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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:957"
article_number: "957"
status: active
heading: "Formal or informal acceptance"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title I › Chapter 6 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111086"
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. 957. Formal or informal acceptance

Acceptance may be either formal or informal. It is formal when the successor expressly accepts in writing or assumes the quality of successor in a judicial proceeding. It is informal when the successor does some act that clearly implies his intention to accept.