Louisiana Laws
Civil Code

Art. 151. Proceeding for declaration of nullity of a marriage; interim incidental relief - SECTION 5. PROVISIONAL AND INCIDENTAL PROCEEDINGS IN ACTIONS OF NULLITY...

Art. 152. Proceeding for declaration of nullity of a marriage; final incidental relief - Art. 152. Proceeding for declaration of nullity of a marriage;...

Art. 153. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. - Art. 153. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, §9, eff....

Art. 154. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. - Art. 154. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, §9, eff....

Art. 155. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. - Art. 155. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, §9, eff....

Art. 156. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. - Art. 156. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1009, §9, eff....

Art. 159. Effect of divorce on community property regime - CHAPTER 3. EFFECTS OF DIVORCE Art. 159. Effect of divorce...

Art. 160. Blank] - Art. 160. [Blank]

Art. 161. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1008, 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. - Art. 161. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1008, §6, eff....

Art. 162. Arts. 162 to 175 Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 705, 1. - TITLE VI. OF MASTER AND SERVANT Art. 162. Arts. 162...

Art. 178. Definition - TITLE VII. PARENT AND CHILD CHAPTER 1. FILIATION Art. 178....

Art. 179. Establishment of filiation - Art. 179. Establishment of filiation Filiation is established by proof...

Art. 184. Maternity - CHAPTER 2. FILIATION BY PROOF OF MATERNITY OR PATERNITY SECTION...

Art. 185. Presumption of paternity of husband - SECTION 2. PROOF OF PATERNITY SUBSECTION A. THE PRESUMPTION OF...

Art. 186. Presumption if child is born after divorce or after death of husband; effect of disavowal - Art. 186. Presumption if child is born after divorce or...

Art. 187. Disavowal action; proof - Art. 187. Disavowal action; proof The husband may disavow paternity...

Art. 188. Disavowal precluded in case of assisted conception - Art. 188. Disavowal precluded in case of assisted conception The...

Art. 189. Time limit for disavowal by the husband - Art. 189. Time limit for disavowal by the husband The...

Art. 190. Time limit for disavowal by heir or legatee - Art. 190. Time limit for disavowal by heir or legatee...

Art. 190.1. Three-party acknowledgment; alternative to disavowal; time period - Art. 190.1. Three-party acknowledgment; alternative to disavowal; time period If...

Art. 191. Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother - Art. 191. Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother The...

Art. 192. Contestation action; proof - Art. 192. Contestation action; proof The mother shall prove by...

Art. 193. Contestation and establishment of paternity; time period - Art. 193. Contestation and establishment of paternity; time period The...

Art. 194. Judgment in contestation action - Art. 194. Judgment in contestation action A judgment shall not...

Art. 195. Presumption by marriage and acknowledgment; child not filiated to another man; proof; time period - SUBSECTION B. PRESUMPTION OF PATERNITY BY SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT...

Art. 196. Formal acknowledgment; presumption - SUBSECTION C. OTHER METHODS OF ESTABLISHING PATERNITY Art. 196. Formal...

Art. 197. Child's action to establish paternity; proof; time period - Art. 197. Child's action to establish paternity; proof; time period...

Art. 198. Father's action to establish paternity; time period - Art. 198. Father's action to establish paternity; time period A...

Art. 199. Effect of adoption. - CHAPTER 3. FILIATION BY ADOPTION SECTION 1. EFFECT OF ADOPTION...

Art. 200. Adoption of minors - SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF MINORS Art. 200. Adoption of minors...

Art. 201. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 201. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 202. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, 4. - Art. 202. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, §4.

Art. 203. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 203. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 204. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, 4. - Art. 204. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 607, §4.

Art. 205. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 205. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 206. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 206. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 207. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 207. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 208. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 208. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 209. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 209. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 210. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 549, 2. - Art. 210. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 549, §2.

Art. 211. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005. - Art. 211. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff....

Art. 212. Adult adoption requirements - SECTION 3. ADOPTION OF ADULTS Art. 212. Adult adoption requirements...

Art. 213. Adult adoption; form - Art. 213. Adult adoption; form The adoptive parent and the...

Art. 214. Adult adoption; recordation requirement - Art. 214. Adult adoption; recordation requirement The adoption is effective...

Art. 215. Repealed - CHAPTER 5--OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY SECTION 1--OF THE DUTIES OF PARENTS...

Art. 216. Repealed - Art. 216. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 217. Repealed - Art. 217. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1 and...

Art. 218. Repealed - Art. 218. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 219. Repealed - Art. 219. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 220. Repealed - Art. 220. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 221. Authority of married parents - CHAPTER 5. PARENTAL AUTHORITY OF MARRIED PERSONS SECTION 1. GENERAL...

Art. 222. Representation of minor - Art. 222. Representation of minor Parental authority includes representation of...

Art. 223. Rights and obligations of parental authority - Art. 223. Rights and obligations of parental authority Parental authority...

Art. 224. Parental obligation of support and education - SECTION 2. OBLIGATIONS OF PARENTS Art. 224. Parental obligation of...

Art. 225. Parental liability for child's offenses and quasi-offenses - Art. 225. Parental liability for child's offenses and quasi-offenses Parents...

Art. 226. Parental obligation of direction - Art. 226. Parental obligation of direction Parents have a moral...

Art. 227. Parental control - SECTION 3. OBLIGATIONS OF CHILDREN Art. 227. Parental control A...

Art. 228. Child's obligation of obedience; parental correction - Art. 228. Child's obligation of obedience; parental correction A child...

Art. 229. Administration of the property of the child - SECTION 4. AUTHORITY OVER THE PROPERTY OF THE CHILD Art....

Art. 230. Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the property of the child; expenditure of fruits - Art. 230. Alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the property of...

Art. 231. Parents' obligation to deliver and account - Art. 231. Parents' obligation to deliver and account Parents are...

Art. 232. Parental authority - SECTION 5. PERSON HAVING PARENTAL AUTHORITY AND OF ITS DELEGATION...

Art. 233. Delegation of parental authority - Art. 233. Delegation of parental authority Parents may delegate all...

Art. 234. Parental authority; custody award - Art. 234. Parental authority; custody award Parental authority continues during...

Art. 235. Termination of parental authority - SECTION 6. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY Art. 235. Termination of...

Art. 236. Filial honor and respect - CHAPTER 6. OBLIGATIONS OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND OTHER ASCENDANTS...

Art. 237. Obligation of providing the basic necessities of life; ascendants and descendants; exceptions - Art. 237. Obligation of providing the basic necessities of life;...

Art. 238. Amount of support - Art. 238. Amount of support The amount of support shall...

Art. 239. Modification or termination of support - Art. 239. Modification or termination of support The amount of...

Art. 240. Repealed - Art. 240. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 241. Repealed - Art. 241. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 242. Repealed - Art. 242. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1 and...

Art. 243. Repealed - Art. 243. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1 and...

Art. 244. Repealed - Art. 244. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1 and...

Art. 245. Repealed - Art. 245. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff....

Art. 246. Occasion for tutorship. - TITLE VIII--OF MINORS, OF THEIR TUTORSHIP AND EMANCIPATION CHAPTER 1--OF...

Art. 247. Kinds of tutorships. - Art. 247. Kinds of tutorships. There are four sorts of...

Art. 248. Modes of establishment of tutorships. - Art. 248. Modes of establishment of tutorships. Tutorship by nature...

Art. 249. Accountability of tutor. - Art. 249. Accountability of tutor. For every sort of tutorship,...

Art. 250. Persons entitled to tutorship - SECTION 2--OF TUTORSHIP BY NATURE Art. 250. Persons entitled to...

Art. 251. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. - Art. 251. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, §2, eff....

Art. 252. Unborn and posthumous children. - Art. 252. Unborn and posthumous children. If a wife happens...

Art. 253. Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 163, 2. - Art. 253. Repealed by Acts 1974, No. 163, §2.

Art. 254. Arts. 254, 255 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2 - Art. 254. Arts. 254, 255 Repealed by Acts 1960, No....

Art. 256. Children born outside of marriage - Art. 256. Children born outside of marriage A. The mother...

Art. 257. Surviving parent's right of appointment. - SECTION 3--OF THE TUTORSHIP BY WILL Art. 257. Surviving parent's...

Art. 258. Right of appointment where parents are divorced or separated - Art. 258. Right of appointment where parents are divorced or...

Art. 259. Option of acceptance of tutorship. - Art. 259. Option of acceptance of tutorship. The tutor by...

Art. 260. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. - Art. 260. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, §2, eff....

Art. 261. Child born outside of marriage - Art. 261. Child born outside of marriage The father or...

Art. 262. Appointment of several tutors; order of priority. - Art. 262. Appointment of several tutors; order of priority. If...

Art. 263. Qualified ascendants; collaterals by blood; surviving spouse. - SECTION 4--OF THE TUTORSHIP BY THE EFFECT OF THE LAW...

Art. 270. Occasion for tutorship. - SECTION 5--OF DATIVE TUTORSHIP Art. 270. Occasion for tutorship. When...

Art. 273. Necessity for appointment. - SECTION 6--OF THE UNDERTUTOR Art. 273. Necessity for appointment. In...

Art. 278. Liability concerning minor's legal mortgage. - Art. 278. Liability concerning minor's legal mortgage. The undertutor who...

Art. 279. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. - Art. 279. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, §2, eff....

Art. 280. Termination of undertutorship. - Art. 280. Termination of undertutorship. The duties of the undertutor...

Art. 281. Arts. 281 to 291 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. - SECTION 7. OF FAMILY MEETINGS Art. 281. Arts. 281 to...

Art. 292. Excuse by reason of office or function. - SECTION 8--OF THE CAUSES WHICH DISPENSE OR EXCUSE FROM THE...

Art. 293. Waiver of excuse by subsequent acceptance of tutorship. - Art. 293. Waiver of excuse by subsequent acceptance of tutorship....

Art. 294. Subsequently acquired excuse. - Art. 294. Subsequently acquired excuse. Those, on the contrary, who...

Art. 295. Excuse for remote relationship. - Art. 295. Excuse for remote relationship. No person, who is...

Art. 296. Excuse for age. - Art. 296. Excuse for age. Every person who has attained...

Art. 297. Excuse for infirmity. - Art. 297. Excuse for infirmity. Every person affected with a...

Art. 298. Excuse for prior tutorships - Art. 298. Excuse for prior tutorships The person who is...

Art. 299. Time to present excuse. - Art. 299. Time to present excuse. The tutor, who has...

Art. 300. Provisional administration pending consideration of excuse. - Art. 300. Provisional administration pending consideration of excuse. During the...

Art. 301. Parent's unconditional obligation of tutorship. - Art. 301. Parent's unconditional obligation of tutorship. The causes herein...

Art. 302. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2 - SECTION 9--OF THE INCAPACITY FOR, THE EXCLUSION FROM, AND DEPRIVATION...

Art. 307. Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 30, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. - SECTION 10--OF THE APPOINTMENT, RECOGNITION, OR CONFIRMATION OF TUTORS, OF...

Art. 308. Duty to apply for appointment. - Art. 308. Duty to apply for appointment. In every case...

Art. 309. Minors exempt from taking application. - Art. 309. Minors exempt from taking application. Minor relations are...

Art. 310. Liability for failure to make application. - Art. 310. Liability for failure to make application. Relations who...

Art. 311. Action for damages; prescription. - Art. 311. Action for damages; prescription. The action which results...

Art. 322. Minor's legal mortgage on tutor's property. - Art. 322. Minor's legal mortgage on tutor's property. The recording...

Art. 333. Sale of mortgaged property by one claimant; inscription of legal mortgage of remaining minors. - Art. 333. Sale of mortgaged property by one claimant; inscription...

Art. 336. Alienation of minor's immovables. - SECTION 11--OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TUTOR Art. 336. Alienation...

Art. 337. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 572, 2. - Art. 337. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 572, §2.

Art. 338. Interest. - Art. 338. Interest. The sum which appears to be due...

Art. 339. Agreements between tutor and minor. - Art. 339. Agreements between tutor and minor. Every agreement which...

Art. 340. Prescription of minor's action against tutor. - Art. 340. Prescription of minor's action against tutor. The action...

Art. 354. Procedure for placing under tutorship. - SECTION 12--OF CONTINUING OR PERMANENT TUTORSHIP OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL...

Art. 355. Petition for continuing or permanent tutorship - Art. 355. Petition for continuing or permanent tutorship When a...

Art. 356. Title of proceedings; procedural rules; parents as tutor and undertutor. - Art. 356. Title of proceedings; procedural rules; parent to be...

Art. 357. Decree, place of recording, notice. - Art. 357. Decree, place of recording, notice. If the prayer...

Art. 358. Authority, privileges, and duties of tutor and undertutor; termination of tutorship. - Art. 358. Authority, privileges, and duties of tutor and undertutor;...

Art. 359. Restriction on legal capacity. - Art. 359. Restriction on legal capacity The decree if granted...

Art. 360. Parents' rights of administration. - Art. 360. Parents' rights of administration In addition to the...

Art. 361. Contest of decree restricting legal capacity. - Art. 361. Contest of decree restricting legal capacity The decree...

Art. 362. Persons subject to interdiction. - Art. 362. Persons subject to interdiction. Persons subject to mental...

Art. 365. Emancipation - CHAPTER 2. EMANCIPATION Art. 365. Emancipation There are three kinds...

Art. 366. Judicial emancipation - Art. 366. Judicial emancipation A court may order for good...

Art. 367. Emancipation by marriage - Art. 367. Emancipation by marriage A minor sixteen or seventeen...

Art. 368. Limited emancipation by authentic act - Art. 368. Limited emancipation by authentic act An authentic act...

Art. 369. Emancipation; when effective - Art. 369. Emancipation; when effective Judicial emancipation is effective when...

Art. 370. Modification and termination of judicial emancipation - Art. 370. Modification and termination of judicial emancipation The court...

Art. 371. Modification or termination of limited emancipation by authentic act - Art. 371. Modification or termination of limited emancipation by authentic...

Art. 389. Full interdiction - TITLE IX. PERSONS UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR PERSONS OR...

Art. 390. Limited interdiction - Art. 390. Limited interdiction A court may order the limited...

Art. 391. Temporary and preliminary interdiction - Art. 391. Temporary and preliminary interdiction When a petition for...

Art. 392. Curators - CHAPTER 2. GENERAL DUTIES OF CURATORS AND UNDERCURATORS Art. 392....

Art. 393. Undercurators - Art. 393. Undercurators The court shall appoint an undercurator to...

Art. 394. Pre-interdiction juridical acts - CHAPTER 3. EFFECTS OF INTERDICTION Art. 394. Pre-interdiction juridical acts...

Art. 395. Capacity to make juridical acts - Art. 395. Capacity to make juridical acts A full interdict...

Art. 396. Effective date of judgment of interdiction - Art. 396. Effective date of judgment of interdiction A judgment...

Art. 397. Modification and termination of interdiction - CHAPTER 4. MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF INTERDICTION Art. 397. Modification...

Art. 398. Effective date of modification or termination of a judgment of interdiction - Art. 398. Effective date of modification or termination of a...

Art. 399. Responsibility for wrongful filing of interdiction petition - CHAPTER 5. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WRONGFUL FILING OF INTERDICTION PETITION Art....

Art. 448. Division of things. - BOOK II THINGS AND THE DIFFERENT MODIFICATIONS OF OWNERSHIP TITLE...

Art. 449. Common things. - Art. 449. Common things. Common things may not be owned...

Art. 450. Public things. - Art. 450. Public things. Public things are owned by the...

Art. 451. Seashore. - Art. 451. Seashore. Seashore is the space of land over...

Art. 452. Public things and common things subject to public use. - Art. 452. Public things and common things subject to public...

Art. 453. Private things. - Art. 453. Private things. Private things are owned by individuals,...

Art. 454. Freedom of disposition by private persons. - Art. 454. Freedom of disposition by private persons. Owners of...

Art. 455. Private things subject to public use. - Art. 455. Private things subject to public use. Private things...

Art. 456. Banks of navigable rivers or streams. - Art. 456. Banks of navigable rivers or streams. The banks...

Art. 457. Roads; public or private. - Art. 457. Roads; public or private. A road may be...

Art. 458. Works obstructing the public use. - Art. 458. Works obstructing the public use. Works built without...

Art. 459. Building encroaching on public way. - Art. 459. Building encroaching on public way. A building that...

Art. 460. Construction of navigation facilities on public places by port commissions or municipalities. - Art. 460. Construction of navigation facilities on public places by...

Art. 461. Corporeals and incorporeals. - Art. 461. Corporeals and incorporeals. Corporeals are things that have...

Art. 462. Tracts of land. - SECTION 2--IMMOVABLES Art. 462. Tracts of land. Tracts of land,...

Art. 463. Component parts of tracts of land. - Art. 463. Component parts of tracts of land. Buildings, other...

Art. 464. Buildings and standing timber as separate immovables. - Art. 464. Buildings and standing timber as separate immovables. Buildings...

Art. 465. Things incorporated into an immovable. - Art. 465. Things incorporated into an immovable. Things incorporated into...

Art. 466. Component parts of a building or other construction - Art. 466. Component parts of a building or other construction...

Art. 467. Immovables by declaration. - Art. 467. Immovables by declaration. The owner of an immovable...

Art. 468. Deimmobilization. - Art. 468. Deimmobilization. Component parts of an immovable so damaged...

Art. 469. Transfer or encumbrance of immovable. - Art. 469. Transfer or encumbrance of immovable. The transfer or...

Art. 470. Incorporeal immovables. - Art. 470. Incorporeal immovables. Rights and actions that apply to...

Art. 471. Corporeal movables. - SECTION 3--MOVABLES Art. 471. Corporeal movables. Corporeal movables are things,...

Art. 472. Building materials. - Art. 472. Building materials. Materials gathered for the erection of...

Art. 473. Incorporeal movables. - Art. 473. Incorporeal movables. Rights, obligations, and actions that apply...

Art. 474. Movables by anticipation. - Art. 474. Movables by anticipation. Unharvested crops and ungathered fruits...

Art. 475. Things not immovable. - Art. 475. Things not immovable. All things, corporeal or incorporeal,...

Art. 476. Rights in things. - CHAPTER 2--RIGHTS IN THINGS Art. 476. Rights in things. One...

Art. 477. Ownership; content - TITLE II--OWNERSHIP CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Art. 477. Ownership; content...

Art. 478. Resolutory condition; real right in favor of other person. - Art. 478. Resolutory condition; real right in favor of other...

Art. 479. Necessity of a person. - Art. 479. Necessity of a person. The right of ownership...

Art. 480. Co-ownership. - Art. 480. Co-ownership. Two or more persons may own the...

Art. 481. Ownership and possession distinguished. - Art. 481. Ownership and possession distinguished. The ownership and the...

Art. 482. Accession. - Art. 482. Accession. The ownership of a thing includes by...

Art. 483. Ownership of fruits by accession. - CHAPTER 2--RIGHT OF ACCESSION SECTION 1--OWNERSHIP OF FRUITS Art. 483....

Art. 484. Young of animals. - Art. 484. Young of animals. The young of animals belong...

Art. 485. Fruits produced by a third person; reimbursement. - Art. 485. Fruits produced by a third person; reimbursement. When...

Art. 486. Possessor's right to fruits. - Art. 486. Possessor's right to fruits. A possessor in good...

Art. 487. Possessor in good faith; definition. - Art. 487. Possessor in good faith; definition. For purposes of...

Art. 488. Products; reimbursement of expenses. - Art. 488. Products; reimbursement of expenses. Products derived from a...

Art. 489. Apportionment of fruits. - Art. 489. Apportionment of fruits. In the absence of other...

Art. 490. Accession above and below the surface. - SECTION 2--ACCESSION IN RELATION TO IMMOVABLES Art. 490. Accession above...

Art. 491. Buildings, other constructions, standing timber, and crops. - Art. 491. Buildings, other constructions, standing timber, and crops. Buildings,...

Art. 492. Separate ownership of part of a building. - Art. 492. Separate ownership of part of a building. Separate...

Art. 493. Ownership of improvements - Art. 493. Ownership of improvements Buildings, other constructions permanently attached...

Art. 493.1. Ownership of component parts - Art. 493.1. Ownership of component parts Things incorporated in or...

Art. 493.2. Loss of ownership by accession; claims of former owner - Art. 493.2. Loss of ownership by accession; claims of former...

Art. 494. Constructions by landowner with materials of another. - Art. 494. Constructions by landowner with materials of another. When...

Art. 495. Things incorporated in, or attached to, an immovable with the consent of the owner of the immovable. - Art. 495. Things incorporated in, or attached to, an immovable...

Art. 496. Constructions by possessor in good faith. - Art. 496. Constructions by possessor in good faith. When constructions,...

Art. 497. Constructions by bad faith possessor. - Art. 497. Constructions by bad faith possessor. When constructions, plantings,...

Art. 498. Claims against third persons - Art. 498. Claims against third persons One who has lost...

Art. 499. Alluvion and dereliction. - Art. 499. Alluvion and dereliction. Accretion formed successively and imperceptibly...

Art. 500. Shore of the sea or of a lake. - Art. 500. Shore of the sea or of a lake....

Art. 501. Division of alluvion. - Art. 501. Division of alluvion. Alluvion formed in front of...

Art. 502. Sudden action of waters. - Art. 502. Sudden action of waters. If a sudden action...

Art. 503. Island formed by river opening a new channel. - Art. 503. Island formed by river opening a new channel....

Art. 504. Ownership of abandoned bed when river changes course. - Art. 504. Ownership of abandoned bed when river changes course....

Art. 505. Islands and sandbars in navigable rivers. - Art. 505. Islands and sandbars in navigable rivers. Islands, and...

Art. 506. Ownership of beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams. - Art. 506. Ownership of beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams....

Art. 507. Accession as between movables. - SECTION 3--ACCESSION IN RELATION TO MOVABLES Art. 507. Accession as...

Art. 508. Things principal and accessory. - Art. 508. Things principal and accessory Things are divided into...

Art. 509. Value or bulk as a basis to determine principal thing. - Art. 509. Value or bulk as a basis to determine...

Art. 510. Union of a principal and an accessory thing. - Art. 510. Union of a principal and an accessory thing....

Art. 511. Ownership of new thing made with materials of another. - Art. 511. Ownership of new thing made with materials of...

Art. 512. Effect of bad faith. - Art. 512. Effect of bad faith. If the person who...

Art. 513. Use of materials of two owners; separation or co-ownership. - Art. 513. Use of materials of two owners; separation or...

Art. 514. Mixture of materials. - Art. 514. Mixture of materials. When a new thing is...

Art. 515. Recovery of materials or value in lieu of ownership. - Art. 515. Recovery of materials or value in lieu of...

Art. 516. Liability for unauthorized use of a movable. - Art. 516. Liability for unauthorized use of a movable. One...

Art. 517. Voluntary transfer of ownership of an immovable - CHAPTER 3--TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP BY AGREEMENT Art. 517. Voluntary transfer...

Art. 518. Voluntary transfer of the ownership of a movable - Art. 518. Voluntary transfer of the ownership of a movable...

Art. 519. Transfer of action for recovery of movable. - Art. 519. Transfer of action for recovery of movable. When...

Art. 520. Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 125, 1. - Art. 520. Repealed by Acts 1981, No. 125, §1.

Art. 521. Lost or stolen thing. - Art. 521. Lost or stolen thing. One who has possession...

Art. 522. Transfer of ownership by owner under annullable title. - Art. 522. Transfer of ownership by owner under annullable title....

Art. 523. Good faith; definition. - Art. 523. Good faith; definition. An acquirer of a corporeal...

Art. 524. Recovery of lost or stolen things. - Art. 524. Recovery of lost or stolen things. The owner...

Art. 525. Registered movables. - Art. 525. Registered movables. The provisions of this Chapter do...

Art. 526. Recognition of ownership; recovery of the thing. - CHAPTER 4--PROTECTION OF OWNERSHIP Art. 526. Recognition of ownership; recovery...

Art. 527. Necessary expenses. - Art. 527. Necessary expenses. The evicted possessor, whether in good...

Art. 528. Useful expenses. - Art. 528. Useful expenses. An evicted possessor in good faith...

Art. 529. Right of retention. - Art. 529. Right of retention. The possessor, whether in good...

Art. 530. Presumption of ownership of movable. - Art. 530. Presumption of ownership of movable. The possessor of...

Art. 531. Proof of ownership of immovable. - Art. 531. Proof of ownership of immovable. One who claims...

Art. 532. Common author. - Art. 532. Common author. When the titles of the parties...

Art. 533. Kinds of servitudes. - TITLE III--PERSONAL SERVITUDES CHAPTER 1--KINDS OF SERVITUDES Art. 533. Kinds...

Art. 534. Personal servitude. - Art. 534. Personal servitude. A personal servitude is a charge...

Art. 535. Usufruct. - CHAPTER 2--USUFRUCT SECTION 1--GENERAL PRINCIPLES Art. 535. Usufruct. Usufruct is...

Art. 536. Consumable things. - Art. 536. Consumable things. Consumable things are those that cannot...

Art. 537. Nonconsumable things. - Art. 537. Nonconsumable things. Nonconsumable things are those that may...

Art. 538. Usufruct of consumable things - Art. 538. Usufruct of consumable things If the things subject...

Art. 539. Usufruct of nonconsumable things. - Art. 539. Usufruct of nonconsumable things. If the things subject...

Art. 540. Nature of usufruct. - Art. 540. Nature of usufruct. Usufruct is an incorporeal thing....

Art. 541. Divisibility of usufruct. - Art. 541. Divisibility of usufruct. Usufruct is susceptible to division,...

Art. 542. Divisibility of naked ownership. - Art. 542. Divisibility of naked ownership. The naked ownership may...

Art. 543. Partition of the property in kind or by licitation - Art. 543. Partition of the property in kind or by...

Art. 544. Methods of establishing usufruct; things susceptible of usufruct. - Art. 544. Methods of establishing usufruct; things susceptible of usufruct....

Art. 545. Modifications of usufruct. - Art. 545. Modifications of usufruct. Usufruct may be established for...

Art. 546. Usufruct in favor of successive usufructuaries. - Art. 546. Usufruct in favor of successive usufructuaries. Usufruct may...

Art. 547. Usufruct in favor of several usufructuaries. - Art. 547. Usufruct in favor of several usufructuaries. When the...

Art. 548. Existence of usufructuaries. - Art. 548. Existence of usufructuaries. When the usufruct is established...

Art. 549. Capacity to receive usufruct - Art. 549. Capacity to receive usufruct Usufruct may be established...

Art. 550. Right to all fruits. - SECTION 2--RIGHTS OF THE USUFRUCTUARY Art. 550. Right to all...

Art. 551. Kinds of fruits. - Art. 551. Kinds of fruits. Fruits are things that are...

Art. 552. Corporate distributions. - Art. 552. Corporate distributions. A cash dividend declared during the...

Art. 553. Voting of shares of stock and other rights - Art. 553. Voting of shares of stock and other rights...

Art. 554. Commencement of the right to fruits. - Art. 554. Commencement of the right to fruits. The usufructuary's...

Art. 555. Nonapportionment of natural fruits. - Art. 555. Nonapportionment of natural fruits. The usufructuary acquires the...

Art. 556. Apportionment of civil fruits. - Art. 556. Apportionment of civil fruits. The usufructuary acquires the...

Art. 557. Possession and use of the things. - Art. 557. Possession and use of the things. The usufructuary...

Art. 558. Improvements and alterations - Art. 558. Improvements and alterations The usufructuary may make improvements...

Art. 559. Accessories. - Art. 559. Accessories. The right of usufruct extends to the...

Art. 560. Trees, stones, and other materials. - Art. 560. Trees, stones, and other materials. The usufructuary may...

Art. 561. Mines and quarries. - Art. 561. Mines and quarries. The rights of the usufructuary...

Art. 562. Usufruct of timberlands. - Art. 562. Usufruct of timberlands. When the usufruct includes timberlands,...

Art. 563. Alluvion. - Art. 563. Alluvion. The usufruct extends to the increase to...

Art. 564. Treasure. - Art. 564. Treasure. The usufructuary has no right to the...

Art. 565. Predial servitudes. - Art. 565. Predial servitudes. The usufructuary has a right to...

Art. 566. Actions. - Art. 566. Actions. The usufructuary may institute against the naked...

Art. 567. Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability - Art. 567. Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability The usufructuary may...

Art. 568. Disposition of nonconsumable things - Art. 568. Disposition of nonconsumable things The usufructuary may not...

Art. 568.1. Donation and alienation - Art. 568.1. Donation and alienation If a thing subject to...

Art. 568.2. Right to lease - Art. 568.2. Right to lease The right to dispose of...

Art. 568.3. Requirement to remove encumbrance - Art. 568.3. Requirement to remove encumbrance If, at the termination...

Art. 569. Duties with regard to things gradually or totally impaired - Art. 569. Duties with regard to things gradually or totally...

Art. 570. Inventory. - SECTION 3--OBLIGATIONS OF THE USUFRUCTUARY Art. 570. Inventory. The usufructuary...

Art. 571. Security - Art. 571. Security The usufructuary shall give security that he...

Art. 572. Amount of security. - Art. 572. Amount of security. The security shall be in...

Art. 573. Dispensation of security - Art. 573. Dispensation of security A. Security is dispensed with...

Art. 574. Delay in giving security - Art. 574. Delay in giving security A delay in giving...

Art. 575. Failure to give security - Art. 575. Failure to give security If the usufructuary does...

Art. 576. Standard of care. - Art. 576. Standard of care. The usufructuary is answerable for...

Art. 577. Liability for repairs - Art. 577. Liability for repairs The usufructuary is responsible for...

Art. 578. Ordinary and extraordinary repairs. - Art. 578. Ordinary and extraordinary repairs. Extraordinary repairs are those...

Art. 579. Rights of action for repairs. - Art. 579. Rights of action for repairs. During the existence...

Art. 580. Reimbursement for necessary repairs - Art. 580. Reimbursement for necessary repairs If, after the usufruct...

Art. 581. Liability for necessary expenses - Art. 581. Liability for necessary expenses The usufructuary is answerable...

Art. 582. Abandonment of usufruct. - Art. 582. Abandonment of usufruct. The usufructuary may release himself...

Art. 583. Ruin from accident, force majeure, or age - Art. 583. Ruin from accident, force majeure, or age Neither...

Art. 584. Periodic charges - Art. 584. Periodic charges The usufructuary is bound to pay...

Art. 585. Extraordinary charges. - Art. 585. Extraordinary charges. The usufructuary is bound to pay...

Art. 586. Liability for debts; usufruct inter vivos - Art. 586. Liability for debts; usufruct inter vivos When the...

Art. 587. Liability for debts; usufruct established mortis causa - Art. 587. Liability for debts; usufruct established mortis causa When...

Art. 588. Discharge of debt on encumbered property; usufruct established inter vivos - Art. 588. Discharge of debt on encumbered property; usufruct established...

Art. 589. Discharge of debt on encumbered property by mortis causa usufructuary - Art. 589. Discharge of debt on encumbered property by mortis...

Art. 590. Encumbered property; discharge of debt on encumbered property by naked owner - Art. 590. Encumbered property; discharge of debt on encumbered property...

Art. 591. Continuation of usufruct after sale of property - Art. 591. Continuation of usufruct after sale of property If...

Art. 592. Multiple usufructuaries; contribution to payment of estate debts - Art. 592. Multiple usufructuaries; contribution to payment of estate debts...

Art. 593. Discharge of legacy of annuity - Art. 593. Discharge of legacy of annuity Unless there is...

Art. 594. Court costs; expenses of litigation - Art. 594. Court costs; expenses of litigation Court costs in...

Art. 595. Expenses of litigation; legal usufruct. - Art. 595. Expenses of litigation; legal usufruct. Parents who have...

Art. 596. Expenses of litigation; conventional usufruct. - Art. 596. Expenses of litigation; conventional usufruct. Conventional usufructuaries are...

Art. 597. Liability of the usufructuary for servitudes. - Art. 597. Liability of the usufructuary for servitudes. The usufructuary...

Art. 598. Duty to give information to owner. - Art. 598. Duty to give information to owner. If, during...

Art. 599. Usufruct of a herd of animals. - Art. 599. Usufruct of a herd of animals. When the...

Art. 600. Disposition of animals. - Art. 600. Disposition of animals. The usufructuary may dispose of...

Art. 601. Removal of improvements - Art. 601. Removal of improvements The usufructuary may remove all...

Art. 602. Set off against damages. - Art. 602. Set off against damages. The usufructuary may set...

Art. 603. Disposition of the naked ownership; alienation or encumbrance of the property - SECTION 4--RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE NAKED OWNER Art. 603....

Art. 604. Servitudes - Art. 604. Servitudes The naked owner may establish real rights...

Art. 605. Toleration of the enjoyment. - Art. 605. Toleration of the enjoyment. The naked owner must...

Art. 606. Improvements. - Art. 606. Improvements. The naked owner may not make alterations...

Art. 607. Death of the usufructuary. - SECTION 5--TERMINATION OF USUFRUCT Art. 607. Death of the usufructuary....

Art. 608. Dissolution of juridical person; thirty year limitation - Art. 608. Dissolution of juridical person; thirty year limitation A...

Art. 609. Termination of legacy of revenues. - Art. 609. Termination of legacy of revenues. A legacy of...

Art. 610. Usufruct for a term or under condition. - Art. 610. Usufruct for a term or under condition. A...

Art. 611. Term; transfer of usufruct to another person. - Art. 611. Term; transfer of usufruct to another person. When...

Art. 612. Term; third person reaching a certain age. - Art. 612. Term; third person reaching a certain age. A...

Art. 613. Loss, extinction, or destruction of property - Art. 613. Loss, extinction, or destruction of property The usufruct...

Art. 614. Fault of a third person. - Art. 614. Fault of a third person. When any loss,...

Art. 615. Change of the form of property - Art. 615. Change of the form of property When property...

Art. 616. Sale or exchange of the property; taxes - Art. 616. Sale or exchange of the property; taxes When...

Art. 617. Proceeds of insurance. - Art. 617. Proceeds of insurance. When proceeds of insurance are...

Art. 618. Security for proceeds - Art. 618. Security for proceeds In cases governed by Articles...

Art. 619. Changes made by the testator - Art. 619. Changes made by the testator A usufruct by...

Art. 620. Sale of the property or of the usufruct - Art. 620. Sale of the property or of the usufruct...

Art. 621. Prescription of nonuse. - Art. 621. Prescription of nonuse. A usufruct terminates by the...

Art. 622. Confusion of usufruct and naked ownership. - Art. 622. Confusion of usufruct and naked ownership. A usufruct...

Art. 623. Abuse of the enjoyment; consequences - Art. 623. Abuse of the enjoyment; consequences The usufruct may...

Art. 624. Security to prevent termination - Art. 624. Security to prevent termination In the cases covered...

Art. 625. Intervention by creditors of the usufructuary - Art. 625. Intervention by creditors of the usufructuary A creditor...

Art. 626. Renunciation; rights of creditors. - Art. 626. Renunciation; rights of creditors. A usufruct terminates by...

Art. 627. Right of retention. - Art. 627. Right of retention. Upon termination of the usufruct,...

Art. 628. Consequences of termination; usufruct of nonconsumables. - Art. 628. Consequences of termination; usufruct of nonconsumables. Upon termination...

Art. 629. Consequences of termination; usufruct of consumables. - Art. 629. Consequences of termination; usufruct of consumables. At the...

Art. 630. Habitation. - CHAPTER 3--HABITATION Art. 630. Habitation. Habitation is the nontransferable real...

Art. 631. Establishment and extinction. - Art. 631. Establishment and extinction. The right of habitation is...

Art. 632. Regulation by title. - Art. 632. Regulation by title. The right of habitation is...

Art. 633. Persons residing in the house. - Art. 633. Persons residing in the house. A person having...

Art. 634. Extent of right of habitation. - Art. 634. Extent of right of habitation. A person having...

Art. 635. Degree of care; duty to restore the property. - Art. 635. Degree of care; duty to restore the property....

Art. 636. Taxes, repairs, and other charges. - Art. 636. Taxes, repairs, and other charges. When the person...

Art. 637. Nontransferable and nonheritable right. - Art. 637. Nontransferable and nonheritable right. The right of habitation...

Art. 638. Duration of habitation. - Art. 638. Duration of habitation. The right of habitation terminates...

Art. 639. Right of use. - CHAPTER 4--RIGHTS OF USE Art. 639. Right of use. The...

Art. 640. Content of the servitude. - Art. 640. Content of the servitude. The right of use...

Art. 641. Persons having the servitude. - Art. 641. Persons having the servitude. A right of use...

Art. 642. Extent of the servitude. - Art. 642. Extent of the servitude. A right of use...

Art. 643. Transferable right. - Art. 643. Transferable right. The right of use is transferable...

Art. 644. Heritable right. - Art. 644. Heritable right. A right of use is not...

Art. 645. Regulation of the servitude. - Art. 645. Regulation of the servitude. A right of use...

Art. 646. Predial servitude; definition. - TITLE IV--PREDIAL SERVITUDES CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PRINCIPLES Art. 646. Predial servitude;...

Art. 647. Benefit to dominant estate. - Art. 647. Benefit to dominant estate. There must be a...

Art. 648. Contiguity or proximity of the estates. - Art. 648. Contiguity or proximity of the estates. Neither contiguity...

Art. 649. Nature; incorporeal immovable. - Art. 649. Nature; incorporeal immovable. A predial servitude is an...

Art. 650. Inseparability of servitude - Art. 650. Inseparability of servitude A. A predial servitude is...

Art. 651. Obligations of the owner of the servient estate - Art. 651. Obligations of the owner of the servient estate...

Art. 652. Indivisibility of servitude. - Art. 652. Indivisibility of servitude. A predial servitude is indivisible....

Art. 653. Division of advantages. - Art. 653. Division of advantages. The advantages resulting from a...

Art. 654. Kinds of predial servitudes. - Art. 654. Kinds of predial servitudes. Predial servitudes may be...

Art. 655. Natural drainage. - CHAPTER 2--NATURAL SERVITUDES Art. 655. Natural drainage An estate situated...

Art. 656. Obligations of the owners. - Art. 656. Obligations of the owners The owner of the...

Art. 657. Estate bordering on running water. - Art. 657. Estate bordering on running water. The owner of...

Art. 658. Estate through which water runs. - Art. 658. Estate through which water runs. The owner of...

Art. 659. Legal servitudes; notion. - CHAPTER 3--LEGAL SERVITUDES SECTION 1--LIMITATIONS OF OWNERSHIP Art. 659. Legal...

Art. 660. Keeping buildings in repair - Art. 660. Keeping buildings in repair The owner is bound...

Art. 661. Building in danger of falling. - Art. 661. Building in danger of falling. When a building...

Art. 662. Building near a wall. - Art. 662. Building near a wall. One who builds near...

Art. 663. Projections over boundary. - Art. 663. Projections over boundary. A landowner may not build...

Art. 664. Rain drip from roof. - Art. 664. Rain drip from roof. A landowner is bound...

Art. 665. Legal public servitudes. - Art. 665. Legal public servitudes Servitudes imposed for the public...

Art. 666. River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable. - Art. 666. River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable. He...

Art. 667. Limitations on use of property - Art. 667. Limitations on use of property Although a proprietor...

Art. 668. Inconvenience to neighbor. - Art. 668. Inconvenience to neighbor. Although one be not at...

Art. 669. Regulation of inconvenience. - Art. 669. Regulation of inconvenience. If the works or materials...

Art. 670. Encroaching building. - Art. 670. Encroaching building. When a landowner constructs in good...

Art. 671. Destruction of private property to arrest fire. - Art. 671. Destruction of private property to arrest fire. Governing...

Art. 672. Other legal servitudes. - Art. 672. Other legal servitudes. Other legal servitudes relate to...

Art. 673. Common wall servitude. - SECTION 2--COMMON ENCLOSURES Art. 673. Common wall servitude. A landowner...

Art. 674. Contribution by neighbor. - Art. 674. Contribution by neighbor. The wall thus raised becomes...

Art. 675. Presumption of common wall. - Art. 675. Presumption of common wall. A wall that separates...

Art. 676. Adjoining wall. - Art. 676. Adjoining wall. When a solid masonry wall adjoins...

Art. 677. Rights and obligations of co-owners. - Art. 677. Rights and obligations of co-owners. In the absence...

Art. 678. Cost of repairs. - Art. 678. Cost of repairs. Necessary repairs to a common...

Art. 679. Abandonment of common wall. - Art. 679. Abandonment of common wall. The co-owner of a...

Art. 680. Rights in common walls. - Art. 680. Rights in common walls. The co-owner of a...

Art. 681. - Art 681. Opening in common wall. The co-owner of a...

Art. 682. Raising the height of common wall. - Art. 682. Raising the height of common wall. A co-owner...

Art. 683. Neighbor's right to make the raised part common. - Art. 683. Neighbor's right to make the raised part common....

Art. 684. Enclosures. - Art. 684. Enclosures. A landowner has the right to enclose...

Art. 685. Common fences. - Art. 685. Common fences. A fence on a boundary is...

Art. 686. Common ditches. - Art. 686. Common ditches. A ditch between two estates is...

Art. 687. Trees, bushes, and plants on the boundary. - Art. 687. Trees, bushes, and plants on the boundary. Trees,...

Art. 688. Branches or roots of trees, bushes, or plants on neighboring property. - Art. 688. Branches or roots of trees, bushes, or plants...

Art. 689. Enclosed estate; right of passage - SECTION 3--RIGHT OF PASSAGE Art. 689. Enclosed estate; right of...

Art. 690. Extent of passage - Art. 690. Extent of passage The right of passage for...

Art. 691. Constructions - Art. 691. Constructions The owner of the enclosed estate may...

Art. 692. Location of passage - Art. 692. Location of passage The owner of the enclosed...

Art. 693. Enclosed estate; voluntary act. - Art. 693. Enclosed estate; voluntary act. If an estate becomes...

Art. 694. Enclosed estate; voluntary alienation or partition - Art. 694. Enclosed estate; voluntary alienation or partition When in...

Art. 695. Relocation of servitude. - Art. 695. Relocation of servitude. The owner of the enclosed...

Art. 696. Prescriptibility of action for indemnity. - Art. 696. Prescriptibility of action for indemnity. The right for...

Art. 696.1. Utility - Art. 696.1. Utility As used in this Section, a utility...

Art. 697. Right to establish predial servitudes; limitations. - CHAPTER 4--CONVENTIONAL OR VOLUNTARY SERVITUDES SECTION 1--KINDS OF CONVENTIONAL SERVITUDES...

Art. 698. Property susceptible of servitudes. - Art. 698. Property susceptible of servitudes. Predial servitudes are established...

Art. 699. Examples of predial servitudes. - Art. 699. Examples of predial servitudes. The following are examples...

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