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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 361
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI AND SENATOR WALSWORTH
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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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: