{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1241","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Acquiring by Usucaption","number":"1241","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1241/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV - PROPERTY","title":"TITLE V - USUFRUCT AND OTHER RIGHTS IN REM","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Servitudes","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"An apparent servitude may be acquired by enjoyment in good faith for ten years. A servitude is apparent where its existence is evidenced by some apparent sign. A servitude which is not apparent may not be acquired by usucaption.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1241/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":344,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/344/?article=1241&paragraph=lead#article-1241-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}