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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3533"
article_number: "3533"
status: active
heading: "Immovables situated in this state"
breadcrumb: "Book IV › Title IV"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110553"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1991, No. 923, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 257, §1."
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  - act_year: 1991
    act_number: 923
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1992-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 257
    section: 1
    role: amendment
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---

# Art. 3533. Immovables situated in this state

Except as otherwise provided in this Title, testate and intestate succession to immovables situated in this state is governed by the law of this state.

The forced heirship law of this state does not apply if the deceased was domiciled outside this state at the time of death and he left no forced heirs domiciled in this state at the time of his death.