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LA Notary Law Exam
Louisiana Notary Law and Practice information from study guide for notary exam
Question | Answer |
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Louisiana's legal system has its origins | In Roman law in which the notary, as the drafter of the contracts between persons, held a high position of public trust |
The Roman system has been maintained in most of the world eventually becoming known as | Civil Law |
What countries were both governed by civil law originally colonized Louisiana | France and Spain |
The international professional organization for the study of problems shared by the notarial profession | The Union International du notariat Latin |
The Union International du notariat Latin includes | France, Spain, Italy and most Latin American countries |
In 1949, This is one of the founding members of The International Union of Latin Notariats(UINL) | Louisiana's Notaries Association of New Orleans (NANO) |
NANO has been recently renamed | American Civil Law Notariat |
In most civil law jurisdictions, the functions of the notary share the following common elements (a) | (a) Notaries are lawyers who perform quasi=public functions and they are required to go through rigorous professional training before they are allowed to practice |
in most civil law jurisdictions, the functions of the notary share the following common elements (b) | (b) in accordance with the intentions expressed by their clients, notaries confer authenticity to the declarations made by the parties to a particular legal transaction |
In most civil law jurisdictions, the functions of the notary share the following common elements (c) | (c) notaries provide their deeds or instruments with a fixed date (date certain) and keep the originals of the deeds or instruments prepared bu them in their custody |
In most civil law jurisdictions, the functions of the notary share the following common elements (d) | (d) notaries are charged with determining the marketability of title to land |
In many civil law jurisdictions only | "authentic" acts may be inscribed in the public records; thus the mechanics of the registry system rest upon the notarial profession |
In Louisiana this marketability determination is accomplished by | procuring for the parties a title opinion from a licensed attorney |