- Chapter 1. General Provisions (Sections 382-389)
- Chapter 2. Intestate Succession (Sections 390-417)
- Chapter 3. Testamentary Inheritance (Sections 418-638)
- Chapter 4. Contractual Inheritance (Sections 639-654)
- Chapter 5. Opening of Succession, Protection of Estates, and Inheritance Actions (Sections 655-686)
- Chapter 6. Accepting and Taking an Inheritance (Sections 687-714)
- Chapter 7. Mutual Relationships Between Co-heirs and Division of the Inheritance (Sections 715-765)
- Chapter 8. Termination and Loss of Inheritance Rights (Sections 766-840)