Upon qualification of the appointed curator, the court or clerk thereof shall issue letters of curatorship in the name and under the seal of the court. The letters shall set forth the date of the qualification of the curator and the date, if any, on which the letters expire. Letters of curatorship issued to a limited curator shall also set forth the powers of the limited curator.
Art. 4564.Letters of Curatorship
Book VII. Special Proceedings · Title VIII. Interdiction and Curatorship of Interdicts · Chapter 2. Curators and Undercurators · Enacted 2000 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 30, 2026
In one sentenceArticle 4564 requires the court or clerk to issue letters of curatorship once the curator qualifies, stating the qualification date and any expiration date, with a limited curator's letters also spelling out the specific powers conferred.
Full Text of Art. 4564
Amendment History
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 25, §3, eff. 7/1/2001.
Plain-English Summary
Letters of curatorship are the document that proves a curator's authority to act -- the paper a bank, a hospital, or a buyer of the interdict's property can ask to see before dealing with the curator. Article 4564 requires the court, or the clerk of court, to issue those letters once the appointed curator has qualified, in the name of and under the seal of the court. This is curatorship's version of the letters of tutorship a tutor receives under Title VI.
The letters have to state the date the curator qualified and, if the curatorship is not open-ended, the date on which the letters expire -- relevant, for instance, when the curator was appointed under a temporary or preliminary interdiction with its own termination date. For a limited curator, the letters must also spell out the specific powers conferred, so anyone relying on the letters can see exactly what the limited curator is, and is not, authorized to do.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does a curator prove authority to act for an interdict?
Through letters of curatorship, issued by the court or clerk once the curator qualifies.
Do letters of curatorship expire?
They can. The letters state any expiration date, which matters most for a curator appointed under a temporary or preliminary interdiction.
Do letters of curatorship show what a limited curator is allowed to do?
Yes. Letters issued to a limited curator set forth the specific powers the curator holds.
Source & verification. Article text is reproduced verbatim from
the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (legis.la.gov). Enacted by the Louisiana Legislature.
Last verified July 30, 2026.
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