§ 35:191.1 — Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial

Louisiana § 35:191.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 35: Notaries Public and Commissioners

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§191.1. Secretary of state; uniform statewide standards, rules, and procedures for notarial
examinations
A. The secretary of state shall, with the advice and assistance of the courts and such
subject matter experts as the secretary of state may request, develop uniform statewide
standards for notarial examinations required by R.S. 35:191(C), which shall be administered
at regional testing centers by the secretary of state. The standards developed shall include
all of the following:
(1) The procedures and rules for administering and grading the examination for
applicants required to take an examination.
(2) The format and content of the examination.
(3) The procedures for review by the secretary of state of any examination which was
taken pursuant to R.S. 35:191(C) and which was failed by the examinee.
B. The secretary of state shall also:
(1) Charge a fee of one hundred dollars for each examinee taking an examination.
(2) Publish and make available to the public a document containing the material and
sources from which examination questions are devised for use as a study guide and charge
a fee of one hundred dollars.
C. The secretary of state is authorized to develop, with the advice and assistance of
academically credentialed education professionals, a notary education program for the formal
education of candidates for a notary commission.

Legislative History

Acts 2003, No. 1142, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 754, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 423, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 279, §1; Acts 2016, No. 438, §1, eff. June 9, 2016.