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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:802"
article_number: "802"
status: active
heading: "Right to use the thing"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title VII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110998"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 990
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 802. Right to use the thing

Except as otherwise provided in Article 801, a co-owner is entitled to use the thing held in indivision according to its destination, but he cannot prevent another co-owner from making such use of it. As against third persons, a co-owner has the right to use and enjoy the thing as if he were the sole owner.