Louisiana Civil Code — Title IX: Lease (Arts. 2668–2729)
Louisiana Civil Code Title IX, Lease — 65 articles (Arts. 2668–2729), including Arts. 2681.1 ("Lease of an immovable"), 2681.2 ("Lease of a movable"), 2713.1 ("Rights of sublessee or assignee") enacted by Acts 2026, No. 240 (eff. 2026-08-01). legis.la.gov lists the Civil Code as updated through 2026 Regular Session (per host list dated 2026-09-15). Source: legis.la.gov (Louisiana Legislature). License: public domain (government edicts, Georgia v. PRO, 590 U.S. 255 (2020)).
Provisions (65)
§ Art. 2668
Contract of lease defined
§ Art. 2669
Relation with other titles
§ Art. 2670
Contract to lease
§ Art. 2671
Types of leases
§ Art. 2672
Mineral lease
§ Art. 2673
The thing
§ Art. 2674
Ownership of the thing
§ Art. 2675
The rent
§ Art. 2676
Agreement as to the rent
§ Art. 2677
Crop rent
§ Art. 2678
Term
§ Art. 2679
Limits of contractual freedom in fixing the term
§ Art. 2680
Duration supplied by law; legal term
§ Art. 2681
Form
§ Art. 2681.1
Lease of an immovable
§ Art. 2681.2
Lease of a movable
§ Art. 2682
The lessor's principal obligations
§ Art. 2683
The lessee's principal obligations
§ Art. 2684
Obligations to deliver the thing at the agreed time and in good condition
§ Art. 2685
Discrepancy between agreed and delivered quantity
§ Art. 2686
Misuse of the thing
§ Art. 2687
Damage caused by fault
§ Art. 2688
Obligation to inform lessor
§ Art. 2689
Payment of taxes and other charges
§ Art. 2690
Alterations by the lessor prohibited
§ Art. 2691
Lessor's obligation for repairs
§ Art. 2692
Lessee's obligation to make repairs
§ Art. 2693
Lessor's right to make repairs
§ Art. 2694
Lessee's right to make repairs
§ Art. 2695
Attachments, additions, or other improvements to leased thing
§ Art. 2696
Warranty against vices or defects
§ Art. 2697
Warranty for unknown vices or defects
§ Art. 2698
Persons protected by warranty
§ Art. 2699
Waiver of warranty for vices or defects
§ Art. 2700
Warranty of peaceful possession
§ Art. 2701
Call in warranty
§ Art. 2702
Disturbance by third persons without claim of right
§ Art. 2703
When and where rent is due
§ Art. 2704
Nonpayment of rent
§ Art. 2705
Abatement of rent for unforeseen loss of crops
§ Art. 2706
Loss of crop rent
§ Art. 2707
Lessor's privilege
§ Art. 2708
Lessor's privilege over sublessee's movables
§ Art. 2709
Lessor's right to seize movables of third persons
§ Art. 2710
Enforcement of the lessor's privilege
§ Art. 2711
Transfer of thing by lessor does not terminate lease
§ Art. 2712
Transfer of thing does not transfer rights and obligations of lease
§ Art. 2713
Right to sublease, assign, or encumber
§ Art. 2713.1
Rights of sublessee or assignee
§ Art. 2714
Expropriation; loss or destruction
§ Art. 2715
Partial destruction, loss, expropriation, or other substantial impairment of use
§ Art. 2716
Termination of lease granted by a usufructuary
§ Art. 2717
Death of lessor or lessee
§ Art. 2718
Leases with reservation of right to terminate
§ Art. 2719
Dissolution for other causes
§ Art. 2720
Termination of lease with a fixed term
§ Art. 2721
Reconduction
§ Art. 2722
Term of reconducted agricultural lease
§ Art. 2723
Term of reconducted nonagricultural lease
§ Art. 2724
Continuity of the reconducted lease
§ Art. 2725
Extension
§ Art. 2726
Amendment
§ Art. 2727
Termination of lease with an indeterminate term
§ Art. 2728
Notice of termination; timing
§ Art. 2729