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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:705"
article_number: "705"
status: active
heading: "Servitude of passage"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110900"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2012, No. 739, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 514
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2012
    act_number: 739
    section: 1
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 705. Servitude of passage

The servitude of passage is the right for the benefit of the dominant estate whereby persons, animals, utilities, or vehicles are permitted to pass through the servient estate. Unless the title provides otherwise, the extent of the right and the mode of its exercise shall be suitable for the kind of traffic or utility necessary for the reasonable use of the dominant estate.