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LA Rev Stat § 35:622 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§622. Definitions

RS 622 - Definitions  A. In this Chapter:  (1) "Communication technology" means an electronic device or process that allows substantially simultaneous communication by sight and sound.  (2) "Credential analysis" means a process through which the authenticity of an individual's government-issued identification credential is evaluated by another person through review of public and proprietary data sources.  (3) "Identity proofing" means a process through which the identity of an individual is affirmed by another person by either of the following means:  (a) Dynamic knowledge-based authentication, such as a review of personal information from public or proprietary data sources.  (b) Analysis of biometric data, such as facial recognition, voiceprint analysis, or fingerprint analysis.  (4) "Remote online notarial act" means an instrument executed before a notary public by means of communication technology that meets the standards adopted under this Chapter.  (5) "Remote online notarization" means the process through which an instrument is executed before a notary public by means of communication technology that meets the standards adopted under this Chapter.  B. The definitions of "electronic", "electronic record", "electronic signature", and "record" as provided by the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, R.S. 9:2601 et seq., apply in this Chapter.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:623 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§623. Legal recognition of remote online notarial acts

RS 623 - Legal recognition of remote online notarial acts  A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsections B and C of this Section, a remote online notarial act that meets the requirements of R.S. 35:625 through 627 satisfies any requirement that a party appear before a notary public at the time of the execution of the instrument. In all other respects, a remote online notarial act shall comply with other applicable laws governing the manner of the execution of that act.  B. The following instruments shall not be executed by remote online notarization:  (1) Testaments or codicils thereto.  (2) Trust instruments or acknowledgments thereof.  (3) Donations inter vivos.  (4) Matrimonial agreements or acknowledgments thereof.  (5) Acts modifying, waiving, or extinguishing an obligation of final spousal support or acknowledgments thereof.  C. Remote online notarization may not be used to execute an authentic act as defined in Civil Code Article 1833. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, an act that fails to be authentic as a result of being executed by remote online notarization may still be valid as an act under private signature or an acknowledged act.  D. This Chapter supplements and does not repeal, supersede, or limit the provisions of the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, R.S. 9:2601 et seq.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:624 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§624. Standards for remote online notarization

RS 624 - Standards for remote online notarization  A. The secretary of state shall, by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, develop and maintain standards for the implementation of this Chapter.  B. In developing standards for remote online notarization, the secretary of state shall form a stakeholder committee that shall include but need not be limited to representatives of the Louisiana Land Title Association, the Louisiana Association of Independent Land Title Agents, the Louisiana Notary Association, the Louisiana Bankers Association, the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Louisiana Public Tag Association, and the Louisiana State Law Institute.  C. The rules shall be adopted prior to February 1, 2022, and may thereafter be modified, amended, or supplemented with or without the input of the stakeholder committee.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:625 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§625. Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization

RS 625 - Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization  A. Any regularly commissioned notary public who holds a valid notarial commission in the state of Louisiana is hereby authorized to perform remote online notarizations.  B. The provisions of this Section shall cease to be effective on February 1, 2022.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §5, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:625.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§625.1. Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization

RS 625.1 - Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization  A. Only a regularly commissioned notary public who holds a valid notarial commission in the state of Louisiana may be authorized by the secretary of state to perform remote online notarization.  B. In order to obtain authorization to perform remote online notarization, a notary public shall submit an application to the secretary of state in a format prescribed by the secretary of state, complete any course of instruction required by the secretary of state, and satisfy any other requirements imposed by rules adopted by the secretary of state.  C. The authority to perform remote online notarization shall continue as long as the notary public is validly commissioned and the secretary of state has not revoked the notary public's authority to perform remote online notarization.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §6, eff. Feb. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 35:626 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§626. Location of notary, parties, and witnesses; location of remote online notarial act

RS 626 - Location of notary, parties, and witnesses; location of remote online notarial act  A. A notary public physically located in any parish of this state in which the notary has the power to exercise the function of a notary public may perform a remote online notarization for a party who is not in the physical presence of the notary and who may be located in or outside this state. A witness to a remote online notarial act shall be in the physical presence of the party.  B. A remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in any parish of this state where any party is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization. If no party was physically located in this state at the time of the remote online notarization, the remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in the parish where the notary public is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:627 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§627. Procedure for performing remote online notarization

RS 627 - Procedure for performing remote online notarization  A. At the time of a remote online notarization, the notary public shall verify the identity of any party or witness appearing remotely, both through use of communication technology and by one of the following means:  (1) The notary public's personal knowledge of the individual.  (2) A process that includes all of the following:  (a) Remote presentation by the individual of a government-issued identification credential, such as a passport or driver's license, that contains the signature and a photograph of the individual.  (b) Credential analysis.  (c) Identity proofing.  B. The notary public shall do all of the following:  (1) Include in the remote online notarial act a statement that it is a remote online notarial act.  (2) Attach to or cause to be logically associated with the remote online notarial act the notary public's electronic signature, together with all other information required to be included in the act by other applicable law.  (3) Digitally sign the remote online notarial act in a manner that renders any subsequent change or modification of the remote online notarial act to be evident.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:628 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§628. Duties of the notary

RS 628 - Duties of the notary  The notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure both of the following:  (1) The communication technology used in the performance of a remote online notarization is secure from unauthorized interception.  (2) The electronic record before the notary public is the same electronic record in which the party made a statement or on which the party executed or adopted an electronic signature.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:629 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§629. Records of remote online notarizations

RS 629 - Records of remote online notarizations  A. The notary public shall do all of the following:  (1) Maintain electronic copies capable of being printed in a tangible medium of all remote online notarial acts for at least ten years after the date of the remote online notarization.  (2) Maintain an audio and video recording of each remote online notarization for at least ten years after the date of the remote online notarization.  (3) Take reasonable steps to secure the records required to be maintained by this Section from corruption, loss, destruction, and unauthorized interception or alteration.  B. The notary public may designate a custodian to maintain the electronic records required by Subsection A of this Section, provided that the notary public has unrestricted access to the electronic records and the custodian meets any standards established by the secretary of state for the maintenance of electronic records.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:630 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§630. No variation by agreement

RS 630 - No variation by agreement  The provisions of this Chapter may not be varied by agreement.  Acts 2020, No. 254, §4, see Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:701 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§701. Purpose; ratification

RS 701 - Purpose; ratification  A. The legislature finds that the COVID-19 public health emergency created a statewide emergency disrupting the ability of notaries public to be in the physical presence of persons whose signatures the notary public was authenticating. This Chapter is enacted for the benefit and protection of the state as a whole and its citizens, to prevent injustice, inequity, undue hardship, and disruption of transactions to persons relying on the authentication of signatures of persons not in the physical presence of a notary public by a notary public who authenticated the signature through electronic means using audio-video communication. Therefore, this Chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.  B. The action of the governor of this state in issuing Section 6 of Proclamation Number 37 JBE 2020 and Part C of Section 5 of Proclamation Number 41 JBE 2020 is hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed subject to the provisions of this Chapter.  Acts 2020, No. 131, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.  NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 131, §3, regarding retroactive application of the Act.
LA Rev Stat § 35:702 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§702. Remote notarization authorized

RS 702 - Remote notarization authorized  A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any act in which any person or witness appeared before a notary public using an electronic device or process which allowed all such persons and the notary public to communicate simultaneously by sight and sound and to which the electronic signatures of such persons, witnesses, and the notary public were affixed on or after March 11, 2020, and before May 1, 2020, shall have the same force and effect as if all persons, witnesses, and the notary public had been in the physical presence of each other.  B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any testament, trust instrument, donation inter vivos, matrimonial agreement, act modifying, waiving, or extinguishing an obligation of final spousal support, or any amendments to such acts, or authentic acts.  C. Any act which would constitute an authentic act but for the appearance of one or more necessary persons via electronic means, may still be valid as an act under private signature or an acknowledged act.  Acts 2020, No. 131, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.  NOTE: See Acts 2020, No. 131, §3, regarding retroactive application of the Act.
LA Rev Stat § 36:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§1. Short title

RS 1 - Short title  This Title shall be known and may be cited as the Executive Reorganization Act.  Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 36:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§3. Definitions

RS 3 - Definitions  For the purposes of this Title the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Agency" means and includes the boards, commissions, departments, agencies, offices, officers, and other instrumentalities, or any or all of these, within the executive branch of state government which are abolished by this Title or which are transferred and placed within departments of the state government created and established or continued by this Title or transferred to and placed within the office of the governor as provided by this Title.  (2) "Assistant secretary" means the officer designated by law or by the secretary of each department to carry out the duties and functions of an office within certain departments, except an office of management and finance and the office of state police of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.  (3) "Department" means a department of the executive branch of state government created or continued in this Title in accordance with the constitutional mandate contained in Article IV, Section 1 and in Article XIV, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana and shall include the Louisiana Workforce Commission.  (4) "Deputy secretary" means the officer authorized to be appointed by the secretary to serve as his principal administrative assistant. For the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the "deputy secretary for public safety services" and the "deputy secretary for corrections services" shall be the officers of the department appointed by the secretary to serve as the principal administrative assistants of the secretary and references in any provision of law to the deputy secretary, where reference is to a deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, shall include these two officers.  (5) "Office" means each principal operational unit within a department, except the executive office of the secretary. It shall not include the office of the governor and the office of lieutenant governor.  (6) "Secretary" means the officer appointed by the governor as the executive head and chief administrative officer of certain departments created and provided for by this Title.  (7) "Undersecretary" means the officer designated to direct and be responsible for the functions of the office of management and finance of certain departments. For the Department of Children and Family Services, "undersecretary" means the officer designated to direct and be responsible for the functions of the division of management and finance within the office of children and family services.  Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1984, No. 326, §1, eff. July 2, 1984; Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 438, §15(A); Acts 2010, No. 877, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 811, §11, eff. July 1, 2012; Acts 2016, No. 90, §2, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 380, §2, eff. June 30, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 36:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§5. Departmental officers; unclassified service

RS 5 - Departmental officers; unclassified service  The secretary, deputy secretary, undersecretary, and assistant secretaries of departments of the executive branch of state government shall be in the unclassified service of the state.  Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 36:6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§6. Appointments to public office; reporting requirements

RS 6 - Appointments to public office; reporting requirements  A. Not later than thirty days after the governor appoints a person to any public office within the executive branch of state government or to any other public office which requires Senate confirmation, the governor shall provide the secretary of state and the Senate with the information described in Subsection C of this Section.  B. Not later than thirty days after an authority other than the governor appoints a person to any public office which requires Senate confirmation, the authority shall provide the secretary of state and the Senate with the information described in Subsection C of this Section.  C. The information to be provided to the secretary of state and to the Senate pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section shall include the following:  (1) Name, home address, and telephone number of the person appointed.  (2) Data relating to the position to which the person is appointed including the official designation of the position, the name of the person who is being succeeded, if any, the cause of the vacancy or any other occurrence necessitating the appointment, the effective date of the appointment, and the date on which the appointment expires.  D. "Public office" as used in this Section means any state, district, parish, or municipal office or any position on a board, commission, committee, council, or similar governmental entity if the office or position is appointive and is established by the constitution or laws of this state or by executive order.  Added by Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 36:7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§7. Multi-member entities within the executive branch; reporting requirements

RS 7 - Multi-member entities within the executive branch; reporting requirements  A. As used in this Section, "board" includes each board, commission, committee, council, or other multi-member entity within the executive branch of the state government which is established by the constitution or laws of this state or by executive order and on which any of the membership is appointed.  B. On or before January 15 of each year, each board shall submit to the Senate, on forms developed and provided by the Senate, such information as may be requested pertaining to the board's membership.  C. Except for a vacancy due to expiration of a term, each board shall inform the governor and the Senate in writing of the existence and cause of any vacancy in its membership not later than thirty days after the occurrence of the vacancy.  Added by Acts 1981, No. 873, §1, eff. Sept. 11, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 36:8.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§8.2. Internal auditing function

RS 8.2 - Internal auditing function  A. The secretary of a department that includes an agency that has an appropriation in the general appropriation bill or the ancillary appropriation bill of thirty million dollars or more shall establish an internal audit function and shall establish an office of the chief audit executive who shall be responsible for ensuring that the internal audit function adheres to the Institute of Internal Auditors, International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. The chief audit executive shall maintain organizational independence in accordance with these standards and shall have direct and unrestricted access to the secretary. The chief audit executive shall annually certify to the secretary that the internal audit function conforms to the Institute of Internal Auditors, International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing.  B. For the purpose of this Section, "secretary" means the chief administrative officer of each department in the executive branch of state government, except "secretary" means the following in the case of the listed departments:  (1) For the Department of State Civil Service, the State Civil Service Commission through the director.  (2) For the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.  (3) For the Department of Education, the state superintendent of education, except as otherwise provided in Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 relative to the internal audit function for the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission, the Board of Regents, and the postsecondary education management boards and institutions and agencies under the authority of those agencies.  (4) For the Department of Insurance, the commissioner of insurance.  (5) For the Department of Justice, the attorney general.  (6) For the Department of Public Service, the Public Service Commission.  (7) For the Department of State, the secretary of state.  (8) For the Department of the Treasury, the state treasurer.  (9) For the Louisiana Workforce Commission, the executive director.  (10) For the office of the governor and all of the agencies transferred or placed within the office of the governor, the commissioner of administration.  Acts 2015, No. 314, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 36:9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Organization of the Executive Branch|§9. Designation of certain organizational units; uniform terminology

RS 9 - Designation of certain organizational units; uniform terminology  A. All organizational units in the departments of the executive branch of state government shall be designated and named as provided in this Section.  B. Each organizational unit which is within an office of a department shall be designated as follows:  (1) A subunit of an office shall be designated as a division.  (2) A subunit of a division shall be designated as a section.  (3) A subunit of a section shall be designated as a unit.  C.(1) Each organizational unit which reports to the secretary, which is not an agency and is not within an office, shall be in the executive office of the secretary and shall be designated as follows:  (a) A unit which reports directly to the secretary shall be designated as a bureau.  (b) A subunit of a bureau shall be designated as a section.  (c) A subunit of a section shall be designated as a unit.  (2) For the Department of Children and Family Services, each organizational unit which reports to the secretary, which is not an agency and is not within the division of management and finance, the division of child welfare, or the division of family support, shall be in the executive division, and shall be designated as follows:  (a) A unit which reports directly to the secretary shall be designated as a bureau.  (b) A subunit of a bureau shall be designated as a section.  (c) A subunit of a section shall be designated as a unit.  D. The officers of each department shall be responsible for implementation of this Section and shall report to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the Senate the completion of such implementation and the changes in designation of organizational units made as provided in this Section.  Acts 1987, No. 736, §1; Acts 2010, No. 877, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2016, No. 90, §2, eff. July 1, 2016.