Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Tit. V, 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:

B. Any person appointed as public administrator by the governor may use the affidavit procedure of this Chapter to take possession of the estate of the deceased, if the estate of the deceased would qualify as a small succession, for transmittal to the state, provided that there is no surviving spouse or other heir present or represented in the state and provided that the public administrator has advertised one time in the official journal of the parish where a succession would have been opened in accordance with Article 2811 and verifies that no notice of opposition has been received.

C. The legal notice required in Paragraph B of this Article shall read as follows:

“Notice is hereby given to any heirs or creditors of __________ that __________, Public Administrator for the parish of _______________, intends to administer the intestate succession of _______________, under the provisions of Small Successions as set forth in Chapter 2 of Title V of Book VI of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Anyone having an objection to the administration of the succession should notify _______________ at ____________________.”