---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:3331
citation: "R.S. 13:3331"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 12"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1960, number: 32, section: 6, effective_date: 1961-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Foreign administrator or executor may sue to recover damages for wrongful death

When a right of action to recover damages for the wrongful death of a nonresident vests in the administrator or executor appointed or confirmed by a court of the domicile of the deceased, this administrator or executor may institute and prosecute the action in a court of this state without the necessity of qualifying as ancillary administrator or executor.