Louisiana § 6:765 Shares or savings accounts payable to two or more persons; survivorship

Louisiana Statutes

§ 6:765 — Shares or savings accounts payable to two or more persons; survivorship

Louisiana § 6:765

Title 6Banks and Banking

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 6:765 (2026).

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A.When shares or savings accounts have been subscribed for or owned, or when any certificate of any class or evidence of indebtedness shows the investment of funds in any association, in the names of two or more persons, payable to either, or any of them, such funds or any part of them or any interest or dividend on them may be paid, on due delivery of the certificate, book, or other evidence of indebtedness, to either of the persons, whether the other or others are living or not; and the receipt or acquittance of the person paid is a complete release and discharge of the association for any payment made, with respect to anyone.

B.The pledge to an association of all or part of a savings account or shares owned or subscribed for by two or more persons, executed by a person upon whose sign

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A. When shares or savings accounts have been subscribed for or owned, or when any certificate of any class or evidence of indebtedness shows the investment of funds in any association, in the names of two or more persons, payable to either, or any of them, such funds or any part of them or any interest or dividend on them may be paid, on due delivery of the certificate, book, or other evidence of indebtedness, to either of the persons, whether the other or others are living or not; and the receipt or acquittance of the person paid is a complete release and discharge of the association for any payment made, with respect to anyone.
B. The pledge to an association of all or part of a savings account or shares owned or subscribed for by two or more persons, executed by a person upon whose signature withdrawals may be made shall, unless the terms of the savings account provide specifically to the contrary, be a valid pledge and transfer to the association of all the shares or savings pledges.
C. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.

Legislative History

Acts 1970, No. 234, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 283, §1; Acts 1981, No. 435, §1; Acts 1983, No. 675, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2004, No. 42, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §6; Acts 2011, No. 346, §1.