Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:1517

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC

Any person confirmed as a testamentary executor, or appointed dative testamentary executor, provisional administrator, or administrator of a succession may, by power of attorney, designate a person to manage in his stead.  The mandatary may substitute another person to manage in his stead but only if the procuration empowers him to substitute.  

Acts 1985, No. 284, §1.