Louisiana § RS 35:392 - Ex officio notaries; bond; oath
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§ RS 35:392. Ex officio notaries; bond; oath
A. The bond required of all ex officio notaries, except those state employees who serve as ex officio notaries in the course and scope of their employment, shall be submitted to the clerk of court and ex officio recorder of mortgages for the parish where the ex officio notary will exercise the functions of his office, as well as filed in the office of the secretary of state. The bond shall be subscribed in favor of the governor; approved by the clerk, except in Orleans Parish; and if secured by personal surety, recorded in the mortgage office of the parish in a special book kept for bonds required of all notaries. In Orleans Parish, the bond shall be approved by the custodian of notarial records. The bond for state employees who serve as ex officio notaries shall be maintained in the division of administration, office of risk management.
B. The provisions governing the recordation of bonds issued by surety companies doing business in the state, the substitution and cancellation of personal surety bonds or special mortgages, the filing of substituted surety company bonds, the liability of notaries and sureties, and the limitation of actions against sureties, R.S. 35:193 through 200, shall apply to bonds issued for the faithful performance of the duties of ex officio notaries.
C. No ex officio notary who holds such office by virtue of duties affiliated with employment with a political subdivision of the state shall be required to file his or her oath of office as notary with any parish clerk of court.
Acts 1990, No. 290, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 623, §1; Acts 1993, No. 877, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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