---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:3440"
article_number: "3440"
status: active
heading: "Protection of precarious possession"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title XXIII › Chapter 2 › Section 4"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110463"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1982, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2023, No. 421, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1982
    act_number: 187
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1983-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2023
    act_number: 421
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 3440. Protection of precarious possession

Where there is a disturbance of possession, the possessory action is available to a precarious possessor, such as a lessee, against anyone except the person for whom he possesses.