§ 35:16 — Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority

§16. Administrative revocation of notarial commission or authority
A. The secretary of state shall suspend the commission of a notary public who is not
an attorney when the notary ceases to be a registered voter in the parish of that notary's
commission, or is convicted of a felony. The secretary of state shall send a notice of
suspension by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the notary public stating the reasons
for his suspension.
B. If the suspension arises from failure of the notary to be registered as a voter in his
parish of commission, the notice of suspension shall give the notary public ten days from the
date of receipt to register as a voter in the parish of his commission. If the notary public fails
to do so, the secretary of state shall notify the attorney general or the district attorney of the
parish in which the notary is commissioned for the purpose of instituting a rule to show cause
to revoke the commission pursuant to R.S. 35:15.
C. If the suspension arises from conviction of a felony, the period of suspension shall
continue until the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court
proceedings has been exhausted. If the conviction is reversed upon appeal, or if a pardon is
issued for the conviction, the suspension shall terminate and the commission shall be
reinstated. When the conviction is final and all appellate review of the original trial court
proceedings is exhausted, and if no pardon has been issued, the secretary of state shall notify
the attorney general or the district attorney of the parish in which the notary is commissioned
for the purpose of instituting a rule to show cause to revoke the commission pursuant to R.S.
35:15.

Legislative History

Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2016, No. 116, §1.