Understanding Property Under Louisiana Law

Moveables are pieces of property that can be moved from one location to another. Your personal property like clothes, jewelry, househould goods, furniture, appliances, etc. are considered moveable property. Bigger things like cars and recreational vehicles are also moveables. Mobile homes / trailers are by default moveables, but they can be made into immovables if certain steps are taken.

Immovables i.e. immovable property are things that in general, cannot be moved from one location to another. Immovable property includes things like land, trees, crops and fruits, and buildings / homes that are not capable of being moved.

• Art. 5251. Words and terms defined
• Art. 530. Presumption of ownership of movable
• Art. 531. Proof of ownership of immovable
• Art. 532. Common author
• Art. 2627. Right of first refusal, time for acceptance
• Art. 2628. Time limitation for option and right of first refusal
• Art. 2629. Effect against third persons
• Art. 2673. The thing

In civil law, corporeal property is the ownership of material things. It is ownership of a thing that has physical existence. E.g. Ownership of land, money, building.

Incorporeal property is property that is not physical in touch or form, such as a right to something. E.g. stocks and shares, copyrights and patents. Incorporeal property must be assigned (i.e. mode of transfer of property) to someone, usually by a written document.

• Art. 5251. Words and terms defined
• Art. 530. Presumption of ownership of movable
• Art. 531. Proof of ownership of immovable
• Art. 532. Common author
• Art. 2627. Right of first refusal, time for acceptance
• Art. 2628. Time limitation for option and right of first refusal
• Art. 2629. Effect against third persons
• Art. 2673. The thing