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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:815"
article_number: "815"
status: active
heading: "Partition by licitation"
breadcrumb: "Book II › Title VII"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111011"
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
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# Art. 815. Partition by licitation

When a thing is partitioned by licitation, a mortgage, lien, or privilege that burdens the share of a co-owner attaches to his share of the proceeds of the sale.