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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1416"
article_number: "1416"
status: active
heading: "Liability of universal successors to creditors"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 13 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108772"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 824, §1."
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  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
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  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 824
    section: 1
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# Art. 1416. Liability of universal successors to creditors

A. Universal successors are liable to creditors for the payment of the estate debts in proportion to the part which each has in the succession, but each is liable only to the extent of the value of the property received by him, valued as of the time of receipt.

B. A creditor has no action for payment of an estate debt against a universal successor who has not received property of the estate.