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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3421"
article_number: "3421"
status: active
heading: "Possession"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110444"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983."
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  - act_year: 1982
    act_number: 187
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1983-01-01
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# Art. 3421. Possession

Possession is the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing, movable or immovable, that one holds or exercises by himself or by another who keeps or exercises it in his name.

The exercise of a real right, such as a servitude, with the intent to have it as one's own is quasi-possession. The rules governing possession apply by analogy to the quasi-possession of incorporeals.