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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1602"
article_number: "1602"
status: active
heading: "Discharge of an unsatisfied particular legacy"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 6 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108930"
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
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# Art. 1602. Discharge of an unsatisfied particular legacy

Intestate successors and general and universal legatees are personally bound to discharge an unpaid particular legacy, each in proportion to the part of the estate that he receives.