SUBSECTION 2.  WARRANTY OF PEACEFUL POSSESSION

Art. 2700.  Warranty of peaceful possession

The lessor warrants the lessee's peaceful possession of the leased thing against any disturbance caused by a person who asserts ownership, or right to possession of, or any other right in the thing.

In a residential lease, this warranty encompasses a disturbance caused by a person who, with the lessor's consent, has access to the thing or occupies adjacent property belonging to the lessor.

Acts 2004, No. 821, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.