---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:683"
article_number: "683"
status: active
heading: "Neighbor's right to make the raised part common."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 3 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110877"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 514
    section: 1
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 683. Neighbor's right to make the raised part common.

The neighbor who does not contribute to the raising of the common wall may at any time cause the raised part to become common by paying to its owner one-half of its current value.