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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:770"
article_number: "770"
status: active
heading: "Abandonment of servient estate."
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title IV › Chapter 4 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110965"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1977, No. 514, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1977
    act_number: 514
    section: 1
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# Art. 770. Abandonment of servient estate.

A predial servitude is extinguished by the abandonment of the servient estate, or of the part on which the servitude is exercised. It must be evidenced by a written act. The owner of the dominant estate is bound to accept it and confusion takes place.