LOUISIANA NOTARY EXAM 145
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT
VERIFIED ANSWERS|| 2024/2025
Civil Law - ANSWER- System of law derived from Roman Law; court
decisions DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts state
laws
Common Law - ANSWER- System of law derived from England; court
decisions can lead to future laws and precedents
Commission - ANSWER- an instruction, command, or duty given to a
person or group of people.
Legal Capacity - ANSWER- The ability to contract; not to be a minor
and of sound mind and body
Immovable - ANSWER- Land and its improvements thereon
,Mandate - ANSWER- Transaction in which a person confers authority
on another i.e. power of attorney
Partition - ANSWER- Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests
in real property
Jurisdiction - ANSWER- the power to adjudicate or handle a particular
kind of case
Apostille - ANSWER- an addition, a marginal note or observation
de jure Notary - 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 - 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 - ANSWER- improper performance of a lawfully
authorized official act
, Malfeasance - ANSWER- misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a
public official
Dereliction of Duty - ANSWER- With negligent disregard for proper
performance
Interdicts - 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 - ANSWER- a special mortgage on immovable property
in the parish of the notary's commission
Public Office - 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 - ANSWER- any person holding a public office in this
state
Ministerial - ANSWER- Acts performed by the notary as a service for a
fee and not as a governmental function
Paraphing - ANSWER- the notation on a document to mark it for
identification with another act
QUESTIONS AND EXPERT
VERIFIED ANSWERS|| 2024/2025
Civil Law - ANSWER- System of law derived from Roman Law; court
decisions DO NOT establish state law; on the Legislature enacts state
laws
Common Law - ANSWER- System of law derived from England; court
decisions can lead to future laws and precedents
Commission - ANSWER- an instruction, command, or duty given to a
person or group of people.
Legal Capacity - ANSWER- The ability to contract; not to be a minor
and of sound mind and body
Immovable - ANSWER- Land and its improvements thereon
,Mandate - ANSWER- Transaction in which a person confers authority
on another i.e. power of attorney
Partition - ANSWER- Legal procedure to divide the co-owners' interests
in real property
Jurisdiction - ANSWER- the power to adjudicate or handle a particular
kind of case
Apostille - ANSWER- an addition, a marginal note or observation
de jure Notary - 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 - 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 - ANSWER- improper performance of a lawfully
authorized official act
, Malfeasance - ANSWER- misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a
public official
Dereliction of Duty - ANSWER- With negligent disregard for proper
performance
Interdicts - 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 - ANSWER- a special mortgage on immovable property
in the parish of the notary's commission
Public Office - 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 - ANSWER- any person holding a public office in this
state
Ministerial - ANSWER- Acts performed by the notary as a service for a
fee and not as a governmental function
Paraphing - ANSWER- the notation on a document to mark it for
identification with another act
