RS 35:201 — Granting of commission; prerequisites


§201.  Granting of commission; prerequisites

A.  Before the governor shall issue to the applicant a commission of notary public for any parish, he shall require of him the production of all of the following:

(1)  The certificate provided by R.S. 35:191(C)(2)(d).

(2)  His oath of office.

(3)  His bond, properly executed, approved, and registered as provided in R.S. 35:192, or evidence of current insurance coverage as required by R.S. 35:71.

(4)  His official signature.

B.  Upon the issuing of the commission, all of the above shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state and annexed in the margin of a book to be kept for that purpose by the secretary of state; provided however, for the parish of Orleans, the secretary of state shall keep a book to be styled "The Notarial Book of Orleans Parish."

Added by Acts 1977, No. 451, §2; Acts 2004, No. 562, §1.