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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:697"
article_number: "697"
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heading: "Right to establish predial servitudes; limitations."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110891"
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. 697. Right to establish predial servitudes; limitations.

Predial servitudes may be established by an owner on his estate or acquired for its benefit.

The use and extent of such servitudes are regulated by the title by which they are created, and, in the absence of such regulation, by the following rules.