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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:656"
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heading: "Obligations of the owners"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110850"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017."
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  - act_year: 2017
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# Art. 656. Obligations of the owners

The owner of the servient estate situated below may not do anything to prevent the flow of the water. The owner of the dominant estate situated above may not do anything to render the servitude more burdensome.