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Transferring a vehicle in Louisiana after someone dies

Louisiana does not ask what the estate is worth or who the survivor is. Its Office of Motor Vehicles asks one question first — how the succession has been settled — and the answer decides everything. Three answers, three documents. And before the family can sign the simplest of them, they have to decide whether the car was community property or separate property under the Civil Code.

State Louisiana

The procedure is set by the state that issued the title, not by where the owner lived.

Sahvelo publishes 50 states for this topic. If the title came from another state, that state's motor vehicle agency is the authoritative source until we publish it. See what's published.

Paths
3 in this state

The paths this state offers

Every route Sahvelo has verified for transferring a vehicle after a death in this state, side by side. The guided questions identify which one applies to you.

Path When it applies Court involvement Tax owed Speed Authority
Judgment of possession A succession was opened through the courts Yes — the court issues the judgment Sales tax only where the vehicle is being sold Depends on the succession; the vehicle step is one certified document Louisiana OMV — transferring a vehicle from a deceased owner
Small succession The heirs filed a small succession through the Department of Revenue None at the court — the Department of Revenue validates the affidavit Sales tax only where the vehicle is being sold Two documents, and the descriptive list must name the vehicle Louisiana OMV — transferring a vehicle from a deceased owner
Affidavit of Heirship Neither a succession nor a small succession can be met None — but every signer swears before a notary Sales tax only where the vehicle is being sold Fastest on paper, slowest to coordinate: the spouse and every heir must sign Louisiana OMV — Affidavit of Heirship

Is the vehicle titled in Louisiana?

Everything on this page is Louisiana procedure and it governs Louisiana titles. What decides that is the state that issued the certificate of title, not where the person lived.

A missing certificate does not by itself close a route. Louisiana's Affidavit of Heirship has a box for a certificate that cannot be located and is therefore not available — it is declared rather than replaced.2

How was the succession settled?

The Office of Motor Vehicles opens with the question rather than the paperwork: "To have the vehicle transferred to a new owner, you must first determine how the estate has been settled by the heirs." Three answers are recognized and each has its own document.1

A will does not choose the route. It changes what goes into the file: where the person died testate, a copy of the will — or a notarized statement of its contents relevant to vehicles, made and signed by whoever holds the original.1

Sahvelo has not read the Civil Code article that sets the small succession threshold, and this page states no figure for it. The Department of Revenue validates that affidavit and is the office to ask what an estate has to be worth to qualify.1

Community property or separate property

The Affidavit of Heirship makes a family answer a question no common-law state asks, and it comes before every other box: "The vehicle is defined as community property, as outlined in Louisiana Civil Code 2340", or "The vehicle is defined as separate property, as outlined in Louisiana Civil Code 2341." One of the two must be selected.2

That characterization decides who has a share to confirm, which is why the form asks it first. Sahvelo states nothing about how to make the choice — it is a Civil Code question, and it is worth putting to a Louisiana notary or attorney rather than guessing on a sworn document.2

The remaining boxes are ticked together rather than exclusively. Whether the person died intestate or testate; whether the surviving spouse succeeds the deceased share of the vehicle or an heir or legatee does; and whether the certificate of title is attached or cannot be located.2

Everybody signs and everybody swears. There is a separate block for the surviving spouse and for each heir or legatee, each sworn and subscribed before a notary who records their parish — and an heir who is a minor must be listed with their age. The declaration carries a criminal warning about false reports.2

An heir living in another state may find their own state will not accept the form. Louisiana's answer is procedural rather than a refusal: written documentation from that state indicating that the Louisiana Heirship form will not be accepted must be submitted with the file.1

The notary is not a formality

Louisiana's requirement runs through every route. A current certificate of title must be "assigned before a notary by seller to purchaser, with the properly released lien, if applicable" — and an act of donation must be notarized. Where the title was issued on or after 1 January 1990, the assignment must be completed by one of the heirs and the recipient of the vehicle, and notarized.14

There is exactly one substitute for the notary and it is narrow. An authorized agent of a federally insured financial institution may witness the assignment instead, where the seller is present, a lien is being recorded at the time ownership is transferred, and a designation of authorized officers on the institution's letterhead is provided. All three conditions, not any one of them.4

A separate bill of sale is not always needed: the Office says one is not required if the selling price is included on the title assignment. Where one is needed it must be an original notarized bill of sale or invoice specifying the actual consideration involved and a full description of the vehicle.4

Two more items are required by date rather than by route. Photo identification goes in on all files with a date of sale on or after 1 August 2012, and an odometer disclosure statement is needed on vehicles within twenty model years where the back of the title does not carry one.14

The words mean different things here

Louisiana is a civil-law state and its vocabulary is its own. What other states call probate, Louisiana calls a succession. What they call letters, it calls a judgment of possession. What they call a gift, it calls an act of donation — which must be notarized. And what they call a county, it calls a parish, which is the unit each notary block on the Affidavit of Heirship records.12

Two of those are not just naming differences. A judgment of possession has to show the disposition of the vehicle, so a judgment that settles the succession without mentioning the car will be sent back. And an act of donation, unlike an informal gift, is a notarial act — the Office says so in a note of its own.14

$68.50, and a plate priced from the car

The Louisiana title fee is $68.50, with an $8 handling fee, a $3 license transfer, and $68.50 again for a title correction. Recording a mortgage is priced by the instrument: $15 with a UCC and $10 with anything else — the same two figures the Office quotes for recording a lien on a death transfer.13

The license plate is where Louisiana differs from almost every other state, because it is not a flat charge. Automobile plates are based on the selling price of the vehicle at .1% of its value per year, with a minimum base of $10,000, sold in two-year increments — so the minimum is $20 and it rises by two dollars for each thousand of value.3

Tax arises on a sale rather than on an inheritance. The Office's rule is that if the vehicle is being sold, sales tax is due based on the selling price, at a percentage determined by the applicant's domicile. Sahvelo states nothing about how Louisiana treats a transfer that is not a sale, because the Office does not say.1

On a lien, what Louisiana wants is a letter with four things in it: a satisfaction of lien written on the lienholder's company letterhead, including the lienholder's name, address and telephone number.1

The figure this page could not state — and it is three figures, not one

Until 2026-08-19 this page named the small succession route and could not say what qualified for it, because legis.la.gov publishes the Codes by opaque numeric document id and its search produces results by postback. The Legislature also publishes a “View Law” control that resolves a citation to its id, and driving that gives the article a stable address like any other source.

Article 3421 defines a small succession as “any of the following”, and there are three. “The succession of a person who died domiciled in Louisiana and who died leaving property with a gross value of $200,000 or less valued as of the date of death.” Gross value, not net of debts, and measured at the date of death rather than now.5

For somebody who lived elsewhere the figure halves: “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.”5

The third alternative is not a money test at all, and it is the one families never hear about: “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.” A death long ago opens this route however large the estate was — which is why an old, never-settled succession may be simpler to deal with than a recent one.5

Check which version governed the date of death before relying on a figure. Article 3421 has been amended nine times since 1976 — most recently by Acts 2026, No. 293 — and the threshold has moved more than once.5

Who signs, what they swear, and what happens to an heir who will not

Article 3431 says when no judge is needed at all, and there are three cases: a Louisiana domiciliary who died intestate; a Louisiana domiciliary who died with a will but left no immovable property here, where everybody agrees to waive probate; and somebody domiciled elsewhere who died intestate or whose will “has been probated by court order of another state.”6

Read the conditions on the second case, because it needs unanimity across two different groups: “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.” Anybody in either group can close it.6

The affidavit itself takes “at least two persons, including the surviving spouse, if any, and one or more heirs of the deceased”, sworn before an officer authorized to administer oaths. A sole heir cannot sign alone: “If the deceased had no surviving spouse and only one heir, the affidavit shall also be signed by a second person who has actual knowledge of the matters stated in the affidavit.”7

An heir who will not sign does not close the route. The affidavit states that any such heir either “Cannot be located after the exercise of reasonable diligence” or “Was given thirty days' notice by United States mail of the affiants' intent to execute an affidavit for small succession and did not object.” Thirty days by post, and silence is enough — an objection is not.7

What the affidavit then does is unusually strong. Article 3434 makes it “full and sufficient authority for the payment of any money or the delivery of any property of the deceased described in the affidavit”, by any institution “or by any person having the property in his possession or under his control.” And whoever complies is protected completely: “Any creditor, heir, legatee, succession representative, or other person shall have no right or cause of action against the person paying the money or delivering the property.”8

Signing it has a consequence beyond the paperwork: an affirmation that “by signing the affidavit, the affiant, if an heir, has accepted the succession of the deceased.” Accepting a succession is a legal act with its own consequences, and it is worth understanding before signing rather than afterwards.7

What to do, step by step

The order of operations for each path. Only one of these applies to you — the guided questions will say which.

Judgment of possession

A succession was opened through the courts. One certified document does the work.

  1. First

    Check that the judgment names the vehicle

    The Office wants a certified copy of the final judgment of possession showing the disposition of the vehicle. A judgment that settles the succession without mentioning the car is not enough.

  2. First

    Get the title assignment notarized

    Where the title was issued on or after 1 January 1990, the assignment must be completed by one of the heirs and the recipient of the vehicle, and notarized.

  3. First

    Assemble the rest of the file

    The DPSMV 1799 application, the certificate of title and registration if available, a notarized bill of sale or act of donation from all heirs, and an odometer disclosure on vehicles within twenty model years.

  4. First

    Clear or record the lien

    A satisfaction of lien on the lienholder's company letterhead with their name, address and telephone number; or a UCC-1 or other security agreement to record a new one.

  5. First

    Submit it

    To OMV Headquarters, an OMV office, or a Public Tag Agent location, with the $68.50 title fee and the $8 handling fee.

Small succession

The heirs filed through the Department of Revenue. Two documents, and the list has to name the car.

  1. First

    Ask the Department of Revenue what qualifies

    The Department validates the affidavit. Sahvelo has not read the Civil Code article that sets the threshold and states no figure for it.

  2. First

    Make sure the descriptive list describes the vehicle

    The Office asks for the validated Affidavit of Small Succession together with the descriptive list of property, which must include a description of the vehicle in question.

  3. First

    Add the will if there was one

    A copy of it, or a notarized statement of its contents relevant to vehicles made and signed by whoever holds the original.

  4. First

    Assemble the rest of the file

    The DPSMV 1799 application, the title with a notarized assignment where it was issued on or after 1 January 1990, the registration if available, a notarized bill of sale or act of donation, and an odometer disclosure within twenty model years.

  5. First

    Submit it with the fees

    The $68.50 title fee and the $8 handling fee, plus the plate fee if a plate is wanted — which is priced from the vehicle's value.

Affidavit of Heirship

Neither a succession nor a small succession can be met. The heirs swear the affidavit themselves.

  1. First

    Decide whether the car was community or separate property

    The first choice on the form, under Civil Code 2340 or 2341. It decides who has a share to confirm, and it is worth putting to a Louisiana notary or attorney.

  2. First

    Tick the boxes that apply

    Intestate or testate; whether the surviving spouse or an heir or legatee succeeds the deceased share; and whether the certificate of title is attached or cannot be located.

  3. First

    Get a photostatic copy of the death certificate

    The Office requires the affidavit to be accompanied by one.

  4. First

    Have every signer swear before a notary

    Separate blocks for the surviving spouse and for each heir or legatee, each recording the notary's parish. A minor heir must be listed with their age.

  5. First

    Deal with an out-of-state heir if there is one

    Where their state will not accept the Louisiana Affidavit of Heirship, written documentation from that state saying so must be submitted with the file.

  6. First

    Submit it with the rest of the file

    The DPSMV 1799 application, a notarized bill of sale or act of donation from all heirs to the recipient, the registration if available, and the $68.50 title fee.

Documents and forms

Each name below links to the official form or the agency page that issues it.

Needed on every path

Needed on some paths

Where and how to file

  • In person

    An OMV office, or a Public Tag Agent location

    The Office says the items may be processed in an OMV office or at a Public Tag Agent location.Bring photo identification: all files with a date of sale on or after 1 August 2012 must include a copy of the vehicle owner's current and valid photo identification.A license plate also needs proof of liability insurance coverage.

    Find an office

    Applies to every path

  • By mail

    Office of Motor Vehicles, P.O. Box 64886, Baton Rouge, LA 70896

    The Office says the items must be mailed or delivered to the OMV Headquarters.Everything travels together — the settlement document, the application, the title, the bill of sale or act of donation, and the fees.Notarization has to happen before it is sent, not at the counter.

    See the mailing instructions

    Applies to every path

  • In person

    The Louisiana Department of Revenue

    The small succession is filed through the Department of Revenue, which validates the affidavit before the Office of Motor Vehicles will act on it.The descriptive list of property filed with it must include a description of the vehicle in question.

    Find an office

    Applies to The validated affidavit, and a descriptive list that has to name the car

What it costs

Fees change, and the agency's own schedule is the only current source. Where Sahvelo cannot verify a fixed amount, it links the schedule rather than quoting a number.

FeeAmountNotesFee schedule
Title fee Published by the agency The same figure applies to a title correction. Current fee schedule
Handling fee Published by the agency Listed among the fees for registering and titling a motor vehicle. Current fee schedule
Recording a lien Published by the agency $15.00 where a UCC instrument is submitted, and $10.00 where any other lien instrument is. The Office quotes the same two figures on its fee schedule as recording a mortgage with and without a UCC. Current fee schedule
License plate Published by the agency Priced from the vehicle rather than at a flat rate: .1% of the value per year, with a minimum base of $10,000, sold in two-year increments — so a minimum of $20, rising by two dollars for each thousand of value. Current fee schedule
Sales tax Published by the agency Due where the vehicle is being sold, based on the selling price, at a percentage determined by the applicant's domicile. How Louisiana treats a transfer that is not a sale is not established, and Sahvelo states nothing about it. Current fee schedule
Notary Published by the agency Not a state fee, and it recurs: the title assignment, the bill of sale or act of donation, and every signature on the Affidavit of Heirship each need one. What a Louisiana notary charges is not established. Current fee schedule

After you file

  • A new Louisiana title issues in the recipient's name. Sahvelo states no processing time, because the Office publishes none on these pages.Having the title is not the same as being able to drive it. A license plate needs a copy of each owner's photo identification and proof of liability insurance, and is priced from the vehicle's value rather than at a flat rate.

    Applies to every path

  • Where a new lien was recorded in the new owner's name, the recordation fee depended on the instrument — $15 for a UCC and $10 for anything else. Where the old lien was cleared, what satisfied it was a letter on the lienholder's own letterhead carrying their name, address and telephone number.

    Applies to every path

If your situation doesn't fit one of these paths

Common complications, and what each one changes.

  • You do not know whether the car was community property

    Then you cannot yet complete the form, and that is the point of the question. The Affidavit of Heirship makes the family select one of two boxes before any other: the vehicle is community property as outlined in Louisiana Civil Code 2340, or separate property as outlined in Louisiana Civil Code 2341. The characterization decides who has a share to confirm. Sahvelo states nothing about how to answer it and will not guess — the affidavit is sworn, and it carries a criminal warning about false reports, so it is worth putting to a Louisiana notary or attorney.2

  • The judgment of possession does not mention the car

    It will not be accepted as it stands. The Office of Motor Vehicles asks for a certified copy of the final judgment of possession "showing the disposition of the vehicle" — so a judgment that settles the succession in general terms leaves the vehicle where it was. The succession attorney is the person to raise this with, ideally before the judgment is signed rather than after.1

  • Nobody can find the certificate of title

    On the Affidavit of Heirship route it is simply declared: the form has a box reading that the certificate of title cannot be located and is therefore not available. On the other two routes the Office asks for the certificate "if available", which is the same posture. What does not change is the notarial requirement where a title does exist — where it was issued on or after 1 January 1990, the assignment must be completed by one of the heirs and the recipient, and notarized.12

  • One of the heirs lives in another state

    Louisiana anticipates that the other state may refuse its form, and the answer is procedural rather than a refusal of its own. Where an heir is an out-of-state resident and the state of residence will not accept the Louisiana Affidavit of Heirship, written documentation from that state indicating that the Louisiana Heirship form will not be accepted must be submitted with the file. That is a letter to obtain in advance rather than something to discover at the counter.1

  • There is no notary available when the title is signed

    There is one substitute and it is narrow. An authorized agent of a federally insured financial institution may witness the assignment instead of a notary — but only where the seller is present, a lien is being recorded at the time ownership is transferred, and a designation of authorized officers on the institution's letterhead is provided, as an original or a photocopy. All three conditions at once. Outside that, a notary is required: the title assignment, an act of donation, and every signature on the Affidavit of Heirship all need one.24

  • The heirs are giving the car to one of themselves rather than selling it

    Louisiana calls that an act of donation, and the Office notes separately that it must be notarized. The alternative is a notarized bill of sale, and either way it comes from all heirs to the recipient of the vehicle. Tax follows the transaction rather than the paperwork: sales tax is due where the vehicle is being sold, based on the selling price and at a percentage set by the applicant's domicile. How Louisiana treats a transfer that is not a sale is not established, and this page states nothing about it.14

  • The deceased's title showed a lien

    Louisiana asks for a letter with specific contents rather than a form: a satisfaction of lien written on the lienholder's company letterhead, and the letter must include the name, address and telephone number of the lienholder. Where a new lien is being recorded in the new owner's name instead, a completed UCC-1 or security agreement showing a full description of the vehicle is needed — and the recordation fee turns on which instrument is used, $15.00 for a UCC and $10.00 for anything else.1

  • Somebody else is holding the original will

    Louisiana has a route for that and it does not require the original to change hands. Where the person died testate, the Office accepts a copy of the will — or a notarized statement of its contents relevant to vehicles. That statement must be made and signed by the one in possession of the original will, which is why the Affidavit of Heirship's testate box refers to a notarized statement by the person in lawful possession of the original summarizing the disposition of vehicles in it.12

Questions people ask about this

  • Where do we start?

    With the succession rather than with the car. The Office of Motor Vehicles says you must first determine how the estate has been settled by the heirs, and it recognizes three answers: a succession opened through the courts, a small succession filed through the Department of Revenue, or neither — in which case the heirs complete an Affidavit of Heirship.1

  • How small does the estate have to be for a small succession?

    Sahvelo has not established that and states no figure. The Office names the route and names the Department of Revenue as the office that validates the affidavit, which is where to ask. The Civil Code article that sets the threshold is published by the Legislature under an opaque document identifier rather than by citation, and no lookup that resolves to it was found.1

  • What does community property have to do with a car?

    Everything, on the Affidavit of Heirship. The first choice on the form is whether the vehicle is community property under Louisiana Civil Code 2340 or separate property under 2341, and it decides who has a share to confirm. Sahvelo does not tell a family how to answer it — the affidavit is sworn under a criminal warning, so it is a question for a Louisiana notary or attorney.2

  • Does everything have to be notarized?

    Very nearly. A current certificate of title must be assigned before a notary by seller to purchaser; an act of donation must be notarized; a bill of sale where one is needed must be an original notarized one; and every signature on the Affidavit of Heirship is sworn and subscribed before a notary. The only substitute is an authorized agent of a federally insured financial institution, and only where the seller is present, a lien is being recorded at the same time, and a designation of authorized officers on letterhead is supplied.24

  • There is a will. Does that change the route?

    No — it changes what goes into the file. Where the person died testate, a copy of the will or a notarized statement of its contents relevant to vehicles must be submitted, and that statement must be made and signed by whoever holds the original. The route itself still turns on how the succession was settled.1

  • What does it cost?

    The title fee is $68.50, with an $8 handling fee. Recording a lien is $15 with a UCC instrument and $10 with anything else. The license plate is not a flat charge: automobile plates are .1% of the vehicle's value per year, with a minimum base of $10,000 and a two-year increment, so the minimum price is $20.13

  • Is there tax to pay?

    The Office states the rule for a sale: if the vehicle is being sold, sales tax is due based on the selling price, at a percentage determined by the applicant's domicile. It says nothing about a transfer that is not a sale, so neither does Sahvelo — that is an absence of published guidance rather than a finding that no tax is due.1

  • We cannot find the title. Is that fatal?

    No. The Affidavit of Heirship has a box for a certificate that cannot be located and is therefore not available, and the Office asks for the certificate "if available" on the other two routes. What still applies is the notarial rule where a title does exist: an assignment on a title issued on or after 1 January 1990 must be completed by one of the heirs and the recipient, and notarized.12

  • One heir lives in another state and their state will not accept the form. Now what?

    Louisiana asks for that refusal in writing. Written documentation from that state indicating that the Louisiana Heirship form will not be accepted must be submitted with the file — so obtain the letter before assembling the rest.1

What the terms mean

6 terms used on this page, defined from the statute
Succession
What Louisiana calls what other states call probate. The Office of Motor Vehicles asks first how the succession has been settled, and recognizes three answers: one opened through the courts, one filed as a small succession through the Department of Revenue, or neither — in which case the heirs sign an Affidavit of Heirship instead. Louisiana OMV — transferring a vehicle from a deceased owner
Judgment of possession
The court's final judgment settling a Louisiana succession. For a vehicle the Office of Motor Vehicles wants a certified copy of it showing the disposition of the vehicle — so a judgment that settles the succession without mentioning the car does not move the title. Louisiana OMV — transferring a vehicle from a deceased owner
Act of donation
Louisiana's term for giving property rather than selling it. On a vehicle it is one of the two ways the heirs transfer to the recipient — the other being a notarized bill of sale — and the Office adds a note of its own: an act of donation must be notarized. Louisiana OMV — used title and registration
Community property
Property a married couple hold together under Louisiana Civil Code article 2340, as against separate property under article 2341. The Affidavit of Heirship makes the family choose between the two before any other box, because the characterization decides who has a share of the vehicle to confirm. Sahvelo states nothing about how to make that choice. Louisiana OMV — Affidavit of Heirship
Legatee
A person who takes under a will, as against an heir who takes under the law. The Affidavit of Heirship has a box for each — whether the surviving spouse succeeds the deceased share of the vehicle, or an heir or legatee does — and a separate sworn block for every one of them, with a minor's age listed. Louisiana OMV — Affidavit of Heirship
Public Tag Agent
A private office licensed to process Louisiana title and registration work. The Office of Motor Vehicles names it as one of the three places a used-vehicle file can go, alongside OMV Headquarters and an OMV office — which matters after a death, because these files are large and are checked before they are accepted. Louisiana OMV — used title and registration

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Sources

Every rule on this page traces to one of the following. All are Louisiana state publications: the Office of Motor Vehicles' own guidance, form and fee schedule.

  1. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles — frequently asked questions, transferring a vehicle from a deceased owner

    The three ways a succession can be settled and the document each produces, what else goes in the file, the lien letter and recordation fees, the out-of-state heir rule, and the photo identification requirement.

    expresslane.la.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  2. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles — Affidavit of Heirship

    The community property or separate property choice under Civil Code articles 2340 and 2341, the testate and intestate boxes, the missing-title box, and the notarial blocks for the spouse and every heir.

    public.powerdms.com Checked 2026-08-18

  3. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles — vehicle registration, title and plate fees

    The $68.50 title fee, the handling and license transfer fees, the two mortgage recordation figures, and the plate priced at .1% of the vehicle's value per year.

    expresslane.la.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  4. Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles — used title and registration

    That a title must be assigned before a notary, the three conditions under which a bank officer may witness instead, that an act of donation must be notarized, and what a plate application adds.

    expresslane.la.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  5. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3421 — small successions defined

    Small successions defined: two hundred thousand dollars gross for a Louisiana domiciliary, one hundred twenty-five thousand for an ancillary succession, and any value where the death was at least twenty years ago.

    legis.la.gov Checked 2026-08-19

  6. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3431 — small successions; judicial opening unnecessary

    The three cases in which a small succession need not be opened judicially, including the unanimity required to waive probate of a will.

    legis.la.gov Checked 2026-08-19

  7. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3432 — affidavit for small succession; contents

    Who must sign the affidavit and the nine things it must state — including the thirty days' notice to an heir who does not sign.

    legis.la.gov Checked 2026-08-19

  8. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3434 — endorsed copy of affidavit; authority for delivery of property

    The affidavit as full and sufficient authority to deliver property, the complete discharge of whoever complies, and the two-year prescription on a successor left out of one.

    legis.la.gov Checked 2026-08-19

Sources last reviewed 2026-08-18. Sources are re-checked on a schedule, and this date changes when they are. Where a source is marked pending re-verification, the page says so wherever the claim appears.

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