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  "citation": "R.S. 9:1588",
  "heading": "Power to represent state in court; costs",
  "text": "Public administrators may appear in court in behalf of the state to assert its claim to any succession in which the state may be interested. They shall not be required to advance or pay any costs of court or sheriff's costs or to give appeal or other bond in any judicial proceeding instituted by or against them in their official capacities.",
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      "name": "OF SUCCESSIONS"
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      "act_year": 1960,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1960, No. 497, §1.",
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