RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 3 (HB 44) 2019 Regular Session Bagley
New law authorizes the president of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury to designate up to two
employees within his office as ex officio notaries public.
New law provides that each employee appointed as an ex officio notary public may exercise,
within his respective jurisdictional limits, the functions of a notary public only to administer
oaths, receive sworn statements, and execute affidavits and acknowledgments, all limited to
matters within the official functions of the police jury.
New law provides that all acts performed by each ex officio notary public shall be performed
without charge or other compensation and without the necessity of giving bond.
New law provides that the president of the police jury may suspend or terminate an
appointment made in his office at any time, and a separation from the employ of the parish
shall automatically terminate an appointment as an ex officio notary public.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Adds R.S. 35:417)