La. Civ. Code art. 655
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 655, 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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Natural drainage
Official statutory text
An estate situated below is the servient estate and is bound to receive the surface waters that flow naturally from a dominant estate situated above unless an act of man has created the flow.
Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
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