§ 18-105. Administration of oaths; certificate under seal as evidence  


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  •    (a) Administration of oaths. -- A notary public shall have the power to administer oaths according to law in all matters and cases of a civil nature in which a justice of the peace might have administered an oath on or before July 4, 1971, and with the same effect.

    (b) Certificate under seal as evidence. -- A certificate under the notarial seal of a notary shall be sufficient evidence of the notary having administered the oath as notary public.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 68, § 3; 1997, ch. 31, § 1.