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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1743"
article_number: "1743"
status: active
heading: "Universal succession; liability for estate debts"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title II › Chapter 8 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=108977"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 619, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 619
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-09-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1743. Universal succession; liability for estate debts

The donee of a universal or general donation of property that the donor will leave at his death, as a universal successor of the donor, is answerable for the debts of the estate of the donor in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 13 of Title I of Book III.