La. Rev. Stat. § 6:766.1
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Payable on death accounts
Official statutory text
A. Upon the death of a depositor who has deposited a sum in any account evidencing by the depositor's signature an intention that upon the death of the depositor, the funds shall belong to one or more named beneficiaries of the depositor, the association may pay the deposit, together with the dividends or interest accruing thereto, to the named beneficiaries for whom the deposit was made. Upon receiving a death certificate, the association may disburse funds to the named beneficiaries. The beneficiaries shall be specifically named in the deposit account records of the association.
B. The title of such an account must include the terms "in trust for", "as trustee for", or "payable on death to", such beneficiary or beneficiaries. Such beneficiaries must be specifically named in the deposit account records of the bank.
C. Repealed by Acts, 2009, No. 499, §2.
D.(1) When an account described in Subsection A of this Section is established by more than one depositor, the respective interests of each depositor shall be deemed equal to that of each other depositor, unless otherwise stated in the association's account records.
(2) When an account described in Subsection A of this Section is established for more than one beneficiary, the respective interests of each shall be deemed equal to that of each other beneficiary, unless otherwise stated in the association's deposit account records.
E. No association paying a beneficiary in accordance with this Section shall be liable to the estate or any heir of the decedent nor shall the account holder be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due the state, and delivery of the funds shall constitute a full and complete discharge of the association for the payment or delivery so made and shall relieve the association from all adverse claims thereto by a person claiming as a surviving or former spouse or a successor to such a spouse.
F. The provisions of this Section shall apply notwithstanding the fact the decedent designates a beneficiary by last will and testament.
Acts 1991, No. 535, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §1, eff. April 14, 2000; Acts 2009, No. 499, §1 and 2; Acts 2016, No. 166, §1; Acts 2022, No. 257, §1.
B. The title of such an account must include the terms "in trust for", "as trustee for", or "payable on death to", such beneficiary or beneficiaries. Such beneficiaries must be specifically named in the deposit account records of the bank.
C. Repealed by Acts, 2009, No. 499, §2.
D.(1) When an account described in Subsection A of this Section is established by more than one depositor, the respective interests of each depositor shall be deemed equal to that of each other depositor, unless otherwise stated in the association's account records.
(2) When an account described in Subsection A of this Section is established for more than one beneficiary, the respective interests of each shall be deemed equal to that of each other beneficiary, unless otherwise stated in the association's deposit account records.
E. No association paying a beneficiary in accordance with this Section shall be liable to the estate or any heir of the decedent nor shall the account holder be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due the state, and delivery of the funds shall constitute a full and complete discharge of the association for the payment or delivery so made and shall relieve the association from all adverse claims thereto by a person claiming as a surviving or former spouse or a successor to such a spouse.
F. The provisions of this Section shall apply notwithstanding the fact the decedent designates a beneficiary by last will and testament.
Acts 1991, No. 535, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 28, §1, eff. April 14, 2000; Acts 2009, No. 499, §1 and 2; Acts 2016, No. 166, §1; Acts 2022, No. 257, §1.
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