Art. 3394. Refusal or inability to accept funds; deposit in bank
A. When an heir, legatee, or creditor is unwilling or unable to accept and receipt for the amount due him, on contradictory motion against the heir, legatee, or creditor the court may order that the succession representative deposit in a state or national bank or in the registry of the court to the credit of the person entitled thereto the amount due him.
B. A receipt showing the deposit shall be sufficient in the discharge of the succession representative to the same extent as though distribution to the person entitled thereto had been made.
Acts 1997, No. 1421, §3, eff. July 1, 1999.