La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3660
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3660, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Same; possession
Official statutory text
A. A person is in possession of immovable property or of a real right therein, within the intendment of the articles of this Chapter, when the person has the corporeal possession thereof, or civil possession thereof preceded by corporeal possession by him or his ancestors in title, and possesses for himself or precariously for another, whether in good or bad faith, or even as a usurper.
B. Subject to the provisions of Articles 3656 and 3664, a person who claims the ownership of immovable property or of a real right therein possesses through his lessee, through another who occupies the property or enjoys the right under an agreement with him or his lessee, or through a person who has the use or usufruct thereof to which his right of ownership is subject.
Amended by Acts 1981, No. 256, §1; Acts 2023, No. 421, §2.
B. Subject to the provisions of Articles 3656 and 3664, a person who claims the ownership of immovable property or of a real right therein possesses through his lessee, through another who occupies the property or enjoys the right under an agreement with him or his lessee, or through a person who has the use or usufruct thereof to which his right of ownership is subject.
Amended by Acts 1981, No. 256, §1; Acts 2023, No. 421, §2.
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