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LA Civ Code art. 591 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 591. Continuation of usufruct after sale of property

If property subject to the usufruct is sold to pay an estate debt, or a debt of the grantor, the usufruct attaches to any proceeds of the sale of the property that remain after payment of the debt. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 592 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 592. Multiple usufructuaries; contribution to payment of estate debts

If there is more than one usufructuary of the same property, each contributes to the payment of estate debts that are charged to the property in proportion to his enjoyment of the property. If one or more of the usufructuaries fails to advance his share, those of them who advance the funds shall have the right to recover the funds they advance from those who do not advance their shares. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 593 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 593. Discharge of legacy of annuity

Unless there is a governing testamentary disposition, the legacy of an annuity that is chargeable to property subject to a usufruct is payable first from the fruits and products of the property subject to the usufruct and then from the property itself. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 1990, No. 706, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 594 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 594. Court costs; expenses of litigation

Court costs in actions concerning the property subject to the usufruct are taxed in accordance with the rules of the Code of Civil Procedure. Expenses of litigation other than court costs are apportioned between usufructuaries and naked owners in accordance with the following Articles. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 595 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 595. Expenses of litigation; legal usufruct.

Parents who have a legal usufruct of the property of their children are bound for expenses of litigation concerning that property, in the same manner as if they were owners of it; but reimbursement may be ordered by the court at the termination of the usufruct in cases in which inequity might otherwise result. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 596 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 596. Expenses of litigation; conventional usufruct.

Conventional usufructuaries are bound for expenses of litigation with third persons concerning the enjoyment of the property. Expenses of litigation with third persons concerning both the enjoyment and the ownership are divided equitably between the usufructuary and the naked owner. Expenses of litigation between the usufructuary and the naked owner are borne by the person who has incurred them. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 597 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 597. Liability of the usufructuary for servitudes.

The usufructuary who loses a predial servitude by nonuse or who permits a servitude to be acquired on the property by prescription is responsible to the naked owner. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 598 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 598. Duty to give information to owner.

If, during the existence of the usufruct, a third person encroaches on the immovable property or violates in any other way the rights of the naked owner, the usufructuary must inform the naked owner. When he fails to do so, he shall be answerable for the damages that the naked owner may suffer. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 599 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 599. Usufruct of a herd of animals.

When the usufruct includes a herd of animals, the usufructuary is bound to use it as a prudent administrator and, from the increase of the herd, replace animals that die. If the entire herd perishes without the fault of the usufructuary, the loss is borne by the naked owner. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 600 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 600. Disposition of animals.

The usufructuary may dispose of individual animals of the herd, subject to the obligation to deliver to the naked owner at the end of the usufruct the value that the animals had at the time of disposition. The usufructuary may also dispose of the herd or of a substantial part thereof, provided that he acts as a prudent administrator. In such a case, the proceeds are subject to the provisions of Article 618. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 601 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 601. Removal of improvements

The usufructuary may remove all improvements he has made, subject to the obligation of restoring the property to its former condition. He may not claim reimbursement from the owner for improvements that he does not remove or that cannot be removed. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 602 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 602. Set off against damages.

The usufructuary may set off against damages due to the owner for the destruction or deterioration of the property subject to the usufruct the value of improvements that cannot be removed, provided they were made in accordance with Article 558. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 603 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 603. Disposition of the naked ownership; alienation or encumbrance of the property

The naked owner may dispose of the naked ownership, but he cannot thereby affect the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 604 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 604. Servitudes

The naked owner may establish real rights on the property subject to the usufruct, provided that they may be exercised without impairing the usufructuary's rights. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 605 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 605. Toleration of the enjoyment.

The naked owner must not interfere with the rights of the usufructuary. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 606 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 606. Improvements.

The naked owner may not make alterations or improvements on the property subject to the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 607 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 607. Death of the usufructuary.

The right of usufruct expires upon the death of the usufructuary. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 608 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 608. Dissolution of juridical person; thirty year limitation

A usufruct established in favor of a juridical person terminates if the juridical person is dissolved or liquidated, but not if the juridical person is converted, merged or consolidated into a successor juridical person. In any event, a usufruct in favor of a juridical person shall terminate upon the lapse of thirty years from the date of the commencement of the usufruct. This Article shall not apply to a juridical person in its capacity as the trustee of a trust. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 609 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 609. Termination of legacy of revenues.

A legacy of revenues from specified property is a kind of usufruct and terminates upon death of the legatee unless a shorter period has been expressly stipulated. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 610 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 610. Usufruct for a term or under condition.

A usufruct established for a term or subject to a condition terminates upon the expiration of the term or the happening of the condition. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 611. Term; transfer of usufruct to another person.

When the usufructuary is charged to restore or transfer the usufruct to another person, his right terminates when the time for restitution or delivery arrives. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 612. Term; third person reaching a certain age.

A usufruct granted until a third person reaches a certain age is a usufruct for a term. If the third person dies, the usufruct continues until the date the deceased would have reached the designated age. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 613. Loss, extinction, or destruction of property

The usufruct of nonconsumables terminates by the permanent and total loss, extinction, or destruction through accident, force majeure or decay of the property subject to the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 614 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 614. Fault of a third person.

When any loss, extinction, or destruction of property subject to usufruct is attributable to the fault of a third person, the usufruct does not terminate but attaches to any claim for damages and the proceeds therefrom. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 615. Change of the form of property

When property subject to usufruct changes form without an act of the usufructuary, the usufruct does not terminate even though the property may no longer serve the use for which it was originally destined. When property subject to usufruct is converted into money or other property without an act of the usufructuary, as in a case of expropriation of an immovable or liquidation of a corporation, the usufruct terminates as to the property converted and attaches to the money or other property received by the usufructuary. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 616 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 616. Sale or exchange of the property; taxes

When property subject to usufruct is sold or exchanged, whether in an action for partition or by agreement between the usufructuary and the naked owner or by a usufructuary who has the power to dispose of nonconsumable property, the usufruct terminates as to the nonconsumable property sold or exchanged, but as provided in Article 568.1, the usufruct attaches to the money or other property received by the usufructuary, unless the parties agree otherwise. Any tax or expense incurred as the result of the sale or exchange of property subject to usufruct shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale or exchange, and shall be deducted from the amount due by the usufructuary to the naked owner at the termination of the usufruct. Acts 1983, No. 525, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 617. Proceeds of insurance.

When proceeds of insurance are due on account of loss, extinction, or destruction of property subject to usufruct, the usufruct attaches to the proceeds. If the usufructuary or the naked owner has separately insured his interest only, the proceeds belong to the insured party. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 618 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 618. Security for proceeds

In cases governed by Articles 614, 615, 616, and the first sentence of Article 617, the naked owner may demand, within one year from receipt of the proceeds by the usufructuary that the usufructuary give security for the proceeds. If such a demand is made, and the parties cannot agree, the nature of the security shall be determined by the court. This Article does not apply to corporeal movables referred to in the second sentence of Article 568, or to property disposed of by the usufructuary pursuant to the power to dispose of nonconsumables if the grantor of the usufruct has dispensed with the security. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 619 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 619. Changes made by the testator

A usufruct by donation mortis causa is not considered revoked merely because the testator has made changes in the property after the date of his testament. The effect of the legacy is determined by application of the rules contained in the Title: Of donations inter vivos and mortis causa. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 620 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 620. Sale of the property or of the usufruct

Usufruct terminates by the enforcement of an encumbrance established upon the property prior to the creation of the usufruct to secure a debt. The usufructuary may have an action against the grantor of the usufruct or against the naked owner under the provisions established in Section 3 of this Chapter. The judicial sale of the usufruct by creditors of the usufructuary deprives the usufructuary of his enjoyment of the property but does not terminate the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 621. Prescription of nonuse.

A usufruct terminates by the prescription of nonuse if neither the usufructuary nor any other person acting in his name exercises the right during a period of ten years. This applies whether the usufruct has been constituted on an entire estate or on a divided or undivided part of an estate. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 622 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 622. Confusion of usufruct and naked ownership.

A usufruct terminates by confusion when the usufruct and the naked ownership are united in the same person. The usufruct does not terminate if the title by which the usufruct and the naked ownership were united is annulled for some previously existing defect or some vice inherent in the act. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 623 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 623. Abuse of the enjoyment; consequences

The usufruct may be terminated by the naked owner if the usufructuary commits waste, alienates things without authority, neglects to make ordinary repairs, or abuses his enjoyment in any other manner. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 624 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 624. Security to prevent termination

In the cases covered by the preceding Article, the court may decree termination of the usufruct or decree that the property be delivered to the naked owner on the condition that he shall pay to the usufructuary a reasonable annuity until the end of the usufruct. The amount of the annuity shall be based on the value of the usufruct. The usufructuary may prevent termination of the usufruct or delivery of the property to the naked owner by giving security to insure that he will take appropriate corrective measures within a period fixed by the court. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 625 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 625. Intervention by creditors of the usufructuary

A creditor of the usufructuary may intervene and may prevent termination of the usufruct and delivery of the property to the naked owner by offering to repair the damages caused by the usufructuary and by giving security for the future. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 626 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 626. Renunciation; rights of creditors.

A usufruct terminates by an express written renunciation. A creditor of the usufructuary may cause to be annulled a renunciation made to his prejudice. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 627 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 627. Right of retention.

Upon termination of the usufruct, the usufructuary or his heirs have the right to retain possession of the property until reimbursed for all expenses and advances for which they have recourse against the owner or his heirs. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 628 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 628. Consequences of termination; usufruct of nonconsumables.

Upon termination of a usufruct of nonconsumables for a cause other than total and permanent destruction of the property, full ownership is restored. The usufructuary or his heirs are bound to deliver the property to the owner with its accessories and fruits produced since the termination of the usufruct. If property has been lost or deteriorated through the fault of the usufructuary, the owner is entitled to the value the property otherwise would have had at the termination of the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 629 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 629. Consequences of termination; usufruct of consumables.

At the termination of a usufruct of consumables, the usufructuary is bound to deliver to the owner things of the same quantity and quality or the value they had at the commencement of the usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 630 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 630. Habitation.

Habitation is the nontransferable real right of a natural person to dwell in the house of another. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 631 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 631. Establishment and extinction.

The right of habitation is established and extinguished in the same manner as the right of usufruct. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 632 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 632. Regulation by title.

The right of habitation is regulated by the title that establishes it. If the title is silent as to the extent of habitation, the right is regulated in accordance with Articles 633 through 635. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 633 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 633. Persons residing in the house.

A person having the right of habitation may reside in the house with his family, although not married at the time the right was granted to him. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 634 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 634. Extent of right of habitation.

A person having the right of habitation is entitled to the exclusive use of the house or of the part assigned to him, and, provided that he resides therein, he may receive friends, guests, and boarders. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 635 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 635. Degree of care; duty to restore the property.

A person having the right of habitation is bound to use the property as a prudent administrator and at the expiration of his right to deliver it to the owner in the condition in which he received it, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 636 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 636. Taxes, repairs, and other charges.

When the person having the right of habitation occupies the entire house, he is liable for ordinary repairs, for the payment of taxes, and for other annual charges in the same manner as the usufructuary. When the person having the right of habitation occupies only a part of the house, he is liable for ordinary repairs to the part he occupies and for all other expenses and charges in proportion to his enjoyment. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 637 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 637. Nontransferable and nonheritable right.

The right of habitation is neither transferable nor heritable. It may not be alienated, let, or encumbered. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 638 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 638. Duration of habitation.

The right of habitation terminates at the death of the person having it unless a shorter period is stipulated. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 639 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 639. Right of use.

The personal servitude of right of use confers in favor of a person a specified use of an estate less than full enjoyment. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 640 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 640. Content of the servitude.

The right of use may confer only an advantage that may be established by a predial servitude. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 641. Persons having the servitude.

A right of use may be established in favor of a natural person or a legal entity. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 642 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 642. Extent of the servitude.

A right of use includes the rights contemplated or necessary to enjoyment at the time of its creation as well as rights that may later become necessary, provided that a greater burden is not imposed on the property unless otherwise stipulated in the title. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 643 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 643. Transferable right.

The right of use is transferable unless prohibited by law or contract.  Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 644 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 644. Heritable right.

A right of use is not extinguished at the death of the natural person or at the dissolution of any other entity having the right unless the contrary is provided by law or contract. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 645 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 645. Regulation of the servitude.

A right of use is regulated by application of the rules governing usufruct and predial servitudes to the extent that their application is compatible with the rules governing a right of use servitude. Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 646 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 646. Predial servitude; definition.

A predial servitude is a charge on a servient estate for the benefit of a dominant estate. The two estates must belong to different owners. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 647 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 647. Benefit to dominant estate.

There must be a benefit to the dominant estate. The benefit need not exist at the time the servitude is created; a possible convenience or a future advantage suffices to support a servitude. There is no predial servitude if the charge imposed cannot be reasonably expected to benefit the dominant estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 648 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 648. Contiguity or proximity of the estates.

Neither contiguity nor proximity of the two estates is necessary for the existence of a predial servitude. It suffices that the two estates be so located as to allow one to derive some benefit from the charge on the other.  Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 649 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 649. Nature; incorporeal immovable.

A predial servitude is an incorporeal immovable. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
LA Civ Code art. 650 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 650. Inseparability of servitude

A. A predial servitude is inseparable from the dominant estate and passes with it. The right of using the servitude cannot be alienated, leased, or encumbered separately from the dominant estate. B. The predial servitude continues as a charge on the servient estate when ownership changes. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2004, No. 821, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
LA Civ Code art. 651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 651. Obligations of the owner of the servient estate

The owner of the servient estate is not required to do anything. His obligation is to abstain from doing something on his estate or to permit something to be done on it. He may be required by convention or by law to keep his estate in suitable condition for the exercise of the servitude due to the dominant estate. A servitude may not impose upon the owner of the servient estate or his successors the obligation to pay a fee or other charge on the occasion of an alienation, lease, or encumbrance of the servient estate. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2010, No. 938, §2, eff. July 2, 2010.
LA Civ Code art. 652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Civil Code|Art. 652. Indivisibility of servitude.

A predial servitude is indivisible. An estate cannot have upon another estate part of a right of way, or of view, or of any other servitude, nor can an estate be charged with a part of a servitude. The use of a servitude may be limited to certain days or hours; when limited, it is still an entire right. A servitude is due to the whole of the dominant estate and to all parts of it; if this estate is divided, every acquirer of a part has the right of using the servitude in its entirety. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.