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LA Civ Code art. 653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 653. Division of advantages.

The advantages resulting from a predial servitude may be divided, if they are susceptible of division. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 654 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 654. Kinds of predial servitudes.

Predial servitudes may be natural, legal, and voluntary or conventional. Natural servitudes arise from the natural situation of estates; legal servitudes are imposed by law; and voluntary or conventional servitudes are established by juridical act, prescription, or destination of the owner. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 655 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 655. Natural drainage.

  An estate situated below is the servient estate and is bound to receive the surface waters that flow naturally from a dominant estate situated above unless an act of man has created the flow.  Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
LA Civ Code art. 656 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 656. Obligations of the owners.

  The owner of the servient estate situated below may not do anything to prevent the flow of the water. The owner of the dominant estate situated above may not do anything to render the servitude more burdensome.  Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
LA Civ Code art. 657 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 657. Estate bordering on running water.

The owner of an estate bordering on running water may use it as it runs for the purpose of watering his estate or for other purposes. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 658 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 658. Estate through which water runs.

The owner of an estate through which water runs, whether it originates there or passes from lands above, may make use of it while it runs over his lands. He cannot stop it or give it another direction and is bound to return it to its ordinary channel where it leaves his estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 659 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 659. Legal servitudes; notion.

Legal servitudes are limitations on ownership established by law for the benefit of the general public or for the benefit of particular persons. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 660 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 660. Keeping buildings in repair

The owner is bound to keep his buildings in repair so that neither their fall nor that of any part of their materials may cause damage to a neighbor or to a passerby. However, he is answerable for damages only upon a showing that he knew or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known of the vice or defect which caused the damage, that the damage could have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care, and that he failed to exercise such reasonable care. Nothing in this Article shall preclude the court from the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in an appropriate case. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. April 16, 1996.
LA Civ Code art. 661 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 661. Building in danger of falling.

When a building or other construction is in danger of falling a neighbor has a right of action to compel the owner to have it properly supported or demolished. When the danger is imminent the court may authorize the neighbor to do the necessary work for which he shall be reimbursed by the owner. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 662 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 662. Building near a wall.

One who builds near a wall, whether common or not, is bound to take all necessary precautions to protect his neighbor against injury. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 663 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 663. Projections over boundary.

A landowner may not build projections beyond the boundary of his estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 664 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 664. Rain drip from roof.

A landowner is bound to fix his roof so that rainwater does not fall on the ground of his neighbor. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 665 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 665. Legal public servitudes.

Servitudes imposed for the public or common utility relate to the space which is to be left for the public use by the adjacent proprietors on the shores of navigable rivers and for the making and repairing of levees, roads, and other public or common works. Such servitudes also exist on property necessary for the building of levees and other water control structures on the alignment approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as provided by law, including the repairing of hurricane protection levees. All that relates to this kind of servitude is determined by laws or particular regulations. Acts 2006, No. 776, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 666 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 666. River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable.

He who from his title as owner is bound to give a public road on the border of a river or stream, must furnish another without any compensation, if the first be destroyed or carried away.*  And if the road be so injured or inundated by the water, without being carried away, that it becomes impassable, the owner is obliged to give the public a passage on his lands, as near as possible to the public road, without recompense therefor. * English translation of French text incomplete; should include "by the stream."
LA Civ Code art. 667 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 667. Limitations on use of property

Although a proprietor may do with his estate whatever he pleases, still he cannot make any work on it, which may deprive his neighbor of the liberty of enjoying his own, or which may be the cause of any damage to him. However, if the work he makes on his estate deprives his neighbor of enjoyment or causes damage to him, he is answerable for damages only upon a showing that he knew or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known that his works would cause damage, that the damage could have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care, and that he failed to exercise such reasonable care. Nothing in this Article shall preclude the court from the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in an appropriate case. Nonetheless, the proprietor is answerable for damages without regard to his knowledge or his exercise of reasonable care, if the damage is caused by an ultrahazardous activity. An ultrahazardous activity as used in this Article is strictly limited to pile driving or blasting with explosives. Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. April 16, 1996.
LA Civ Code art. 668 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 668. Inconvenience to neighbor.

Although one be not at liberty to make any work by which his neighbor's buildings may be damaged, yet every one has the liberty of doing on his own ground whatsoever he pleases, although it should occasion some inconvenience to his neighbor. Thus he who is not subject to any servitude originating from a particular agreement in that respect, may raise his house as high as he pleases, although by such elevation he should darken the lights of his neighbors's [neighbor's] house, because this act occasions only an inconvenience, but not a real damage.
LA Civ Code art. 669 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 669. Regulation of inconvenience.

If the works or materials for any manufactory or other operation, cause an inconvenience to those in the same or in the neighboring houses, by diffusing smoke or nauseous smell, and there be no servitude established by which they are regulated, their sufferance must be determined by the rules of the police, or the customs of the place.* * The English text of CC 1808 is a more complete and preferable translation of the French text than the present English text.
LA Civ Code art. 670 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 670. Encroaching building.

When a landowner constructs in good faith a building that encroaches on an adjacent estate and the owner of that estate does not complain within a reasonable time after he knew or should have known of the encroachment, or in any event complains only after the construction is substantially completed the court may allow the building to remain. The owner of the building acquires a predial servitude on the land occupied by the building upon payment of compensation for the value of the servitude taken and for any other damage that the neighbor has suffered. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 671 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 671. Destruction of private property to arrest fire.

Governing bodies of parishes and municipalities are authorized to adopt regulations determining the mode of proceeding to prevent the spread of fire by the destruction of buildings. When private property is so destroyed in order to combat a conflagration, the owner shall be indemnified by the political subdivision for his actual loss. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 672 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 672. Other legal servitudes.

Other legal servitudes relate to common enclosures, such as common walls, fences and ditches, and to the right of passage for the benefit of enclosed estates. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 673 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 673. Common wall servitude.

A landowner who builds first may rest one-half of a partition wall on the land of his neighbor, provided that he uses solid masonry at least as high as the first story and that the width of the wall does not exceed eighteen inches, not including the plastering which may not be more than three inches in thickness. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 674 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 674. Contribution by neighbor.

The wall thus raised becomes common if the neighbor is willing to contribute one-half of its cost. If the neighbor refuses to contribute, he preserves the right to make the wall common in whole or in part, at any time, by paying to the owner one-half of the current value of the wall, or of the part that he wishes to make common. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 675 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 675. Presumption of common wall.

A wall that separates adjoining buildings and is partly on one estate and partly on another is presumed to be common up to the highest part of the lower building unless there is proof to the contrary. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 676 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 676. Adjoining wall.

When a solid masonry wall adjoins another estate, the neighbor has a right to make it a common wall, in whole or in part, by paying to its owner one-half of the current value of the wall, or of the part that he wishes to make common, and one-half of the value of the soil on which the wall is built. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 677 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 677. Rights and obligations of co-owners.

In the absence of a written agreement or controlling local ordinance the rights and obligations of the co-owners of a common wall, fence, or ditch are determined in accordance with the following provisions. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 678 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 678. Cost of repairs.

Necessary repairs to a common wall, including partial rebuilding, are to be made at the expense of those who own it in proportion to their interests. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 679 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 679. Abandonment of common wall.

The co-owner of a common wall may be relieved of the obligation to contribute to the cost of repairs by abandoning in writing his right to use it, if no construction of his is actually supported by the common wall. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 680 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 680. Rights in common walls.

The co-owner of a common wall may use it as he sees fit, provided that he does not impair its structural integrity or infringe on the rights of his neighbor. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 681 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 681.

The co-owner of a common wall may not make any opening in the wall without the consent of his neighbor. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 682 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 682. Raising the height of common wall.

A co-owner may raise the height of a common wall at his expense provided the wall can support the additional weight. In such a case, he alone is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the raised part. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 683 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 683. Neighbor's right to make the raised part common.

The neighbor who does not contribute to the raising of the common wall may at any time cause the raised part to become common by paying to its owner one-half of its current value. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.         HOUSE TSRS INDEXED SPLIT DOCUMENTS
LA Civ Code art. 684 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 684. Enclosures.

A landowner has the right to enclose his land. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 685 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 685. Common fences.

A fence on a boundary is presumed to be common unless there is proof to the contrary. When adjoining lands are enclosed, a landowner may compel his neighbors to contribute to the expense of making and repairing common fences by which the respective lands are separated. When adjoining lands are not enclosed, a landowner may compel his neighbors to contribute to the expense of making and repairing common fences only as prescribed by local ordinances. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 686 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 686. Common ditches.

A ditch between two estates is presumed to be common unless there be proof to the contrary. Adjoining owners are responsible for the maintenance of a common ditch. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 687 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 687. Trees, bushes, and plants on the boundary.

Trees, bushes, and plants on the boundary are presumed to be common unless there be proof to the contrary. An adjoining owner has the right to demand the removal of trees, bushes, or plants on the boundary that interfere with the enjoyment of his estate, but he must bear the expense of removal. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 688 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 688. Branches or roots of trees, bushes, or plants on neighboring property.

A landowner has the right to demand that the branches or roots of a neighbor's trees, bushes, or plants, that extend over or into his property be trimmed at the expense of the neighbor. A landowner does not have this right if the roots or branches do not interfere with the enjoyment of his property. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 689 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 689. Enclosed estate; right of passage

The owner of an estate that has no access to a public road or utility may claim a right of passage over neighboring property to the nearest public road or utility. He is bound to compensate his neighbor for the right of passage acquired and to indemnify his neighbor for the damage he may occasion. New or additional maintenance burdens imposed upon the servient estate or intervening lands resulting from the utility servitude shall be the responsibility of the owner of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 690 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 690. Extent of passage

The right of passage for the benefit of an enclosed estate shall be suitable for the kind of traffic or utility that is reasonably necessary for the use of that estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 691 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 691. Constructions

The owner of the enclosed estate may construct on the right-of-way the type of road, utility, or railroad reasonably necessary for the exercise of the servitude. The utility crossing shall be constructed in compliance with all appropriate and applicable federal and state standards so as to mitigate all hazards posed by the passage and the particular conditions of the servient estate and intervening lands. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 692 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 692. Location of passage

The owner of the enclosed estate may not demand the right of passage or the right-of-way for the utility anywhere he chooses. The passage generally shall be taken along the shortest route from the enclosed estate to the public road or utility at the location least injurious to the intervening lands. The location of the utility right-of-way shall coincide with the location of the servitude of passage unless an alternate location providing access to the nearest utility is least injurious to the servient estate and intervening lands. The court shall evaluate and determine that the location of the servitude of passage or utility shall not affect the safety of the operations or significantly interfere with the operations of the owner of the servient estate or intervening lands prior to the granting of the servitude of passage or utility. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 693 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 693. Enclosed estate; voluntary act.

If an estate becomes enclosed as a result of a voluntary act or omission of its owner, the neighbors are not bound to furnish a passage to him or his successors. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 694 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 694. Enclosed estate; voluntary alienation or partition

When in the case of partition, or a voluntary alienation of an estate or of a part thereof, property alienated or partitioned becomes enclosed, passage shall be furnished gratuitously by the owner of the land on which the passage was previously exercised, even if it is not the shortest route to the public road or utility, and even if the act of alienation or partition does not mention a servitude of passage. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 695 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 695. Relocation of servitude.

The owner of the enclosed estate has no right to the relocation of this servitude after it is fixed. The owner of the servient estate has the right to demand relocation of the servitude to a more convenient place at his own expense, provided that it affords the same facility to the owner of the enclosed estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 696 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 696. Prescriptibility of action for indemnity.

The right for indemnity against the owner of the enclosed estate may be lost by prescription. The accrual of this prescription has no effect on the right of passage. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 696.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 696.1. Utility

As used in this Section, a utility is a service such as electricity, water, sewer, gas, telephone, cable television, and other commonly used power and communication networks required for the operation of an ordinary household or business. Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 697 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 697. Right to establish predial servitudes; limitations.

Predial servitudes may be established by an owner on his estate or acquired for its benefit. The use and extent of such servitudes are regulated by the title by which they are created, and, in the absence of such regulation, by the following rules. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 698 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 698. Property susceptible of servitudes.

Predial servitudes are established on, or for the benefit of, distinct corporeal immovables. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 699 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 699. Examples of predial servitudes.

The following are examples of predial servitudes:  Rights of support, projection, drip, drain, or of preventing drain, those of view, of light, or of preventing view or light from being obstructed, of raising buildings or walls, or of preventing them from being raised, of passage, of drawing water, of aqueduct, of watering animals, and of pasturage. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 700 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 700. Servitude of support.

The servitude of support is the right by which buildings or other constructions of the dominant estate are permitted to rest on a wall of the servient estate. Unless the title provides otherwise, the owner of the servient estate is bound to keep the wall fit for the exercise of the servitude, but he may be relieved of this charge by abandoning the wall. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 701. Servitude of view.

The servitude of view is the right by which the owner of the dominant estate enjoys a view; this includes the right to prevent the raising of constructions on the servient estate that would obstruct the view. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 702. Prohibition of view.

The servitude of prohibition of view is the right of the owner of the dominant estate to prevent or limit openings of view on the servient estate.  Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 703 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 703. Servitude of light.

The servitude of light is the right by which the owner of the dominant estate is entitled to make openings in a common wall for the admission of light; this includes the right to prevent the neighbor from making an obstruction. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 704 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 704. Prohibition of light.

The servitude of prohibition of light is the right of the owner of the dominant estate to prevent his neighbor from making an opening in his own wall for the admission of light or that limits him to certain lights only. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 705 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 705. Servitude of passage

The servitude of passage is the right for the benefit of the dominant estate whereby persons, animals, utilities, or vehicles are permitted to pass through the servient estate. Unless the title provides otherwise, the extent of the right and the mode of its exercise shall be suitable for the kind of traffic or utility necessary for the reasonable use of the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 706 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 706. Servitudes; affirmative or negative.

Predial servitudes are either affirmative or negative. Affirmative servitudes are those that give the right to the owner of the dominant estate to do a certain thing on the servient estate. Such are the servitudes of right of way, drain, and support. Negative servitudes are those that impose on the owner of the servient estate the duty to abstain from doing something on his estate. Such are the servitudes of prohibition of building and of the use of an estate as a commercial or industrial establishment. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 707 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 707. Servitudes; apparent or nonapparent.

Predial servitudes are either apparent or nonapparent. Apparent servitudes are those that are perceivable by exterior signs, works, or constructions; such as a roadway, a window in a common wall, or an aqueduct. Nonapparent servitudes are those that have no exterior sign of their existence; such as the prohibition of building on an estate or of building above a particular height. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 708 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 708. Establishment of predial servitude.

The establishment of a predial servitude by title is an alienation of a part of the property to which the laws governing alienation of immovables apply. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 709 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 709. Mandatary.

A mandatary may establish a predial servitude if he has an express and special power to do so. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.