La. Civ. Code art. 3286
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 3286, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Property susceptible of mortgage
Official statutory text
The only things susceptible of mortgage are:
(1) A corporeal immovable with its component parts.
(2) A usufruct of a corporeal immovable.
(3) A servitude of right of use with the rights that the holder of the servitude may have in the buildings and other constructions on the land.
(4) The lessee's rights in a lease of an immovable with his rights in the buildings and other constructions on the immovable.
(5) Property made susceptible of conventional mortgage by special law.
Acts 1991, No. 652, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 649, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §6, eff. June 25, 1993.
(1) A corporeal immovable with its component parts.
(2) A usufruct of a corporeal immovable.
(3) A servitude of right of use with the rights that the holder of the servitude may have in the buildings and other constructions on the land.
(4) The lessee's rights in a lease of an immovable with his rights in the buildings and other constructions on the immovable.
(5) Property made susceptible of conventional mortgage by special law.
Acts 1991, No. 652, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 649, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 948, §6, eff. June 25, 1993.
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