La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3297

This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3297, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.

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Notice of the application shall be published in the manner prescribed for judicial advertisements, requiring all whom it may concern, including the heirs, to make opposition, if they have any, to the granting of the application, within seven days from the day whereon the last publication appears.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 314, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1421, §7, eff. July 1, l999.

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