Art. 3113 Inventory taken or descriptive list filed when appointment made

When a court appoints a provisional administrator to handle a deceased person's estate, the court must also require that someone list out the estate's property. This can happen in one of two ways: a formal inventory can be taken, or the administrator can file a descriptive list of everything the estate owns.

This step is required unless the property has already been listed or inventoried before the administrator was appointed. The point is to make sure there's a clear, official record of what belongs to the estate right from the start. This protects everyone involved, including heirs and creditors, by creating a paper trail of the estate's assets before the administrator begins managing them.

In short, if you're an heir or you have a financial interest in someone's estate, this rule guarantees that the property gets documented early on. That way, there's a baseline record to check against later, which helps prevent disputes or confusion about what the estate originally contained.