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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:489"
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heading: "Apportionment of fruits."
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acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1."
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# Art. 489. Apportionment of fruits.

In the absence of other provisions, one who is entitled to the fruits of a thing from a certain time or up to a certain time acquires the ownership of natural fruits gathered during the existence of his right, and a part of the civil fruits proportionate to the duration of his right.