La. Civ. Code art. 526

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 526, 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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Recognition of ownership; recovery of the thing.

Official statutory text

The owner of a thing is entitled to recover it from anyone who possesses or detains it without right and to obtain judgment recognizing his ownership and ordering delivery of the thing to him.

Acts 1979, No. 180, §1.

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