Art. 567.  Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability

The usufructuary may lease, alienate, or encumber his right.  All such contracts cease of right at the end of the usufruct.

If the usufructuary leases, alienates, or encumbers his right, he is responsible to the naked owner for the abuse that the person with whom he has contracted makes of the property.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1; Acts 2010, No. 881, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.