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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:935"
article_number: "935"
status: active
heading: "Acquisition of ownership; seizin"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111062"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
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# Art. 935. Acquisition of ownership; seizin

Immediately at the death of the decedent, universal successors acquire ownership of the estate and particular successors acquire ownership of the things bequeathed to them.

Prior to the qualification of a succession representative only a universal successor may represent the decedent with respect to the heritable rights and obligations of the decedent.