In Louisiana, estates valued at $200,000La. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less skip probate with the Small Succession AffidavitLa. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Real property counts toward the limitLa. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. Louisiana sets the limit by the decedent's date of deathLa. C.C.P. art. 3421Verified Sep 8, 2026View source; an earlier death may be measured against a lower figure. An estate over the limit does not qualify, and no affidavit is prepared for it.
Louisiana sets no fixed statutory deadlineLa. C.C.P. arts. 3131-3137Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; the detailed descriptive list of succession property is prepared in the course of the administration.
When an administration is open, the succession representative files a final account of the administration (after the final tableau of distribution has been homologated and the estate debts and legacies paid), serves it on each heir and residuary legatee with notice that it may be homologated after ten days, and — once the account is homologated — petitions the court for discharge; the court then renders a judgment discharging the representative and cancelling the bond (La. C.C.P. arts. 3332, 3335, 3391)La. C.C.P. arts. 3331-3337 (accounting by succession representative); arts. 3391-3392 (discharge); arts. 3361-3381 & 3061 (sending heirs/legatees into possession; judgment of possession); arts. 3396.18-3396.19 (independent-administration closing)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.
No. Louisiana publishes no official formLa. Code Civ. Proc. Book VI (Probate Procedure), arts. 2811-3462Verified Sep 23, 2026View source, so the declination is a signed writing.
Yes. Louisiana requires an account of the administration to close on this routeLa. C.C.P. arts. 3332, 3391, 3396.19Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, though the account can be excused in some estatesLa. C.C.P. arts. 3332, 3391, 3396.19Verified Sep 15, 2026View source. The succession representative files an account annually and, after the tableau of distribution is homologated and the estate debts and legacies are paid, a final account served on each heir and residuary legatee and homologated by the court; the heirs and legatees may dispense with the accounting through independent administrationLa. C.C.P. Arts. 3331, 3332, 3335, 3336, 3337Verified Jul 11, 2026View source. Each person who received property signs a receiptLa. C.C.P. arts. 3331-3337 (accounting by succession representative); arts. 3391-3392 (discharge); arts. 3361-3381 & 3061 (sending heirs/legatees into possession; judgment of possession); arts. 3396.18-3396.19 (independent-administration closing)Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, and the signed receipts go with the final account.