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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:620"
article_number: "620"
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heading: "Sale of the property or of the usufruct"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title III › Chapter 2 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110814"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010."
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  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 103
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 2010
    act_number: 881
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2010-07-02
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# Art. 620. Sale of the property or of the usufruct

Usufruct terminates by the enforcement of an encumbrance established upon the property prior to the creation of the usufruct to secure a debt. The usufructuary may have an action against the grantor of the usufruct or against the naked owner under the provisions established in Section 3 of this Chapter.

The judicial sale of the usufruct by creditors of the usufructuary deprives the usufructuary of his enjoyment of the property but does not terminate the usufruct.