Louisiana Notary Exam Verified with correct answers 2026/2027
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Partition- correct answer >>>Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests in real
property
Jurisdiction- correct answer >>>the power to adjudicate or handle a particular kind of
case
Apostille- correct answer >>>an addition, a marginal note or observation
de jure Notary- correct answer >>>- french for "of law"
- an official who holds his office by law & who is possessed of all lawfully necessary
qualifications for office
de facto Notary- correct answer >>>commissioned notary with some violation of
qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to perform his/her duties and
responsibilities; i.e. failure to maintain a surety bond or file annual reports for example
Misfeasance- correct answer >>>improper performance of a lawfully authorized official
act
Malfeasance- correct answer >>>misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public
official
Dereliction of Duty- correct answer >>>With negligent disregard for proper performance
Interdicts- correct answer >>>persons above the age of majority who are declared by a
court to be incapable of either caring for his own person or administering his estate, or
both, although he may at times appear to have possession of his reason
Property Bond- correct answer >>>a special mortgage on immovable property in the
parish of the notary's commission
Public Office- correct answer >>>any state, district, parish or municipal office, elected or
appointed, or any position as member on a board or commission, elected or appointed,
when the office or position is established by the constitution or laws of this state
Public Officer- correct answer >>>any person holding a public office in this state
Ministerial- correct answer >>>Acts performed by the notary as a service for a fee and
not as a governmental function
Paraphing- correct answer >>>the notation on a document to mark it for identification
with another act
, Ownership- correct answer >>>The right that confers on a person direct immediate and
exclusive authority over a thing
Corporeal- correct answer >>>things that have a body and can be touched or felt
Incorporeal- correct answer >>>things that do not have a body and cannot be touched
or felt
Seashore- correct answer >>>the space of land over which the waters of the sea
spread in the highest tide during the winter season.
Civil Law- correct answer >>>System of law derived from Roman Law; court decisions
DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts state laws
Common Law- correct answer >>>System of law derived from England; court decisions
can lead to future laws and precedents
Commission- correct answer >>>an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or
group of people.
Legal Capacity- correct answer >>>The ability to contract; not to be a minor and of
sound mind and body
Immovable- correct answer >>>Land and its improvements thereon
Mandate- correct answer >>>Transaction in which a person confers authority on
another i.e. power of attorney
Naked ownership- correct answer >>>Bundle of rights formerly called abusus,
ownership is burdened by a usufruct
Resolutory Condition- correct answer >>>A condition of an obligation providing that
upon the occurrence of a particular uncertain event the obligation will come to an end
Possessor- correct answer >>>Owner of the thing he possesses until the right of the
true owner is established
Quasi Possession- correct answer >>>Exercising a real right, such as a servitude
Dereliction- correct answer >>>land formed by water receding imperceptibly from the
bank of a river or stream; owner of land on the edge of the bank left dry owns the
dereliction.
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Partition- correct answer >>>Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests in real
property
Jurisdiction- correct answer >>>the power to adjudicate or handle a particular kind of
case
Apostille- correct answer >>>an addition, a marginal note or observation
de jure Notary- correct answer >>>- french for "of law"
- an official who holds his office by law & who is possessed of all lawfully necessary
qualifications for office
de facto Notary- correct answer >>>commissioned notary with some violation of
qualifications that has suspended the notary's rights to perform his/her duties and
responsibilities; i.e. failure to maintain a surety bond or file annual reports for example
Misfeasance- correct answer >>>improper performance of a lawfully authorized official
act
Malfeasance- correct answer >>>misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public
official
Dereliction of Duty- correct answer >>>With negligent disregard for proper performance
Interdicts- correct answer >>>persons above the age of majority who are declared by a
court to be incapable of either caring for his own person or administering his estate, or
both, although he may at times appear to have possession of his reason
Property Bond- correct answer >>>a special mortgage on immovable property in the
parish of the notary's commission
Public Office- correct answer >>>any state, district, parish or municipal office, elected or
appointed, or any position as member on a board or commission, elected or appointed,
when the office or position is established by the constitution or laws of this state
Public Officer- correct answer >>>any person holding a public office in this state
Ministerial- correct answer >>>Acts performed by the notary as a service for a fee and
not as a governmental function
Paraphing- correct answer >>>the notation on a document to mark it for identification
with another act
, Ownership- correct answer >>>The right that confers on a person direct immediate and
exclusive authority over a thing
Corporeal- correct answer >>>things that have a body and can be touched or felt
Incorporeal- correct answer >>>things that do not have a body and cannot be touched
or felt
Seashore- correct answer >>>the space of land over which the waters of the sea
spread in the highest tide during the winter season.
Civil Law- correct answer >>>System of law derived from Roman Law; court decisions
DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts state laws
Common Law- correct answer >>>System of law derived from England; court decisions
can lead to future laws and precedents
Commission- correct answer >>>an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or
group of people.
Legal Capacity- correct answer >>>The ability to contract; not to be a minor and of
sound mind and body
Immovable- correct answer >>>Land and its improvements thereon
Mandate- correct answer >>>Transaction in which a person confers authority on
another i.e. power of attorney
Naked ownership- correct answer >>>Bundle of rights formerly called abusus,
ownership is burdened by a usufruct
Resolutory Condition- correct answer >>>A condition of an obligation providing that
upon the occurrence of a particular uncertain event the obligation will come to an end
Possessor- correct answer >>>Owner of the thing he possesses until the right of the
true owner is established
Quasi Possession- correct answer >>>Exercising a real right, such as a servitude
Dereliction- correct answer >>>land formed by water receding imperceptibly from the
bank of a river or stream; owner of land on the edge of the bank left dry owns the
dereliction.
