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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 361
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
NOTARIES: Provides relative to notaries
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 35:191(A)(2), relative to notaries; to provide for parish2
commissioned notary jurisdiction; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 35:191(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:5
ยง191. Appointment; qualifications; examination6
A.7
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) or Subsection C of9
this Section, a person validly appointed notary public in the parish of his residence10
may exercise any and all of the functions of a notary public in an adjacent parish11
which has all adjacent parishes that have a population of less than thirty-five forty12
thousand and in which he or his employer maintains an office, without additional13
bonding or further application or examination,.but shall file with the office of the14
secretary of state an affidavit giving the location of his office. Additionally, the15
applicant shall obtain a dual commission by complying with the procedures16
established by the office of the secretary of state.17
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DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ponti HB No. 361
Abstract: Provides for appointment and jurisdiction of notaries.
Present law provides for the appointment of a notary in and for the parish of his residence.
Also provides for the appointment of a notary in an adjacent parish in which he maintains
an office. Provides for certain qualifications.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law further provides that a notary appointed in his parish of residence may exercise
the functions of a notary in an adjacent parish with a population less than 35,000 and in
which he maintains an office without the requirements of additional bonding or further
application or examination. Requires such notary to file an affidavit with the office of the
secretary of state, and requires the applicant to obtain a dual commission.
Proposed law expands present law to apply to all adjacent parishes with a population of less
than 40,000 in which he or his employer maintains an office, and deletes the requirement of
the filing of the affidavit stating the location of the office and the requirement relative to
obtaining a dual commission by following the procedures established by the secretary of
state.
(Amends R.S. 35:191(A)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure
to the original bill.
1. Changed population restriction from 35,000 to 40,000.
2. Deleted requirement of the filing of the affidavit stating the location of the office
and the requirement relative to obtaining a dual commission.