# La. Rev. Stat. § 31:162: Suspension of acquisitive prescription

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## Section

- **Citation:** La. Rev. Stat. § 31:162
- **Heading:** Suspension of acquisitive prescription
- **Jurisdiction:** Louisiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 31 / Section 162

## Text

A cause that suspends the running of the prescription of nonuse applicable to mineral rights has no effect on the accrual of acquisitive prescription in favor of one possessing the surface of the land as owner insofar as his possession may include mineral rights. However, if an obstacle to use of a mineral right is created by an adverse possessor, the accrual of acquisitive prescription as to the right is suspended in the same manner as the prescription of nonuse.

Acts 1974, No. 50, §162, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.

## Nearby sections

- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:1 Title and form of citation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S1.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:2 Relation to Civil Code](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S2.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:3 Freedom of contract and limitations thereon](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S3.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:4 Substances to which Code applicable](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S4.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:5 Ownership of solid minerals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S5.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:6 Right to search for fugitive minerals; elements of ownership of land](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S6.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:7 When minerals reduced to possession](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S7.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:8 Landowner's right of enjoyment for mineral extraction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S8.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:9 Correlative rights of owners of common reservoir or deposit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S9.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:10 Liability to others with interests in common reservoir or deposit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S10.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:11 Reasonable regard for concurrent uses of the land burdened by mineral rights](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S11.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:12 Protection of landowner's interest in minerals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S12.md)
- [La. Rev. Stat. § 31:13 Damages for removal of solid minerals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_LA_Crevised-statutes_T31_S13.md)
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