Louisiana § RS 35:398 - Ex officio notaries for district attorneys
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§ RS 35:398. Ex officio notaries for district attorneys
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications for and limitations on the number of notaries public, each district attorney may designate an investigator in his office as administrative assistant and appoint him as an ex officio notary public.
B. Such an ex officio notary public may exercise, in the judicial district which the district attorney serves, the functions of a notary public only to administer oaths and execute affidavits, acknowledgments, and other documents, all limited to matters within the official functions of the office of district attorney.
C. Such ex officio notary public shall fulfill the same bond requirements as provided by law in the parish or parishes comprising the district which the district attorney serves, provided the total amount of the bond shall not exceed the amount required to exercise the functions of notary public in a single parish.
D. All acts performed by such an ex officio notary public authorized by this Section shall be performed without charge or other compensation.
E. The district attorney may suspend or terminate an appointment made pursuant to this Section at any time, and separation from the employ of the district attorney shall automatically terminate the powers of such an ex officio notary public.
F. The district attorney shall pay as an expense of his office the costs of the notarial seal, the notarial bond, and any fees required for filing the bond.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 335, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 506, §2, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 290, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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