LA NOTARY Study Guide 2026
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📋 LA NOTARY Exam Format at a Glance
📚 LA NOTARY Topics to Study (47)
✍️ Sample LA NOTARY Questions & Answers
1. Under Louisiana law, how does a testator revoke a testament?
Revocation requires a new testament or one with inconsistent provisions.
2. A donation inter vivos of immovable property must be made by what type of act to be valid?
Under Louisiana Civil Code Article 1536, a donation inter vivos of immovable property or incorporeal things must be made by an authentic act, under the penalty of absolute nullity. An authentic act is one executed before a notary public in the presence of two witnesses.
3. Under Louisiana Civil Code, how does a usufruct of consumables (quasi-usufruct) differ from an ordinary usufruct?
Louisiana Civil Code Article 536 provides that when a usufruct covers consumable things such as money or food, the usufructuary may consume them but must restore things of the same quantity, quality, and value, or their value if restoration in kind is impossible, at the end of the usufruct.
4. Under Louisiana law, which of the following transactions requires an authentic act executed before a notary and two witnesses to be valid?
La. Civ. Code art. 2331 requires that a matrimonial agreement be made by authentic act, which under La. Civ. Code art. 1833 requires a notary and two witnesses. This formality is mandatory for the agreement to be enforceable.
5. Can spouses in Louisiana change their matrimonial regime from community to separation of property during the marriage?
Spouses may modify their matrimonial regime during marriage through a joint petition approved by the court.
6. What is the purpose of a partition?
When partition in kind (physical division) is legally excluded, such as when the property cannot be conveniently divided without a significant loss in value, the law provides for partition by licitation. This means the property is sold, often through a public sale like a sheriff's sale. The proceeds from this sale are then divided among the co-owners according to their respective ownership shares.