Louisiana § RS 9:2787 - Heritable obligations imposed on legacies
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 9:2787 — Heritable obligations imposed on legacies, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 9:2787. Heritable obligations imposed on legacies
But if what is to be done, be a thing that can as well be done by the heirs of the legatee as by him, the obligation shall be heritable, and they must perform it before the legacy can take effect. The provisions of this and the preceding article relate only to testamentary dispositions.
Acts 1984, No. 331, §4.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 9:2787 ("Heritable obligations imposed on legacies") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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