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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:508"
article_number: "508"
status: active
heading: "Things principal and accessory"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title II › Chapter 2 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110691"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1979, No. 180, §1; Acts 2008, No. 632, §1, eff. July 1, 2008."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1979
    act_number: 180
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2008
    act_number: 632
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2008-07-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 508. Things principal and accessory

Things are divided into principal and accessory. For purposes of accession as between movables, an accessory is a corporeal movable that serves the use, ornament, or complement of the principal thing.

In the case of a principal thing consisting of a movable construction permanently attached to the ground, its accessories include things that would constitute its component parts under Article 466 if the construction were immovable.