La. Civ. Code art. 292
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 292, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Excuse by reason of office or function.
Official statutory text
The following persons are dispensed or excused from the tutorship by the privilege of their offices or functions:
1. The Governor and the Secretary of State;
2. The judges of the different courts of this State and the officers of the same;
3. The Mayor of the city of New Orleans;
4. The Collector of the Customs;
5. The officers and soldiers attached to the regular troops, whether on land or sea service, employed and in actual service in this State, and all the officers who are intrusted in this State with any mission from the Government, as long as they are employed;
6. Preceptors and other persons keeping public schools, as long as they remain in the useful and actual exercise of their profession;
7. Ministers of the gospel.
1. The Governor and the Secretary of State;
2. The judges of the different courts of this State and the officers of the same;
3. The Mayor of the city of New Orleans;
4. The Collector of the Customs;
5. The officers and soldiers attached to the regular troops, whether on land or sea service, employed and in actual service in this State, and all the officers who are intrusted in this State with any mission from the Government, as long as they are employed;
6. Preceptors and other persons keeping public schools, as long as they remain in the useful and actual exercise of their profession;
7. Ministers of the gospel.
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