Chapter First: General Provisions

Article 690

Article 690 - Deposit is the contract by which the depositary receives a movable thing from the depositor with the obligation to keep it and return it. The depositary has no right to remuneration for safekeeping, unless otherwise agreed.

Article 691

Art. 691 - If the deposit concerns a sum of money or other fungible items, and if the depository has been authorized to use them, the contract is considered a consumption loan.

Article 692

Art. 692 - To make a deposit and to accept it, one must have the capacity to become bound. However, if a person with the capacity to become bound accepts a deposit made by an incapable person, they shall be liable for all the obligations of a depository.

Article 693

Art. 693 - If a person capable of obligating himself has made a deposit to an incapable person, he may claim the deposited thing, if it has remained at the disposal of the depositary. \tIf this is no longer the case, he may only act for restitution to the extent of the enrichment of which the incapable person has benefited, except where applicable, the rules relating to the liability for intentional or unintentional wrongs of incapable persons.

Article 694

Art. 694 - It is not necessary, for the validity of the deposit between the parties, that the depositor be the owner, nor even the legitimate possessor of the deposited thing.

Article 695

Art. 695 - The deposit is perfected by the consent of the parties and by the delivery of the thing. Fictitious delivery is sufficient when the depository already holds, under any other title, the thing that is agreed to be left with him by way of deposit.