Louisiana Notary Exam 2024
Exam Questions & Answers
Justice of the peace courts handle which kind of disputes? - -minor money
disputes(up to $5,000), may issue arrest warrants, set bail obligations, and
hold preliminary hearings in some minor criminal cases.
-Justice of the peace courts are considered - -magistrates, not judges (they
need not be lawyers)
-Mayor's court - -handle minor traffic matters and petty ordinance (criminal
laws passed down by town councils) violations
-Mayor's court - -magistrates that are customarily addressed as "Judge."
(they need not be lawyers). These courts are local to a municipality, and only
one such court will exist in a municipality.
-City courts, parish courts - -are trial courts of limited jurisdiction.
misdemeanor criminal jurisdiction and full juvenile jurisdiction (if there is no
juvenile court in the parish).
-District courts - -are trial courts of general jurisdiction handling both
criminal and civil matters
-district courts - -Forty-one judicial districts cover sixty-three parishes, with
each district comprising at least one parish and no more than three whole
parishes.
-C. No, because crimes unrelated to the notarial function must amount to a
felony before suspension or revocation is warranted. - -1. A notary is
convicted of misdemeanor assault from a bar fight (committed on a day off
from working as a mobile notary). She is sentenced to one month of home
confinement. After serving this sentence, will the notary be subject to
suspension?
A. No, because only misfeasance or dereliction of duty such as misfiling
documents or injuring the public record is grounds for suspension.
B. Yes, because conviction of a crime, serious enough to get actual
confinement and not just a suspended sentence, allows the Secretary of
State to suspend the notary.
C. No, because crimes unrelated to the notarial function must amount to a
felony before suspension or revocation is warranted.
, D. Yes, because conviction of a crime, serious enough to get actual
confinement and not just a suspended sentence, allows the district court (in
the parish where the notary is commissioned) to suspend the notary.
-D. Legislation - -2. Which of the following is considered to be the supreme
source of law in the Louisiana civil law system?
A. Attorney General Opinions
B. Constitutional ancillaries
C. Judicial opinions of the Louisiana Supreme Court
D. Legislation
-A. Drafting and attesting to such juridical acts as affidavits, witness
acknowledgments, authentic acts, and acts or correction - -3. Which of the
following is considered to be a valid function of the Louisiana civil law
notary?
A. Drafting and attesting to such juridical acts as affidavits, witness
acknowledgments, authentic acts, and acts or correction
B. Advising clients on whether to include a provision in a will that would
make the named executor be appointed as independent and without the
requirement of posting bond.
C. Conducting a family meeting to explain the legal process and forms by
which one of them could adopt a three-year-old who has been orphaned by
the death of their relatives (the parents of the child)
D. All of the above
-C. Absolutely null - -4. An act in the derogation of laws for the protection of
the public interest is considered to be:
A. Relatively null
B. Enforceable only by a court of appellate jurisdiction
C. Absolutely null
D. Enforceable only by a court of original jurisdiction
-D. The Louisiana Supreme Court does not have "original jurisdiction," which
is for trials. - -5. Which of the following statement is false?
A. The Mayor's Court cannot conduct jury trials.
B. The Civil Code of Louisiana has several "books," including one dealing with
conflict of laws added more recently than the others.
C. The judicial hierarchy of the Louisiana court system makes the Court of
Appeal higher than the Mayor's Court
D. The Louisiana Supreme Court does not have "original jurisdiction," which
is for trials.
-B. Yes, because he has no direct personal interest in these transactions. - -
6. A notary, Bill, works part-time for the bank while his wife, Wanda, is sole
manager of a car dealership. The bank that employs Bill provides loans for
customers to purchase cars, including cars bought from Wanda's workplace.
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