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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Building restrictions may be amended, whether such amendment lessens or increases a restriction, or may terminate or be terminated, as provided in the act that establishes them. In the absence of such provision, building restrictions may be amended or terminated for the whole or a part of the restricted area by agreement of owners representing more than one-half of the land area affected by the restrictions, excluding streets and street rights-of-way, if the restrictions have been in effect for at least fifteen years, or by agreement of both owners representing two-thirds of the land area affected and two-thirds of the owners of the land affected by the restrictions, excluding streets and street rights-of-way, if the restrictions have been in effect for more than ten years.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Civil Code Tit. V, Art. 780. Amendment and termination of building restrictions - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/civil-code/la-civ-code-tit-v-art-780/
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