La. Civ. Code art. 648

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 648, 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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Contiguity or proximity of the estates.

Official statutory text

Neither contiguity nor proximity of the two estates is necessary for the existence of a predial servitude. It suffices that the two estates be so located as to allow one to derive some benefit from the charge on the other.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.

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