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La. Rev. Stat. § 31:28 (2026)

Commencement of prescription of nonuse

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PART 4.  COMMENCEMENT OF PRESCRIPTION

SUBPART A.  GENERAL PRINCIPLES

§28.  Commencement of prescription of nonuse

Prescription of nonuse of a mineral servitude commences from the date on which it is created.  

Acts 1974, No. 50, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. United States, 365 F.3d 385 (5th Cir. 2004).
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Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. v. United States, 365 F.3d 385 (5th Cir. 2004). “R.S. § 31:28; see also Ober v. Williams, 213 La.”
Black River Crawfish Farms, LLC v. King, 246 So. 3d 1 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “R.S. 31:28 and 31:29. "Prescription commences anew from the last day on which actual drilling or mining operations are conducted.”
Cohort Ener. v. Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port, 852 So. 2d 1174 (La. Ct. App. 2003). “R.S. 31:28. The law of Louisiana regarding prescription of mineral interests reflects a historically strong policy against separate ownership of minerals and a policy of keeping land and minerals in commerce.”
Bass Enter. Prod. Co. v. Kiene, 437 So. 2d 940 (La. Ct. App. 1983). “R.S. 31:28 provides: Prescription of nonuse of a mineral servitude commences from the date on which it is created.”
Ford v. Lester, 139 So. 3d 22 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 31:28. Here, the mineral servi-tudes were created when the credit sale deeds were executed on April 19, 1977.”
Smith v. Andrews, 215 So. 3d 868 (La. Ct. App. 2017). “R.S, 31:28. The law provides several methods by which prescription may be interrupted.”
Neumin Prod. Co. v. Tiger Bend, Ltd., 58 So. 3d 1088 (La. Ct. App. 2011). “R.S. 31:28. “The prescription of nonuse running against a mineral servitude is interrupted by good faith operations for the discovery and production of minerals.”
Cannisnia Plantation, LLC v. Cecil Blount Farms, LLC & Blount Co., LLC (La. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “Among the modes of extinction of mineral servitudes is prescription from nonuse for 10 years.”
Malone v. Celt Oil, Inc., 485 So. 2d 145 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “LSA-R.S. 31:28 provides that the prescription of non use of a mineral servitude commences from the date on which it is created.”
Succession of Lucille Watts Patin, Pamela Sue Patin Quantz, Charleen Patin Taylor, Rebel Kelley Caplinger, Denis Curtin Kelley, II, Dorcas Marie Kelley, Kerry Watts Kelley, & Patin-Kelley, LLC v. Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P., David M. Charlton & XYZ Ins. (\XYZ\")" (La. Ct. App. 2022). “R.S. 31:28; 31:29; Indigo Minerals, LLC, 37 So.”
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