Louisiana e-signature and notarization law

Louisiana's electronic signature law: the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (La. R.S. 9:2601 et seq.). Electronic signatures are also valid under the federal ESIGN Act for most transactions. Some documents are excluded, such as wills, divorce and adoption documents, court orders and certain official notices.

The fuller federal list is in our guide to e-signing in the United States.

What Louisiana's e-signature law does not cover

La. R.S. 9:2603 sets out what the Act does not reach:

• Transactions governed by a law on the creation and execution of wills, codicils or testamentary trusts.
• Transactions governed by Title 10 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
• Notices of the cancellation or termination of utility services, including water, heat and power.
• Notices of default, acceleration, repossession, foreclosure or eviction, or the right to cure, under a credit agreement secured by, or a rental agreement for, an individual's primary residence.
• Notices of the cancellation or termination of health insurance or benefits or life insurance benefits, excluding annuities.
• Notices of a product recall, or material failure of a product, that risks endangering health or safety.
• Documents required to accompany the transportation or handling of hazardous materials, pesticides or other toxic or dangerous materials.
• Publications required by law to be published in the official journals under Chapter 2, 4 or 5 of Title 43.

Remote online notarization in Louisiana

Remote online notarization: allowed in Louisiana since February 1, 2022, but not for testaments or codicils, trust instruments, donations inter vivos or authentic acts.

Louisiana's rules are in the Remote Online Notarization Act, La. R.S. 35:621 and following. A notary may perform a remote online notarization for a party who is not in the notary's physical presence and who may be located in or outside Louisiana. Any witness to a remote online notarial act must be in the physical presence of the party.

A notary must apply to the Secretary of State for authorization to perform remote online notarization. That authorization section, § 625.1, took effect February 1, 2022.

The Act bars remote online notarization for testaments or codicils, trust instruments and donations inter vivos, and it may not be used to execute an authentic act as defined in Civil Code Article 1833.

SignAndGo doesn't notarize documents. A commissioned notary does that, using a remote notarization platform where the state allows it.

Where to read Louisiana's law

• Electronic signatures: La. R.S. 9:2601 et seq., exclusions at La. R.S. 9:2603.
• Remote notarization: La. R.S. 35:621 to 630, authority at § 626(A), Secretary of State authorization at § 625.1.

Checked against Louisiana's published law on November 2, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.