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ACT No. 283
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 855
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOBBY BADON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 35:407(A) and (B), relative to ex officio notaries public2
appointed by mayors; to authorize mayors of certain municipalities to appoint ex3
officio notaries public; to provide for limitations; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 35:407(A) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง407. Ex officio notaries for municipal police departments8
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications of9
notaries public, any chief of police of a municipal police department may designate10
officers in his office and any mayor in a municipality with a population of less than11
five fifteen thousand may designate employees in his office, and appoint them as ex12
officio notaries public. Such designation by a mayor shall be for notarial service to13
the municipal police department and to the office of the mayor.14
B. Each officer or employee so appointed as ex officio notary may exercise,15
within his respective jurisdictional limits, the functions of a notary public only to16
administer oaths and execute affidavits, acknowledgments, traffic tickets, and other17
documents, all limited to matters within the official functions of the office of the18
mayor or the municipal police department for the enforcement of the provisions of19
any statute which provides for criminal penalties and of the municipal ordinances20 ENROLLEDHB NO. 855
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which the police department is charged with enforcing, and any affidavit required for1
the enforcement of R.S. 32:661 through 669.2
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: