Filing & Fees
Fee Schedule Signals
Source ↗Probate Filing Fees
| Filing Type | Fee |
|---|---|
Formal Administration Standard probate for larger estates | $400 |
Small Estate Affidavit For estates under threshold (no court filing needed) | $300 |
Note: Louisiana imposes NO statewide probate tax and NO value-bracket court-cost scale; each parish Clerk of Court sets its own advance court-cost deposit under the La. R.S. 13:841 maximums. The Catahoula Parish Clerk of Court (7th Judicial District Court) publishes a Civil Filing Fees schedule listing a $400.00 advanced deposit for a succession (the same advanced-deposit category as accounts, tutorships, garnishments, and executory process) and a $300.00 small-succession deposit. formal_administration records the $400.00 succession advance deposit and small_estate_affidavit records the $300.00 small-succession deposit. The succession representative's default compensation is 2.5% of the inventory (La. C.C.P. art. 3351). Confirm the current succession advance deposit with the Clerk before filing.
Required Documents
E-Filing & Filing Methods
Records portal
Check live court-record information when available. Search results may not include every probate record.
Timelines & Proceedings
Deadlines & Creditor Claims
Key Deadlines
- Will Deposit
- Verify locally
- Creditor Claims
- Verify locally
Creditor Claims
- Period Starts
- opening of an administration
- Statute
- La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3241-3245
Related Proceedings
Property Recording
Source ↗Sources for this page (6)
The facts above come from these official sources. Verify current details with the office before filing.
- catahoulaclerk.comhttps://catahoulaclerk.com/
- eclerksla.comhttps://www.eclerksla.com/about/statewideportal
- legis.la.govhttps://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78100
- legis.la.govhttps://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111725
- legis.la.govhttps://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111765
- louisianalawhelp.orghttps://louisianalawhelp.org/resource/basic-laws-of-successions