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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:589"
article_number: "589"
status: active
heading: "Discharge of debt on encumbered property by mortis causa usufructuary"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110780"
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. 589. Discharge of debt on encumbered property by mortis causa usufructuary

If the usufructuary of a usufruct established mortis causa advances funds to discharge an estate debt charged to the property subject to the usufruct, the naked owner shall reimburse the usufructuary, without interest, at the termination of the usufruct, but only to the extent of the principal of the debt he has discharged and for any interest he has paid that had accrued on the debt before the commencement of the usufruct.