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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:803"
article_number: "803"
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heading: "Use and management of the thing in the absence of agreement"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title VII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110999"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991."
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  - act_year: 1990
    act_number: 990
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1991-01-01
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# Art. 803. Use and management of the thing in the absence of agreement

When the mode of use and management of the thing held in indivision is not determined by an agreement of all the co-owners and partition is not available, a court, upon petition by a co-owner, may determine the use and management.