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urn: urn:us-la:rs:31:16
citation: "R.S. 31:16"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 31 › Chapter 2"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 50, section: 1, effective_date: 1975-01-01, role: enactment }
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# Basic mineral rights; status as real rights

The basic mineral rights that may be created by a landowner are the mineral servitude, the mineral royalty, and the mineral lease. This enumeration does not exclude the creation of other mineral rights by a landowner. Mineral rights are real rights and are subject either to the prescription of nonuse for ten years or to special rules of law governing the term of their existence.