LOUISIANA NOTARY LATEST UPDATE
PRACTICE GUIDE UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Common Law Answer: System of law derived from England; court
decisions can lead to future laws and precedents
⫸ Commission Answer: an instruction, command, or duty given to a
person or group of people.
⫸ Legal Capacity Answer: The ability to contract; not to be a minor and
of sound mind and body
⫸ Immovable Answer: Land and its improvements thereon
⫸ Mandate Answer: Transaction in which a person confers authority on
another i.e. power of attorney
⫸ Partition Answer: Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests
in real property
⫸ Jurisdiction Answer: the power to adjudicate or handle a particular
kind of case
,⫸ Apostille Answer: an addition, a marginal note or observation
⫸ de jure Notary Answer: - french for "of law"
- an official who holds his office by law & who is possessed of all
lawfully necessary qualifications for office
⫸ de facto Notary Answer: commissioned notary with some violation of
qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to perform his/her
duties and responsibilities; i.e. failure to maintain a surety bond or file
annual reports for example
⫸ Misfeasance Answer: improper performance of a lawfully authorized
official act
⫸ Malfeasance Answer: misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a
public official
⫸ Dereliction of Duty Answer: With negligent disregard for proper
performance
⫸ Interdicts Answer: persons above the age of majority who are
declared by a court to be incapable of either caring for his own person or
administering his estate, or both, although he may at times appear to
have possession of his reason
, ⫸ Property Bond Answer: a special mortgage on immovable property in
the parish of the notary's commission
⫸ Public Office Answer: any state, district, parish or municipal office,
elected or appointed, or any position as member on a board or
commission, elected or appointed, when the office or position is
established by the constitution or laws of this state
⫸ Public Officer Answer: any person holding a public office in this
state
⫸ Ministerial Answer: Acts performed by the notary as a service for a
fee and not as a governmental function
⫸ Paraphing Answer: the notation on a document to mark it for
identification with another act
⫸ Ownership Answer: The right that confers on a person direct
immediate and exclusive authority over a thing
⫸ Corporeal Answer: things that have a body and can be touched or felt
⫸ Incorporeal Answer: things that do not have a body and cannot be
touched or felt
PRACTICE GUIDE UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ Common Law Answer: System of law derived from England; court
decisions can lead to future laws and precedents
⫸ Commission Answer: an instruction, command, or duty given to a
person or group of people.
⫸ Legal Capacity Answer: The ability to contract; not to be a minor and
of sound mind and body
⫸ Immovable Answer: Land and its improvements thereon
⫸ Mandate Answer: Transaction in which a person confers authority on
another i.e. power of attorney
⫸ Partition Answer: Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests
in real property
⫸ Jurisdiction Answer: the power to adjudicate or handle a particular
kind of case
,⫸ Apostille Answer: an addition, a marginal note or observation
⫸ de jure Notary Answer: - french for "of law"
- an official who holds his office by law & who is possessed of all
lawfully necessary qualifications for office
⫸ de facto Notary Answer: commissioned notary with some violation of
qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to perform his/her
duties and responsibilities; i.e. failure to maintain a surety bond or file
annual reports for example
⫸ Misfeasance Answer: improper performance of a lawfully authorized
official act
⫸ Malfeasance Answer: misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a
public official
⫸ Dereliction of Duty Answer: With negligent disregard for proper
performance
⫸ Interdicts Answer: persons above the age of majority who are
declared by a court to be incapable of either caring for his own person or
administering his estate, or both, although he may at times appear to
have possession of his reason
, ⫸ Property Bond Answer: a special mortgage on immovable property in
the parish of the notary's commission
⫸ Public Office Answer: any state, district, parish or municipal office,
elected or appointed, or any position as member on a board or
commission, elected or appointed, when the office or position is
established by the constitution or laws of this state
⫸ Public Officer Answer: any person holding a public office in this
state
⫸ Ministerial Answer: Acts performed by the notary as a service for a
fee and not as a governmental function
⫸ Paraphing Answer: the notation on a document to mark it for
identification with another act
⫸ Ownership Answer: The right that confers on a person direct
immediate and exclusive authority over a thing
⫸ Corporeal Answer: things that have a body and can be touched or felt
⫸ Incorporeal Answer: things that do not have a body and cannot be
touched or felt
