Art. 4627 Effect of judgment and sale

When a court orders property to be sold so it can be divided among owners (a partition sale), that order counts fully against an absentee owner, even if that person was never personally served with papers. The law treats the judgment as if the absent owner had been personally notified and the case had been decided against them directly.

This means the sale is final and binding on the absentee, as well as on their estate and heirs. Once the sale happens, none of them can later come back and claim any ownership, rights, or interest in that property. In short, being absent or hard to locate does not protect someone from losing their share once the court orders the property sold and the sale goes through properly.