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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:659"
article_number: "659"
status: active
heading: "Legal servitudes; notion."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 3 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110853"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1."
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  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 514
    section: 1
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# Art. 659. Legal servitudes; notion.

Legal servitudes are limitations on ownership established by law for the benefit of the general public or for the benefit of particular persons.