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LA Rev Stat § 35:9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§9. Instruments, before ambassadors and consular officials

RS 9 - Instruments, before ambassadors and consular officials Every mortgage, sale, lease, transfer, assignment, power of attorney, or other instrument, and every oath or affirmation, made or taken in any foreign country, before any ambassador, minister, charge d'affaires, secretary of legation, consul general, consul, vice-consul, or commercial agent, or before one of the following officers commissioned or accredited to act at the place where the act is made or taken, and having an official seal, to wit: any officer of the United States, any notary public, or any commissioner or other agent of this state having power to take acknowledgements, and every acknowledgement, attestation or authentication of such instruments, oaths or affirmations made by any of these officers under their official seals and signatures, shall have the full force and effect of an authentic act executed in this state; and it shall not be necessary that the officer be assisted by two witnesses, as in the case of a notary executing an authentic act in this state, but the attestation, seal and signature of the officer shall of themselves be sufficient; nor shall it be necessary that the person appearing before the officer to execute any of these instruments, or to take any oath or affirmation, be a resident of the place where the officer is located. Whenever any such original instrument, oath, or affirmation has been deposited in the office of a notary in this state, the notary is authorized to make copies of the same, which shall have the same force and effect as copies of authentic acts executed in this state. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 240, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 35:10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§10. Place of executing notarial acts

RS 10 - Place of executing notarial acts All notarial acts shall be made and executed at any place within the jurisdictional limits of the notary. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 460, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 35:11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§11. Marital status of parties to be given

RS 11 - Marital status of parties to be given A. Whenever notaries pass any acts they shall give the marital status of all parties to the act, viz: If either or any party or parties are men, they shall be described as single, married, or widower. If married or widower the christian and family name of wife shall be given. If either or any party or parties are women, they shall be described as single, married or widow. If married or widow, their christian and family name shall be given, adding that she is the wife of or widow of . . . the husband's name. B. A declaration as to one's marital status in an acquisition of immovable property by the person acquiring the property creates a presumption that the marital status as declared in the act of acquisition is correct and, except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, any subsequent alienation, encumbrance, or lease of the immovable by onerous title shall not be attacked on the ground that the marital status was not as stated in the declaration. C. Any person may file an action to attack the subsequent alienation, encumbrance, or lease on the ground that the marital status of the party as stated in the initial act of acquisition is false and incorrect; however, such action to attack the alienation, encumbrance, or lease shall not affect any right or rights acquired by a third person acting in good faith. D. The presumption provided in Subsection B of this Section is hereby declared to be remedial and made retroactive to any alienation, encumbrance, or lease made prior to September 1, 1987. Any person who has a right as provided in Subsection C of this Section, which right has not prescribed or otherwise been extinguished or barred upon September 1, 1987 and who is adversely affected by the provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall have six months from September 1, 1987 to initiate an action to attack the transaction or otherwise be forever barred from exercising his right or cause of action. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 679, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Acts 1987, No. 467, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
LA Rev Stat § 35:13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§13. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 384, §1

RS 13 - Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 384, §1
LA Rev Stat § 35:14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§14. Disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited from exercising notarial functions

RS 14 - Disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited from exercising notarial functions Any attorney at law, or person who was an attorney at law, who is disbarred or suspended from the practice of law due to charges filed by the Committee on Professional Responsibility of the Louisiana State Bar Association or who has consented to disbarment shall not be qualified or eligible nor shall he exercise any functions as a notary public in any parish of the state of Louisiana as long as he remains disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in Louisiana. Provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall apply to any action taken against an attorney at law for failure to pay annual dues. Added by Acts 1976, No. 301, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 35:16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§16. Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority

RS 16 - Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority  A. The secretary of state shall suspend the commission of a notary public who is not an attorney when the notary ceases to be a registered voter in the parish of that notary's commission, or is convicted of a felony. The secretary of state shall send a notice of suspension by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the notary public stating the reasons for his suspension.  B. If the suspension arises from failure of the notary to be registered as a voter in his parish of commission, the notice of suspension shall give the notary public ten days from the date of receipt to register as a voter in the parish of his commission. If the notary public fails to do so, the secretary of state shall notify the attorney general or the district attorney of the parish in which the notary is commissioned for the purpose of instituting a rule to show cause to revoke the commission pursuant to R.S. 35:15.  C. If the suspension arises from conviction of a felony, the period of suspension shall continue until the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings has been exhausted. If the conviction is reversed upon appeal, or if a pardon is issued for the conviction, the suspension shall terminate and the commission shall be reinstated. When the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court proceedings is exhausted, and if no pardon has been issued, the secretary of state shall notify the attorney general or the district attorney of the parish in which the notary is commissioned for the purpose of instituting a rule to show cause to revoke the commission pursuant to R.S. 35:15.  Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2016, No. 116, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 35:17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§17. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 17 - Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 35:71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§71. Requirement of bond or insurance; suspension of notarial commissions; renewal of bonds or insurance; penalty

RS 71 - Requirement of bond or insurance; suspension of notarial commissions; renewal of bonds or insurance; penalty A.(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority of a notary public to exercise any of the functions of a notary public within his jurisdictional limits shall remain in effect, provided that the notary posts and maintains bond, with good and solvent security, in the amount of ten thousand dollars conditioned on the faithful performance of all duties required by law toward all persons who may employ him in his official capacity as notary public, or that the notary maintains a minimum of ten thousand dollars in errors and omissions insurance coverage. (2) The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to notarial bonds which are currently valid and enforceable until such bonds expire and are required to be renewed. B. All notaries required to post bond, or required to maintain insurance coverage in lieu of posting bond in accordance with this Section, shall file their bond or evidence of current insurance coverage with the secretary of state, and shall maintain on file with the secretary of state their bond or evidence of current insurance coverage at all times. C. Any court of competent jurisdiction may suspend the commission of any notary for failure to pay over money entrusted to him in his official capacity as a notary public, for failure to satisfy any final judgment rendered against him in such capacity, or for other just cause. D.(1) All notaries shall renew their bonds every five years except those notaries who are bonded with a personal surety, as provided in R.S. 35:75. Notaries with a personal surety bond shall renew their bonds upon the death of the personal surety in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. (2) All notaries required to renew their bonds shall file the new or renewed bond or evidence of current insurance coverage with the secretary of state as provided in Subsection B of this Section. E. The commission of any qualified notary, other than a licensed attorney at law, who fails to renew his notarial bond timely or who fails to timely file his new or renewed bond or evidence of insurance coverage, as provided in Paragraph (D)(2) of this Section, shall be automatically suspended, and the notary shall have no authority to exercise any of the functions of a notary public until the required bond or insurance is in force and effect, and the bond or evidence of insurance has been filed with the secretary of state. F. The secretary of state shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, where necessary, for implementation of this Section, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.1 Acts 1989, No. 769, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2004, No. 562, §1; Acts 2006, No. 796, §1. 1R.S. 49:950 et seq.
LA Rev Stat § 35:72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§72. Bonds; elimination of requirement

RS 72 - Bonds; elimination of requirement Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, after August 1, 1988, no notary, who is a licensed attorney at law, shall be required to post a bond of any kind. Acts 1988, No. 943, §1; eff. Aug. 1, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 35:73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§73. Bond not mortgage until suit filed and notice of lis pendens recorded

RS 73 - Bond not mortgage until suit filed and notice of lis pendens recorded The official notarial bond, given by any notary public shall not, when recorded as provided by law, operate as a mortgage either against the property of the principal or of the surety or sureties thereon, unless and until a suit has been filed against the notary to recover on the bond, and a notice of lis pendens has been placed of record against the notary in connection with the suit in the parish where the bond is recorded, in which case the bond shall then operate as a mortgage against the property of both the principal and surety, or sureties, thereon
LA Rev Stat § 35:74 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§74. Inclusion of bonds in mortgage certificates

RS 74 - Inclusion of bonds in mortgage certificates The clerks of court in preparing mortgage certificates shall not include notarial bonds thereon unless an action has been commenced on the bond and a notice of lis pendens has been filed in connection therewith as provided in R.S. 35:73.
LA Rev Stat § 35:75 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§75. Substituted notarial bond with personal surety

RS 75 - Substituted notarial bond with personal surety In all cases where notaries public throughout the state of Louisiana have filed or recorded, or may hereafter file and record, bonds in the offices of the several clerks of court and ex-officio recorder of conveyances and mortgages, and the register of conveyances and mortgages of the parish of Orleans, with any surety company authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana as surety, as permitted by existing laws, may, in lieu of such bonds of any surety company aforesaid, substitute a bond with personal surety acceptable to the presiding judge of the parish for which the notary is commissioned. The Secretary of State shall accept said substituted notarial bond with personal surety in lieu of notarial bond with surety company as surety. Acts 1952, No. 497, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 35:76 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§76. Release of surety company upon acceptance of personal surety bond

RS 76 - Release of surety company upon acceptance of personal surety bond The Secretary of State for the state of Louisiana, upon filing and recordation of a notarial bond with the Secretary of State, with personal surety in lieu of a surety company, shall upon request execute a release of the surety company effective as of the date of the acceptance of the personal surety bond in lieu thereof. Acts 1952, No. 497, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 35:77 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§77. Cancellation of surety company bond

RS 77 - Cancellation of surety company bond Upon presentation of such personal surety bond containing a certificate of its sufficiency by the presiding judge of the parish of the state for which the notary was commissioned, and certificate of approval by the Secretary of State to any clerk of court and ex-officio recorder of conveyances and mortgages, and the register of conveyances and mortgages of the parish of Orleans, the said clerk, register or recorder of mortgages, shall upon application by any interested party cancel and erase in full from the records of his office said notarial bond with surety company as surety now or hereafter recorded in the conveyance or mortgage records of his office. Acts 1952, No. 497, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 35:131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§131. Grant of leave of absence; suspension of prescription

RS 131 - Grant of leave of absence; suspension of prescription A. The secretary of state on behalf of the governor may grant leave of absence to notaries public for a period not exceeding thirty-six months, to date from the day the leave is granted. B. Absence from the state suspends the running of prescription against the notary. Acts 1989, No. 497, §1; Acts 2006, No. 423, §1, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 35:132 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§132. Notaries in military service, leave of absence

RS 132 - Notaries in military service, leave of absence A leave of absence may be granted by the secretary of state on behalf of the governor to any notary public upon his application to the secretary of state in writing certifying that he is a member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or any other branch of the military service of the United States, or of the state of Louisiana, and stating the expiration date of his bond. Acts 2006, No. 423, §1, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 35:133 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§133. Notaries in military service, period of leave

RS 133 - Notaries in military service, period of leave The period of the leaves of absence granted in accordance with R.S. 35:132 shall date from the day the leave is granted and shall terminate sixty days after the date of discharge of the notary from the military service of the United States or the state of Louisiana. Acts 2006, No. 423, §1, eff. June 15, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 35:134 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§134. Expiration of bond during military service; renewal

RS 134 - Expiration of bond during military service; renewal When the notarial bond of a notary public expires during his term of military service, the notary shall have sixty days from the date of his discharge from military service in which to apply for a new bond.
LA Rev Stat § 35:191.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§191.1. Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial examinations

RS 191.1 - Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial examinations  A. The secretary of state shall, with the advice and assistance of the courts and such subject matter experts as the secretary of state may request, develop uniform statewide standards for notarial examinations required by R.S. 35:191(C), which shall be administered at regional testing centers by the secretary of state. The standards developed shall include all of the following:  (1) The procedures and rules for administering and grading the examination for applicants required to take an examination.  (2) The format and content of the examination.  (3) The procedures for review by the secretary of state of any examination which was taken pursuant to R.S. 35:191(C) and which was failed by the examinee.  B. The secretary of state shall also:  (1) Charge a fee of one hundred dollars for each examinee taking an examination.  (2) Publish and make available to the public a document containing the material and sources from which examination questions are devised for use as a study guide and charge a fee of one hundred dollars.  C. The secretary of state is authorized to develop, with the advice and assistance of academically credentialed education professionals, a notary education program for the formal education of candidates for a notary commission.  Acts 2003, No. 1142, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 754, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 423, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2016, No. 438, §1, eff. June 9, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 35:191.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§191.2. Secretary of state; authority; duties

RS 191.2 - Secretary of state; authority; duties The secretary of state shall: (1) Develop a system for compiling and maintaining a current and accurate database of all notaries in this state and assign to each notary a unique "notary identification number". (2) Develop the annual report form and mail by United States Postal Service, or provide by electronic means, the annual report form: (a) To all notaries required to submit an annual report pursuant to R.S. 35:202(A), at least sixty days prior to the anniversary of the date each notary received his commission, commencing with anniversaries occurring on January 1, 2004. (b) To all offices, agencies, departments, and political subdivisions required to submit an annual report pursuant to R.S. 35:202(D) on May first of each year, commencing on May 1, 2004. (3) Collect a fee for receiving and processing the annual report of each notary, not to exceed twenty-five dollars per report. (4) Publish a list of all fees charged by the secretary of state pursuant to this Title in the Louisiana Register. Acts 2003, No. 1142, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §13, eff. June 11, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 35:191.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§191.3. Notary change of address; duty to register

RS 191.3 - Notary change of address; duty to register A. It shall be the duty of every notary public or other person authorized to exercise notarial functions in the state to whom the secretary of state has issued a notary identification number to notify the office of the secretary of state within sixty days after the date of any change in residential address, mailing address, or both. B. The secretary of state shall include notice of this requirement on its notary annual report form. Acts 2008, No. 856, §1
LA Rev Stat § 35:191.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 35 - Notaries Public and Commissioners|§191.4. Secretary of state; procedures for registration and reporting of notary instructors

RS 191.4 - Secretary of state; procedures for registration and reporting of notary instructors  A.(1) The secretary of state shall develop and administer a program to provide for the registration and reporting of persons who provide notary examination preparatory education and instruction.  (2) As used in this Section, a "provider" shall mean any person who provides a course or courses of instruction or study for the training and instruction of persons preparing for the Louisiana notary public examination required for the office of notary public and who charges a fee to any consumer for such service.  B. Beginning February 28, 2015, each person who provides notary examination preparatory education and instruction shall be required to be a commissioned notary public with statewide notarial authority.  C. Each provider shall submit an annual registration statement to the secretary of state on or before January first of each year beginning January 1, 2010. The secretary of state shall provide the form to be used for registration with the secretary of state and all registrations shall be submitted on the form provided by the secretary of state.  D. Each provider, except an educational institution that operates under the oversight of the Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, shall annually post a bond guaranteed by a commercial surety licensed to do business in this state with the secretary of state in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. The bond shall be to ensure the performance of the provider's obligation to deliver any educational services contracted for and shall remain in effect for a period of one year.  E.(1) The secretary of state may impose a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per day against a provider who is not in compliance with the requirements of this Section.  (2) If a penalty imposed under the provisions of this Section is not timely paid by a provider within thirty days of imposition of the penalty by the secretary of state, the attorney general shall institute proceedings against the provider to collect such penalty.  F. Each provider shall be exempt from the licensing requirements of R.S. 17:3140.1 et seq., pertaining to such educational programs or instruction.  G. The secretary of state may establish and require an annual professional development and education program for providers.  H. The secretary of state may promulgate rules and regulations, where necessary, for implementation of the provisions of this Section, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  I. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 24, §2, eff. June 1, 2021.  Acts 2009, No. 80, §1; Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2021, No. 24, §§ 1, 2, eff. June 1, 2021.