Chapter First: General Provisions - Transfer of Ownership
Article 394
Art. 394 - Unless otherwise provided by law, such as in the preceding article, the buyer acquires by full right the ownership of the thing sold which is a certain corporeal object, as soon as the contract is perfected by the consent of the parties. This is the case even: 1 - If delivery or payment of the price is to take place at a later date; 2 - If the sale is made under a resolutive condition.
Article 395
Art. 395 - Unless stipulated otherwise, or unless provided for by a contrary legislative provision, as soon as the contract is perfected and even before delivery, the buyer may alienate the thing sold. The seller may assign his right to the price, before payment.
Article 396
Art. 396 - Unless otherwise stipulated, as soon as the contract is perfected, the buyer must bear: 1 - the taxes, contributions, and other charges that encumber the thing sold; 2 - the costs of preserving the thing as well as those of collecting the fees; 3 - the risks of the specific subject-matter.
Article 397
Art. 397 - When the sale relates to a thing that is only determined as to its species or is made by weight, by count, by measure, by trial, by tasting, or by simple description, the things are at the risk of the seller, even if they were already in the hands of the buyer, until they have been determined, weighed, counted, measured, or approved by the buyer or his representative.
Article 398
Art. 398 - When the sale is alternative with a fixed deadline for the choice, the risks, unless otherwise stipulated, shall not be borne by the buyer until after the exercise of the option.
Article 399
Art. 399 - Unless otherwise stipulated, the sold item travels at the risk of the seller until its receipt by the buyer.
Article 400
Art. 400 - In the event of the sale of fruits on the tree, products from a garden, or a pending harvest, the fruits or vegetables shall remain at the risk of the seller until the moment of their complete maturation.