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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1415"
article_number: "1415"
status: active
heading: "Estate debts; administrative expenses"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 13 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108771"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1415. Estate debts; administrative expenses

Estate debts are debts of the decedent and administration expenses. Debts of the decedent are obligations of the decedent or those that arise as a result of his death, such as the cost of his funeral and burial. Administration expenses are obligations incurred in the collection, preservation, management, and distribution of the estate of the decedent.