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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> p ', DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> O,!STN. <br /> J°�9' LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> , ,,,� •� P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> } fie/ ,; BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> of%'oo' (225)219-5600 <br /> ,,,,,, '°"m^° FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> July 26, 2017 <br /> Ms. Rosa DeJean <br /> 1419 Forstall Street <br /> New Orleans, Louisiana 70117 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-281A <br /> Dear Ms. DeJean: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its July 21,2017,reconsidered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion regarding the propriety of you, as a Deputy Clerk of Court for the Orleans Parish <br /> Civil District Court, notarizing documents; and, regarding the application of the post- <br /> employment restrictions set forth in the Code of Governmental Ethics. You stated that you <br /> passed the notary exam in December. You have submitted additional information regarding <br /> the types of notarized documents that are filed with your agency,the Land Records Division <br /> of the Orleans Civil District Court. You stated that the following types of documents are <br /> filed with your Division: acts involving movable and immovable property; conveyances, <br /> sales, exchanges, and donations; mortgages; acts of cancellation of mortgages; business <br /> organization's charters; bonds; and, oaths of office. <br /> You stated that you are seeking to notarize documents for FEMA; schools; Concealed <br /> Handgun Affidavits that are included in the Louisiana Concealed Handgun Permit <br /> Application Packet that are submitted to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, <br /> Office of State Police;and,vehicle transfers that are not filed in the Land Records Division. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the Code of Governmental <br /> Ethics would not prohibit you from notarizing documents outside of your working hours for <br /> FEMA; schools; Concealed Handgun Affidavits; and, vehicle transfers since these <br /> documents are not notarized by personnel in the Land Records Division as part of their job <br /> duties and filed with the Land Records Division.La.R.S.42:1111C(1)(a)prohibits a public <br /> servant from receiving any thing of economic value for any service, the subject matter of <br /> which is devoted substantially to the responsibilities,programs, or operations of the agency <br /> of the public servant and in which the public servant has participated.La.R.S. 42:1111E(1) <br /> provides that no public servant, and no legal entity of which such public servant is an <br /> officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee, or in-which such public servant has a <br /> substantial economic interest, shall receive or agree to receive any thing of economic value <br /> for assisting a person in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />