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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:503"
article_number: "503"
status: active
heading: "Island formed by river opening a new channel."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110686"
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. 503. Island formed by river opening a new channel.

When a river or stream, whether navigable or not, opens a new channel and surrounds riparian land making it an island, the ownership of that land is not affected.