LOUISIANA NOTARY LATEST UPDATE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Title 9 - Civil Code Ancillaries Answer: Contains expanded
substantive law for specific situations on matters covered generally in
the civil code.
⫸ Notary Answer: Is a member of the legal profession vested by the
state with public authority and faith. The executive power imposes on
him the duty to provide the proper form , authenticity, & solemnity for
the facts, transactions, & documents of all interested parties & to give
them the absolute assurance that what has been done for them has been
done in accordance of the law.
⫸ Full-proof Rule Answer: Is confined to the events which the notary
attests have taken place in his presene.
⫸ Inscription de faux Answer: Judicial Impeachment is a complicated,
and rarely procedure, aimed at disproving the authenticity of an
authentic act.
⫸ Authenticity Answer: The attestation of a fact by a public authority
whose declaration is conclusive without further verification of the
writing until impeachment for falsity.
,⫸ Attest Answer: Give faith.
⫸ Custodian Answer: The notary has the duty of safeguarding the
original.
⫸ Protocol Answer: Also called Minute; is the name for the original
authentic act. The notary must keep these documents at his office
usually bound chronologically.
⫸ Authentic Act - 1st Provision Answer: Is a recitation that the named
parties appeared before the notary on a particular date & in a designated
place.
⫸ public officer Answer: Any person holding a public office in the
state.
⫸ term of office Answer: The Louisiana notary commission is issued
without expiration date.
⫸ notary fees Answer: Are expressly exempt from the requirements of
R.S. 42:282. Their funds are not subject to reporting to, or audited by,
the legislative auditor.
Exempt from self-employment tax.
, ⫸ official misconduct Answer: As a public official, the notary is subject
to criminal prosecution for official misconduct.
⫸ public bribery Answer: Is the giving or offering to give, directly or
indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any of
the following persons, with the intent to influence his conduct in relation
to his position, employment, or duty. pg.48
⫸ corrupt influencing Answer: Is the giving or offering to give anything
of apparent or present value, or accepting by any person with the
intention that the recipient corruptly influence the conduct named in
public bribery.
Imprisoned for not more than 10 years with/without hard labor or shall
be fined not more than $10,000.00
⫸ unauthorized exercise of notarial powers Answer: Subject to a fine of
up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
⫸ 1st Degree Injuring Public Record Answer: The intentional removal,
mutilation, destruction, alteration, falsification, or concealment of any
record, document, or other thing, filed or deposited, by authority of law,
in any public office or with any public officer.
Not more than 5 years and/or $5,000 fine.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE ANSWERS ACCURATE
⫸ Title 9 - Civil Code Ancillaries Answer: Contains expanded
substantive law for specific situations on matters covered generally in
the civil code.
⫸ Notary Answer: Is a member of the legal profession vested by the
state with public authority and faith. The executive power imposes on
him the duty to provide the proper form , authenticity, & solemnity for
the facts, transactions, & documents of all interested parties & to give
them the absolute assurance that what has been done for them has been
done in accordance of the law.
⫸ Full-proof Rule Answer: Is confined to the events which the notary
attests have taken place in his presene.
⫸ Inscription de faux Answer: Judicial Impeachment is a complicated,
and rarely procedure, aimed at disproving the authenticity of an
authentic act.
⫸ Authenticity Answer: The attestation of a fact by a public authority
whose declaration is conclusive without further verification of the
writing until impeachment for falsity.
,⫸ Attest Answer: Give faith.
⫸ Custodian Answer: The notary has the duty of safeguarding the
original.
⫸ Protocol Answer: Also called Minute; is the name for the original
authentic act. The notary must keep these documents at his office
usually bound chronologically.
⫸ Authentic Act - 1st Provision Answer: Is a recitation that the named
parties appeared before the notary on a particular date & in a designated
place.
⫸ public officer Answer: Any person holding a public office in the
state.
⫸ term of office Answer: The Louisiana notary commission is issued
without expiration date.
⫸ notary fees Answer: Are expressly exempt from the requirements of
R.S. 42:282. Their funds are not subject to reporting to, or audited by,
the legislative auditor.
Exempt from self-employment tax.
, ⫸ official misconduct Answer: As a public official, the notary is subject
to criminal prosecution for official misconduct.
⫸ public bribery Answer: Is the giving or offering to give, directly or
indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any of
the following persons, with the intent to influence his conduct in relation
to his position, employment, or duty. pg.48
⫸ corrupt influencing Answer: Is the giving or offering to give anything
of apparent or present value, or accepting by any person with the
intention that the recipient corruptly influence the conduct named in
public bribery.
Imprisoned for not more than 10 years with/without hard labor or shall
be fined not more than $10,000.00
⫸ unauthorized exercise of notarial powers Answer: Subject to a fine of
up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
⫸ 1st Degree Injuring Public Record Answer: The intentional removal,
mutilation, destruction, alteration, falsification, or concealment of any
record, document, or other thing, filed or deposited, by authority of law,
in any public office or with any public officer.
Not more than 5 years and/or $5,000 fine.
