2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 133
BY SENATOR MILLIGAN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 6:314(A) and 766.1(A), relative to banking; to provide for state
3 banks; to provide for savings and loan associations; to provide for payable on death
4 accounts; to provide for affidavit requirements; to provide for requirements,
5 procedures, and conditions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 6:314(A) and 766.1(A) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8 as follows:
9 §314. Trust deposits; death of depositor; payment
10 A. Upon the death of a depositor who has deposited a sum in any bank
11 account evidencing by the depositor's signature an intention that upon the death of
12 the depositor, the funds shall belong to one or more named beneficiaries of the
13 depositor, the bank may pay the deposit, together with the dividends or interest
14 accruing thereto, to the named beneficiaries for whom the deposit was made. The
15 depositor shall give to the depository bank an affidavit in authentic form or an act
16 under private signature executed in the presence of an officer or a branch manager
17 of the depository bank and two additional persons, stating the names of one or more
18 beneficiaries. The bank may conclusively rely on this affidavit or act for the
19 disbursal of funds. Upon receiving a death certificate, the bank may disburse funds
20 to the named beneficiaries. The beneficiaries shall be specifically named in the
21 deposit account records of the bank.
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23 §766.1. Payable on death accounts
24 A. Upon the death of a depositor who has deposited a sum in any account
25 evidencing by the depositor's signature an intention that upon the death of the
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1 depositor, the funds shall belong to one or more named beneficiaries of the depositor,
2 the association may pay the deposit, together with the dividends or interest accruing
3 thereto, to the named beneficiaries for whom the deposit was made. The depositor
4 shall give to the association an affidavit in authentic form or an act under private
5 signature executed in the presence of an officer or a branch manager of the
6 association and two additional persons, stating the names of one or more
7 beneficiaries. The association may conclusively rely on this affidavit or act for the
8 disbursal of funds. Upon receiving a death certificate, the association may disburse
9 funds to the named beneficiaries. The beneficiaries shall be specifically named in
10 the deposit account records of the association.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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