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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:543"
article_number: "543"
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heading: "Partition of the property in kind or by licitation"
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source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110730"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1983, No. 535, §1."
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  - act_year: 1983
    act_number: 535
    section: 1
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# Art. 543. Partition of the property in kind or by licitation

When property is held in indivision, a person having a share in full ownership may demand partition of the property in kind or by licitation, even though there may be other shares in naked ownership and usufruct.

A person having a share in naked ownership only or in usufruct only does not have this right, unless a naked owner of an undivided share and a usufructuary of that share jointly demand partition in kind or by licitation, in which event their combined shares shall be deemed to constitute a share in full ownership.