Natural drainage
La. Civ. Code art. 655
in effect655. Natural drainage
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.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110849Fetched: 10/20/2026