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urn: urn:us-la:rs:31:74
citation: "R.S. 31:74"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 31 › Chapter 4 › Subpart F"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 50, section: 74, effective_date: 1975-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Right to fix term or shorten prescriptive period; effect of stipulation for prescriptive period greater than ten years

Parties may either fix the term of a mineral servitude or shorten the applicable period of prescription of nonuse or both. If a period of prescription greater than ten years is stipulated, the period is reduced to ten years.