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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1591"
article_number: "1591"
status: active
heading: "Accretion of particular and general legacies"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108918"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. 1999."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1591. Accretion of particular and general legacies

When a particular or a general legacy lapses, accretion takes place in favor of the successor who, under the testament, would have received the thing if the legacy had not been made.