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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:556"
article_number: "556"
status: active
heading: "Apportionment of civil fruits."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110744"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1976, No. 103, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 103
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 556. Apportionment of civil fruits.

The usufructuary acquires the ownership of civil fruits accruing during the existence of the usufruct.

Civil fruits accrue day by day and the usufructuary is entitled to them regardless of when they are received.