La. Rev. Stat. § 6:769
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Access to safety deposit boxes held jointly or standing in the name of a corporation, unincorporated association, trust estate, agents, or others
Official statutory text
ty deposit box is a full release and discharge of the association permitting such entry as to any heir, legatee, creditor, or other person having rights or claims to funds or property of the decedent, nor shall any association permitting entry into the safety deposit box in accordance with the provisions hereof be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due this state.
F. When a safety deposit box is leased from any association by a trust estate, whether in the name of the trust estate or the trustees thereof, with the right of access being given to the trustees designated in the instrument creating the trust estate or appointed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 9:1721 et seq., notwithstanding the death of any such trustee and notwithstanding the termination of the trust, the association may permit the trustees so designated or appointed to have free access to the safety deposit box, including the right to remove the contents thereof. In such case, the signature of the trustees entering the safety deposit box is a full release and discharge of the association permitting such entry as to anyone, including any heir, legatee, creditor, or other person having rights or claims to funds or property of the decedent, nor shall any association permitting entry into said safety deposit box in accordance with the provisions hereof be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due this state.
G. When a safety deposit box is leased from any association under the name of a person, with the right of access being given to said person and to an agent or deputy appointed by said person, notwithstanding the death of any agent or deputy, the association may permit the person under whose name the safety deposit box is leased or any surviving agent or deputy to have free access thereto, including the right to remove the contents thereof. In such case, the signature of the person entering the safety deposit box is a full release and discharge of the association permitting the entry as to any heir, legatee, creditor, or other person having rights or claims to funds or property of the decedent, nor shall any association permitting entry into the safety deposit box in accordance with the provisions hereof be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due this state.
Acts 1983, No. 675, §1; Acts 1989, No. 357, §1.
F. When a safety deposit box is leased from any association by a trust estate, whether in the name of the trust estate or the trustees thereof, with the right of access being given to the trustees designated in the instrument creating the trust estate or appointed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 9:1721 et seq., notwithstanding the death of any such trustee and notwithstanding the termination of the trust, the association may permit the trustees so designated or appointed to have free access to the safety deposit box, including the right to remove the contents thereof. In such case, the signature of the trustees entering the safety deposit box is a full release and discharge of the association permitting such entry as to anyone, including any heir, legatee, creditor, or other person having rights or claims to funds or property of the decedent, nor shall any association permitting entry into said safety deposit box in accordance with the provisions hereof be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due this state.
G. When a safety deposit box is leased from any association under the name of a person, with the right of access being given to said person and to an agent or deputy appointed by said person, notwithstanding the death of any agent or deputy, the association may permit the person under whose name the safety deposit box is leased or any surviving agent or deputy to have free access thereto, including the right to remove the contents thereof. In such case, the signature of the person entering the safety deposit box is a full release and discharge of the association permitting the entry as to any heir, legatee, creditor, or other person having rights or claims to funds or property of the decedent, nor shall any association permitting entry into the safety deposit box in accordance with the provisions hereof be liable for any estate, inheritance, or succession taxes which may be due this state.
Acts 1983, No. 675, §1; Acts 1989, No. 357, §1.
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