Servitudes – Natural servitudes

Servitudes – Natural servitudes

Art. 655. Natural drainage. An estate situated below is the servient estate and is bound to receive the surface waters that flow naturally from a dominant estate situated above unless an act of man has created the flow.

Art. 656. Obligations of the owners. The owner of the servient estate situated below may not do anything to prevent the flow of the water. The owner of the dominant estate situated above may not do anything to render the servitude more burdensome.