{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1028","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Branches and Roots","number":"1028","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1028/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV - PROPERTY","title":"TITLE II - OWNERSHIP","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Special Rules Regarding Immovable Property","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A holder of a land which is encumbered by branches or roots springing from adjoining land may apply to the Court to order his neighbor to cut such branches or roots within thirty days.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1028/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":280,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/280/?article=1028&paragraph=p1#article-1028-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The holder of a land may, without having to make a request, cut from the boundary all roots rising on the land he holds.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1028/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":280,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/280/?article=1028&paragraph=p2#article-1028-p2"}]}],"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."}