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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:485"
article_number: "485"
status: active
heading: "Fruits produced by a third person; reimbursement."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110663"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1."
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  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 180
    section: 1
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# Art. 485. Fruits produced by a third person; reimbursement.

When fruits that belong to the owner of a thing by accession are produced by the work of another person, or from seeds sown by him, the owner may retain them on reimbursing such person his expenses.