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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:707"
article_number: "707"
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heading: "Servitudes; apparent or nonapparent."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110902"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1."
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# Art. 707. Servitudes; apparent or nonapparent.

Predial servitudes are either apparent or nonapparent. Apparent servitudes are those that are perceivable by exterior signs, works, or constructions; such as a roadway, a window in a common wall, or an aqueduct.

Nonapparent servitudes are those that have no exterior sign of their existence; such as the prohibition of building on an estate or of building above a particular height.