La. Civ. Code art. 3470

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3470, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.

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Prescription during delays for inventory; vacant succession

Official statutory text

Prescription runs during the delay the law grants to a successor for making an inventory and for deliberating. Nevertheless, it does not run against a beneficiary successor with respect to his rights against the succession.

Prescription runs against a vacant succession even if an administrator has not been appointed.

Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

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