Article 807

Right to partition; exclusion by agreement ACTIVE

No one may be compelled to hold a thing in indivision with another unless the contrary has been provided by law or juridical act.

Any co-owner has a right to demand partition of a thing held in indivision. Partition may be excluded by agreement for up to fifteen years, or for such other period as provided in R.S. 9:1702 or other specific law.

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History

  • enactment Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991
  • amendment Acts 1991, No. 349, §1

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La. Civ. Code art. 807 (2026).
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@misc{lacivcode-art-807,
  title        = {La. Civ. Code art. 807},
  howpublished = {Louisiana Civil Code},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://theusufruct.com/cc/807},
  note         = {Snapshot 2026-05-22}
}