Article 794

Determination of ownership according to prescription. ACTIVE

When a party proves acquisitive prescription, the boundary shall be fixed according to limits established by prescription rather than titles. If a party and his ancestors in title possessed for thirty years without interruption, within visible bounds, more land than their title called for, the boundary shall be fixed along these bounds.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1977, No. 169, §1

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La. Civ. Code art. 794 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-794,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 794},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/794},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}