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La. Rev. Stat. § 35:3 (2026)
Oaths and acknowledgments
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§3. Oaths and acknowledgments
Oaths and acknowledgments, in all cases, may be taken or made by or before any notary public duly appointed and qualified in this state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1959–2021 · leading case: Successions of Toney, 226 So. 3d 397 (La. 2017).
Successions of Toney, 226 So. 3d 397 (La. 2017). “R.S. 35:3 (“Oaths and acknowledgments, in all cases, may be taken or made by or before any notary public duly appointed and qualified in this state.”
Metro City Redevelopment Coalition, Inc. v. Brockman, 143 So. 3d 495 (La. Ct. App. 2014). “R.S. 35:3. Furthermore, any person validly appointed a notary public for Union Parish is authorized to exercise all of the functions of a notary public in Ouachita Parish.”
First Nat'l Bank of Lafayette v. The Oil Screw King Fish, 173 F. Supp. 367 (E.D. La. 1959). “35:511 requires only the “signature and [the] title of the officer taking the acknowledgment”; see also LSA-R.S. 35:3. Furthermore, Louisiana Act 226 of 1920, LSA-R.”
Williams v. Magnolia Cafe (M.D. La. 2021). “R.S. 35:3 (“Oaths and acknowledgments, in all cases, may be taken or made by or before any notary public duly 5 R.”
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