Article 57

Reappearance of absent person; recovery of his property ACTIVE

If a person who has been declared dead reappears, he shall be entitled to recover his property that still exists in the condition in which it is found from those who took it as his successors or from their transferees by gratuitous title. He may also recover the net proceeds of things alienated and for the diminution of the value of things that has resulted from their encumbrance.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1990, No. 989, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991

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La. Civ. Code art. 57 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-57,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 57},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/57},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}