§ 41:14 — Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership

§14. Conveyances of waterbottoms, ownership
No grant, sale or conveyance of the lands forming the bottoms of rivers, streams,
bayous, lagoons, lakes, bays, sounds, and inlets bordering on or connecting with the Gulf of
Mexico within the territory or jurisdiction of the state shall be made by the register of the
state land office or by any other official or by any subordinate political subdivision, except
pursuant to R.S. 41:1701 through 1714. Any rights accorded by law to the owners or
occupants of lands on the shores of any waters described in this Section shall not extend
beyond the ordinary low water mark. No one shall own any bottoms of lands covering the
bottoms of waters described in this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 876, §2, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2018, No. 242, §2.