---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:581"
article_number: "581"
status: active
heading: "Liability for necessary expenses"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110772"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 103
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2010
    act_number: 881
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2010-07-02
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 581. Liability for necessary expenses

The usufructuary is answerable for all expenses that become necessary for the preservation and use of the property after the commencement of the usufruct.