{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-31-175","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 31:175","heading":"Co-owner of mineral servitude may not operate independently","body":"A co-owner of a mineral servitude shall not conduct operations on the property subject to the servitude without the consent of co-owners owning at least an undivided seventy-five percent interest in the servitude, provided that the co-owner has made every effort to contact the other co-owners and, if contacted, has offered to contract with them on substantially the same basis that the co-owner has contracted with another co-owner. \"Operations\" as used in this Article shall include geological surveys, by means of a torsion balance, seismographic explosions, mechanical device, or any other method. A co-owner of the servitude who does not consent to the operations has no liability for the costs of development and operations, except out of his share of production.","path":["TITLE 31. MINERAL CODE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=87875","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:15Z","sha256":"7d4a6f34e3d2df35ac300b44aa0654b3f555c005ec83019ecdd583b6cd46f7db","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-31-174","next":"us-la/rs-31-176"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}