§ 35:415 — Ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department

Louisiana § 35:415

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

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§415. Ex officio notaries for the Causeway Police Department
A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications for and
limitations on the number of notaries public, the chief of police of the Causeway Police
Department, which employs peace officers who are certified pursuant to the Peace Officer
Standards and Training Law and are duly authorized with the powers of arrest, may designate
ten officers in his office as ex officio notaries public.
B. Each officer appointed as an ex officio notary public may exercise, within the
jurisdictional limits of the Causeway Police Department, the functions of a notary public only
to administer oaths and to execute affidavits, acknowledgments, and traffic tickets, all
limited to matters within the official functions of the department.
C. Any acts performed by an ex officio notary public appointed pursuant to this
Section shall be performed only in the parishes in which the Causeway Police Department
has jurisdiction.
D. All acts performed by an ex officio notary public appointed pursuant to this
Section shall be performed without charge or other compensation.
E. The chief of police of the Causeway Police Department may suspend or terminate
an appointment made pursuant to this Section at any time and separation from the employ
of the department shall automatically terminate the former employee's appointment as an ex
officio notary public.

Legislative History

Acts 2016, No. 349, §1, eff. June 2, 2016.