CHAPTER 3.  THE NATURE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AND

THE CAPACITY, AUTHORITY, AND FORMALITIES

NECESSARY TO THEIR CREATION

§18.  Nature of mineral rights

A mineral right is an incorporeal immovable.  It is alienable and heritable.  The situs of a mineral right is the parish or parishes in which the land burdened is located.  All sales, contracts, and judgments affecting mineral rights are subject to the laws of registry.  

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