La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 2674

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session, Acts 3, and 6-407
Section 2674 - Attorney appointed to represent unrepresented defendant

The court shall appoint an attorney at law to represent the unrepresented defendant in an executory proceeding under the following circumstances:

(1) When the defendant is an absentee;
(2) When the debtor is dead, no succession representative has been appointed, and his heirs and legatees have not been sent into possession;
(3) When the debtor's property is under the administration of a legal representative, but the latter has died, resigned, or been removed from office, and no successor thereof has qualified;
(4) When the defendant is a corporation or a partnership upon which process cannot be served for any reason; and
(5) When the defendant is a minor, or a mental incompetent, who has no legal representative at the time of the institution of the proceeding.

La. C.P. § 2674