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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:490"
article_number: "490"
status: active
heading: "Accession above and below the surface."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110669"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 180
    section: 1
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---

# Art. 490. Accession above and below the surface.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the ownership of a tract of land carries with it the ownership of everything that is directly above or under it.

The owner may make works on, above, or below the land as he pleases, and draw all the advantages that accrue from them, unless he is restrained by law or by rights of others.