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Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition (1856)

SEALS, matters of succession. On the death of a person, according to the
laws of Louisiana, if the heir wishes to obtain the benefit of inventory,
and the delays for deliberating, he is bound as soon as he knows of the
death of the deceased to whose succession he is called, and before
committing any act of heirship, to cause the seals to be affixed on the
effects of the succession, by any judge or justice of the peace. Civ. Code,
of Lo. art. 1027.
2. In ten days after this affixing of the seals, the, heir is bound to
present a petition to the judge of the place in which the succession, is
opened, praying for the removal of the seals, and that a true and faithful
inventory of the effects of the succession be made. Id. art. 1028.
3. In case of vacant estates, and estates of which the heirs are absent
and not represented, the seals, after the decease, must be affixed by a
judge or justice of the peace within the limits of his jurisdiction, and may
be fixed by him, either ex officio, or at the request of the parties. Civ.
Code of Lo. art. 1070. The seals are affixed at the request of the parties,
when a widow, a testamentary executor, or any other person who pretends to
have an interest in a succession or community of property, requires it. Id.
art. 1071.; They are affixed ex officio, when the presumptive heirs of the
deceased do not all reside in the place where be died, or if any of them
happen to be absent. Id. art 1072.
4. The object of placing the seals on the effects of a succession, is
for the purpose of preserving them, and for the interest of third persons.
Id. art. 1068.
5. The seals must be placed on the bureaus, coffers, armoires, and
other things, which contain the effects and papers of the deceased, and on
the doors of the apartments which contain these things, so that they cannot
be opened without tearing off, breaking, or altering the seals. Id. art.
1069.
6. The judge or justice of the peace, who affixes the seals, is bound
to appoint guardian, at the expense of the succession, to take care of the
seals and of the effects, of which an account is taken at the end of the
proces verbal of the affixing of the seals; the guardian must be
domiciliated in the place where the inventory is taken. Id. art. 1079. And
the judge; when he retires, must take with him the keys of all things and
apartments upon which the seals have been affixed. lb.
7. The raising of the seals is done by the judge of the place, or
justice of the peace appointed by him to that effect, in the presence of the
witnesses of the vicinage, in the same manner as for the affixing of the
seals. Id. art. 1084. See, generally; Benefit of Inventory, Succession; Code
de Pro. Civ. 2e part. lib. 1, t. 1, 2, 3; Dict. de Jurisp. Scelle.