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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:737"
article_number: "737"
status: active
heading: "Renunciation of servitude by owner of dominant estate."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 3"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110932"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 514
    section: 1
    role: enactment
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---

# Art. 737. Renunciation of servitude by owner of dominant estate.

The owner of the dominant estate may renounce the contract by which a predial servitude was acquired for the benefit of his estate, if he finds the contract onerous, and if the contract was made without his authority or while he was incompetent.