2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries
RS 9:1513 - Payment to surviving spouse without court proceedings
§1513. Payment to surviving spouse without court proceedings
A. Any bank or other depository may pay to the surviving spouse of a depositor a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars out of the deposits of a decedent or out of deposits of the community between the survivor and the decedent, deposited in the name of decedent or of the survivor or in the name of the decedent jointly with the survivor or otherwise, without any court proceedings, order or judgment authorizing the same or determining whether or not an inheritance tax is due. The surviving spouse shall give to the paying depository an affidavit that the total funds withdrawn do not exceed ten thousand dollars from all depositories.
B. In the event of such payment, the receipt of the surviving spouse to whom it is made is a full release and discharge of the payor bank or other depository for the amount paid and for any inheritance tax determined to be due, and no tax collector, creditor, heir, personal representative, or any other person shall have any right or cause of action against any bank or other depository on account of the payment. R.S. 47:2410 does not apply to such cases.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (A) hereof, in the event a surviving spouse possesses funds which have been deposited in an account listed solely in the name of said surviving spouse, the payor bank or other depository may release such funds in the account of the surviving spouse without liability for any estate, inheritance or succession taxes which may be due the state, provided the payor bank or other depository shall notify the collector of revenue within seven days of the release of any funds in such accounts.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other provision of law, the provisions of R.S. 6:312 shall establish the exclusive method for payment of funds from an alternative account.
Added by Acts 1952, No. 539, §1. Amended by Acts 1956, No. 559, §1; Acts 1958, No. 126, §1; Acts 1964, No. 194, §2; Acts 1966, No. 235, §2; Acts 1974, No. 20, §1; Acts 1976, No. 316, §1; Acts 1978, No. 153, §1; Acts 1984, No. 54, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1143, §2.
