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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:950"
article_number: "950"
status: active
heading: "Knowledge required of successor as prerequisite to acceptance or renunciation"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 6 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111079"
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
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 950. Knowledge required of successor as prerequisite to acceptance or renunciation

An acceptance or renunciation is valid only if the successor knows of the death of the person to be succeeded and knows that he has rights as a successor. It is not necessary that he know the extent of those rights or the nature of his relationship to the decedent.