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La. Rev. Stat. § 35:511 (2026)

Forms of acknowledgment

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CHAPTER 8.  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART I.  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITHIN STATE

§511.  Forms of acknowledgment

Either the forms of acknowledgment now in use in this state, or the following, may be used in the case of conveyances or other written instruments, whenever such acknowledgment is required or authorized by law for any purpose:

(Begin in all cases by a caption specifying the state and place where the acknowledgment is taken).

1. In the case of natural persons acting in their own right:

On this _______ day of ________, 20__, __________ before me personally appeared A B (or A B and C D), to me known to be the person (or persons) described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he (or they) executed it as his (or their) free act and deed.

2. In the case of natural persons acting by attorney:

On this _______ day of _______, 20__, before me personally appeared A B, to me known to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument in behalf of C D, and acknowledged that he executed it as the free act and deed of said C D.

3. In the case of corporations or joint stock associations:

On this ________ day of ________, 20__, before me appeared A B, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed) did say that he is the president (or other officer or agent of the corporation or association), of (describing the corporation or association), and that the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association) and that the instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of the corporation (or association) by authority of its board of directors (or trustees) and that A B acknowledged the instrument to be the free act and deed of the corporation (or association).

(In case the corporation or association has no corporate seal, omit the words "the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of the corporation (or association), and that" and add, at the end of the affidavit clause, the words "and that the corporation (or association) has no corporate seal").

(In all cases, acknowledgments taken in this state shall be signed in conformity with the provisions of R.S. 35:12 and either Article 1836 of the Louisiana Civil Code or R.S. 13:3720).

Amended by Acts 2004, No. 455, §1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1959–2014 · leading case: Metro City Redevelopment Coalition, Inc. v. Brockman, 143 So. 3d 495 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
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Metro City Redevelopment Coalition, Inc. v. Brockman, 143 So. 3d 495 (La. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 12× “]” After this introductory language, Section 35:511 sets forth standard provisions that can be used in an acknowledgment that essentially provide that a |7party “appeared” before a notary public and “acknowledged” that he executed an instrument.”
Succession of Voorhies v. Voorhies, 853 So. 2d 655 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 5× “R.S. 35:511. Is the witness requirement another such distinction? We believe it is.”
Louisiana State Mineral Bd. v. Abadie, 164 So. 2d 159 (La. Ct. App. 1964). “13:3720, which apply only to acts attested by two or more witnesses and acknowledged by either the grantor or one of the attesting witnesses, are therefore not fulfilled and this act was not admissible pursuant to the provisions of LSA-R.”
First Nat'l Bank of Lafayette v. The Oil Screw King Fish, 173 F. Supp. 367 (E.D. La. 1959). · cites it 2× “The further defense raised by respondents in their answer, that the United States Preferred Ship Mortgage is defective because the form of the acknowledgment is invalid is not a good defense because Louisiana Act 226 of 1920, LSA-R.S. 35:511 requires only the “signature and…”
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