What each source establishes
The Louisiana guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.
Simplified-procedure rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2026, No. 293, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3421. Small successions defined A small succession, within the meaning of this Title, is any of the following: (1) The succession of a person who died domiciled in Louisiana and who died leaving property with a gross value of two hundred thousand dollars or less valued as of the date of death. (2) The ancillary succession of a person who died domiciled outside of Louisiana and who died leaving property in Louisiana with a gross value of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars or less valued as of the date of death. (3) The succession of a person whose date of death occurred at least twenty years prior to the execution of a small succession affidavit and who died leaving property in Louisiana of any value. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 71, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 582, §1; Acts 2009, No. 81, §1, eff.
What this means: Acts 2026, No. 293 raised the art. 3421(1) ceiling for a decedent domiciled in Louisiana from $125,000 to $200,000. Re-verified against the live text on 2026-08-11: the ancillary ceiling in (2) remains $125,000 and the twenty-year route in (3) is unchanged. The prior assertion matched clause (2)'s unchanged figure, so the text check passed while the published number had gone stale; it is now pinned to clause (1) by its domiciliary wording.
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Simplified-procedure rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2024, No. 90, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3431. Small successions; judicial opening unnecessary A. It shall not be necessary to open judicially the small succession of any of the following persons: (1) A person domiciled in Louisiana who died intestate. (2) A person domiciled in Louisiana who died testate leaving no immovable property in Louisiana, if the surviving spouse, all persons who would inherit under the testament, and all other persons who would inherit in the absence of a testament agree to waive probate of the testament. (3) A person domiciled outside of Louisiana who died intestate or whose testament has been probated by court order of another state. B.
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Simplified-procedure rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2024, No. 90, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3432. Affidavit for small succession for a person who died intestate; contents A. When it is not necessary in accordance with the provisions of Article 3431 to open judicially a small succession, at least two persons, including the surviving spouse, if any, and one or more heirs of the deceased, may execute one or more multiple originals of an affidavit, duly sworn before any officer or person authorized to administer oaths in the place where the affidavit is executed, setting forth all of the following: (1) The date of death of the deceased, and his domicile at the time thereof. (2) The fact that the deceased died intestate. (3) The marital status of the deceased, the location of the last residence of the deceased, and the name of the surviving spouse, if any, and the surviving spouse's address, domicile, and location of last residence.
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Court cost rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2024, No. 90, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3422. Court costs; compensation In judicial proceedings under this Title, the following schedule of costs, compensation, and fees shall prevail: (1) Court costs shall be one-half of the court costs in similar proceedings in successions that are not small successions. (2) The compensation of the succession representative shall be not more than five percent of the gross assets of the succession. Acts 2017, No. 96, §1; Acts 2018, No. 422, §1; Acts 2024, No. 90, §1.
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Executor compensation rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Amended by Acts 1982, No. 281, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
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.
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Court cost rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2014, No. 596, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
§841. Enumeration of fees in civil matters; miscellaneous A. The clerks of the several district courts may be entitled to demand and receive fees of office, which fees may be less than, but shall not exceed, the amounts set forth in this Section. Any clerk of court that establishes procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of the following documents by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the document was received, filed, or issued in paper. (1) Initialization fee, twenty dollars. (2) Filing document: (a) First page, six dollars. (b) Each subsequent page, four dollars. (c) Exhibits up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, including but not limited to attachments, transcripts, and depositions, two dollars per page.
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Creditor deadline rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3242. Acknowledgment or rejection of claim by representative The succession representative to whom a claim against the succession has been submitted, within thirty days thereof, shall either acknowledge or reject the claim, in whole or in part. This acknowledgment or express rejection shall be in writing, dated, and signed by the succession representative, who shall notify the claimant of his action. Failure of the succession representative either to acknowledge or reject a claim within thirty days of the date it was submitted to him shall be considered a rejection thereof.
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Creditor deadline rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3241. Presenting claim against succession A creditor of a succession under administration may submit his claim to the succession representative for acknowledgment and payment in due course of administration. Except for the purposes of Article 3245, no particular form is required for the submission of a claim by a creditor of the succession other than that it be in writing.
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Creditor deadline rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 1993, No. 481, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3245. Submission of formal proof of claim to suspend prescription A. A creditor may suspend the running of prescription against his claim for up to ten years: (1) By delivering personally or by certified or registered mail to the succession representative, or his attorney of record, a formal written proof of the claim. (2) By filing a formal written proof of the claim in the record of the succession proceeding, if the succession has been opened and no person has been appointed or confirmed as succession representative and no judgment of possession has been signed. (3) By filing a formal written proof of the claim in the mortgage records of the appropriate parish as provided in Article 2811, in the absence of a proceeding to open the succession. B.
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Simplified-procedure rule
Louisiana State Legislature · Acts 2001, No. 974, §1. · Verified August 9, 2026
Art. 3396. Definitions In this Chapter: (1) "Independent administration" means the administration of an estate in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. (2) "Independent administrator" means the succession representative authorized by the court to administer a succession in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The term "independent administrator" means and includes "independent executor". (3) "Independent executor" means and includes an independent administrator. (4) "Letters of independent administration" means letters testamentary or letters of administration that signify that the administration of a succession by the designated succession representative is authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
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