Article 655

Natural drainage ACTIVE

An estate situated below is the servient estate and is bound to receive the surface waters that flow naturally from a dominant estate situated above unless an act of man has created the flow.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1977, No. 514, §1
  • amendment Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017

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La. Civ. Code art. 655 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-655,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 655},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/655},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}