Legislation
State: Louisiana
Signed: May 25, 2022
Effective: August 01, 2022
Chapter: Act No. 192
Summary
House Bill 903 clarifies that a remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in any parish where the Notary is physically located.
Affects
Amends Section 35:626 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
Changes
- No longer provides that a remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in any parish of this state where any party is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization.
- No longer provides that if no party is physically located in this state at the time of the remote online notarization, the remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in the parish where the Notary Public is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization.
- Provides that a remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in the parish where the notary public is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization if the Notary has jurisdiction in that parish.
- Provides that an action on a contract that is a remote online notarial act may be brought in any parish in which a party was physically located at the time of the remote online notarization.
AnalysisUnder current law a remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in any parish of this state where any party is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization. If no party is physically located in Louisiana at the time of the remote online notarization, the remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in the parish where the Notary Public is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization. The new law changes this, provides that a remote online notarial act is deemed to be executed in the parish where the Notary Public is physically located at the time of the remote online notarization, and requires the Notary to have jurisdiction in the parish of execution in order for the act to be executed.
Read House Bill 903.