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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:506"
article_number: "506"
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heading: "Ownership of beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110689"
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. 506. Ownership of beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams.

In the absence of title or prescription, the beds of nonnavigable rivers or streams belong to the riparian owners along a line drawn in the middle of the bed.