
CC 3455 Computation of time by months
CC 3456 Computation of time by years
CC 3457 Prescription established by legislation only
CC 3458 Peremption; effect
CC 3459 Application of rules of prescription
CC 3460 Peremption need not be pleaded
CC 3461 Renunciation, interruption, or suspension ineffective
CC 3462 Interruption by filing of suit or by service of process
CC 3463 Duration of interruption; abandonment or discontinuance of suit
CC 3464 Interruption by acknowledgment
CC 3465 Interruption of acquisitive prescription
CC 3466 Effect of interruption
CC 3467 Persons against whom prescription runs
CC 3468 Incompetents
CC 3469 Suspension of prescription
CC 3470 Prescription during delays for inventory; vacant succession
CC 3471 Limits of contractual freedom
CC 3472 Effect of suspension
CC 3472.1 Emergency suspension of prescription and peremption
CC 3473 Prescription of ten years
CC 3474 Incompetents
CC 3475 Requisites
CC 3476 Attributes of possession
CC 3477 Precarious possessor; inability to prescribe
CC 3478 Termination of precarious possession; commencement of prescription
CC 3479 Particular successor of precarious possessor
CC 3480 Good faith
CC 3481 Presumption of good faith
CC 3482 Good faith at commencement of prescription
CC 3483 Just title
CC 3484 Transfer of undivided part of an immovable
CC 3485 Things susceptible of prescription
CC 3486 Immovables; prescription of thirty years
CC 3487 Restriction as to extent of possession
CC 3488 Applicability of rules governing prescription of ten years
CC 3489 Movables; acquisitive prescription
CC 3490 Prescription of three years
CC 3491 Prescription of ten years
CC 3492 Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 423, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.
CC 3493 Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 423, §2, eff. July 1, 2024.
CC 3493.1 Delictual actions
CC 3493.2 Damage to immovable property; commencement and accrual of prescription
CC 3493.3 Delictual actions; two-year prescription; criminal act
CC 3493.10 Redesignated as C.C. Art. 3493.3 by Acts 2024, No. 423, §1.
CC 3494 Actions subject to a three-year prescription
CC 3495 Commencement and accrual of prescription
CC 3496 Action against attorney for return of papers
CC 3496.1 Action against a person for abuse of a minor
CC 3496.2 Action against a person for sexual assault
CC 3497 Actions subject to a five year prescription
CC 3497.1 Actions for arrearages of spousal support or of installment payments for contributions made to a spouse's education or training
CC 3498 Actions on negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments
CC 3499 Personal action
CC 3500 Action against contractors and architects
CC 3501 Prescription and revival of money judgments
CC 3501.1 Actions for arrearages of child support
CC 3502 Action for the recognition of a right of inheritance
CC 3503 Solidary obligors
CC 3504 Surety
CC 3505 Acts extending liberative prescription
CC 3505.1 Formal requirements
CC 3505.2 Commencement of period of extension
CC 3505.3 Effect of extension on other obligors and obligees
CC 3505.4 Interruption or suspension during a period of extension
CC 3506 General definitions of terms
CC 3507 Arts. 3507 to 3514 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 187, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1983
CC 3515 Determination of the applicable law; general and residual rule
CC 3516 Meaning of "State"
CC 3517 Renvoi
CC 3518 Domicile
CC 3519 Status of natural persons; general principle
CC 3520 Marriage
CC 3521 Divorce or separation
CC 3522 Effects and incidents of marriage and of divorce
CC 3523 Movables
CC 3524 Immovables situated in this state
CC 3525 Termination of community; immovables in another state acquired by a spouse while domiciled in this state
CC 3526 Termination of community; movables and Louisiana immovables acquired by a spouse while domiciled in another state
CC 3527 Louisiana immovables acquired by a spouse while domiciled in another state; death of the acquiring spouse while domiciled in another state
CC 3528 Formal validity of testamentary dispositions
CC 3529 Capacity and vices of consent
CC 3530 Capacity of heir or legatee
CC 3531 Interpretation of testaments
CC 3532 Movables
CC 3533 Immovables situated in this state
CC 3534 Immovables situated in another state
CC 3535 Real rights in immovables
CC 3536 Real rights in corporeal movables
CC 3537 General rule
CC 3538 Form
CC 3539 Capacity
CC 3540 Party autonomy
CC 3541 Other juridical acts and quasi-contractual obligations
CC 3542 General rule
CC 3543 Issues of conduct and safety
CC 3544 Issues of loss distribution and financial protection
CC 3545 Products liability
CC 3546 Punitive damages
CC 3547 Exceptional cases
CC 3548 Domicile of juridical persons
CC 3549 Law governing liberative prescription
CC 3550 Arts. 3550 to 3555 Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 173, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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