CC 567 - Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability

Art. 567. Contracts affecting the usufructuary's liability.

The usufructuary may lease, alienate, or encumber his right. All such contracts cease of right at the end of the usufruct.

If the usufructuary leases, alienates, or encumbers his right, he is responsible for the abuse that the person with whom he has contracted makes of the property.

Acts 1976, No. 103, §1.