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Louisiana Financial Power of Attorney (Mandate) Form
A financial mandate with selectable scope and timing. Express authority and the correct legal form may be needed for particular transactions.
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Louisiana Health Care Power of Attorney Form
Expressly appoints a health care agent if the principal becomes unable to make health care decisions, subject to the initialed powers and written limits.
Sources checked: 2026-11-13. General information, not individual legal advice.
Louisiana commonly calls a power of attorney a mandate and the agent a mandatary. The legal-aid forms below separate financial powers from health care and visitation decisions. Particular transactions may require express authority or a particular legal form; a general checkbox should not be treated as permission for every act.
Choose a document for the decisions involved
| Purpose | Form and guide | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Financial and property matters | Louisiana Financial Power of Attorney (Mandate) Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
| Health care decisions | Louisiana Health Care Power of Attorney Form | Publisher PDF · read complete instructions |
Use each form page for the complete document, the named publisher and its instructions. A financial appointment and a health care appointment serve different purposes.
Compare the signing arrangements
Financial and property matters: Follow the principal and mandatary signature blocks. The template recommends witnesses and includes a notarial block. Louisiana formalities depend on the acts authorized under Civil Code article 2993..
Health care decisions: The template includes the principal’s signature and two witness declarations. Its separate notarization block is explicitly labeled optional..
These summaries identify the arrangements described by the cited law or selected form. Read the detail page for witness eligibility, exceptions and any differences between a publisher’s instructions and current law.
Prepare the complete document
Discuss the role with your proposed agent and any successor. Read every page before signing, including notices, special powers, treatment choices and agent acknowledgments. Keep the instructions with the form, and give complete copies to the people or institutions that will rely on it.
The directory identifies the publisher and edition instead of implying that all documents come from government. Agency transactions, real estate recording and unusual arrangements can require additional steps.
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Sources and verification
- Louisiana Civil Legal Navigator / Lagniappe Law Lab: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Direct PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Code article 2993 — form (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Code article 2997 — express authority (opens in a new tab)
- Louisiana Civil Legal Navigator / Lagniappe Law Lab: source and instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Direct PDF (opens in a new tab)
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