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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:810"
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heading: "Partition in kind"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title VII"
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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. 810. Partition in kind

The court shall decree partition in kind when the thing held in indivision is susceptible to division into as many lots of nearly equal value as there are shares and the aggregate value of all lots is not significantly lower than the value of the property in the state of indivision.