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Who owns the land behind the levee, what's the punishment?
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:29 am
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:29 am
I've always been told the land owners in front the levee own the land behind.
Growing up in SJP it was never a problem. Tons of people go root around back there, crawfishing, cutting firewood, shooting clays, no problems. Just wondering if anyone has a concrete answer.
I don't want to get stuck back there in Iberville or EBR and answer with "I didn't know". In SJP, no one would ever mess with you, and if they did, you'd know them personally.
Growing up in SJP it was never a problem. Tons of people go root around back there, crawfishing, cutting firewood, shooting clays, no problems. Just wondering if anyone has a concrete answer.
I don't want to get stuck back there in Iberville or EBR and answer with "I didn't know". In SJP, no one would ever mess with you, and if they did, you'd know them personally.
This post was edited on 1/7/13 at 11:52 am
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Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:30 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:30 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
It's trespassing
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:31 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
I was under the impression the parish/state owned it, but I could very well be wrong.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:40 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
They have levee patrol that drives around. We were back there shootin a bunch of shite the other day and the guy pulled up and simply said "y'all know you aren't supposed to be shooting back here." We just said ok and he left. We continued.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:43 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
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the land owners in front the levee own the land behind.
This was the case for my dad's land in Montz. He used to get rent from a barge company that used his land to tie up some of their barges. Not much money though.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:46 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
Correct. The batture, in every instance I've seen, is owned by the same person as the land outside the levee.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:56 am to DeeS NUTS number 9
The french unit of measurement, which most of the property down in SELA was an arpent. The arpent is smaller than an acre and if memory serves me a deed for an arpent will be 192 feet "more or less" and an acre is 208 feet.
That being said, all land along the river, when it was divided, was given equal river frontage. It can be wider in "the back" and most of the "old time" measurements were 40 Arpents deep.
Anyway, to answer your question, yes the land owner most of the time owns from the "toe of the river edge and at least 40 arpents deep.
That being said, all land along the river, when it was divided, was given equal river frontage. It can be wider in "the back" and most of the "old time" measurements were 40 Arpents deep.
Anyway, to answer your question, yes the land owner most of the time owns from the "toe of the river edge and at least 40 arpents deep.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 1:05 pm to DeeS NUTS number 9
The land between the levees and the river is not public land. Many people think this, but it isn't so.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 1:27 pm to DeeS NUTS number 9
i know where im at we own the property behind the levee
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