Louisiana Notary Practice Questions verified with correct
answers 2026/2027 version
How may obligations arise -correct answer >>>By operation of law in the absence of the
consent of the parties or through the voluntary actions of the parties
What is included in a paraph -correct answer >>>Name of the act, date the act was
passed, and the signature of the notary
If a predial servitude substantially impairs a mortgaged property -correct answer
>>>The mortgagee has a right to demand payment of debt in full
Servitude -correct answer >>>Is a charge or burden upon a thing, usually an
immovable, for the benefit of another person or another estate
When parties voluntarily undertake obligations towards each other, those obligations
are called -correct answer >>>Contracts
Partition -correct answer >>>The division of property owned in common into distinct
physical shares
Plat -correct answer >>>A plan or map, as of land
The public records doctrine does not create rights in a positive sense, but -correct
answer >>>Rather has the negative effect of denying the effectiveness of certain rights
unless they are recorded
What is the term "servitude" closely related to -correct answer >>>The common law
concept of easement
What does the Louisiana civil law system provide -correct answer >>>A comprehensive
system of laws that governs the private conduct between individuals ranging from family
matters to basic commercial transactions
Corporate resolution -correct answer >>>An official written certificate of the corporations
secretary that the resolution was adopted by the corporations' board of directors
St. Helena Meridian -correct answer >>>The meridian running north and south that
governs east of the Mississippi River
In George v. General Finance Corp. of Louisiana, 414 F.Supp. 33 (F.D.La.1976), the
court recognized that although a notary public is not an elected public official -correct
answer >>>The office of notary public is a public office
, What is the purpose of a partition -correct answer >>>To do away with fractional
ownership and to make perfect each co-owner's title or ownership in individual physical
shares.
What are the two different kinds of servitudes -correct answer >>>Personal and predial
What does the Louisiana civil code provide the framework for -correct answer >>>The
relationships between people, their things, and their money
What is a confession of judgment -correct answer >>>A person's agreement in a
mortgage to the entry of judgment if he defaults on the obligation secured by the
mortgage
Per aversionem -correct answer >>>When property is described from boundary to
boundary
A thing is "common" -correct answer >>>Where it is not subject to ownership even by
the state because of its very character.
In the case where partition is judicially ordered, the court will appoint -correct answer
>>>A notary to make the partition in accordance with law
A residential home is an example of a -correct answer >>>Private, corporeal,
immovable
Donations in Louisiana are either -correct answer >>>Those that are made during the
life of a person and intended to have effect immediately and irrevocably or those that
are made in contemplation of death intended to take effect upon the donor's death
Louisiana notaries have a duty to ensure that their acts, that is, their writings that
memorialize and give legal effect to their constituents' transactions, are -correct answer
>>>Prepared and executed in proper form
What is an example form of a recitation of a paraph -correct answer >>>"And I, the
undersigned Notary Public, paraphed the Note "Ne Varietur" for identification with this
Sale with Mortgage and delivered the note to the Seller who acknowledges receipt
thereof"
In Louisiana, a notary commission may be granted to a non-lawyer provided the
applicant proves his competency -correct answer >>>Through rigorous examination
Absolute simulation -correct answer >>>When the parties intend that their contract shall
produce no effects between them. That simulation, therefore can have no effects
between the parties
The act of partition is considered -correct answer >>>A conveyance
answers 2026/2027 version
How may obligations arise -correct answer >>>By operation of law in the absence of the
consent of the parties or through the voluntary actions of the parties
What is included in a paraph -correct answer >>>Name of the act, date the act was
passed, and the signature of the notary
If a predial servitude substantially impairs a mortgaged property -correct answer
>>>The mortgagee has a right to demand payment of debt in full
Servitude -correct answer >>>Is a charge or burden upon a thing, usually an
immovable, for the benefit of another person or another estate
When parties voluntarily undertake obligations towards each other, those obligations
are called -correct answer >>>Contracts
Partition -correct answer >>>The division of property owned in common into distinct
physical shares
Plat -correct answer >>>A plan or map, as of land
The public records doctrine does not create rights in a positive sense, but -correct
answer >>>Rather has the negative effect of denying the effectiveness of certain rights
unless they are recorded
What is the term "servitude" closely related to -correct answer >>>The common law
concept of easement
What does the Louisiana civil law system provide -correct answer >>>A comprehensive
system of laws that governs the private conduct between individuals ranging from family
matters to basic commercial transactions
Corporate resolution -correct answer >>>An official written certificate of the corporations
secretary that the resolution was adopted by the corporations' board of directors
St. Helena Meridian -correct answer >>>The meridian running north and south that
governs east of the Mississippi River
In George v. General Finance Corp. of Louisiana, 414 F.Supp. 33 (F.D.La.1976), the
court recognized that although a notary public is not an elected public official -correct
answer >>>The office of notary public is a public office
, What is the purpose of a partition -correct answer >>>To do away with fractional
ownership and to make perfect each co-owner's title or ownership in individual physical
shares.
What are the two different kinds of servitudes -correct answer >>>Personal and predial
What does the Louisiana civil code provide the framework for -correct answer >>>The
relationships between people, their things, and their money
What is a confession of judgment -correct answer >>>A person's agreement in a
mortgage to the entry of judgment if he defaults on the obligation secured by the
mortgage
Per aversionem -correct answer >>>When property is described from boundary to
boundary
A thing is "common" -correct answer >>>Where it is not subject to ownership even by
the state because of its very character.
In the case where partition is judicially ordered, the court will appoint -correct answer
>>>A notary to make the partition in accordance with law
A residential home is an example of a -correct answer >>>Private, corporeal,
immovable
Donations in Louisiana are either -correct answer >>>Those that are made during the
life of a person and intended to have effect immediately and irrevocably or those that
are made in contemplation of death intended to take effect upon the donor's death
Louisiana notaries have a duty to ensure that their acts, that is, their writings that
memorialize and give legal effect to their constituents' transactions, are -correct answer
>>>Prepared and executed in proper form
What is an example form of a recitation of a paraph -correct answer >>>"And I, the
undersigned Notary Public, paraphed the Note "Ne Varietur" for identification with this
Sale with Mortgage and delivered the note to the Seller who acknowledges receipt
thereof"
In Louisiana, a notary commission may be granted to a non-lawyer provided the
applicant proves his competency -correct answer >>>Through rigorous examination
Absolute simulation -correct answer >>>When the parties intend that their contract shall
produce no effects between them. That simulation, therefore can have no effects
between the parties
The act of partition is considered -correct answer >>>A conveyance
