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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:938"
article_number: "938"
status: active
heading: "Exercise of succession rights"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111065"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1997, No. 1421, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 556, §1, eff. June 22, 2001."
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  - act_year: 1997
    act_number: 1421
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1999-07-01
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  - act_year: 2001
    act_number: 556
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2001-06-22
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# Art. 938. Exercise of succession rights

A. Prior to the qualification of a succession representative, a successor may exercise rights of ownership with respect to his interests in a thing of the estate as well as his interest in the estate as a whole.

B. If a successor exercises his rights of ownership after the qualification of a succession representative, the effect of that exercise is subordinate to the administration of the estate.