CHAPTER 3. THE NATURE OF MINERAL RIGHTS AND
THE CAPACITY, AUTHORITY, AND FORMALITIES
NECESSARY TO THEIR CREATION
§18. Nature of mineral rights
A mineral right is an incorporeal immovable. It is alienable and heritable. The situs of a mineral right is the parish or parishes in which the land burdened is located. All sales, contracts, and judgments affecting mineral rights are subject to the laws of registry.