Louisiana personal representative compensation

Louisiana executor fee calculator

Absent a testamentary provision or agreement with the surviving spouse and all competent heirs or legatees, an administrator or executor receives 2.5% of the amount of the inventory.

Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised October 14, 2026.

1. Where and when

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2. Compensation base

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

amount of the inventory$Use the inventory amount stated by art. 3351; do not substitute gross assets, net estate, receipts, or distributions. Leaving it blank keeps the compensation undecided rather than assuming a number.

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Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeSet locallyFor a judicial small succession, court costs are one-half of those in a comparable non-small succession. District-court clerk fees may be lower than statutory ceilings and depend on initialization, pages, exhibits, indexing, issuance, service, and parish-specific authority, so confirm the advance deposit with the parish clerk.

Scheduled executor compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.Absent a testamentary provision or agreement with the surviving spouse and all competent heirs or legatees, an administrator or executor receives 2.5% of the amount of the inventory. The court may increase it on a proper showing that the usual commission is inadequate. A judicial small succession separately caps its succession representative at 5% of gross assets.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

How Louisiana sets executor compensation

The court may increase it on a proper showing that the usual commission is inadequate. A judicial small succession separately caps its succession representative at 5% of gross assets.

The calculator applies the Louisiana schedule to the value you enter, measured against the figures shown in the estate's court accounting. Under La. C.C.P. art. 3351 the commission falls due when the court homologates the final account, though the court may allow an advance on it at any time during the administration. Under La. C.C.P. art. 3351 an executor receives the reasonable amount the testament provides; the 2.5% of the inventory applies only where neither the testament nor an agreement with the surviving spouse and competent heirs or legatees sets the fee, and the court may increase it on a showing that it is inadequate.

The figure the Louisiana schedule is applied to

The rate is only half of the answer; the other half is the number the rate is applied to, and in Louisiana that number is specific. The reviewed rule measures compensation against the amount of the inventory. Use the inventory amount stated by art. 3351; do not substitute gross assets, net estate, receipts, or distributions.

The Louisiana schedule is one flat rate on the whole figure, with no bands.

Compensation source

Statute

La. C.C.P. art. 3351

Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Succession Representative Compensation

The section’s own words

Art. 3351. Amount of compensation; when due An executor shall be allowed as compensation for his services such reasonable amount as is provided in the testament in which he is appointed. An administrator for his services in administering a succession shall be allowed such reasonable amount as is provided by the agreement between the administrator and the surviving spouse, and all competent heirs or legatees of the deceased. In the absence of a provision in the testament or an agreement between the parties, the administrator or executor shall be allowed a sum equal to two and one-half percent of the amount of the inventory as compensation for his services in administering the succession. The court may increase the compensation upon a proper showing that the usual commission is inadequate.

Louisiana State Legislature · Amended by Acts 1982, No. 281, §1. · Rechecked October 3, 2026

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