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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:55"
article_number: "55"
status: active
heading: "Declaration of death; effect"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title III › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110737"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991."
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  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 989
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
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# Art. 55. Declaration of death; effect

The succession of the person declared dead shall be opened as of the date of death fixed in the judgment, and his estate shall devolve in accordance with the law of successions.