Property Law Flashcards
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Under Louisiana law, acquisitive prescription of an immovable without just title or good faith requires possession for:
Answer: 30 years
La. C.C. art. 3486 provides that an immovable may be acquired by prescription of 30 years without just title or good faith.
Under Louisiana law, 'just title' for acquisitive prescription of immovables means:
Answer: A title translative of ownership, valid in form, but conveyed by someone who lacked authority to convey
La. C.C. art. 3483 defines just title as a juridical act sufficient in form to transfer ownership, executed by a non-owner—a title that is defective only because the transferor lacked the right to convey.
Which of the following INTERRUPTS acquisitive prescription of an immovable in Louisiana?
Answer: The true owner filing a lawsuit against the possessor
La. C.C. art. 3462 provides that prescription is interrupted when the owner files suit against the possessor, which terminates the accrued time.
In a Louisiana boundary action, the court must:
Answer: Determine each party's ownership and fix the boundary line accordingly
La. C.C. art. 786 requires the court to fix the boundary by determining each party's ownership rights up to the boundary line.
The doctrine of 'tacking' in Louisiana acquisitive prescription allows:
Answer: A current possessor to add a predecessor's possession period to their own to complete prescription
La. C.C. art. 3442 permits a possessor to tack the possession of a predecessor to complete the required prescriptive period, provided privity of possession exists.
A possessor is in 'bad faith' for acquisitive prescription purposes under Louisiana law when:
Answer: The possessor knows or should know at the commencement of possession that they are not the owner
La. C.C. art. 3481 defines bad faith as actual or constructive knowledge at the time possession begins that one is not the owner.
Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 3482, when a possessor begins in good faith but later discovers a defect in title:
Answer: Good faith is deemed to continue, and the shorter prescription period applies throughout
La. C.C. art. 3482 provides that possession begun in good faith is presumed to continue in good faith unless the possessor takes an act inconsistent with good faith.
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