La. Stat. tit. 9 § 1584
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647
They shall be appointed dative testamentary executors of all testate successions in their respective parishes when, for any cause, the executor cannot discharge the duties of his office and when there is no surviving husband or wife or heir present or represented in the state.
La. R.S. § 9:1584