RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 192 (HB 903) 2022 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Prior law provided that a remote online notarial act was deemed to be executed in any parish
of this state where any party was physically located at the time of the remote online
notarization.
Prior law provided that if no party was physically located in this state at the time of the
remote online notarization, the remote online notarial act was deemed to be executed in the
parish where the notary public was physically located at the time of the remote online
notarization.
New law changes prior law and provides that a remote online notarial act is deemed to be
executed in the parish where the notary public is physically located at the time of the remote
online notarization. New law requires the notary public to have jurisdiction in the parish of
execution in order for the act to be executed.
New law provides that the venue for contracts that are remote online notarial acts may be in
any parish in which a party was physically located at the time of the remote online
notarization.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 35:626(B); Adds R.S. 35:626(C))