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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:457"
article_number: "457"
status: active
heading: "Roads; public or private."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title I › Chapter 1 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110632"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1978, No. 728, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1978
    act_number: 728
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 457. Roads; public or private.

A road may be either public or private.

A public road is one that is subject to public use. The public may own the land on which the road is built or merely have the right to use it.

A private road is one that is not subject to public use.