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LA Civ Code art. 710 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 710. Naked owner.

The naked owner may establish a predial servitude that does not infringe on the rights of the usufructuary or that is to take effect at the termination of the usufruct. The consent of the usufructuary is required for the establishment of any other predial servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 711 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 711. Usufructuary.

The usufructuary may not establish on the estate of which he has the usufruct any charges in the nature of predial servitudes. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 712 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 712. Owner for a term or under condition.

A person having ownership subject to a term or the happening of a condition may establish a predial servitude, but it ceases with his right. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 713 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 713. Purchaser with reservation of redemption.

A purchaser under a reserved right of redemption may establish a predial servitude on the property, but it ceases if the seller exercises his right of redemption. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 714 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 714. Co-owner; servitude on entire estate.

A predial servitude on an estate owned in indivision may be established only with the consent of all the co-owners. When a co-owner purports to establish a servitude on the entire estate, the contract is not null; but, its execution is suspended until the consent of all co-owners is obtained. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 715 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 715. Exercise of the servitude.

A co-owner who has consented to the establishment of a predial servitude on the entire estate owned in indivision may not prevent its exercise on the ground that the consent of his co-owner has not been obtained. If he becomes owner of the whole estate by any means which terminates the indivision, the predial servitude to which he has consented burdens his property. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 716 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 716. Servitude on undivided part.

When a co-owner has consented to the establishment of a predial servitude on his undivided part only, the consent of the other co-owners is not required, but the exercise of the servitude is suspended until his divided part is determined at the termination of the state of indivision. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 717 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 717. Partition in kind.

If the estate owned in indivision is partitioned in kind, the servitude established by a co-owner on his undivided part burdens only the part allotted to him. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 718 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 718. Partition by licitation.

If the estate is partitioned by licitation and the co-owner who consented to the establishment of the predial servitude acquires the ownership of the whole, the servitude burdens the entire estate as if the co-owner had always been sole owner. If the entire estate is adjudicated to any other person the right granted by the co-owner is extinguished. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 719 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 719. Successor of the co-owner.

Except as provided in Article 718, the successor of the co-owner who has consented to the establishment of a predial servitude, whether on the entire estate owned in indivision or on his undivided part only, occupies the same position as his ancestor. If he becomes owner of a divided part of the estate the servitude burdens that part, and if he becomes owner of the whole the servitude burdens the entire estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 720 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 720. Additional servitudes.

The owner of the servient estate may establish thereon additional servitudes, provided they do not affect adversely the rights of the owner of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 721 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 721. Servitude on mortgaged property.

A predial servitude may be established on mortgaged property. If the servitude diminishes the value of the estate to the substantial detriment of the mortgagee, he may demand immediate payment of the debt. If there is a sale for the enforcement of the mortgage the property is sold free of all servitudes established after the mortgage. In such a case, the acquirer of the servitude has an action for the restitution of its value against the owner who established it. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 722 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 722. Modes of establishment.

Predial servitudes are established by all acts by which immovables may be transferred. Delivery of the act of transfer or use of the right by the owner of the dominant estate constitutes tradition. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 723 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 723. Servitudes on public things.

Predial servitudes may be established on public things, including property of the state, its agencies and political subdivisions. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 724 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 724. Multiple dominant or servient estates.

A predial servitude may be established on several estates for the benefit of one estate. One estate may be subjected to a servitude for the benefit of several estates. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 725 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 725. Reciprocal servitudes.

The title that establishes a servitude for the benefit of the dominant estate may also establish a servitude on the dominant estate for the benefit of the servient estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 726 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 726. Servitude on after-acquired property.

Parties may agree to establish a predial servitude on, or for the benefit of, an estate of which one is not then the owner. If the ownership is acquired, the servitude is established. Parties may agree that a building not yet built will be subjected to a servitude or that it will have the benefit of a servitude when it is built. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 727 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 727. Servitude on part of an estate.

A predial servitude may be established on a certain part of an estate, if that part is sufficiently described. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 728 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 728. Limitation of use.

The use of a predial servitude may be limited to certain times. Thus, the rights of drawing water and of passage may be confined to designated hours. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 729 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 729. Conventional alteration of legal or natural servitude.

Legal and natural servitudes may be altered by agreement of the parties if the public interest is not affected adversely. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 730 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 730. Interpretation of servitude.

Doubt as to the existence, extent, or manner of exercise of a predial servitude shall be resolved in favor of the servient estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 731 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 731. Charge expressly for the benefit of an estate.

A charge established on an estate expressly for the benefit of another estate is a predial servitude although it is not so designated. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 732 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 732. Interpretation in the absence of express declaration.

When the act does not declare expressly that the right granted is for the benefit of an estate or for the benefit of a particular person, the nature of the right is determined in accordance with the following rules. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 733 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 733. Interpretation; benefit of dominant estate.

When the right granted be of a nature to confer an advantage on an estate, it is presumed to be a predial servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 734 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 734. Interpretation; convenience of a person.

When the right granted is merely for the convenience of a person, it is not considered to be a predial servitude, unless it is acquired by a person as owner of an estate for himself, his heirs and assigns. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 735 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 735. Persons acquiring servitude.

A predial servitude may be acquired for the benefit of the dominant estate by the owner of that estate or by any other person acting in his name or in his behalf. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 736 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 736. Capacity to acquire servitude.

An incompetent may acquire a predial servitude for the benefit of his estate without the assistance of the administrator of his patrimony or of his tutor or curator. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 737 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 737. Renunciation of servitude by owner of dominant estate.

The owner of the dominant estate may renounce the contract by which a predial servitude was acquired for the benefit of his estate, if he finds the contract onerous, and if the contract was made without his authority or while he was incompetent. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 738 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 738. No revocation by grantor.

The grantor may not revoke the servitude on the ground that the person who acquired it for the benefit of the dominant estate was not the owner, that he was incompetent, or that he lacked authority. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 739 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 739. Acquisition by title only.

Nonapparent servitudes may be acquired by title only, including a declaration of destination under Article 741. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 479, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 740 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 740. Modes of acquisition of servitudes.

Apparent servitudes may be acquired by title, by destination of the owner, or by acquisitive prescription. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 741 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 741. Destination of the owner.

Destination of the owner is a relationship established between two estates owned by the same owner that would be a predial servitude if the estates belonged to different owners. When the two estates cease to belong to the same owner, unless there is express provision to the contrary, an apparent servitude comes into existence of right and a nonapparent servitude comes into existence if the owner has previously filed for registry in the conveyance records of the parish in which the immovable is located a formal declaration establishing the destination. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 479, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 742 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 742. Acquisitive prescription.

The laws governing acquisitive prescription of immovable property apply to apparent servitudes. An apparent servitude may be acquired by peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the right for ten years in good faith and by just title; it may also be acquired by uninterrupted possession for thirty years without title or good faith. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 743 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 743. Accessory rights.

Rights that are necessary for the use of a servitude are acquired at the time the servitude is established. They are to be exercised in a way least inconvenient for the servient estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 744 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 744. Necessary works; cost of repairs.

The owner of the dominant estate has the right to make at his expense all the works that are necessary for the use and preservation of the servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 745 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 745. Right to enter into the servient estate.

The owner of the dominant estate has the right to enter with his workmen and equipment into the part of the servient estate that is needed for the construction or repair of works required for the use and preservation of the servitude. He may deposit materials to be used for the works and the debris that may result, under the obligation of causing the least possible damage and of removing them as soon as possible. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 746 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 746. Exoneration from responsibility by abandonment of the servient estate.

If the act establishing the servitude binds the owner of the servient estate to make the necessary works at his own expense, he may exonerate himself by abandoning the servient estate or the part of it on which the servitude is granted to the owner of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 747 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 747. Division of dominant estate.

If the dominant estate is divided, the servitude remains due to each part, provided that no additional burden is imposed on the servient estate. Thus, in case of a right of passage, all the owners are bound to exercise that right through the same place. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 748 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 748. Noninterference by the owner of servient estate.

The owner of the servient estate may do nothing tending to diminish or make more inconvenient the use of the servitude. If the original location has become more burdensome for the owner of the servient estate, or if it prevents him from making useful improvements on his estate, he may provide another equally convenient location for the exercise of the servitude which the owner of the dominant estate is bound to accept. All expenses of relocation are borne by the owner of the servient estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 749 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 749. Extent and manner of use of servitude when title is silent.

If the title is silent as to the extent and manner of use of the servitude, the intention of the parties is to be determined in the light of its purpose. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 750 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 750. Location of servitude when the title is silent.

If the title does not specify the location of the servitude, the owner of the servient estate shall designate the location. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 751. Destruction of dominant or of servient estate.

A predial servitude is extinguished by the permanent and total destruction of the dominant estate or of the part of the servient estate burdened with the servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 752 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 752. Reestablishment of things.

If the exercise of the servitude becomes impossible because the things necessary for its exercise have undergone such a change that the servitude can no longer be used, the servitude is not extinguished; it resumes its effect when things are reestablished so that they may again be used, unless prescription has accrued. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 753 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 753. Prescription for nonuse.

A predial servitude is extinguished by nonuse for ten years. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 754 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 754. Commencement of nonuse.

Prescription of nonuse begins to run for affirmative servitudes from the date of their last use, and for negative servitudes from the date of the occurrence of an event contrary to the servitude. An event contrary to the servitude is such as the destruction of works necessary for its exercise or the construction of works that prevent its exercise. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 755. Obstacle to servitude.

If the owner of the dominant estate is prevented from using the servitude by an obstacle that he can neither prevent nor remove, the prescription of nonuse is suspended on that account for a period of up to ten years. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 756 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 756. Failure to rebuild dominant or servient estate.

If the servitude cannot be exercised on account of the destruction of a building or other construction that belongs to the owner of the dominant estate, prescription is not suspended. If the building or other construction belongs to the owner of the servient estate, the preceding article applies. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1
LA Civ Code art. 757 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 757. Sufficiency of acts by third persons.

A predial servitude is preserved by the use made of it by anyone, even a stranger, if it is used as appertaining to the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 758 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 758. Imprescriptibility of natural servitudes.

The prescription of nonuse does not run against natural servitudes. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 759 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 759. Partial use.

A partial use of the servitude constitutes use of the whole. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 760 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 760. More extensive use than title.

A more extensive use of the servitude than that granted by the title does not result in the acquisition of additional rights for the dominant estate unless it be by acquisitive prescription. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 761 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 761. Use of accessory right.

The use of a right that is only accessory to the servitude is not use of the servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 762 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 762. Use by co-owner.

If the dominant estate is owned in indivision, the use that a co-owner makes of the servitude prevents the running of prescription as to all. If the dominant estate is partitioned, the use of the servitude by each owner preserves it for his estate only. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 763 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 763. Minority or other disability.

The prescription of nonuse is not suspended by the minority or other disability of the owner of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 764 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 764. Burden of proof of use.

When the prescription of nonuse is pleaded, the owner of the dominant estate has the burden of proving that he or some other person has made use of the servitude as appertaining to his estate during the period of time required for the accrual of the prescription. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 765 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 765. Confusion.

A predial servitude is extinguished when the dominant and the servient estates are acquired in their entirety by the same person. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 766 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 766. Resolutory condition.

When the union of the two estates is made under resolutory condition, or if it cease by legal eviction, the servitude is suspended and not extinguished. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 767 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 767. Acceptance of succession; confusion

Until a successor has formally or informally accepted a succession, confusion does not take place. If the successor renounces the succession, the servitudes continue to exist. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2001, No. 572, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 768 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 768. Confusion; separate and community property.

Confusion does not take place between separate property and community property of the spouses. Thus, if the servient estate belongs to one of the spouses and the dominant estate is acquired as a community asset, the servitude continues to exist. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 769 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 769. Irrevocability of extinction by confusion.

A servitude that has been extinguished by confusion may be reestablished only in the manner by which a servitude may be created. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 770 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 770. Abandonment of servient estate.

A predial servitude is extinguished by the abandonment of the servient estate, or of the part on which the servitude is exercised. It must be evidenced by a written act. The owner of the dominant estate is bound to accept it and confusion takes place. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 771 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 771. Renunciation of servitude.

A predial servitude is extinguished by an express and written renunciation by the owner of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 772 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 772. Renunciation by owner.

A renunciation of a servitude by a co-owner of the dominant estate does not discharge the servient estate, but deprives him of the right to use the servitude. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 773 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 773. Expiration of time or happening of condition.

A predial servitude established for a term or under a resolutory condition is extinguished upon the expiration of the term or the happening of the condition. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 774 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 774. Dissolution of the right of the grantor.

A predial servitude is extinguished by the dissolution of the right of the person who established it. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 775 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 775. Building restrictions.

Building restrictions are charges imposed by the owner of an immovable in pursuance of a general plan governing building standards, specified uses, and improvements. The plan must be feasible and capable of being preserved. Acts 1977, No. 170, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 776 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 776. Establishment

Building restrictions may be established only by juridical act executed by the owner of an immovable or by all the owners of the affected immovables. Once established, building restrictions may be amended or terminated as provided in this Title. Acts 1977, No. 170, §1; Acts 1999, No. 309, §1, eff. June 16, 1999.
LA Civ Code art. 777 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 777. Nature and regulation.

Building restrictions are incorporeal immovables and real rights likened to predial servitudes. They are regulated by application of the rules governing predial servitudes to the extent that their application is compatible with the nature of building restrictions. Acts 1977, No. 170, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 778 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 778. Affirmative duties

Building restrictions may impose on owners of immovables affirmative duties that are reasonable and necessary for the maintenance of the general plan. Building restrictions may not impose upon the owner of an immovable or his successors the obligation to pay a fee or other charge on the occasion of an alienation, lease or encumbrance of the immovable. Acts 1977, No. 170, §1; Acts 2010, No. 938, §2, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 779 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 779. Injunctive relief.

Building restrictions may be enforced by mandatory and prohibitory injunctions without regard to the limitations of Article 3601 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Acts 1977, No. 170, §1.