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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:807"
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heading: "Right to partition; exclusion by agreement"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title VII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111003"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1990, No. 990, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 349, §1."
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# Art. 807. Right to partition; exclusion by agreement

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.