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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:587"
article_number: "587"
status: active
heading: "Liability for debts; usufruct established mortis causa"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110778"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 103
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2010
    act_number: 881
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2010-07-02
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 587. Liability for debts; usufruct established mortis causa

When the usufruct is established mortis causa , the usufructuary is not liable for estate debts, but the property subject to the usufruct may be sold for the payment of estate debts, in accordance with the rules provided for the payment of the debt of an estate in Book III of this Code.