2017 Louisiana Laws
Civil Code
CC 666 - River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable.

Universal Citation: LA Civ Code 666 (2017)

Art. 666. River road; substitution if destroyed or impassable.

He who from his title as owner is bound to give a public road on the border of a river or stream, must furnish another without any compensation, if the first be destroyed or carried away.*

And if the road be so injured or inundated by the water, without being carried away, that it becomes impassable, the owner is obliged to give the public a passage on his lands, as near as possible to the public road, without recompense therefor.

* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "by the stream."

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