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LA Rev Stat § 31:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§32. Interruption by additional operations

RS 32 - Interruption by additional operations  When prescription has commenced anew following the cessation of drilling or mining operations, it may later be interrupted by a good faith attempt to complete the well or mine or place it in production conducted in accordance with the general principles stated in Articles 29 through 31.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §32, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§33. Unit operations; effect as interruption of prescription

RS 33 - Unit operations; effect as interruption of prescription  Operations conducted on land other than that burdened by a mineral servitude and constituting part of a conventional or compulsory unit that includes only a part of the land burdened by the servitude will, if otherwise sufficient to interrupt prescription according to Articles 29 through 32, interrupt prescription only as to that portion of the tract burdened by the servitude included in the unit provided such operations are for the discovery and production of minerals from the unitized sand or sands.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §33, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§34. Shut-in well; testing as interruption of prescription

RS 34 - Shut-in well; testing as interruption of prescription  When there exists on a tract of land burdened by a mineral servitude, or on a conventional or compulsory unit that includes all or part thereof, a shut-in well proved through testing by surface production to be capable of producing minerals in paying quantities, prescription is interrupted on the date production is obtained by such testing. If only a part of the tract burdened by the servitude is included in such a unit and the unit well is on land other than that burdened by the servitude, the interruption of prescription extends only to that portion of the tract burdened by the servitude included in the unit. Prescription commences anew from the date on which the well is shut in after testing.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §34, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:35 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§35. Unitization with tested shut-in well as interruption of prescription

RS 35 - Unitization with tested shut-in well as interruption of prescription  If the land, or part thereof, burdened by a mineral servitude is included in a conventional or compulsory unit on which there is a well located on other land within the unit capable of producing in paying quantities, as required by Article 34, and shut in at the time the unit is created, prescription is interrupted on and commences anew from the effective date of the order or act creating the unit.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §35, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§36. Production as interruption of prescription

RS 36 - Production as interruption of prescription  Prescription of nonuse is interrupted by the production of any mineral covered by the act creating the servitude. The interruption occurs on the date on which actual production begins and prescription commences anew from the date of cessation of actual production.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §36, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:37 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§37. Unit production as interruption of prescription

RS 37 - Unit production as interruption of prescription  Production from a conventional or compulsory unit embracing all or part of the tract burdened by a mineral servitude interrupts prescription, but if the unit well is on land other than that burdened by the servitude, the interruption extends only to that portion of the servitude tract included in the unit.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §37, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:38 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§38. Good faith production for beneficial purpose required

RS 38 - Good faith production for beneficial purpose required  To interrupt prescription it is not necessary that minerals be produced in paying quantities. It is necessary only that minerals actually be produced in good faith with the intent of saving or otherwise using them for some beneficial purpose.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §38, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§39. Attempt to restore or secure new production as interruption of prescription

RS 39 - Attempt to restore or secure new production as interruption of prescription  After production has ceased and prescription has commenced anew, it may be interrupted by good faith operation conducted in accordance with the general principles of Articles 29 through 31 to restore production or to secure new production from the same well or mine, whether from the same geological formation or one different from that previously producing.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §39, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:40 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§40. Interruption applicable to all minerals and modes of use

RS 40 - Interruption applicable to all minerals and modes of use  An interruption of prescription applies to all types of minerals covered by the act creating the servitude and to all modes of its use.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §40, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§41. Commencement of prescription anew following attempt to restore or secure new production

RS 41 - Commencement of prescription anew following attempt to restore or secure new production  When prescription is interrupted, it commences anew from the last day on which operations are conducted in good faith to secure or restore production in paying quantities with reasonable expectation of success.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §41, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§42. By whom a mineral servitude may be used

RS 42 - By whom a mineral servitude may be used  Except as provided in Articles 44 through 52, use of a mineral servitude must be by the owner of the servitude, his representative or employee, or some other person acting on his behalf.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §42, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§43. When a person is acting on behalf of servitude owner

RS 43 - When a person is acting on behalf of servitude owner  A person is acting on behalf of the servitude owner only when there is a legal relationship between him and the servitude owner, such as co-ownership or agency, or when there is clear and convincing evidence that he intended to act for the servitude owner. Silence or inaction by the servitude owner will not suffice to establish that a person is acting on behalf of the servitude owner.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §43, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§44. Adoption of operations by another

RS 44 - Adoption of operations by another  A mineral servitude owner may adopt operations or production by a person other than those designated by Article 42 if his servitude includes the right to conduct operations of the kind involved.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §44, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§45. Time within which adoption must be made

RS 45 - Time within which adoption must be made  An adoption must be made within three years of the servitude owner's knowledge of such operations or production and in any event prior to the date on which his rights would otherwise prescribe. This limitation does not affect the prescription applicable to any action that the servitude owner may have against another for the wrongful appropriation of his rights of exploration or of production belonging to him.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §45, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§46. Procedure for adoption

RS 46 - Procedure for adoption  Adoption of the operations of another is accomplished when the servitude owner files for registry in the conveyance records of the situs of his servitude an instrument describing the land subject to the servitude, identifying the operations, specifying the date on which the operations commenced, and expressing the intent to adopt them as his own.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §46, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:47 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§47. Compulsory unit operations; adoption unnecessary

RS 47 - Compulsory unit operations; adoption unnecessary  When drilling or mining operations or actual production otherwise sufficient to interrupt prescription takes place on a compulsory unit including all or a part of the land burdened by a mineral servitude, an interruption of prescription takes place without formal adoption by the owner of the servitude.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §47, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:48 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§48. Obligation of servitude owner to pay costs

RS 48 - Obligation of servitude owner to pay costs  Except as provided in this Article, upon filing for registry of the instrument required by Article 46, the servitude owner becomes obligated to pay his proportionate share of the reasonable, actual costs of development and operation of the well or mine. He is not obligated to do so if the operations adopted were conducted by a possessor in legal or moral bad faith and resulted in production to which the servitude owner is entitled.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §48, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:49 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§49. Unsuccessful operations; waiver of damages when adopted

RS 49 - Unsuccessful operations; waiver of damages when adopted  If the operations adopted were unsuccessful, the servitude owner is not only obligated to pay costs as required by Article 48, he also waives any right to damages against the party conducting the operations.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §49, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:50 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§50. Adoption a matter of right

RS 50 - Adoption a matter of right  The servitude owner may adopt the operations of another as a matter of right. Consent of the party conducting them is not required.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §50, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§51. Adoption when servitude under lease

RS 51 - Adoption when servitude under lease  The owner of a mineral servitude may adopt the operations of another even though his rights are under lease and his lessee is unwilling to share in the costs of development and operation. If the operations have resulted in production to which the servitude owner is entitled and the servitude owner's lessee refuses to participate in the operations after production is first obtained, the lessee is not entitled to participate in production from the operations except by express agreement with the mineral servitude owner. In the absence of agreement, the mineral lease, if otherwise maintained according to its terms, remains in force except as to the well or wells or mine or mines as to which the servitude owner has asserted his claim and in which the lessee has refused to participate.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §51, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§52. Right to claim production in absence of adoption

RS 52 - Right to claim production in absence of adoption  Although the servitude owner fails to adopt operations by another, he may claim the proportion of production allocable to his interest which was obtained prior to the lapse of three years from his knowledge of the operations resulting in production or the date on which his servitude prescribed, whichever occurs first. If he does so, he is obligated to pay his proportionate share of the cost of development and operation accrued prior to the date on which his servitude prescribed unless the person conducting the operations was in legal or moral bad faith.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §52, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§53. Adoption possible only as specifically provided

RS 53 - Adoption possible only as specifically provided  Articles 44 through 52 provide the only means by which the prescription of nonuse may be interrupted by operations conducted by persons other than those designated in Article 42.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §53, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§54. Interruption of prescription by acknowledgment; formal requirements

RS 54 - Interruption of prescription by acknowledgment; formal requirements  The prescription of nonuse may be interrupted by a gratuitous or onerous acknowledgment by the owner of the land burdened by a mineral servitude. An acknowledgment must be in writing, and, to affect third parties, must be filed for registry.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §54, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:55 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§55. Express intent required

RS 55 - Express intent required  An acknowledgment must express the intent of the landowner to interrupt prescription and clearly identify the party making it and the mineral servitude or servitudes acknowledged.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §55, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:56 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§56. Contractual extension of servitude; requirements

RS 56 - Contractual extension of servitude; requirements  A landowner may extend a mineral servitude beyond the prescriptive date for a period less than that which would result from an interruption by an acknowledgment. The extension must meet all of the requirements for an acknowledgment and must specify the period for which the servitude is extended.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §56, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:57 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§57. Extended servitude subject to rules of prescription

RS 57 - Extended servitude subject to rules of prescription  An extended mineral servitude is subject to the rules relating to interruption of prescription.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §57, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:58 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§58. Prescription not affected by minority or other disability

RS 58 - Prescription not affected by minority or other disability  The prescription of nonuse is not suspended by the minority or other legal disability of the owner of a mineral servitude.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §58, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:59 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§59. Suspension of prescription by obstacle

RS 59 - Suspension of prescription by obstacle  If the owner of a mineral servitude is prevented from using it by an obstacle that he can neither prevent nor remove, the prescription of nonuse does not run as long as the obstacle remains.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §59, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:60 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§60. Suspension effective as to all minerals

RS 60 - Suspension effective as to all minerals  An obstacle to drilling or mining operations or to production of any mineral covered by an act creating a mineral servitude suspends the running of prescription as to all minerals covered by the act.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §60, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§61. Compulsory unitization order not an obstacle; establishment of mining plan is an obstacle

RS 61 - Compulsory unitization order not an obstacle; establishment of mining plan is an obstacle  A. Issuance of a compulsory unitization order establishing a unit that includes all or part of a tract burdened by a mineral servitude does not constitute an obstacle to its use.  B. The inclusion of land burdened by a servitude that includes the right to develop lignite or coal in a mining plan to conduct surface lignite or other forms of coal mining and reclamation operations is an obstacle to the use of that servitude with respect to all land included in the mining plan provided the following requirements are satisfied:  (1) Lignite or another form of coal susceptible of being mined has been discovered as a result of acts committed on the land or due to acts providing a reasonable basis of proof of the discovery of the mineral.  (2) A mining plan for the ultimate production of lignite or other forms of coal, together with a permit issued by the appropriate government official, is filed in the conveyance records of the parish or parishes in which the land burdened by the servitude is located.  (3) The mining plan along with any amendments thereto, provides for the ultimate production of the lignite or other forms of coal from the land burdened by the servitude.  (4) Actual mining operations have begun on land included in the plan, although such operations are not being conducted on the land burdened by the servitude.  Prescription shall begin to run again when reclamation operations on the land burdened by the servitude are complete, the land burdened by the servitude is deleted from the mining plan, or there is no longer in effect a permit for lignite or other form of coal mining and reclamation as to any land included in the mining plan, whichever is sooner.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §61, eff. Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 780, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 31:62 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§62. Mineral servitude indivisible except as specifically provided

RS 62 - Mineral servitude indivisible except as specifically provided  Except as provided in Articles 63 through 71, the rights and obligations of the owner of a mineral servitude are indivisible.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §62, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:63 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§63. Presumption arising from separate description of tracts forming continuous body of land

RS 63 - Presumption arising from separate description of tracts forming continuous body of land  A single mineral servitude is created by an act that affects a continuous body of land although individual tracts or parcels within the whole are separately described.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §63, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:64 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§64. Presumption when servitudes created on noncontiguous tracts

RS 64 - Presumption when servitudes created on noncontiguous tracts  An act creating mineral servitudes on noncontiguous tracts of land creates as many mineral servitudes as there are tracts unless the act provides for more.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §64, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:65 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§65. Division of servient estate not division of servitude

RS 65 - Division of servient estate not division of servitude  The division of a tract burdened by a mineral servitude does not divide the servitude.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §65, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:66 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§66. Right of owners of contiguous tracts to create single servitude

RS 66 - Right of owners of contiguous tracts to create single servitude  The owners of several contiguous tracts of land may establish a single mineral servitude in favor of one or more of them or of a third party.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §66, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:67 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§67. Right of co-owners to create single servitude in partition of land

RS 67 - Right of co-owners to create single servitude in partition of land  Co-owners of land constituting a continuous whole may partition it and reserve a single mineral servitude in favor of one or more of them.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §67, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:68 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§68. Effect of limitation of servitude rights to specified horizons or levels

RS 68 - Effect of limitation of servitude rights to specified horizons or levels  A single mineral servitude is established on a continuous tract of land notwithstanding that certain horizons or levels are excluded or the right to share in production varies as to different portions of the tract or different levels or horizons.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §68, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:69 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§69. Effect of partial conveyances of servitude rights

RS 69 - Effect of partial conveyances of servitude rights  The conveyance or reservation by a mineral servitude owner of a portion of his rights does not divide the mineral servitude but creates only a co-ownership, except that if a person other than the servitude owner acquires all of the rights granted by the act creating the servitude in a specific geographical area, the servitude is divided.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §69, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:70 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§70. Effect of contracts for use or development of portion of servitude

RS 70 - Effect of contracts for use or development of portion of servitude  Execution of a lease or other contract for use or development of a portion of a tract burdened by a mineral servitude does not divide the servitude.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §70, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§71. Partial unitization not a division

RS 71 - Partial unitization not a division  Unitization of a portion of a tract burdened by a mineral servitude does not divide the servitude.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §71, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§72. Parties free to contract except as specifically limited

RS 72 - Parties free to contract except as specifically limited  Parties to an act creating a mineral servitude may alter the applicable legal rules subject to the limitations provided in Articles 73 through 79.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §72, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§73. Single servitude may not exist on noncontiguous tracts

RS 73 - Single servitude may not exist on noncontiguous tracts  A single mineral servitude may not be created on two or more noncontiguous tracts of land.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §73, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
LA Rev Stat § 31:74 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 31 - Mineral Code|§74. Right to fix term or shorten prescriptive period; effect of stipulation for prescriptive period greater than ten years

RS 74 - Right to fix term or shorten prescriptive period; effect of stipulation for prescriptive period greater than ten years  Parties may either fix the term of a mineral servitude or shorten the applicable period of prescription of nonuse or both. If a period of prescription greater than ten years is stipulated, the period is reduced to ten years.  Acts 1974, No. 50, §74, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.