Updated August 7, 2026. Quick answer: every figure Clear Money Guide holds about Louisiana, on one page, each one copied from a dataset that cites its own statute or agency. Built for reporters on deadline — take any line, follow the link for the source.
What stands out about Louisiana
These are the figures where Louisiana differs most from the rest of the country — selected by counting how many jurisdictions share each value, not by editorial preference.
- Return deadline: 1 month after lease termination — the only jurisdiction of the 51 we have data for
- Formation fee: $100 through 2026-09-30; $125 effective 2026-10-01 — the only jurisdiction of the 48 we have data for
- Grace period days: 30 days, or at the insurer’s option one month — the only jurisdiction of the 47 we have data for
- Authority: regulation — one of only 7 of 30
What dying costs here
- Small estate limit: 125000
- Small estate scope: unstated
Source and full detail: the cost-of-dying index. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Estate and property law status
- Authorized: yes
- Statute or act: La. R.S. 35:621 et seq. (incl. 35:625.1, :627, :629), enacted Acts 2020 No. 254 (HB 274)
- Effective date: 2020-08-01
- Conditions: Civil-law notarial regime, not RULONA. Only an already-commissioned Louisiana notary may apply to the SOS for RON authorization; requires prescribed courses and SOS approval of the identity-verification/AV platform. AV recordings and electronic copies retained at least 10 years. Law effective 202…
- Association name: Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association (LLHIGA)
- Death benefit limit: $300,000
- Cash surrender limit: $100,000
- Annuity limit: $250,000
- Aggregate limit: $500,000
- Statute citation: La. Rev. Stat. § 22:2083(C), (D) (Louisiana Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act)
- Free look days: 10 days
- Trigger: the date of the insured’s receipt of the policy
- Refund basis: any premium advanced by the insured, upon the surrender, shall be immediately returned to him
- Grace period days: 30 days, or at the insurer’s option one month
- Coverage during grace: the policy shall continue in full force; if a claim arises during grace before the overdue premiums or the deferred premiums of the current policy year are paid, those premiums together with interest not exceeding 6% per annum on any overdue premium may be deducted from any amount payable under t…
Source and full detail: notary rules by state · guaranty association limits · life insurance free-look periods · life insurance grace periods. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Working and earning here
- Quit deadline: By the next regular payday for the pay cycle worked, or no later than 15 days after resignation, whichever occurs FIRST
- Fired deadline: By the next regular payday, or no later than 15 days after discharge, whichever occurs FIRST
- Statute citation: La. R.S. 23:631, 23:632
- Has law: No
- Disclosure trigger: none
- Salary history ban: no
- Local ordinances: none identified
- Authority: regulation
- Reciprocity: none
- Contested: no
Source and full detail: final paycheck laws by state · pay transparency laws by state · paid family leave by state · the convenience-of-the-employer rule. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Renting here
- Return deadline: 1 month after lease termination
- Interest required: no
- Statute citation: La. R.S. 9:3251; 9:3252
Source and full detail: security deposit law by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Starting a business here
- Formation fee: $100 through 2026-09-30; $125 effective 2026-10-01
- Annual report: $30 through 2026-09-30; $35 effective 2026-10-01
- Franchise tax: not verified
- Publication requirement: none identified
- Expedite options: $30 for 24-hour processing; $50 priority (processed while you wait)
- Statute citation: La. SOS Commercial Division fee schedule; Act 921 of the 2026 Regular Session (fee increase effective 2026-10-01)
- Five year total: at least $250
Source and full detail: LLC cost by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
Tax treatment here
- Has law: Yes
- Treatment: ordinary income
- Rate: 3.00% flat
- Preferential mechanism: none
- Tax year: 2026
- Statute citation: La. R.S. 47:32 (rates); La. R.S. 47:293(9)(a)(xvii) (capital gain deduction on sale of a Louisiana business – status unverified)
Source and full detail: capital gains tax by state. Figures copied from those pages, which own them.
For journalists: how to cite this
Clear Money Guide, Louisiana Money Statistics 2026. https://clearmoneyguide.com/state-money-statistics/louisiana/. Every figure on this page is copied from a Clear Money Guide dataset that states its own primary source and the date it was read — follow the section links for the statute or agency behind any number. Free to reuse with attribution under CC BY 4.0.
What this sheet does and does not contain
This sheet aggregates; it does not research. Every figure is copied from the owning page linked in each section, and a figure we do not own is simply absent — not estimated, not inferred from a neighbouring state. That is why sheets differ in length: this one states 43 figures, and a state where we hold less will show fewer. A short sheet means we have less, not that the state has less.
Statutory law changes. Each linked owner page carries the date its figures were read; check there before relying on anything here. See also Louisiana financial adviser statistics and all 51 state money sheets.
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