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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2702"
article_number: "2702"
status: active
heading: "Disturbance by third persons without claim of right"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IX › Chapter 3 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109766"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 821
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 2702. Disturbance by third persons without claim of right

Except as otherwise provided in Article 2700, the lessor is not bound to protect the lessee's possession against a disturbance caused by a person who does not claim a right in the leased thing. In such a case, the lessee may file any appropriate action against that person.