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Appointment of notaries public

Commissions previously issued

General powers; administration of certain oaths in any parish; true copies

Affidavit of corrections

Oaths and acknowledgments

Notaries connected with banks and other corporations; powers

Foreign notaries; oaths, acts, and acknowledgments; effect

Foreign notaries; acts and other instruments; effect

Acts before authorized military personnel; force and effect

Recorder's copies of instruments before military officers; effect

Instruments, before ambassadors and consular officials

Place of executing notarial acts

Marital status of parties to be given

Names to be given in full, together with parties' permanent mailing addresses; identification numbers

Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 384, §1

Disbarred or suspended attorney prohibited from exercising notarial functions

Revocation or suspension of notarial commission or authority to exercise notarial powers

Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 169, §8, eff. July 1, 2006.

Requirement of bond or insurance; suspension of notarial commissions; renewal of bonds or insurance; penalty

Bonds; elimination of requirement

Bond not mortgage until suit filed and notice of lis pendens recorded

Inclusion of bonds in mortgage certificates

Substituted notarial bond with personal surety

Release of surety company upon acceptance of personal surety bond

Cancellation of surety company bond

Grant of leave of absence; suspension of prescription

Notaries in military service, leave of absence

Notaries in military service, period of leave

Expiration of bond during military service; renewal

Appointment; qualifications; examination

Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial examinations

Secretary of state; authority; duties

Notary change of address; duty to register

Secretary of state; procedures for registration and reporting of notary instructors

Execution and recordation of bond; filing of certificate of competency

Original surety company bond; necessity for recordation

Substitution of personal surety bond or special mortgage

Cancellation of personal surety bond or special mortgage

Substituted surety company bond; necessity for recordation

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 451, §3

Liability of notary and surety; effect of surety company bond; cancellation of bond for nonpayment

Duty to file, register, or record notarial instruments

Limitation on actions

Granting of commission; prerequisites

Annual report; filing fee; penalties; suspension

Sections
251. 251 to 257

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 451, §3

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 730, §2.

Deputies

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1102, §2.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 212, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §20(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Ex officio notaries; qualifications

Ex officio notaries; bond; oath

Ex officio notaries

Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; powers

Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; appointment by secretary

Ex officio notaries public for the Department of Justice

Ex officio notaries public for the Department of State

Section
396. 396

Ex officio notaries public for Department of Insurance

Ex officio notaries public for the Louisiana State Racing Commission

Ex officio notaries for district attorneys

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 55, §2.

Ex officio notaries public for the United States Forest Service

Ex officio notary public for the Sabine River Authority

Ex officio notaries public for the vital records registry

Ex officio notaries for hospital service district hospitals

Ex officio notaries public of the office of financial institutions

Ex officio notary public for levee district police

Ex officio notaries public of the adult protection agency

Ex officio notaries for municipal police departments

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

Ex officio notaries for university police departments

Ex officio notaries public for the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority or the Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Ex officio notaries public for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Ex officio notaries; nonresident persons licensed to practice law with offices in this state

Ex officio notaries public for municipal or parish fire departments and fire protection districts

Ex officio notaries public for Natchitoches Parish government

Ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department

Ex officio notaries for coroners

Ex officio notaries public for the DeSoto Parish government

Sections
451. 451 to 460

Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 225, §1

Forms of acknowledgment

Married women, acknowledgment by

Officers before whom proof or acknowledgment taken in other states

Officers before whom made

Form of certificate of acknowledgment

Acknowledgments in form used in state

Interpretation and construction

Force and effect

Unlawful exercise of notarial powers; penalties

Unlawful exercise of prior authorized or limited notarial powers; penalties

Secretary of state; duties upon receipt of sworn complaint

Applicability to licensed attorneys

Short title

Definitions

Legal recognition of remote online notarial acts

Standards for remote online notarization

Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization

Notaries authorized to perform remote online notarization

Location of notary, parties, and witnesses; location of remote online notarial act

Procedure for performing remote online notarization

Duties of the notary

Records of remote online notarizations

No variation by agreement

Purpose; ratification

Remote notarization authorized