2022 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners
TITLE 35
NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- §35:1. Appointment of notaries public
- §35:1.1. Commissions previously issued
- §35:2. General powers; administration of certain oaths in any parish; true copies
- §35:2.1. Affidavit of corrections
- §35:3. Oaths and acknowledgments
- §35:4. Notaries connected with banks and other corporations; powers
- §35:5. Foreign notaries; oaths, acts, and acknowledgments; effect
- §35:6. Foreign notaries; acts and other instruments; effect
- §35:7. Acts before authorized military personnel; force and effect
- §35:8. Recorder's copies of instruments before military officers; effect
- §35:9. Instruments, before ambassadors and consular officials
- §35:10. Place of executing notarial acts
- §35:11. Marital status of parties to be given
- §35:12. Names to be given in full, together with parties' permanent mailing addresses; identification numbers
- §35:13. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 384, §1
- §35:14. Disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited from exercising notarial functions
- §35:15. Revocation or suspension of notarial commission or authority to exercise notarial powers
- §35:16. Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority
- §35:17. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
CHAPTER 2. BONDS OF NOTARIES PUBLIC GENERALLY
- §35:71. Requirement of bond or insurance; suspension of notarial commissions; renewal of bonds or insurance; penalty
- §35:72. Bonds; elimination of requirement
- §35:73. Bond not mortgage until suit filed and notice of lis pendens recorded
- §35:74. Inclusion of bonds in mortgage certificates
- §35:75. Substituted notarial bond with personal surety
- §35:76. Release of surety company upon acceptance of personal surety bond
- §35:77. Cancellation of surety company bond
CHAPTER 3. LEAVES OF ABSENCE
- §35:131. Grant of leave of absence; suspension of prescription
- §35:132. Notaries in military service, leave of absence
- §35:133. Notaries in military service, period of leave
- §35:134. Expiration of bond during military service; renewal
CHAPTER 4. APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS,
AND BONDS OF NOTARIES
- §35:191. Appointment; qualifications; examination
- §35:191.1. Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial examinations
- §35:191.2. Secretary of state; authority; duties
- §35:191.3. Notary change of address; duty to register
- §35:191.4. Secretary of state; procedures for registration and reporting of notary instructors
- §35:192. Execution and recordation of bond; filing of certificate of competency
- §35:193. Original surety company bond; necessity for recordation
- §35:194. Substitution of personal surety bond or special mortgage
- §35:195. Cancellation of personal surety bond or special mortgage
- §35:196. Substituted surety company bond; necessity for recordation
- §35:197. Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 451, §3
- §35:198. Liability of notary and surety; effect of surety company bond; cancellation of bond for nonpayment
- §35:199. Duty to file, register, or record notarial instruments
- §35:200. Limitation on actions
- §35:201. Granting of commission; prerequisites
- §35:202. Annual report; filing fee; penalties; suspension
CHAPTER 5. NOTARIES IN ORLEANS PARISH
PART I. APPOINTMENT, BOND, AND OFFICE [REPEALED]
- §35:251. §§251 to 257 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 451, §3
- §35:282. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.
- §35:283. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.
- §35:284. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.
- §35:285. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.
- §35:286. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.
- §35:287. Deputies
PART III
OFFICE AND CUSTODIAN OF NOTARIAL RECORDS
- §35:321. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:322. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:323. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:323.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:324. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:325. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:326. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:327. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:328. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.
- §35:329. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1102, §2.
- §35:330. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:331. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:332. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:333. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:334. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:335. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
- §35:336. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:337. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:337.1. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
- §35:338. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
CHAPTER 6. EX OFFICIO NOTARIES
- §35:391. Ex officio notaries; qualifications
- §35:392. Ex officio notaries; bond; oath
- §35:392.1. Ex officio notaries
- §35:393. Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; powers
- §35:393.1. Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; appointment by secretary
- §35:394. Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Justice
- §35:395. Ex officio notaries public for the Department of State
- §35:396. §396. Ex officio notaries public for Department of Insurance
- §35:397. Ex officio notaries public for the Louisiana State Racing Commission
- §35:398. Ex officio notaries for district attorneys
- §35:399. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 55, §2.
- §35:400. Ex officio notaries public for the United States Forest Service
- §35:401. Ex officio notary public for the Sabine River Authority
- §35:402. Ex officio notaries public for the vital records registry
- §35:403. Ex officio notaries for hospital service district hospitals
- §35:404. Ex officio notaries public of the office of financial institutions
- §35:405. Ex officio notary public for levee district police
- §35:406. Ex officio notaries public of the adult protection agency
- §35:407. Ex officio notaries for municipal police departments
- §35:408. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
- §35:409. Ex officio notaries for university police departments
- §35:410. Ex officio notaries public for the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- §35:411. Ex officio notaries public for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
- §35:412. Ex officio notaries; nonresident persons licensed to practice law with offices in this state
- §35:413. Ex officio notaries public for municipal or parish fire departments and fire protection districts
- §35:414. Ex officio notaries public for Natchitoches Parish government
- §35:415. Ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department
- §35:416. Ex officio notaries for coroners
- §35:417. Ex officio notaries public for the DeSoto Parish government
- §35:418. Ex officio notaries public for the Beauregard Parish School Board
CHAPTER 7. COMMISSIONERS [REPEALED]
CHAPTER 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PART I. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITHIN STATE
- §35:511. Forms of acknowledgment
- §35:512. Married women, acknowledgment by
- §35:513. Officers before whom proof or acknowledgment taken in other states
PART II. FOREIGN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- §35:551. Officers before whom made
- §35:552. Form of certificate of acknowledgment
- §35:553. Acknowledgments in form used in state
- §35:554. Interpretation and construction
- §35:555. Force and effect
CHAPTER 9. UNAUTHORIZED EXERCISE OF NOTARIAL POWERS
- §35:601. Unlawful exercise of notarial powers; penalties
- §35:602. Unlawful exercise of prior authorized or limited notarial powers; penalties
- §35:603. Secretary of state; duties upon receipt of sworn complaint
- §35:604. Applicability to licensed attorneys
CHAPTER 10. REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIZATION
- §35:621. Short title
- §35:622. Definitions
- §35:623. Legal recognition of remote online notarial acts
- §35:624. Standards for remote online notarization
NOTE: §625 eff. upon the enactment of the SECURE Notarization Act of the 116th Congress. See Acts 2020, No. 254.
- §35:625. Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization
- §35:625.1. Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization
- §35:626. Location of notary, parties, and witnesses; location of remote online notarial act
- §35:627. Procedure for performing remote online notarization
- §35:628. Duties of the notary
- §35:629. Records of remote online notarizations
- §35:630. No variation by agreement
CHAPTER 11. MODIFICATION OF PRESENCE REQUIREMENT FOR
NOTARY FUNCTIONS PERFORMED DURING 2020 COVID-19
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY